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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1942
Page
7
An ad promoting a cotton jiffy knit jacket priced around one dollar. It describes an easy pattern stitch, warmth for chilly evenings, and sizes 12 14 16 18 with pattern 7350 showing stitches and materials. Send orders to the address provided.
A guide for gifting to soldiers suggests Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco as a top choice. The advertisement notes it is widely popular and available in a pound can, ideal for pipe or roll-your-own users. Local dealers promote the brand as a practical present for service members.
During Mr. Winchell's absence on vacation his column is being conducted by guest columnists.
Capitol Hill piece by Leon Henderson notes senior figures like Barkley and Rayburn, plus rising Southern congressmen including Hale Boggs Al Gore Wilbur Mills and Mike Monroney. It cites past convention slogans New Deal Roosevelt and beer and discusses the public debt owed to Senator Prentiss Brown of Michigan.
Don Nelson and I recall Scotch grandmothers and discipline in a bridge joke laden piece. Sidney Weinberg mocks a brooklyn ward leader’s dad during a hand. A long haired scientist claims real rubber over substitutes. A rationing staff faces two weeks of traveling salesmen without fresh risque jokes. The piece singles out Joe Eastman as the miracle worker to solve transportation problems.
The piece lists various satirical quips about landlords, congress, rationing, staff size, Claude Wickard, deputy heights, lawyers, Maria Alencastro, Ed Halsey, and OPA public opinion. It reflects humorous reflections on politics, bureaucracy, and public sentiment from a midcentury source.
A medley of fleeting reflections and names, noting public figures and topics from early 20th century American life. The speaker muses on rent, prices, politics, and cultural figures, referencing Ickes, NRA visitors, and the idea of a United Nations beauty contest candidate Mrs Soong.
Virginia Vale reports on 20th Century Fox plans with many sleuths including Philo Vance and The Falcon, plus The Show Boat revival rights and Stage Door Canteen project with Katharine Cornell. Tarzan Triumphs replaces Weissmuller, Sammy radio cast shifts, Martin Block’s rise, and The Desperadoes palette of Utah technicolor stampede scenes.
The Henry Aldrich cast needs a ninth member to field a full baseball team. In Road to Morocco Bing Crosby Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour use DeMille's 1923 Ten Commandments tent as a rescue backdrop. Nan Grey wife of jockey Jackie Wes trope is urged by friends to touch horses and she fears them. A North Carolina camp jeep nicknamed for Kate Smith supposedly can nearly sing God Bless America.
Pattern No 8235 offers a graceful school outfit with a blouse and skirt. Sizes 6 8 10 12 and 14 are available and size 8 requires 2 1/2 yards of 35 or 39 inch fabric. Send your order to the indicated address.
This excerpt estimates the life of the average man at 57 years and breaks it into time spent sleeping 18 years seven months, working 15 years five months, attending church and recreation eight years, eating and drinking five years while traveling, three years ill, and two dressing.
Report notes fruits and vegetables like peaches lettuce spinach cucumbers and summer squash contain higher water percentages than many drinks. Highlights include comparisons to beer wine milk and carbonated beverages.
A shy young couple seeks privacy and tries many spots until a porter suggests the bus stop for quicker service. The couple then kisses beside a railway carriage and at several platforms before finally moving toward a bus stop noted for frequent service.
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