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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1945
Page
7
A simple project describes building a shoe shine kit and a laundry hamper from scraps of three-eighth-inch lumber. The design features a shallow compartment and aims to help a family rise and shine with a handy, easy-to-make kit.
An archival notice describes an actual size cutting guide for shaped parts of two articles. It mentions large instruction diagrams and a complete materials list included. To obtain pattern 280, readers are asked to send 15 cents with their name and address.
The piece reports that Hannegan’s scouts found broad support for Truman’s cabinet changes, foreign policy, and wage plans, while radicals remained critical. It notes backing for unconditional surrender as a wartime aim and highlights continuity with Roosevelt policies through Morganthau Rosenman Hopkins Stettinius and Bretton Woods.
The Broadway play Foolish Notion stars Tallulah Bankhead and a cast including Donald Cook and Aubrey Mather, with Maria Manton in her stage debut. In the article a Hollywood lens turns to Olivia de Havilland’s famous chin nickname The Jaw, while a Washington subplot follows Harry Herbert and Peg O’Brien navigating lines and bureaucracy toward marriage.
In Hollywood Betty Hutton lent her stand-in Barbara Cain to Joan Caulfield between pictures. Cain, star of Broadway's Kiss and Tell, was beginning her film career in Paramount's Miss Susie Slagle.
Penny Singleton escapes a typecast as Blondie when Hunt Stromberg casts her in Young Widow with Jane Russell and Louis Hayward. Virginia Bruce goes brunette for a dual role in Love Honor and Goodbye, testing fidelity while showcasing a tinting habit.
Dick Haymes, once broke after quitting Harry James, now stars with Maureen O'Hara in Kitten on the Keys at 20th Century Fox. Chandler, the former chauffeur who helped Haymes, plays a columnist and is set to punch his former boss in the jaw during the film staged near their romance.
Bob Burns in Canoga Park honors fallen residents by planting memorial trees in their names. Each tree bears a plaque with the respective war hero's name to recognize their service.
The new CBS program premieres June 13 as a summer replacement for Which Is Which. Wendy Barrie and Fred Uttal host a quiz where contestants receive five clues to name a surprise gift. A first guess wins $25, with prizes stepping down to $5. contestants still receive the prize if they never identify the gift.
The Andrews Sisters are voted the most popular harmony group by soldiers stationed in Ireland. John Garfield avoids the draft and Carey Wilson will begin production on The Postman Always Rings Twice starring John and Lana Turner. Paul Whiteman plans Gershwin tributes with Joan Edwards as soloist. Jimmy Carroll gains his own CBS series after backing five top singers.
Pattern No 8613 offers a scalloped two piece dress for sizes 12 to 20 and 40 with 3 yards of fabric plus trimming. 8613 C mirrors Mothers in sizes 3 to 8 requiring yardage and ruffling for trimming. Pattern No 8855 covers teens to young adult sizes with short sleeves and required fabric amounts.
Be good, sweet maid is a line from a poem often cited in etiquette and literary games. The form completes common chivalric and domestic verse fragments used in trivia and quizzes.
The set presents six brief prompts. They reference cleverness, directional orientation from east toward the equator, Medusa, Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, the word Apex, and newspapers as a category. Each item hints at a common literary or thematic thread.
The guest book at Far Away Farms near Lexington Kentucky likely holds over two million visitor names. It records guests over 24 years since the famed racehorse retired from the track.
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