Filly Rocket Becomes Turn for Boy in Wyoming Ranch
Ten year old Ken McLaughlin selects a yearling colt from the Rocket Joco mare on his Wyoming ranch, sparking anger from his father due to poor schoolwork. His mother convinces Captain McLaughlin the colt could help Ken, and progress begins as Flicka suffers a fence jump mishap but Elly’s influence suggests she may not be loco after all.
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Ken
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Elly
Howard
McLaughlin
Nell
Don
Mc-Laughlin
Sargent
Neil McLaughlin
Studebaker
Cheyenne
Lady
Calico
Buck
Baldy
Gus
Tim
Kid
Flicka's Nursery Keeps Ken Through the Rodeo
Ken faces lone ranch life after his family leaves for Cheyenne Frontier Days. He tends Flicka at Flicka's Nursery, reads aloud to her under cottonwood shade, while scouts the calm pasture and the Children’s Moon shines over a quiet, sunlit day.
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Gus
Tim
Ken
Kim
Chaps
Studebaker
Flicka
Flicka Fights for Life in Frontier Ranch Tale
Ken finds Flicka dying after a day of chores and worry. A wild cow is stuck and tangled in fence wire with her udder damaged, forcing Ken to decide whether to fetch cutters and free her or seek help as fear and duty mount. The scene ends with him rushing toward the cow barn for tools, the outcome unresolved.
Ady Canova rises to stardom in films and radio
Flor ida comedienne Ady Canova, after years as a featured player, now moves into starring roles in both film and radio. She will headline Columbia Pictures in Louisiana Hayride this August and soon replace Jolson on air, with projects and publicity surrounding Hollywood stars and charitable drives noted as part of the season's entertainment bloom.
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Republic Studios
Columbia Pictures
George Sanders
Marguerite Chapman
Columbia
Berlin
Sanders
Helen Hayes
Samuel Goldwyn
Teresa Wright
Sewing Circle Pattern 8445 in Multiple Sizes
Pattern No 8445 offered in sizes 10 through 20. Size 12 dress requires 3 yards of 39 inch material and jacket 139 yards. Due to high demand and wartime conditions orders may take longer to fill. Send orders to the address provided.
And Nary a Drop Was Spilt Along the Way
A Scottish couple moves to a modern house and discovers the rain tub is full of water. The husband returns late, exhausted, saying he had a job with toob and did not know the tub was full of water.
Double Knockout In welterweight bout at Memorial Hall
Report from Memorial Hall Kansas City on April 7 1941 notes a rare double knockout in the Pat Kissinger versus Al Dorlac welterweight bout. Both fighters delivered simultaneous haymakers in the third round and were counted out together, making the event a standout in Col lier's records.
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Pat Kissinger
al Dorlac
Memorial Hall
Kansas City
Collier’s
Aborigines of Australia Revealed as Largely Primitive
The article reports that many Aboriginal Australians still lack farming, sewing, and shelter building skills. It notes centuries of colonial attitudes viewing them as animals and recalls that up to 40 years ago settlers could legally kill them with a permit.
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Australia
Collier’s
Birch chosen as memorial tree by American Forestry Association
The white birch has been officially chosen by the American Forestry Association as the tree to be planted as a memorial to a mother.
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American Forestry Association
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