Calm leadership urged by women club heads in wartime
Mrs. Sadie Orr Dunbar president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs and Miss Juliet M. Bartlett newly elected head of the New York Women’s City Club advocate calm, grounded reasoning. Dunbar calls for clear understanding and community organization as the nation faces collective effort and modern life demands.
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MIT Diplomaed Reporter Notes Aviation Industry Growth
A reporter with a MIT background cites expert views on swift industrial and military preparedness. Secretary Morgenthau meets with machine tool leaders to standardize parts for mass produced planes, naming Dr. George Jackson Mead as aviation planner and chief engineer with a $10 000 annual post. Mead, age 49, Everett native, is a renowned aircraft designer and founder of Pratt & Whitney.
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National Advisory Committee On Aeronautics
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America
Sylvanus Reed
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United States Air Station
Dayton
Ohio
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Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Pratt & Whitney Co
United Aircraft Corporation
Everett
Mass
Tower Named President of America Iron and Steel Institute
Walter S. Tower becomes president of the America Iron and Steel Institute, the industry clearing house for planned and integrated effectiveness in national defense. He is noted as an expert in both economics and geography in context of metallurgical industry efforts.
Old Tucson Studio Scenes and Hollywood News
Actress Jean Arthur visits Old Tucson set near Tucson amid heat and dry water, preparing for Arizona and Waterloo Bridge projects. Edward Small’s Kit Carson troupe lands in Flagstaff with cast like Lynn Bari and Dana Andrews, heading to Kayente on the Navajo Reservation. Johnny Green’s Rhyme-O program draws vast mail with fees for verses, while Andrews Sisters and Ritz brothers prep a Universal film Argentine Nights in Hollywood.
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Kayente
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Glenn Miller
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Ritz Brothers
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Song Creator Ted Steele Sparks Four-Bar Hit Mystery
Columbia's Society Girl prompted fans to seek the name and purchase details of a four bar composition by musical director Ted Steele. Lloyd Nolan lands lead in 20th Century Fox film I Married a Nazi after Richard Greene fell ill and left the cast.
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Columbia
Ted Steele
Lloyd Nolan
Johnny Apollo
20Th Century-Fox
Richard Greene
Dress Pattern No 8716 for Women Sizes 12 to 20
A sewing pattern marketed for a versatile house dress that can be worn at home or about town. It features plaid gingham or other fabrics with ric rac trim and offers step by step sewing instructions. Pattern No 8716 includes yardage for size 14 and directions for neckline options.
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Answers to a set of trivia prompts
The questions cover government structure and language usage. They ask which department houses the Secret Service, how to pace eating leftovers, the counting of plants in sects, whether Negro spirituals are always religious, which U.S. state has seven borders, why no Bible names start with W, and if jail equals prison.
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United States
Answers from The Answers Quiz Docket
Treasury department. Not at all. More than 400 different species of plants capture and digest insects. No. Many of the songs do not deal with religious subjects. Kentucky bounded by Illinois Indiana Ohio West Virginia Virginia Tennessee and Missouri. The Hebrew language which the Bible was originally written does not contain a corresponding letter. No. A jail is a place of detention for people not yet convicted of a crime or for those serving short sentences. A prison is where one convicted of a crime serves his sentence.
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Open Sesame to Press Ends in Humorous Rebuff
A newly appointed junior reporter arrives at a Working Men's Club concert and tries to bypass the ticket gate by declaring Press. The doorkeeper asks who he is and replies with a sharp jab, questioning his status as a “bloomin’ bell-push.”
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