Hollywood notes and awards move through 1940s headlines
Arey Wilson earns a Master of Arts from Colorado State College of Education for his work on the Hardy films, praised for clean wholesome entertainment. Norma Shearer returns to Hollywood. Lana Turner stars with Robert Taylor in Johnny Eager. Ellen Drew wed and acts in Prison Widows after The Remarkable Andrew location work in Nevada.
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Arey Wilson
Hardy Family Pictures
Colorado State College of Education
Hardy Pictures
National League of Decency
Andy Hardy
Lana Turner
Hollywood
Spencer Tracy
Clark Gable
Johnny Eager
Robert Taylor
Ellen Drew
Nevada
Andrew
Sy Bartlett
Paramount
Dress pattern 1435 B for a dignified collar dress
Instructions urge sending for Barbara Bell Pattern No 1435 B to create a dress with a four to a ruffled collar worn under revers. Recommends crepe, cotton, or silk crepe fabrics in pastels or dark colors. Details include possible lace or organdy trimmings and sizes 34 to 48 with yardage for size 36.
Mildred Coles Sidelined by Illness Returns as Lead in Scattergood Meets Broadway
Mildred Coles suffered acute appendicitis after a week of filming Scattergood Pulls the Strings and was replaced by Susan Peters. She has recovered and now leads as the star in Scattergood Meets Broadway. ODDS AND ENDS Ann Sheridan will appear in The Man Who Came to Dinner and King's Row on Warner Pictures in the coming two months. The Mutual network plans five championship bouts for late summer and fall. Wailemee shows no fear but now worries about the word Harrison Deanna ordors first screen appearance in It Started With Adam. Tyrone Power earns new laurels at a small eastern theater.
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Mildred Coles
Scattergood
Susan Peters
Ann Sheridan
Warner Pictures
King’s Row
Wailemee
Breai
Harrison
Deanna Ordors
Deanna
Adam
Tyrone Power
Quiz Questions on Flags Law Lords and Libel
A set of trivia questions asks if the flag is flown after sunset, identifies the First Lady born in England, asks what the chromosphere surrounds, inquires the minimum age for U S representatives, requests Iceland’s population, defines a captain and an admiral’s boats, and asks whether a congressman judge or lawyer can be charged with libel.
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Land
England
Congress of the United States
Iceland
Capitol Buildings and Public Figures Noted in Briefs
A set of quick facts touches on Washington Capitol offices, a note on Mrs. John Quincy Adams born in London, a definition of the sun, eligibility for U.S. representatives at 25, and the 1938 census count of 118,888. It mentions a gig and a charge, and ends with a point about officials’ statements during duties not triggering libel charges.
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Capitol
House
Senate
Washington
John Quincy Adams
London
U. S
What Foch Told General Who Couldn't Hold Line
A marshal advised a beleaguered general in war to press forward. When told the lines could not be held, Foch replied that if he cannot hold on he must advance. The tale frames a life motto about advancing under pressure.
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Foch
Marshal Foch
Tobacco tops gift list for servicemen in surveys
Survey findings show cigarettes and smoking tobacco as favored gifts for men in the Army Navy Marines and Coast Guard. Camel cigarettes lead sales at service stores with Prince Albert tobacco also popular, with dealers promoting Camel by the carton and Prince Albert in large tins as preferred gifts for those in uniform.
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Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guards
Prince Albert
Adv
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West Point
U. S. Military Academy
N. Y
Moscow
Brooklyn
Pier 27
S. S. Manhattan
New York Harbor
North Carolina
Frank Gimlett
Colorado
New York
Pennsylvania Hotel
Empire State Building
Virginia Vale
Western Newspaper Union
Norma Shearer
Noel Coward
Melvyn Douglas
Greta Garbo
Constance Bennett
Garbo
Lyle Moraine
Bob Hope
Hope
Miss Lamour
Moraine
Louisiana Purchase
Dinah Shore
Eddie Cantor
Cantor
Rudy Vallee
John Barrymore
Patt
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Emerson
Wintersmith
Wintersmith Chemical Co., Inc
Hill Street
Louisville
Kentucky
H, Rane
Ovid
Kellogg’s
America
Battle Creek
Seneca
Chmann
Qin Tam
Nousenold
W. E. Lecky
Camel
Toba
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