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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1942
Page
2
Virginia Vale notes Edy Lamarr’s early career as William Powell’s screen wife with tips from Myrna Loy. Loy advises restraint on set, timing with Bill, and proper attire. The piece also previews The March of Time’s India coverage with two films India in Crisis and India at War.
A wartime editorial asserts no conditional peace with dictatorship and vows final victory. It recalls Pearl Harbor, warns Tokyo will not forget, and advocates relentless arsenal and bombing to defeat Hitler. It also notes cultural oddities and explores wartime anxieties and morale.
A University of Illinois expert outlines practical steps to improve horse reliability and reduce feeding costs. Key points include varied high quality feeds tailored to work, punctual meals, home grown rations, regular watering and salt, veterinary parasite control, gradual starting in cool weather, and consistent grooming and hoof care.
The actor moves between Hollywood and Broadway, starring in a season in New York and then returning to Hollywood. A chimpanzee dressed performer antics with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby in Road to Morocco caused chaos as friends were playfully teased by the animal during a studio visit.
Herbert Wilcox returned from London where They Flew Alone, about Amy Mollison, stars Anna Neagle and Robert Newton. Production faced delays and limited studio power while seven months of work yielded a reality edge. Newton thought ideal as Mollison’s husband, and an appeal secured his release.
Metro plans a Kim film with Mickey Rooney in the title role after A Yank at Eton. Joel McCrea recalls a haunted hilltop house Anne Harding once eyed for a hilltop project. Rudy Vallee owns the current site, unaware it was haunted until McCrea, Colbert and Claudette in The Palm Beach Story era mentioned it.
ODDS AND ENDS reports RKO preparing its own Merchant Marine picture The Navy Comes Through starring Pat O'Brien Randolph Scott and Jackie Cooper Greer Garson buys uniforms for the 78th anti aircraft artillery unit Spencer Tracy gifts stand in Jerry Schumacher a gold tipped rabbit foot and the Tortilla Flat cast cushions his parachute troop return Wonder Baby Corey returns to The Lone Wolf in Scotland Yard
A collage of light gossip and curiosities from wartime media includes a note on RAF pamphlets called pamphlets, a joke about Chinese cockroach wealth symbols, a British Medical Journal cold remedy tip, a proposed victory sundae with defense stamps, luncheon etiquette with a sharp reply, poll odds in Gallup, Australian lizards that bark, Cagney versus Cohan Oscar odds, a Marine recruiting joke in Amarillo, cats funded by the Post Office to keep pests from the mail, a Venezuelan monument to a wrecked car, Ann Sheridan film branding, and Reagan quipping on tomatoes while admiring a star’s physique.
A playful roundup notes curious facts and quips: cold nights by scarfing, Louis XIV palace meals for a fee, Gaulish laws fining the stout, a psychologist’s mirror hours tally, a tooth whitening cosmetic trend, and a longevity gift of chow mein in China for milestone birthdays.
U S Department of Agriculture engineers advise treating wood posts against rot and insects and setting them on masonry footings below the frost line to prevent uneven settlement. For repairs use treated posts on masonry and jack gradually to avoid wall cracking. Underpinning can stop movement on sloped foundations by creating horizontal footings extending below the frost line.
The dairy cow count grew by 3 percent in 1941, with calves and heifers at a record high. Forecasters expect 1942 gains to surpass 1941. Cheap seeds often fail due to low germination weed contamination and dirt, the three main quality factors.
A brief note lists the May 24 lesson subjects and scripture texts chosen and copyrighted by the International Council of Religious Education and used by permission.
A biblical meditation on Thursday of Passion Week focusing on the final Passover, the instituting of the Lord's Supper, and the disciple Judas as a warning that outward faith cannot mask unregenerate heart. It emphasizes remembrance, allegiance, and flaws within the inner circle.
The article offers sugarless honey toast, fruit soaking water for cooking, and using half sugar for stewed fruits. It advises individual table mats to reduce laundry, oilcloth mats for outdoors, porch rug refreshing with scrub and varnish, reclaiming dissolved soap scraps as soft soap, and duplicating cleaning tools to save steps in a two story home.
New tea towel designs include Grapes and jampots oranges and a juicer apples and a fruit jar plus cross stitch triangle backgrounds. Pattern No 79262 offers nine motifs and two panholders one fruit one vegetable hot iron transfer stamps available for 15 cents.
Advertisement inviting readers to request a free grand cookbook crammed with recipes for yeast raised breads and cakes. Send a postcard with name and address to Standard Brands Inc. 691 Washington St New York City.
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