TV and radio stars sway the 1940s screen lineup
Access is nothing new to Joan Davis who fronts The Joan Davis Show on CBS and films two per year for RKO. Gable returns to China Seas with a renamed Minnie Tolbert ship. Rosalind Russell shines beside him. Abbott and Costello net $75,000 for a charity drive during Mystery in the Air takeover. Esther Williams and a makeup mishap, Calcutta sprinkler scare, and other industry notes fill a busy entertainment landscape.
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Joan Davis
CBS
RKO
Columbia Pictures
Clark Gable
China Seas
Greer Garson
Minnie Tolbert
Gable
Minnie
China
Jean Harlow
Rosalind Russell
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Mystery In
NBC
Lou Costello Jr
Wartime Menu Ideas for Franks and Sugarless Cakes
A wartime cooking piece suggests franks crown roast as a low point main dish with apple ring garnish and a sugarless cake. It provides a frankfurter crown roast recipe with vegetables and eggs and an alternative menu featuring beef loaves and a lemon almond sugarless frosting.
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Pimiento
The Customer-Worm Turns at the Store After War
A postwar skit shows Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Twitchell ignoring a clerk as they shop, longing for prewar service and prices. The scene ends with reflections on reconversion and a joke about Japan after peace.
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Elmer Twitchell
Mrs. Twitchell
Elmer
Twitchell
Lynn Says If Recipe Doesn t Fit the Family
Guidance for adjusting recipes when portions are too large outlines nutrition minded tips. It covers meat portions per serving roast planning vegetable servings egg adjustments muffins and cake and cookie scaling to preserve quality and safety. It emphasizes not dividing certain baked goods and using extra portions to nourish the family.
Crochet muff bag and pill box pattern No 5028
A smart muff bag and large pillbox are described in black cotton yarn or several colors. The 18 by 16 inch bag is crocheted in one piece and suited for fall and winter wear. Send 16 cents plus name address and pattern number 5028 to obtain full instructions.
Hand Power Preferred By This Colored Warrior
A South Pacific letter from a Negro soldier explains gifts for troops can matter as much as combat. He thanks a sweetheart for an electric razor but asks for the old-fashioned kind, noting no time to seek sockets when enemy Japanese attack.
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South Pacific Jungles
Alabama
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Fred Allen
Allen
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Charlie McCarthy
Minerva Pious
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Windsor Castle
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