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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1942
Page
2
Charles A. Singler outlines the strategic and meteorological importance of the Panama Canal Zone. The piece highlights 16 inch coastal defense rifles, anti aircraft guns, hidden caves with shells, underground fortress cities, and secret island fortresses prepared for potential invasions, all within the jungle covered zone.
The article outlines canal defenses including PT boats, mines, jungle sentinels, and air patrols ready to counter threats. It warns of possible enemy approaches by air or sea, notes the strategic value and isolation of the canal, and recalls transit history while mentioning nearby Galapagos and Caribbean patrols.
The Intracoastal Waterway a 3500 mile sheltered route from Boston to the Rio Grande could ease eastern gasoline shortages by using barges. From Boston to New York depth is ample but sea-attack shelter is limited to Cape Cod and Long Island. A future deep canal would connect Sayreville to Bordentown, then via the Delaware and Chesapeake canals to the Chesapeake Bay.
Joan Bennet co stars with Franchot Tone in Columbia film The Wife Takes a Flyer. Richard Wallace directs with an old family photo album central to the plot as Virginia Vale Pave Bennetts and sisters Constance Joan and Barbara are depicted only in photographs.
Universal buys Edmund O Briens contract after two years with RKO Radio and assigns him to a starring role opposite Deanna Durbin in Forever Yours. He will portray an American volunteer flier with the Chinese army.
Melvyn Douglas plays an official in a oversized nightgown in They All Kissed the Bride. He asked Director Alexander Hall to delete the scene, but it remains part of the plot.
The film figure Cecil B DeMille reserved a charity portion from Land of Liberty receipts and has given five thousand dollars to the Queen Wilhelmina Fund for Dutch relief He is noted as a Holland descent immigrant family member from 1658 His broadcast term shot in the arm signals a writer devised revival for serials and Joan Blaine’s stormy personal life follows a similar shock effect
Dorothy Lamour heads back to 1900 for a spectacular Galveston stage show whose climax recreates the Galveston flood. Her two films with Hope and Crosby Beyond the Blue Horizon and Road to Morocco await release. Charles Martin previously paid Martha Scott $20 for Five Star Final, then promoted her career. later on CBS Playhouse her paycheck rose to $2,000 for Bachelor Mother.
In a playful scene fans glimpse Jeanette MacDonald relaxing in a bubble bath in Cairo with Ethel Waters as maid. They sing Figaro from the Barber of Seville, showing Waters living up to MacDonald’s operatic moment.
Ken Niles the Big Town announcer becomes the first in his field to broadcast movie celebrities over the air. Eddie Cantor will broadcast from army camps during the duration. Gracie Allen receives toy ducks from listeners for her air bird Herman. Martha Tilton is named Sweetheart of the Auxiliary Fire Fighters in Los Angeles. Brian Donlevy, after four days off Wake Island, heads to a tungsten mine for work.
The program outlines the June 21 lesson with selected scripture texts and subjects prepared by the International Council of Religious Education. It indicates permission for use and presents teaching aims for study leaders and participants.
The lesson emphasizes the Great Commission given to the disciples to evangelize all nations with the gospel. It notes Christ's authority, the imperative to go, and the need for obedience, highlighting the early church’s swift response and the divine presence guiding soul winning. The piece also cites John Wesley as an example and concludes with the joy and strength found in faithful mission.
A man recalls two metal heads side by side in a workshop. One head shows noble, distinct features, while the other is marred and barely recognizable. The caretaker explains the second metal had cooled too much, a metaphor the observer links to forms more precious than metal.
Pattern 7282 provides instructions for a mat and scarf with illustrations of stitches and a photograph of the mat. Materials needed are listed and a mail order address is given to send the request.
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