Household Tips and Cleaning Tricks
Household questions cover Treating New Broom methods to extend life by soaking then drying. Later Saver tips suggest discarding frying fat in paper cups. Removing Fish Smell is done with vinegar and water rinses. Refreshening Taffeta Frock uses borax solution and warm ironing. Lemons stored in a covered jar in the fridge stay fresh and plump.
Easter Holiday Menu and Craft Ideas From Household Section
The article offers Easter eggs crafts with painted faces and bonnets, and a feast menu featuring roast leg of lamb or baked ham, asparagus, new potatoes, spring salad, hot rolls, butter, and Boston cream pie. It includes recipes for Boston cream pie filling, broiled grapefruit, currant mint sauce, lemon butter asparagus, egg shapes using candy colors, and a cider glazed ham.
Radio and film news notes plus awards roundup
The column surveys radio host Wilson’s move into acting in Buck Benny Rides Again and his role as Slim in The Round-Up. It notes Professor Quiz eyeing a deal for a quiz shorts series and highlights Bing Crosby in Road to Singapore with Lamour and Hope. It mentions Gone with the Wind awards and Janice Logan’s Best Undressed honor from Dr Cyclops prep.
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Buck Benny
Slim
Macklyn Arbuckle
Professor Quiz
Paramount
Singapore
Bing Crosby
Dorothy Lamour
Bob Hope
Robert Montgomery
Earl of Chicago
George Brent
Tyrone Power
Jady Garland
Gone With the Wind
Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences
Little Judy
Backseat makeover and sewing book promos in a single sketch
A vintage sketch shows transforming an old car seat into a padded back seat with a cretonne slip cover and blue accents. The note promotes Sewing Book 1 through 4 with 10 cent books plus a free quilt block pattern set and hints at other craft projects. Also mentions Miss Logan as best dressed at Sarah Lawrence and a humor about matching hats seen on Bing Crosby and Sabu during a broadcast.
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Logan
Swanky
Sarah Lawrence College
Easy Entertaining by Eleanor Howe Promotes Party Menus
Eleanor Howe offers menus and recipes for holidays parties children's celebrations picnics and a wedding reception in her cookbook Easy Entertaining. Readers may order by sending 10 cents to Eleanor Howe 919 North Michigan Avenue Chicago Illinois.
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Genoa Fountain Rumor Of Miraculous Powers Sparks Visitors
At the May 1936 Genoa dedication a large fountain sparked a Collier's tale of miraculous power. Since then people from across Italy have visited to throw coins and wish, with the monthly cleanup uprooting the collected money.
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Genoa
Italy
Collier’s
Cake Secrets and Tips From Eleanor Howe
Eleanor Howe shares cake secrets and hints for measuring and mixing ingredients to ensure satisfactory results in feeding a family. The column promises practical advice for home cooks planning their next baking session.
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Eleanor Howe
Western Newspaper Union
Douglass Montgomery Stars In Double Door At Star Theater
Douglass Montgomery will appear at the Star Theater on March 27 with Florence Reed and Helen Claire in the play Double Door. Basil Rathbone's on set mishap involved a mangled thumb from a black cat used in Destiny. Joel McCrea enjoyed a ranch vacation living and working with cowhands, branding cattle in tents.
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Douglass Montgomery
Florence Reed
Helen Claire
Basil Rathbone
New Westinghouse
Joel McCrea
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