Cover Girls fund boosts careers as Rita Hayworth peers rise
Hollywood notes reveal the Cover Girls fund to aid rising starlets with a 195 dollar pool matched by a top prize. Mentions include Rita Hayworth's era, Joan Leslie's debut path from child actress to star, Jennifer Jones and Claudette Colbert casting in upcoming films, plus trivia about Walter Brennan and Lum and Abner.
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Rita Hayworth
Columbia
Joan Leslie
Fred Astaire
RKO Radio
Laddie
Joan Brodel
Walter Brennan
Hollywood
Samuel Goldwyn
Bradley on percentage and betting at tracks
OL ED BRADLEY says bettors ignore percentage, noting 3 to 5 percent edges and roulette around 5 percent against players. Grantland Rice counters with 11 percent, but Bradley insists no one can beat percentage long term. Mutuels suit day fun, not a reliable living.
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ED Bradley
Grantland Rice
Colonel Bradley
Gambling boom drives billions through tracks and taxes
The column argues the 500 million wagered this season will yield 30 million to state treasuries and 20 million to revenue collectors, with about 55 million lost to bettors. It contends public losses at race tracks reflect a broader gambling fever exceeding 15 billion in added money.
Greatest defensive and offensive outfield trios in baseball history
A sergeant compares all time outfield duos and trios, citing1912 Red Sox Lewis Speaker Hooper as the best defensive unit. He stresses top offensive brigades Cobb Crawford Veach and Ruth Meusel Coombs as the strongest attacking outfields.
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Cubs
Sheckard
Hofman
Schulte
Tigers
Cobb
Crawford
Veach
Red Sox
Lewis
Speaker
Hooper
Yankees
Ruth
Meusel
Coombs
Cardinals
Boston
Duffy Lewis
Tris Speaker
Harry Hooper
Mexican baseball eyed as riot potential in US
Dudley Roberts, noted golfer and baseball fan, says Mexican baseball could outdraw major sports in the United States. He cites betting machines and bookmakers operating batter by batter and inning by inning, predicting riots and rougher heckling if introduced here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudley Roberts
United States
Mr. Roberts
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Mexico
Pattern No 8447 for Girls Dress and Panties
A vintage sewing notice describes Pretty Frock and Panties pattern No 8447 in sizes 2 to 6 years. The size 3 dress requires 2 yards 35 inch material and panties 3 yards.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
New
Montgomery Street
San Francisco
Calif
Ordinary Glass Breaks Safely Under New Design
Glassware now made to break in controlled ways to prevent food contamination. Jars pitchers and home containers shatter into large pieces reducing fragment risk. Some ceilings such as the National Gallery of Art in Washington are designed to powder form to avoid falling shards.
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Collier's
National Gallery of Art
Washington
Gems of Thought: Quotes on Endeavor and Benevolence
A short collection of quotations emphasizing personal uplift through conscious effort. It contrasts Thoreau on self-improvement with reflections on sacrifice, virtue, and love. The lines praise resilience, noble death for others, and the beauty born of a fair mind and love.
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Thoreau
Michael J. Barry
Flag at Half Mast Rules Across Jurisdictions
The article explains that the U S flag is flown at half mast only for national mourning of a national figure or a national catastrophe. State city or organizational flags may mourn individuals of local prominence.
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United States
Collier's
Answers to Ask Me Another General Quiz
Trickery meaning chicanery. Macadamized roads named after John Loudon McAdam. Lincoln tallest, Madison shortest. Fourteen lines in a sonnet. Children born here are US citizens. Three states meet at confluence of Ohio and Mississippi. Derby hat linked to Earl of Derby race. Lafitte was an American buccaneer. Do doe and dough are homophones with distinct meanings. Stuyvesant remembered as last Dutch governor of New York.
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United States
Ohio
Mississippi
Jean Lafitte
Peter Stuyvesant
John Loudon McAdam
Abraham Lincoln
James Madison
Illinois
Kentucky
Missouri
Doe
New York
One Bit of Tough Detail That Smith Didn't Mind
Two men work together in a War Production board office. One leaves at four, the other stays until six or later. After months the harder worker asks how the other finishes early. The answer cites marking tricky papers Refer to Mr. Smith to avoid rework. The reveal: the other man is Mr. Smith.
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War Production Board
Home Tips From A Centennial Household Page
Simple, practical advice on soil and pests with earthworms, lime water to surface them, nickel faucet cleaning, rice whitening with lemon juice, linen care with blueing, clover fragrance, parboiled green peppers, and rubber gloves for cleaning. Includes nail care with cold cream before work.
Lone Private Jones Reports Late For Parade
A lone Private Jones slips onto the parade ground ten minutes late. The sergeant greets with icy sarcasm asking if he has signed a separate peace. Jones boasts of being a mind reader and is pressed about possible embarrassment.
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Private Jones
Sailor Conflict Sparks Photo and Complaint Exchange
Chloe accuses a sailor of harassment after he used a photo and demanded another from her. He offers 15 and forgets her appearance, prompting a pointed response. A contrasting reflection recalls a boyhood suit limit, and a shipyard joke ends with a nervous launch question about how hard to strike to launch a vessel.
Ceiling folly and bookcase irony
Two flies critique humans for spending on ceilings yet walking on the floor. A man complains of many books but no bookcases, preferring not to borrow any. The light jab at human inconsistency mixes humor with thrift.
Whistling Office Joke Prompt Reaches Boss and Worker
A witty exchange shows an employer scolding as the office boy explains he is only whistling while not working. The playful line highlights workplace humor and a reluctant worker.
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Thomas
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Pacific Photo Service
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