Noted Young Stars Shine Across Radio and Screen
Fifteen to sixteen year old talents and seasoned actors surface in Hollywood projects. Ann Blyth, at sixteen, balances stage radio and a Universal contract with The Merry Monahans in progress after Watch on the Rhine. Newcomers and veterans push forward in promotions, films, and radio roles.
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Blythe
Washington
White House
Universal
Merry Monahans
San Carlos Opera Company
White House letter dispute and army demobilization plan
Press conference confusion over a Roosevelt Willkie letter surfaces as insiders reveal the White House denial and Willkie’s reaction. Inside the same issue, the Army demobilization plan envisions releasing about 2,000,000 veterans after a German armistice using a point system and targeted early discharge of hardship cases.
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Sam Rosenman
Steve Early
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Grace Tully
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White House
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Pacific
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Navy
Sewing Circle Patterns for Campus Dresses and Pinafores
Advertises Barbara Bell patterns Nos 1954 1972 and 1992 for girls of various sizes with fall frock options in flowered cottons and woolens. Notes yardage requirements and 25 cent pattern price plus mail order details. Warns of delays due to high demand and wartime conditions.
Gems of Thought Quotes on Virtue and Patience
A fragment reads from W E Chan ning and Robert Louis Stevenson urging use of books to level society and to shape personal preference. It closes with a meditation on patience, forgiveness, and hope for tomorrow despite sorrow.
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W. E. Channing
Robert Louis Stevenson
General Knowledge Quiz Challenge A Callback Round
A general knowledge quiz returns with another round featuring questions across history science geography and culture. participants test recall speed and accuracy while competing for prizes and bragging rights.
Historic quizzes test Berlin marchers and youth presidents
A set of five trivia questions asks which conquering armies passed through Berlin in the last two centuries how many US presidents were under 50 at inauguration identify the biblical figure who tied firebrands to foxes tails and burned crops describe Finland parliamentary voting method and name the speaker of the Cooper Union address
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Finland
Cooper Union
Answers That Shaped History Reference Quiz
The item lists five prompts with historical figures and events: Catherine the Great’s 1760 Russian troops, Napoleon’s Old Guard in 1806, a six question set, Samson from Judges, and Abraham Lincoln. It notes lawmakers pressing yes or no buttons to pass a bill within 90 seconds.
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Catherine the Great
Napoleon
Samson
Abraham Lincoln
Household Tips From a Past Era
Practical advice covers cleaning suede with sandpaper, bottling soap, flavoring chocolate pie with mint oil, dusting bacon with flour for crisp results, threading inside seams for easy repairs, pastry pitfalls with water and handling, and saving fat with a fabric strainer in a hoop.
Witty Snippets From The Times Reader Notes
A playful exchange about a young man entering politics and a doctor giving sun and air advice to an unmarried patient. A light two part joke on hyphenating headache, noting only a splitting headache prompts a cautious reply.
Grandpappy Delivers Silence From Trapping Standstill
Tolliver searched the Ozark woods for Morgan the hillbilly. He found him miles from home standing in a bear trap as darkness fell and supper remained unsavored. Morgan replied he would not return, claiming he was standing in a bear trap.
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Grandpappy Morgan
Ozarks
Tolliver
Grandpappy
By All Means Dialogue on Marriage and Affection
Gladys laments a surprising marriage and confesses mixed feelings about the groom. A friend notes the clash between the man’s behavior and his fortunes, revealing social tensions and personal affection in a clipped exchange.
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Gladys
Jokes and Gags from a Pasture and a School
A playful collection of light humor sketches with a farmer’s wife teasing her husband about an early alarm, a student praised for learning multi-cylinder words, and a stairway sighing gag. The tone is brisk and merry with simple punchlines.
Conserving Fuel and Care While Grinding Tools
The note advises testing ax-head temperature during grinding with the fingers to avoid overheating the blade. It warns to stop grinding if the metal becomes uncomfortably hot. It suggests measuring water before heating to save fuel and urges patriotic conservation of all resources.
Electrification Presents Some Difficult Problems
Collier's notes that transporting a large piece of equipment over an electrified railroad requires a nine inch overhead clearance to prevent arcing. When clearance is reduced by tunnel or bridge wiring, power is cut and the train must coast or be moved by steam through the obstruction.
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Collier’s
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