Stacked Hollywood News and Plugs From a Turbulent Week
Western Newspaper Union wraps a collage of film bets, star moves, and industry shifts. Joan Bennett joins with family photos in a Columbia project as Richard Wallace directs. Edmund O’Brien shifts from RKO to a Universal pairing opposite Deanna Durbin. Ann Sheridan returns to Texas-born roles at Paramount. Melvyn Douglas in Office of Civilian Defense scenes prompts DeMille to adjust Land of Liberty profits.
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Virginia Vale
Western
Union
Te Bennetts
Broadway
Hollywood
Richard
Constance
Joan
Barbara
Columbia
Richard Wallace
Benenets
Franchot Tone
Cecil B. DeMille
Moulland
Kathleen Norris Urges Help for Dad Burdens at Home
Kathleen Norris writes that wartime pressures fall hardest on fathers as prices rise and supplies thin. She cites a proactive wife who stabilizes family finances by moving to a cheaper farm, keeping dairy, pruning on Sundays, and urging calm, cheerful routines to support Dad, while mothers shield him from bad news and busy him with caring tasks.
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Kathleen Norris
Dad
Mother
South Seas
Pat
Molli
Saan
Individua
Mary
Tom
Mollie
Bla
WAAC Enlistments Strain War Effort and Lottery Proposals
Thousands of women race to join the WAAC as Maj. Oveta Hobby and aides face a cap on officer candidates. Recruitment aims for about 51 officers this year and up to 25,090 WAACs with four weeks of training each, leaving around 275,000 hopefuls unselected. Also covered are Rep Adolph Sabath’s lottery idea to fund war bonds and China’s war-weary leadership seeking planes and Japanese strategy shifts. A Navy note reports a sailor retiring after 20 years with 60,000 and a new Army film set for defense plants.
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Washington, D.C
WAAC
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Oveta Culp Hobby
Arthur Woods
Genevieve Forbes Hetrick
Army Corps
Adolph Isbath
Ilnois
House Rules Committee
White House
Havel
Sabath
Treasury
Ilinoclsan
Russia
China
U.S
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Burma
Chiang Kaishek
Tokyo
Navy
War Department
Service of Supply
America
Fragmented note about a father's quiet patience and kindness
A heartfelt, albeit imperfect, message urging to spare harsh words and emphasize love for a father. It advocates saving the good, avoiding heavy news, and sharing small kindnesses to show care beyond words.
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Hunt Jane
Junior
Crochet Scarves from Rug Cotton Delight Lunches
Crochet in mats and scarfs using rug cotton designed to brighten meals. The scarf length is adjustable to any desired size and can add a cheerful touch to lunch settings.
Care and Cleaning Tips for Kitchen Utensils and Foods
The text discusses polishing and storing metals like chromium plate with minimal contact to prevent heat damage. It also covers cleaning copper and brass with hot acids and salts, and describes soft cooking eggs by immersion in oiling water, covering, then heating for two minutes to yield a jelly like white and soft yolk. It mentions steaming cake to pudding and serving with sauce.
Do You Bake at Dome Advertisement Card
A free promotional postcard offer invites readers to request two grand cook book trammed with recipes for yeast raised breads and cakes. Submit name and address to Standard Brands Inc. at 691 Washington St New York City.
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Dome
Standard Brands Inc
Washington St
New York City
Habit and Wealth by Habit in America
A reflective piece argues that daily routines drive outcomes from health to productivity. It cites early rising as a marker of discipline and contrasts rogues who work at night with honest men who labor by day, suggesting wealth and habit intertwine through steadfast behavior referencing John Jacob Astor.
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America
John Jacob Astor
Gift for service men centers on tobacco praise
Surveys among soldiers sailors marines and Coast Guardsmen show tobacco is the top gift. Local dealers promote Prince Albert in a pound can as the favored choice for servicemen, claiming it is the world's best selling smoking tobacco and a popular present among those in Uncle Sam's branches.
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Cort
Uncle Sam
Prince Albert
Adv
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Deana Duttin
Forever Yours
Ann Sheridan
Paramount
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Warner Bros
Fred MacMurray
Princess O'Rourke
Melvyn Douglas
Office of Civilian Defense
Alexander Hall
Tady
Joan Blaine
Smillionaire
Dorothy Lamour
Galveston
Charles Martin
Martha Scott
CBS Playhouse
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DeMille
Cairo
Jeanette MacDonald
Ethel Waters
Waters
Mies MacDonald
Movin Colebet
Eddie Cuntar
Emy
Gracie Allen
Martha Tilsaty
Los Angeles
Briar
Donlesy
Waka Island
Ken Mites
Ann Sueimdan
Dan
Washington
Cireto
MT Amna St. San Jassinco, Cay
Lydia B. Pinkham
Pinkham
Brody
Tarragon
Sershire
Ul Newhouse Hotel
Ian
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