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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1942
Page
3
A cub reporter recalls stories about John Barrymore, Chaplin's spy rumors, and Eugenia Flatto amid wartime Japan and Germany tensions. A New Yorker adviser delivers a deli package to FDR whose corned beef prompts a diplomatic card handoff to embassies.
While assistant secretary of the navy, Franklin D Roosevelt told Temperance Union ladies that champagne christenings should be encouraged not opposed. He joked that after the first wine tasting a ship would take to water and stick to it, illustrating his temperance lesson.
A World War II era line recalls an Italian captain who urged his troops to fight with a pep talk then led a charge shouting Avanti For ward. He found his men still seated applauding as he charged alone fifty yards ahead.
Admirers of Herbert Bayard Swope sought an anecdote in Newspaperman Stuff. M Throckmorton Cohn recalls Swope’s habit of timing the Tribune clock across from the World. When the Tribune clock stopped, Swope quipped on the World editorial page that the Tribune cannot run the government or keep its own clock.
For almost a year she tried to crash Broadway, spreading a tale of heiress status and weekly family payments to stay away from the theater. Publicity drew attention from playwrights and producers, but the ruse collapsed when she faced eviction over a $20 hotel bill.
Top players rarely spend freely as most earnings go to taxes and living costs. The majority of remaining funds is controlled by business managers and agents.
The article notes that Hollywood stars must eat sparingly and avoid indulgent foods to maintain their figures and conditioning. It contrasts this with their dream of eating steak potatoes and pie whenever desired, but forgoes such meals in practice.
Modern Americans believe more myth and legend about Hollywood than ancient Greeks did about Mount Olympus. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce promotes a mythic mecca, while there is no Hollywood City Hall or city officials. The area is simply the northwest part of Los Angeles.
Thousands of women vie for WAAC officer-candidates as Maj. Oveta Hobby and aides face limits. Only about 500 officer-candidates can be trained this year with four weeks of prep, leaving up to 275000 disappointed hopefuls from a 300000 registration. Recruiting officers in nine corps areas must select and test entrants. Separately Rep. Adolph Sabath backs a monthly government lottery to fund war bonds, estimating 375 million from billion $1 tickets versus 525 million in interest on a 20 year loan.
A long line forms for the 45 to 65 age registration as diverse Americans from white to red and yellow stand together. The piece reflects on national unity and citizens ready to serve, depicting John Nichols the model farmer and broader wartime sacrifice. It also notes political ideas about lotteries and war bonds, and comments on China and Hitler’s stance.
Pattern No. 8925 offered in sizes 1 2 3 4 and 5 years plus dress-up times. Size 2 requires 33 yards 35 inch material and 3 yards rayon braid. Order details: send to the listed address for purchase and delivery.
A fragment mentions patterns for a button-front frock overalls rompers and a bonnet in dotted swiss calico or gingham with rac braid. It highlights easy sewing for playwear and a charming wardrobe. The excerpt also includes stray lines about iron ore discovery and a businessman saying his business was "looking up" despite it being flat.
A garbled OCR excerpt presents scattered letters and initials without clear names places dates or events. The readable parts offer no definite action or outcome to summarize into a coherent news item.
Answers cover terms mickle and habitual use, the vast Victoria River Downs ranch, Rome and Carthage as Punic War foes, continual versus continuous distinction, Whitman’s Captain reference to Lincoln, horses pushing in harness, concentric circles with a shared center, two US Presidents won Nobel Peace Prizes Roosevelt and Wilson, impeachment trials by the Senate, and semantics studying word meanings.
A playful exchange reveals family dynamics with a baby described as a cute rascal. The mother notes the child resembles the father in mischief, while the father admits his own rascal nature is stronger, framing a lighthearted domestic moment.
In a Way the dialogue reveals a distant link as one speaker explains he is his mother’s first child while Patrick O'Shea is described as the seventh child. The exchange centers on a family connection and birth order within the O'Shea lineage.
The dialogue contrasts two characters about wealth and travel with one dismissive reply. The first expresses a wish for a million dollars to buy a yacht and sail the world. The second refuses to join, faulting laziness to wish for oneself.
Johnson quips that cost does not determine value in dentistry noting his false teeth were costly while natural teeth came free. The exchange turns on expense versus worth.
A rule states that an asset cannot be disposed of at less than its cost price. The provision protects against selling assets for a loss and ensures financial prudence in transfers and scrapping.
An advertisement invites readers to request a free cook book packed with yeast breads and cakes. Send a postcard with name and address to Standard Brands Inc at 691 Washington St New York City.
The Sargasso Sea, a vast North Atlantic area as large as the continental United States, is notable for its motionless waters and the dominance of a single plant species, a floating seaweed. The weed grows at the tips as it dies at the base.
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