Eleanor Roosevelt Recalls Civic and Educational Efforts
Eleanor Roosevelt recounts a brief country visit and speaking engagements at Vassar College and Columbia University. She notes meetings with President Butler, a tea for graduates, and discussions on Union Now, Black Mountain college, and Men of Boys Town. She highlights Common Sense editorial insights and work with handicapped education and Friends of Children broadcasts.
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Vassar College
New York City
Columbia University
United States
Nicholas Murray Butler
Washington
Lancaster County
UNION
Clarence Streit
Theodore Dreier
Black Mountain College
Asheville
N. C
Boys Town
Federal Employees’ Council
Congressional
Seventy-third Congress
Daughters of Patriots
Founders
White House
Friends OF Children
Friends of Children Incorporated
Friends of Children, Inc
England
Reed Hadley Wins Key Film Roles in Hollywood Breakthrough
Reed Hadley, Texas bred actor, drawn to Hollywood by Virgina Vale notes, lands two major parts after impressing Carole Lombard and Clark Gable. Gable recommended tests for The Uniform at Metro and Man From the City with Robert Sterling and Marsha Hunt. Ray Milland joins Reap the Wild Wind with Cecil B. DeMille, while John Wayne appears as the sea captain in the Technicolor saga.
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Carole Lombard
Clark Gable
Reed Hadley
Texas
New York
Hollywood
Miss Lombard
Gable
Hadley
Clarence Brown
Metro
Rosalind Russell
Brown
Robert Sterling
Paul Kelly
Marsha Hunt
Ray Milland
Cecil B. DeMille
Florida
Simple Home Sewing for Growing Girls Wardrobes
Practical guide for mothers on sewing cotton dresses for growing girls using a single pattern with varied fabrics. Highlights include princess styles, denim play frocks, gingham school dresses, and neat details like detachable organdy panels, boilfast thread, and easy laundering. Encourages upcycling last year’s dresses into aprons and pinafores and teaching children to sew with supervision.
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Ack
Dimity
Union
Plaid Hankies Create Fashionable Accessory Trend
The piece promotes plaid handkerchiefs as a season’s must have. Wear them in paired styles with pin checks or bold plaids to complement smart simple suits and add a dash of spice.
Lace Redingotes Dress a Summer Fashion Trend
A long redingote in sturdy lace offers a pretty late spring to summer wrap in colors or black or white and makes a striking outfit choice for warm weather.
Pleats and Long Jackets Define 1941 Spring Suits
Fashion notes 1941 favor pleated skirts with knife or box pleats and jackets around 24 inches long. Emphasis on single hook closures square padded shoulders hip pockets and open shirt revers or elongated waists. The feminine suit features a short jacket with a nip waist and gentle skirt fullness.
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Mars
Chenille Dots Veils Add Flair to Hats This Spring
Veils featuring chenille dots like large snowflakes are shown as a fresh accessory this season. Hats can be covered with billowy veils to create a spring look and add allure, with whimsical colors and florid touches on little flower hats and wide brim styles.
Dolman Sleeves Highlight Shirtwaist Coat Trend
A new shirtwaist style with dolman sleeves stands out for its simple cut and charm. The article frames the coat as a fashion highlight emphasizing sleek lines and understated elegance.
Hollywood screen test costs and studio rosters discussed
Director Richard Wallace explains a screen test can cost from 1500 to 3000 dollars with makeup, wardrobe and crew. Stars like George Raft Ida Lupino and Veronica Lake are noted for choices and reactions to roles. Veronica Lake draws press acclaim despite opinions on acting.
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Richard Wallace
Harold Lloyd
RKO
Hollywood
Universal option on Baby Sandy’s brother screen service
Universal takes option on the screen services of Baby Sandy’s one week old brother. The March of Time presents The FBI 1941 focusing on espionage and sabotage prevention in industry. Mutual shows The People’s Play House with public-submitted sketches. RKO screens Parachute Battalion with Robert Preston Nancy Kelly and Harry Carey. Tommy Harmon appears in Harmon of Michigan.
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Universal
Baby Sandy
March of Time
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mutual
People’s Playhouse
RKO
Parachute Battalion
Robert Preston
Nancy Kelly
Harry Carey
Tommy Harmon
Harmon
Michigan
Patterns Sewing Circle Dress Design for Large Figures
A comfortable work-a-day dress pattern offers light prints and crepe or spun rayon for street wear with a plain neckline and subtle contrast. It flatters large figures with a high bust and slim hips, features a gradually flared skirt, and comes in sizes 36 through 52. Pattern No. 1333-B requires 54 1/2 yards of material for size 38 with short sleeves, plus braid and contrast yardage.
Dress Pattern No 1333 B Offers Two Neckline Styles
Large size dress pattern No 1333 B suggests two neckline options for sizes 36 to 52. A V neck with a new depth or a turned back narrow revers. Made in household cottons with braid trim and pockets, it promises to be one of your best.
Quick Legal Clarifications and Natural World Facts
Obiter dicta are incidental remarks by a judge not essential to the ruling. M with a line over it denotes methyl or a repeating overbar in mathematics. medieval/roman numerals overline indicates multiplication by 1 000. Sunniest U S spots include parts of Arizona and Nevada, notably Phoenix and Yuma. Ghost shrimp appear translucent but not fully transparent. Not all roses are fragrant. some varieties lack scent. Mount Everest could not be submerged in the Pacific due to tectonic plate elevations and ocean depth constraints.
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United States
Mount Everest
Pacific Ocean
Answers and incidental remarks
The passage lists a set of items including a monetary figure and claims about geography and biology. It notes The sunniest spots in the United States lie in southwestern Arizona and southeastern California. It also describes the ghost shrimp as translucent, its heart visible through the shell, and notes that of thousands of rose varieties not more than fifty are fragrant. It ends with a hypothetical about Mount Everest's height if placed on the Pacific Ocean floor near the Philippines, yielding a submerged summit of about six thousand feet.
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United States
Arizona
California
Pacific Ocean
Philippines
Attire Quizzed After Mysterious Accident
Witness recalls clothing during the incident noting a blue woollen sports coat fur cap gauntlet gloves and tan shoes. The inquiry seeks details on gear and appearance to aid the investigation.
Deception at the ceremony cited by local paper
A local paper quotes banter about a deception after a wedding ceremony. The bride's mother allegedly orchestrated the ruse while guests ponder whether they were taken in.
Mayflower Passengers Mentioned by Mrs Gabley Can You Tell
Mrs Gabley asks who came over on the Mayflower. Mrs Jabber confirms ancestors and a few others were aboard.
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Gabley
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By Cherie Nicholas
George Raft
Warner Bros
Humphrey Bogart
Raft
Marlene Dietrich
Ida Lupino
Mr. Bogart
Warners
Missouri
John Loveton
the Court of Missing Heirs
Paramount
Jean Harlow
Clara Bow
Veronica Lake
Greta Garbo
Miss Lake
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
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Gabon
Wimpus
Kellogg's Auceran
Livy
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