Hollywood Cast Snags Drive for Returning Stars and Films
The Union announces Bert Lytell returns to films via Stage Door Canteen a United Artists project with Sol Lesser and Katharine Cornell Lunt and Fontanne and Tallulah Bankhead among others. Hollywood ponders new leading men as Orson Welles grows hair for Jane Eyre and George Montgomery awaits Bomber's Moon. Bob Hope and Alan Ladd figure in shifts for Ready posters as delays shake Metro and Paramount plans.
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Stage Door Canteen
Bert Lytell
United Artists
Sol Lesser
Katharine Cornell
Lunt
Fontanne
Tallulah Bankhead
Lytell
Household Hints And Quick Fixes From Everyday Experts
Practical tips cover painting dry concrete using house paints, polishing with cigarette ashes, clearing grease with baking soda and vinegar, baking apple slices with cream, and kerosene softening damp footwear. Also advice on repairing stockings with office paste, enamel care, mice repellents with peppermint, furniture placement, and quick rice cooking with starch water.
No Design Outshines Shirtwaist Dress Styles
All occasions dress pattern notes promote Barbara Bell No. 1648 B and No. 1705 B designs with shirtwaist options. Sizes span 10 to 42 with busts 28 to 42. Materials vary from 144 to 244 yards depending on fabric and sleeve length. Patterns feature round necks and versatile styling in voile challis broadcloth and rayon crepe.
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Barbara Bell
Sequoia Red Woods and Giant Sequoias Overview
The text notes two Sequoia species the redwood and Giant Sequoia. Redwoods can regrow from stumps reach around 80 feet tall in 30 years with 16 inch diameter and resist burning when green. Giant Sequoias reach greater heights with one tree listed at 325 feet and 35.7 feet diameter four feet above ground. some trees are about 2,500 years old dating back to Egyptian era constructions.
Crib Cover Pattern 393 Details and Motifs
Transfers show a 12 by 13 inch motif a 5 by 94 percent area and six 3 by 4 percent4 inch motifs with illustrated stitches. The note instructs sending orders to a specified address or contact.
Hunted Camels Entertained Early Western Settlers
Early American settlers in the West hunted wild camels descended from a 1856 Egyptian herd. Camels, released after disturbing horses, multiplied rapidly and were deemed an excellent source of meat. Hunters eventually wiped out the population while pursuing the prized camel steaks.
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Egypt
Ask Me Another Quiz Questions List
A 1960s style quiz segment presents six general knowledge questions. Topics include definition of hoi polloi the loggerhead animal a U S city with a duplicated name continental area of the United States height of the Great Pyramid and sea level air pressure.
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United States
Gizeh
The Answers 1 The masses 2 A large turtle 3 Walla Walla Wash 4 Area and water surface 5 The pyramid height 6 Weight per square foot
The list cites six items with definitions or measurements: masses as the populace, a large Atlantic turtle, Walla Walla in Washington, area totaling 3 026 789 square miles with 52 630 square miles water, a pyramid standing 481 feet tall, and a density claim of more than a ton per square foot.
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Atlantic Ocean
Walla Walla, Wash
Kill for Immortality Belief Persists in Some Tribes
Collier's notes a grisly belief that certain tribes including Ba of Sumatra and Chukchi of Siberia practice filial killings. A son murders his aging parents so they may attain immortality, seen as virtuous duty in tradition.
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Sumatra
Siberia
Collier’s
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