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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1944
Page
10
The page shows a cryptic list of military titles, abbreviations, and definitions. It pairs entries like Lieutenant General and other allied terms with clues such as metal symbols and common words, forming a vocabulary puzzle from a historical newspaper.
William E. McKrenney notes rising interest in bridge tournaments as players enjoy national events. Mrs. Kain Horn of New York demonstrated strategic defense by overtaking with the queen to force the lead into clubs, defeating North and South's contract after winning the first heart trick.
In Erskine Johnson's Hollywood column the figure Ned Farrington is dead while J. M. Waldeck survives. The satire notes Hollywood press agents create and sustain these altered lives to publicize clients and seed sensational stories.
The Hollywood Reporter and Daily Variety recount feigned thrillers around Ned Farrington and the fictitious Waldeck. press agents used fake identities to seed sensational stories, including Crail's Apothecary and a Montana statue tale, while real figures like Dan Mainwaring and Harry Niemeyer shaped the hoax for publicity.
Jason hires a carriage to Waikiki where a driver recalls the royal family and the premier Doctor Webb. At the banyan tree he swims in emerald water and is surprised when a wave carries him toward a dramatic sight the Princess Tiloa riding the crest of a wave emerges smiling above him.
The text recalls a man nicknamed J r who left for New York after his parrots contracted chicken pox. Waldeck supposedly joined Errol Flynn during the Spanish Civil War and later traveled with Ernie Pyle in France. He is described as a Mark Tree resident in Arkansas and connected to a doctor who kept Linda Darnell's pet rooster alive by mail order. The Jovebird is a small short tailed parrot.
A dense radio schedule lists War Bonds appeals and a mix of dramas, serials, and music programs. Notable entries include Captain Midnight repeats, Dick Tracy skits, Tom Mix serials, Burns and Allen style humor, The Green Archer, and news blocks with Henry J. Taylor commentary, spanning evening to late-night slots.
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