Astor Tales and Political Quips From The Town
A mosaic of jokes and gossip from a New York bar scene and political chatter. A drunken patron brags at a bar, a war correspondent misstates Tojo’s fate, plus celebrity blurbs about Shirley Temple, Dinah Shore, Truman’s aging presidency, and other assorted society scraps.
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Astor
Rome
Vincent
Shirley Temple
New York
Madeleine Carroll
Red Cross
Dinah Shore
Truman
White House
Senate
Overnight Guest Burenames Williams Mystery Unfolds
Adam Bruce FBI operator and Inspector and Mrs Tope on vacation in the northeast find a murdered man at Bee Dewain s auto camp. Bruce Quill Nat Cumberland DA and Dr Medford investigate and keep the case secret while Mrs Tope identifies the body as Ledforge of New Eng utilities though a NY report says Ledforge was in his office. A car tied to the crime is found.
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Adam Bruce
FBI
Tope
Wilds
Bee Dewain
Bruce
Quill
Nat Cumberland
D. A
Dr. Medford
New York
Ledforge
Joe Dane
Holdom's
Kelll
Dane
Mrs. Kell
Mat
Adam and
Bee
Kell
Adam
Balser Wade
Matt
Wade
Society For the Protection of Rivers
Elijah
Holdom
Bob Flint
Long Island Sound
Flint
Department of Commérce
Ree Adam
Yaald
Mr. Ledforge
Mr. Cumberland
Earl Priddy
Joe
Earl
Inspector Tope
Priddy
Cascade
Mr. Eberly
Hartford
Cumberland
Jon
Sewell
Holdem
Hitle
Connecticut Line
Missing Heir Ledforge Ties To River Protection Controversy
Inspector Tope pieces together a case around Ledforge and Wade over river protection intrigue. Kell and Mrs Kell vanish with a coupe, a gray-suited man may be dead, and Holdom lies injured in a private hospital near Hartford as Ledforge is traced to New York and a fishing invitation motive surfaces.
World of Screen Trades and Movie Facts
Virginia Vale reports on actors and contracts across studios. Virginian stars such as Sue Simmons and Rod Cameron face stunts and weight loss while Elaine Williams traces a Wisconsin Miss title. Jack Smith, Loren Tindall, Judy Garland, and Angela Lansbury are noted for contracts and upcoming roles.
Bead Socks For Warm Winter Nights In White Knit
Keep feet snug on cold nights with white knit bead socks. Long fifteen inch design features pink or blue ribbon lacing and no heel shaping. Easy to make with simple construction.
General Knowledge Quiz Riddles and Trivia
A readable quiz item asks readers eight questions on topics from locomotives to Roman emperors and zodiac signs. It includes questions about U S population, naval manpower, a wombat, a July 4th birthday president, and comparisons of body temperatures between dogs and humans.
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United States
Special Train Connection In Ancient History Quiz
Constantine the Great appears in a quiz on special trains. Only seven percent is noted. Two zodiac signs Aries and Aquarius are mentioned. The population figure 139,682,000 marks an 8,000,000 rise from 1940. A new burrowing animal resembling a small bear is reported from Australia. Calvin Coolidge is referenced.
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Constantine the Great
Aries
Aquarius
Australia
Calvin Coolidge
Pay Variations and Deductions for American Workers
The article outlines 31 kinds of pay including night bonus and swing shift differential. It lists 46 deductions such as union dues and group insurance premiums reducing wages.
Hollywood Notes on 1940s Film Casting Tidbits
The column mentions Susan Allen singing No Can Do and indicates a role for Jeckie Cooper’s wife June Horne in Warner Bros The Verdict with Sydney Greenstreet. Helen Weller, star of Paramount People Are Funny, has freckles likened to Katherine Hepburn and Myrna Loy. Donald Reagan leads in Stallion Rock.
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Susan
Allen
Sammy “Kaye
Jeckie Cooper
June Horne
Warner Bros
Tha Verdict
Sydney Greensteet
Helen Weller
Paramount
Katherina Hepburn
Myrna Loy
Hollywood
Donald Reagengen Leke
Warner
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Tokyo
Tojo
Japan
CBS Lsteners
Earl Browder
Americommies
Naz
Communist Party
Jumie Haver
Vic Mature
Cleatus Caldwell
Ruth Hogg
Harry James
Betty Grable
Wm. Bythe
Margaret Whiting
Lindbergh
Irving Bitz
Eve'n
Norma Richter
Chas. Rose
Oklahoma
Artcraft Hosier
Hoover
Piffe
Willkie
James Melton
Curly
Okla
John Roosevelt
Colm
Washington
John ‘W. Raper
Cleveland
Joseph FE. Davies
Potsdam
John Gunther
U.S.A
Delaware
Mussolini
America
Liz Dilling
Nicky Blair
Jayne Westbrook
Broadway
Burenames Williams
Western
Nawapaper Union
Virginia Vale
Sue Simmons
Universal
Rod Cameron
Yvonne de ‘Carlo
Yvonne
Cameron
Hudson River
Elaine Williams
Ba- Banay Company
Elaine
Wisconsin
WHBY
Appleton
Wis
Twentieth Century - Fox
Jack Smith
CBS
Smith
East
Loren Tindall
REO
Dore Bohary
Irene Dunne
Navy
Martha
Robert Taylors
Taylor
Armed Forces
Barbara Stanwyck
Metro
Jerome Kern
Judy Garland
Robert Walker
van Heflin
Kern
Angela Lansbury
Connie Haines
NBC
Avengers of
Bataan
20Th Division
Connie
Terminal Island
San Pedro
Elyse Knox
Monogram
Joe Palooka
Sharon Kristan Harmon
Tommy Harmon
Richard Quine
Susan Peters
Coast Guard
Uivorr
PRG
Elzes
Wallies
Mission St
San Francisco
Seeah Richt
B. F. Goodrich Frock
ASML
Vicks
Janene Seaca
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