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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1939
Page
3
Talent scout Star Dust pursues promising acts in a bustling audition circuit. Virginia Vale chronicles the eccentric sleuthing methods and the vivid personalities encountered on stage and backstage.
A radio aided talent hunt led by Jesse Lasky nets Rowena Cook and Ralph Bowman chosen as Alice Eden and John Archer for the film Career with six others awarded contracts. Jean Parker and Leslie Howard headline new projects, Sally Eilers’ son makes his screen debut, Major Bowes celebrates 852nd show, Columbia plans six history films, Don Ameche buys a Connecticut house as Hollywood bounces between projects.
The new "Author Author" program on Friday evenings may rival Information Please in popularity. The column notes Information Please has disrupted dinners on Tuesday evenings due to radio listening. What's My Name? will return to replace Fred Allen during his vacation, per Western Newspaper Union.
A brief notice lists the lesson for April 30 with subjects and scripture texts selected and copyrighted by the International Council of Religious Education for use by permission.
A sermon on Acts 15 36 and 16 4 15 stresses divine guidance as the Holy Spirit directs, showing how Paul’s second voyage is redirected by providential hindrance and vision. It highlights aligning inner prompting scripture and outward events with faithful witness and a receptive heart.
A comic caption about a diner and waiter mix up at Itis A Jolly Zworld, where a patron quips I did not eat any waiter while settling the bill, highlighting a humorous dining mishap.
A quirky exchange features Mrs Newrich and a vicar with a bargain proposal. The vicar seeks a hospital cot, while Mrs Newrich suggests upgrading to a double bed and reversing charges.
A reader asks how to curtain two adjacent parlor windows in a 16 by 14 foot room with an 8 foot ceiling. A scale drawing shows widening the look with a valance and floor length side drapes forming a unit. Also promotes sewing books and a free embroidery leaflet from Mrs Spears Chicago.
A set of curiosities answered: when breeze becomes wind, daily earth travel, Yukon Alaska relation, eye sight range, width versus length, first U S coins year, Joan of Arc home existence, elephant drinking method, and car impact force comparison with a wall.
Answers cover distances and scales from astronomy to history. Facts include the sun's distance about 92 million miles the earth's daily travel about 1 601 644 miles and a car crash force equivalent to a four story fall. It notes Domremy France birthplace Cheru woods Rouen dungeon and a NBS comparison for impact force.
A dialogue between Jones and a stranger reveals a wary exchange about marriage. The stranger reluctantly concedes that the squinting woman with rabbit teeth is the one he once married, suggesting a lasting, if troubled, connection.
A postal worker explains a card intended for Mrs. Jones was not returned, as Mrs. Smith apparently forgot to hand it back. The exchange hints at a routine misdelivery or misfiling in the neighborhood delivery rounds.
A suburban street scene shows two front window cards one advertising piano for sale and the adjacent window displays the exclamation Hurrah reflecting a festive mood in the neighborhood.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a character or name Mur phy and a garbled phrase Honesty is printed. errors suggest historical print artifacts rather than a complete news item.
The National Safety Council reports 119.6 male deaths per 100000 in 1937 from accidents versus 51.3 female deaths per 100000. The figures underscore higher accident fatality risk among men in the era.
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