Air Corps tests new food ration on desert hike
A 14 man Wright Field expedition hiked 100 miles across New Mexico to test a new emergency field ration from Chicago. The plan packs 3 500 calories daily in three portions with pemmican biscuits and chocolate fudge. Diet variations were limited as the team followed the ration faithfully.
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Air Corps
Dayton
Ohio
New Mexico
Wright Field
Army Air Corps Test and Research Center
Quartermasters Subsistence Laboratory
Chicago
Panama
Alaska
D. B. Dill
U. S. Army Air Corps
Farmer Defense Planning Stressed by State Land Use Committees
Washington reports that 48 state land use planning committees submitted defense oriented agricultural recommendations to the Agriculture Department. Emphasis covered defense production, price supports, rural health, youth training, and postwar farming shifts toward family farms, higher production per acre, and better marketing coordination.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Claude R. Wickard
Western Hemisphere
Place for Women in Democracy Forum at Stephens College
Columbia Missouri November 6 opens a three day forum on the American woman and her responsibilities as a citizen in a democracy. James Madison Wood of Stephens College outlines three core family factors finances health and character.
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Columbia
Stephens College
James Madison Wood
Wood
America
New York Showbiz Gossip and Broadway Praises
A collage of entertainment notes from New York including Babe Ruth’s film price rumors for Gehrig biopics, Jimmy Walker eyed for a racetrack job, MGM projects, Ginger Rogers profiles, ex Warden Lawes weight change, and anti Nazi reports. Also covers bootlegging in England, Fritz Thyssen book, Jimmy Wong Howe, Rabbi M A, Van Loon, pro Nazi hops, Jimmy Dorsey royalties, and Broadway life with fashion and theft anecdotes.
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Babe Ruth
Goldwyn
Ruth
Gehrig
Jimmy Walker
N. Y
MGM
Mickey and
Judy
Life
Ginger Rogers
Lawes
Sing Sing Prison
Hitler
Fritz Thyssen
Germany
Jimmy Wong Howe
Edgar Magnin
Hendrik Willem van Loon
Jardine
Wally
Duke
Defense workers avoid flashy clothing in Chicago firms
In Chicago, defense workers in the Merchandise Mart shops favor restrained dress over flamboyant streetwear and avoid pricey shirts, a contrast with World War I standards. The findings stem from a survey of firms selling men's furnishings to defense industries and their employees.
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Herald Tribune
Hitler
Chicago
Ill
Merchandise Mart
Record Kiss Breaks Screen Longest Kiss Limit
Virginia Vale and Regis Toomey set a new screen kiss record of three minutes five seconds in Warner Bros You re in the Army Now. The scene features Jane and Regis on a piano bench as Donald McBride treads military talk.
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Ane Wyman
Regis Toomey
Warner Bros
Ann Sheridan
George Brent
Jane
Regis
Donald McBride
Beloved Singer Pleaded For Mercy Not Justice
The essay notes Madame Schumann-Heink as a gracious star who teased over her figure and refused justice for mercy in a portrait request. She joked about seating for a painter while highlighting her warm, self deprecating humor.
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Madame Schumann-Heink
Mr Bug Goes to Town cartoon costs per frame
Inside look at the Fleisher studio feature Mr. Bug Goes to Town with 700 animators and a ten month build. Each frame costs about 9 dollars based on a 1 million dollar budget for the adapted insect life drama.
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Mr. Bug
Dave Fleisher
Fleisher
Look Who's Laughing Stars Face Public Attention
Radio duo Fibber McGee and Molly and film namesake couple Mr and Mrs J Jordan fear autograph seekers as millions see them in Look Who's Laughing with Edgar Bergen and Lucille Ball. Critics fault drama schools while Gun for Hire cites three alumni Veronica Lake Robert Preston and Alan Ladd all of whom attended dramatic schools.
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Fibber McGee and
Molly
Mrs. J. Jordan
Edgar Bergen
Lucille Ball
Paramount
Veronica Lake
Robert Preston
Alan Ladd
Hollywood Links and Casting News Rise Across 1940s Cinema
Victor Mature joins Fox gangster film Highway in Hell with Pat O’Brien. Ann Sheridan sent roses to ill George Brent. he made perfume from them for her. Harold Lloyd backs Kay Kyser in My Favorite Spy. Dolores Costello lands leading role in The Magnificent Ambersons. Richard Barthelmess returns in The Mayor of 44th Street. Melvyn Douglas pursues Greta Garbo in Two-Faced Woman and Norma Shearer in We Were Dancing.
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Victor Mature
Fox
Hell
Pat O’brien
George Brent
Ann Sheridan
Harold Lloyd
Kay Kyser
Dolores Costello
Richard Barthelmess
RKO
44Th Street
Melvyn Douglas
Garbo
Norma Shearer
Never Crowded There Is Always Room Anywhere
A reflective quote attributed to Drummond on the ubiquity of sacred thought. It asserts that holiness fits into any place and time, emphasizing universal accessibility of spiritual consideration.
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Drummond
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