Hollywood Stars and War Time Giveaways
Virginia Vale reports on actors funding war relief and awaiting citizenship papers amid wartime. Grant divides earnings from Arsenic and Old Lace and The Philadelphia Story to aid England and the US. Loretta Young flirts with Frederic March in Bedtime Story, George Brent kisses Olivia de Havilland, and Ann Sheridan teases a future marriage. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello rise as musical comics with a first record and Rio Rita plans. Gary Cooper studies Babe Herman techniques for Pride of the Yankees and American Cavalcade promises a patriotic film for Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn.
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Warner
Burbank
Calif
Philadelphia Story
New York
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Rio Rita
RKO to Film General Billy Mitchell Story
RKO Radio will film the life of General Billy Mitchell the aviation pioneer who faced court martial for his belief in air power. The project aims to be among the year's major releases.
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RKO Radio
Billy Mitchell
New World War II Song Honoring Stars and Stripes
A new song They Can't Black out the Stars and Stripes is written by Elliott Jacoby musical director of Meet Mr. Meek in collaboration with Private Jacob Goldstein of Mitchel Field. The radio offering frames patriotic themes around national symbols and service.
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Elliott Jacoby
The
Meet Mr. Meek
Private Jacob Goldstein
Mitchel Field
Durante to revive Clayton Jackson and Durante for Army camps
Jimmy Durante, praised by Warner Bros. as a star since You're in the Army Now and The Man Who Came to Dinner, announces plans to reform the famous comedy trio Clayton Jackson and Durante to entertain soldiers in army camps.
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Jimmy Durante
Warner Bros
Clayton, Jackson and Durante
Fox Pictures Lines Up New Projects and Pairings
Betty Grable and Victor Mature star in White Collar Girl as Fox previews the pairings. Cap tains of the Clouds bombs Brenda Marshall requests relief, her Philippine sugar plantation link noted. Robert Taylor and Norma Shearer to reunite romantically in Love Me Not after Escape. Spencer Tracy praised for rapid accent acquisition. Fox develops Calling Manila for Pat O'Brien.
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Betty Grable
Victor Mature
Fox
Brenda Marshall
Philippines
Robert Taylor
Norma Shearer
Spencer Tracy
20Th Century Fox
Pat O’brien
Manilla
Comfort for Winter Poultry Flocks Boosts Egg Production
Poultry expert C. F. Parrish warns winter housing crucial for eggs. Provide draft-free houses with 3½ to 4 square feet per bird, heated water, and optional electric warmers. If daily eggs stay under 30 to 40 per 100 hens, check health or breeding. plan next year's breeding stock and chick sources.
Agriculture in Industry by Florence C Weed
Florence C Weed profiles how farm products move from fields to factories showing the evolving role of agriculture in modern industry and its impact on employment and markets.
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Florence C. Weed
Walnut trees provide steady farm income and high wood value
Stately walnut trees on farms yield 50 to 100 dollars each and up to 500 dollars per thousand feet for wood. Annual walnut logs can reach 2.5 million dollars in states that grow them. Furniture uses most wood but lower grades fetch prices for gun stocks wheels and instruments. Nut crops add ongoing income with meats priced 12 to 15 cents per pound or five dollars per bushel in bulk.
Rural briefs preview 1942 farm supply and wartime notes
A compilation of rural items covers 1942 expectations for fence materials for farmers, feed and egg yield tests from the Department of Agriculture, milk casein buttons for soldiers, grape seed oil as wartime substitutes, sage imports, radio and press commentary, and cultural notes from Liberty and Collier's.
New York Heartbeat and Hollywood War Bonds
A lively column threads through wartime theater life and civic duty. It notes Jimmy Dorsey’s parking-ticket quip after a traffic stop and recalls a war record joke about a scribe who served with Hoover’s Food Commission. Carole Lombard is celebrated for selling defense bonds, with actors and industry workers enlisting to support soldiers. The piece ends with a wry note about a Hollywood divorce dispute over custody of the spare tire.
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New York
Jimmy Dorsey
Dorsey
Herbert Hoover
Food Commission
Carole Lombard
Coast Guard
City Quiz From ASK ME ANOTHER
The clue set asks what city is called the City of Magnificent Distances and what subsilver means. It includes answers noting Washington, D C for the city, subsilver as a treasury term for small silver coins, marble for crystallized lime stone, tungsten as highest melting point metal, carriers named after famous ships and battles, and Semper Fidelis as the Marine motto.
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U.S. Marine Corps
Washington, D. C
U. S. Treasury
Pattern 6959 Transfer Pattern for Towels and Pillow Cases
Advertises Pattern 6959 with a 12 motif transfer design for towels and pillow cases. Includes stitch illustrations and required materials. instructs readers to send their order to obtain the pattern.
Poor Lenders Great spenders are bad lenders
A compact aphorism attributed to Benjamin Franklin critiques lending behavior by contrasting spenders with poor lenders. The saying implies prudent lending and the risks of overextension. The quotation reflects Franklin’s financial prudence and cautionary wisdom.
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Benjamin Franklin
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