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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1944
Page
6
In a WPB office scene a chief and two ad men plan a campaign to overcome the superstition of lighting three cigarettes on one match. The chief lights a second cigarette, urges a broader anti superstition crusade, and the team debates scope and timing before leaving after a bad omen.
A newspaper column rails at new wartime taxes on phone use, blasting 25 percent on long distance calls and 15 percent on local calls. The writer laments higher costs eroding daily life, from casual chats to family conversations, arguing the levy treats conversation as luxury.
The piece notes child actors in CBSs Big Sister with Jim Jr who cant read and is coached by his father Jim Sr. The story highlights young Fernando Alvarado a veteran at ten with nine years in pictures and fifty speaking roles including The Falcon in Mexico.
Scientific research workers highlight food production, utilization, and conservation advances vital for wartime needs. Findings include sweet potato meal as cattle feed, sagebrush pasture improvement, hog growth efficiency changes, hay use in hog rations, grain sorghum as corn substitute, calf rearing with less milk, legume hay for cows, insecticide substitutes for pests, and 35 new crop plant varieties released.
Researchers Gordon Newell and C A Elvehjem at the University of Washington report swine hoofs waste from packing plants can become a protein supplement when finely ground and mixed with other feeds. Hoof powder may reach about 30 percent of the ration to aid chick diets, but it is not a complete protein and varies in quality. Processing methods need standardization as packing houses face labor and equipment shortages hindering market production.
After 12 years of trying to persuade casting directors Elliott earns recognition as a premier horseman of the screen. He gained his nickname from playing Wild Bill Hickock and now stars as Red Ryder in Republic's new Fred Harman cartoon series.
Helen Holmes directs Blackie the cat on the Hollywood set of The Falcon in Mexico starring Tom Conway. Anne Shirley cameras hide her inflamed eye during five kissing scenes with Phil Terry, per producer John Auer who orders eyes shut to keep love blind.
A new aerosol bomb should revolutionize insecticide distribution. The device is a small cylinder that disperses insecticides under high pressure. It uses pyrethrum extract and sesame oil dissolved in Freon or substitutes like methyl chloride to overcome Freon shortages.
Barbara Bell Palitera No. 1936 designed for sizes 11 13 15 17 and 19. Size 13 short sleeves requires 31 yards 39 inch material and 2 yards ribbon.
A mixed quiz covering geography history and science. Questions ask area of Vatican City ad valorem duty basis bomber replacement time China year start febrile meaning porpoise length Mexico border neighbor shortest Japan route from San Francisco through Aleutians or Hawaii James J Davis number of presidents served as labor secretary and definition of a silent partner in business.
After The Adventures of Mark Twain the studio previews eight future biography features including Gershwin and Will Rogers. The roster also covers Audubon Marilyn Miller Cole Porter Vincent Youmans Lime Silverman and Marine Sergeant Al Schmid. Carlo Ross gains fan letters and becomes a featured vocalist on Musical Steelmakers after 1418 listeners praised his eight bars.
A set of trivia items lists Vatican City acreage about 100, a value termed value, a one year period, the 4641st year, feverish as a descriptor, five and one half feet, Guatemala as a location, a shorter route via the Aleutians by 1700 miles, a trio of presidents Three Harding Coolidge and Hoover, and a passive investor defined as one who funds a business without active management involvement.
Visitors greet Hildegarde as Charlie and she smiles, a nod to her father’s name from her New Holstein childhood. Born in Milwaukee, she grew up with European manners learned abroad.
The army now publishes 23 military dictionaries 26 general purpose dictionaries and 38 phrase books and language guides for soldiers overseas to aid communication and operations.
Beatrice Kay the singer comedienne of the Gay Nineties will soon make her picture debut. She has a featured role in Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe which goes into production sooner than expected.
Irene Dunn returns to her original Penny Serenade role for a radio adaptation set to air May 8. Ingrid Bergman named pin-up of Yank for one issue while awaiting Gaslight release. Al Jolson to produce Columbia’s Burlesque remake with Rita Hayworth. Errol Flynn resumes duty at Warner Bros for Objective Burma. Bob Hope sports Colonna inspired mustache in Road to Utopia.
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