Backstage chatter on show biz and radio paybacks
A collage of Hollywood notes highlights who’s back in fashion and who’s fading. Dolores Costello hoards a Sea Wolf print as a door stop. Kirk Douglas rises from waiter to star with Hal Wallis’s help. Abbott and Costello and Fred Waring shine in light entertainment. Max Gordon promotes Born Yesterday while George M. Cohan quips about radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolores Costello
John Barrymore
Margaret Case Harriman
Y’welcome
M’am
Rinehart
Walter Karig
Max Gordon
George M. Cohan
George
New York
Kirk Douglas
Hollywood
Hal Wallis
Kirk
Schrafft’s
82Nd Street
Broadway
Douglas
East
Wallis
Martha Ivers
Lauren Bacall
America ahead of government in vast wheat relief effort
In a talk, the speaker praises American citizens in Kansas Oklahoma Nebraska and other states for organizing Wheat relief and sending food and clothing to Europe. He contrasts citizen action with government wartime dithering and argues democracy thrives when people act, not when central authority dictates aid from Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Middlewest
Europe
Russia
Elburn
Boy Scouts of
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Kansas
Frank Carlson
Bob Kerr
Amvets
Ray Brannaman
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Dow O O. White
Ardmore
Okla
Congress
Mr. Truman
Appropriations Committees
France
Italy
Moscow
Aussies reverse migration from United States
The American ex-GIs reconsider moving to Australia as labor unions and housing strain raise concerns. Ambassador Robert Butler warns they should verify craft accessibility and housing before uprooting. Evatt, Australia’s blunt foreign minister, faces union resistance to outsiders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
America
Robert Butler
St. Paul
G.I
Butler
Herbert Evatt
Evatt
Fruit Desserts and Uses for Winter Fruits in Desserts
Winter fruit desserts use canned fruit and dried fruits for nutrition and flavor. Recipes include Apricot Manhattan Mousse and Deep Dish Plum Dessert with apricots, plums, and short crust. Princess Custard with bananas. and Caramelled Apples. Also tips on extending egg whites and using celery tops for flavor.
The Waste of Food in America and Dining Standards
A New York critique laments massive food waste in the United States amid global scarcity. It decries public cookery, dirty service, and cheap venues, recounting shabby dining across cities from New York to San Francisco and West Point, noting shortages abroad and limited impact of reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
New Deal
Washington
San Francisco
New Orleans
West Point
Truman
MacArthur and Truman Swap Jokes on Command Succession
In a Far East visit 18 months ago Senator Owen Brewster relayed a message from President Truman to General MacArthur. Truman joked MacArthur could have the job, and MacArthur replied that if any general takes the presidency it would be Eisenhower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
MacArthur
Sen
Owen Brewster
Far East
Truman
Brewster
Eisenhower
Home made cough syrup recipe using Pinex
A home remedy to relieve coughs from colds by mixing a sugar syrup and Pinex into a pint bottle for quick action. The note claims the mixture loosens phlegm eases irritation and tastes fine with no cooking required and offers money back if not satisfactory.
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PiCie Feli
Japan Art Company
56Th and
Madison
Hooper-Coopers
O. Levant
Jolson
Abbott & Costello
Fred Waring
Jack Benny
Bob Hope
Fibber and Molly
Allen
Mr. Hooper
Joan Crawford
Daisy Kenyon
Renee
Tony DeMarco
MGM
Intelligentsia
J. Brooks Atkinson
N. Y. Times
Blue Singers
W. H. Aude
St. James’ Infirmary
Thomas Hewes
Hitler
Bad Weisse
Bavaria
Roehm
Adolf
Hanselbauer
U. S
al- Mes
Vishinaky
Tokyo
Rose
People In Action
Lynn Chambers
Lynn Bays
WNU
Hans
Westbreek Pegler
Department of Commerce
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago
Teanpeens Sagar
Tagar
Teanpeens Sais
Druv
Kay Rogers
RED Star
Stark
Seaco
Todey
Sioux Erectaical
Costoux Citys Ia
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