Director Wellman faces wind and fame echoing past storms
Kipling's The Light That Failed filming near Santa Fe, New Mexico, was halted by a savage wind. Director William Wellman, famed as Wild Bill, known for Beauc Geste and Wings, recalls a life of danger, showmanship, and rivalries while shaping a new era in Hollywood. He grew up in Brookline Mass and rose to prominence after the war, aided by Douglas Fairbanks Sr. He is 43, slender, with gray in his brown hair, and has a habit of turning obstacles into scenes.
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Pulse as timing tool in Galileo era and pendulum discovery
The article explains how a pulse served as a timing device before watches with second hands. It notes an average pulse of about 36 beats per half minute and recalls Galileo using the pulse to study the pendulum, a foundational scientific discovery.
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Hand on Their Watches From Year’s End to Year’s End
A brief, reflective note remarks on people keeping time as the year closes and opens, suggesting continued routine and endurance through seasonal changes and events. It hints at steady habits and shared rhythms across communities without detailing specifics.
Star Dust and Daughters Courageous in Hollywood Gossip
Virginia Vale notes that the Lane sisters and Gale Page return with John Garfield in Daughters Courageous, and Four Wives may follow Four Mothers. She mentions gifted pianist Jascha Heifetz in a Samuel Goldwyn project renamed They Shall Have Music and suggests Brian Aherne as Christopher Columbus role in Juarez alongside Muni and Davis.
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Noted radio impresario mentored hundreds of stars
For years Rudy Vallee was seen as the originator of the crooner era. Now he is credited with discovering and developing more celebrities than anyone else, including Tommy Riggs Edgar Bergen and Bob Burnin, among over a hundred radio stars he helped launch.
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Tommy Riggs
Edgar Bergen
Bob Burnis
Ellery Queen radio mystery show keeps audiences listening
Quiz programs crowd singers from airwaves while Ellery Queen hosts a weekly mystery dramatization with four guest detectives and the author revealing the solution after each possible guess. Felix Knight renews his contract on the Vallee show coated by radio nostalgia. ODDS AND ENDS notes Tarzan finds a son and Maureen Sullivan births a baby as filming pauses and other screenings are announced.
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Summer dress pattern for toddlers and children
Advertisement details a single pattern 1766 for ages 1 to 5 including bonnet pinafore and play suit. Covers fabrics calico seersucker gingham linen with ricrac trimming. Gives sizes 36 to 52 for 1773 and fabric yardage, braid, sleeve options, and ordering from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago. Price 15 cents each.
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Practical Home Tips and Quick Repairs
Reputable household hints advise soaking yellowed knife handles in peroxide for four hours then sun-drying. Clean ice trays weekly with baking soda to prevent stale odors. Use old linen for polishing glass and newsprint can help. White paint faded by yellowing benefits from a whiting paste wash. Mothers should guide young daughters in money handling before full responsibility. Sunday night menu features hot bacon sandwiches fruit salad whipped cream brownies and iced coffee.
A Faithful Friend Inexpressible Comfort of Safe Trust
A reflection on the deep reassurance found in a faithful companion who accepts words as they come and discards the rest with gentle kindness. The speaker values unguarded honesty and the sifted remainder kept by a trusted friend.
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