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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1940
Page
3
Virginia Vale notes the Pennsylvania State Board of Censors bans Paramounts The World in Flames stating it corrupts morals. The film argues for national preparedness and had support from high federal officials including the navy and war secretaries in Washington.
Henry Fonda favors a glass brick breakfast room for daylight and mood lifting. Fanny Brice also embraces light, cutting a large glass-block hole in her San Fernando Valley home to flood spaces with daylight while keeping privacy.
Paramount secures screen rights to Ernest Hemingway novel for $100000 with Gary Cooper considered for lead. War Spain backdrop features a poignant love story. Metro MGM to distribute Land of Liberty nationwide. Red Cross to receive net proceeds. Cast includes Bette Davis Spencer Tracy Claudette Colbert James Stewart and others.
Paramount secures the interior of a Detroit automotive plant for scenes in Reaching for the Sun a drama of the auto industry. Cast includes Joel McCrea Ellen Drew Albert Dekker Eddie Bracken and Billy Gilbert. Ray Heatherton on air quiz reveals Annie Laurie tale and Burns misattribution.
Sponsors will keep the Tom Mix radio series going as inspiration for young Americans despite Mix’s death. Frances Langford’s deep voice is linked to her loss of tonsils. Metro plans Leadville with Vivian Leigh James Stewart and Clark Gable, set in a 1870s Colorado mining camp. Kenny Baker Day set for November 20th with fan clubs preparing plaques.
The piece recalls a Federal court scene where a prisoner testifies denying promising freedom and preferring prison. It also mentions composer Sibelius, walking in his Finnish garden, joking that a crow's call is “the critic.”
Fashion item describes a flattering jumper with soft fullness in the skirt and rippling motion. A corselet waistline and wide straps secure the piece. suitable materials include wool, corduroy, jersey or velveteen for the jumper and crepe or challis for the blouse. includes sew chart.
A New York committee woman, greeting a candidate, had the loudest blush of the week. After warm speeches praising him, she introduced him to a radio audience and declared they were working night and day for his well deserved election.
A Gallup poll bearer confronted a boy near Lindy’s about claims of receiving $3 from one candidate and $2 from another. The boy denied voting for the $3 giver, saying he voted for the $2 candidate, arguing he is the less corrupt.
Newspaper men discuss Col Lindbergh comments with critics urging sticking to policy. A quoted exchange recalls Orville Wright told by Langley rival to be assertive, and Wright retorts that parrots talk well but cannot fly, illustrating caution in public claims.
A roundup of witty headlines and filler items from press agents and readers. Elise Chisholm, once a union official and press agent, married Sing Sing Warden Lewis Lawes. Mrs Lawes’ staff reportedly includes five convicted murderers. A quip about flag pins and other light anecdotes follow, including WW II era witticisms and radio jests about Nazi planes.
The Minnesota coach Bernie Bierman explains his summer farmer scouting. He probes education and residence with practical signals of suitability, preferring those who show a plow raised toward a farmhouse as potential recruits for his team.
Readers express strong liking for pinafore jumpers. Urge sending for design No. 8797 to obtain the pattern and keep up with fashion trends despite a tight clothing budget.
A Colier's item notes the Dominican Republic president requires a 25-cent stamp on all citizen letters. It mentions Lithuanian graves with heart-shaped stones as mourning symbols. A rabbit in high altitude study swelled to twice size. Guayaquil's Olmedo statue is a secondhand Byron statue bought in a London junk shop.
Practical tips on laundering muslin curtains as pairs, soaking dried prunes overnight for gentler simmering, restoring fireplace bricks with a soda pumice salt cream, speeding apple pie by pre cooking apples, glazing ham with mustard butter, keeping milk from curdling with a pinch of baking soda, orange juice moistened cheese filling ideas, and hanging small items on inside cabinet screws for easy reach.
This set asks who speaks Romani, whether birds see with both eyes, who asked Am I my brother's keeper, the Joe Muller reference, the origin of the shot heard round the world, how many VPs became President, the uint Punic War nations, fool's gold mineral, the most famous musical piece besides anthems, and which Presidents died in the White House.
The excerpt lists items and trivia across topics: gypsies, the owl’s unique vision, Cain, a stale joke, Concord, outcomes by death and election, Rome and Carthage, pyrite, the Hallelujah Chorus, and a note on presidents who died in office with locations of their deaths. It reads as a quiz style set of historical curiosities and facts.
A boastful actor, eager for his speaking part, rehearses for weeks before his moment. On opening night he delivers a thunderous line asking Is it and declares It is in a finale that plays on fate and overconfident art.
Growth methods and top quality pure culture spawn promise higher returns for growers. Readers can request a free folio from Hughes Spawn at Box 5006 Dept Clenver Celerado for practical marketing tips and production insights.
A quoted fragment advises taking a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons. It compares it to a body water bath, suggesting regular immersion in music benefits the soul.
A fragment prints a maxim from La Fontaine about the poor bearing the consequences of the rich’s follies, reflecting on social inequality and moral reflection. The line emphasizes the cost borne by the weak in times of excess by the powerful.
An early public health pitch urges prevention of constipation by increasing dietary bulk with Kellogg's All Bran cereal. It promotes regularity through daily cereal, ample fluids, and physician consultation for chronic cases.
A fragment quotes Horace noting the curious avoid talkers who are themselves talkative. The line highlights a paradox of inquiry and discourse as a social trait.
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