Movie Children Play Bit Parts Aim at Stardom
Kindergarten for the Gables and Grables of tomorrow is the Screen Children's Guild of Hollywood. The official clearing house for talented photogenic youngsters, the guild supplies extras and juvenile leads for film, radio, and TV. Ages six months to 14 years, rates start at $5.50 a day with weekly earnings from $55 and ten week contracts averaging about $200. Notable alumni include Margaret O'Brien.
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Screen Children’s Guild of Hollywood
Screen Children's Guild
Guild
Margaret O'Brien
Fresh Water Sharks Found in Nicaraguan Lake
Fishermen near San Carlos dock captured multiple large sharks in a 106 mile long lake 5 feet above sea level. U S National Museum specimens include 36, 76, and 38 pound sharks caught during a 1920s expedition using a chain-sealed hook and boat canoes.
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Geslegiesie
U. S. National
Hym
San Carlos
Inn
Nicarague
Lone Egg Nearly Tempted Soldiers to Their Doom
British soldiers near Bayeux in Normandy rationing to one egg a month spotted an egg in a nest by the lane. A mine detector warned them, revealing the nest as a German booby trap.
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Lone Egg
Bayeux
France
Stage Door Canteen stars Lon McCallister score highlight
Scandinavian Lass Journey For Margaret features Lon McCallister who scored in Stage Door Canteen. The Screen Children's Guild lists 1,285 members all confident of reaching the top someday.
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Margaret
Lon McCallister
Screen Children’s Guild
A Dream of Peace and Wise Leadership
A poem envisions a day when a different world arises from thoughtful citizens. It contrasts selfish ambition with reason and unity, imagining rulers wise and good in power, transforming tanks into plowshares and war into peace, while acknowledging skeptics doubt practicality. The speaker argues progress comes from ideas and dreams, not mere charts.
Gay Gadgets Ripples Through Ribbon Fashion Fads
A fragmented fashion column reviews ribbon trends for teens, detailing use of wax paper to preserve ribbons, new styling tricks like ribbon bracelets and neck ribbons, and playful accessories such as streaming yarn dolls. It notes cautions about cold weather wear and recalls era style figures.
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Dorothy
Camouilesse
Let Girls Cook For A Day In Kitchen Fun
Phyllis Belmont suggests giving girls a two day kitchen experiment while children are home for the summer. Her playful idea invites girls to try easy recipes, plan balanced menus, and gain confidence in cooking under limited supervision.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU Stajures
Minute Make Uyss By GABRIELLE Wartime Silhouette Ad
A brief fashion note promotes a wartime silhouette with a slim look. It suggests minute daily routines to slim down, mentions a ledger syndicate and Sarees as part of the ad.
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Uyss
Gabrielle
Suraigm
Slim
Ledger Syndicate
WNU Fe
Hardware store owner clears tax debt note
Chewelah Washington hardware store owner Joe Sery was reminded of a $45 income tax balance. He replied with a cheeky note saying he had an expert figure his taxes and that if more money is needed to let him know.
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Chewelah
Wash
Joe Sery
Bad Neighbor Police and Rope Talk
Lemuel visits neighbor Jake who plans to rope a coil of rope on the sand. Jake jokes that tying up sand is easy and that you can do almost anything with rope when you don t want to send it. The odd exchange shows a humorous local moment.
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Lemuel
Jake
Swell Position Confusion On The Team
Two players joke about roles on the team with Jimmy claiming to be chief of the air and Johnny asking about duties. The punchline has Jimmy proposing to blow up all the basketballs.
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Jimmy
Johnny
Fragmented dialogue excerpt shows biased banter and confusion
A clipped exchange reveals a tangled conversation where one speaker accuses the other of bias while claiming openness. The fragment hints at interpersonal tension and mutual skepticism without clear resolution or context.
Small Comfort Patient Report Muddle
A fragmented note suggests a patient troubled by limited progress and long months of experienced care. The terse text hints at frustration and desire for clearer relief or treatment. No names, dates, or concrete actions are present.
Restau rant at Nit-Who club night spot
A puzzling OCR fragment describes a nighttime venue identified as a club restaurant. It hints at a place offering dinner where patrons may feel the word rest is split. the text appears garbled and lacks clear facts or names.
Fragmentary 19th century dialogue item
A truncated OCR fragment records a conversation about sharing a child or property and a house, with unclear speakers and context. The text is incomplete and lacks identifiable names, dates, or a clear event.
Teo Smart and the Odd Street Talk
A garbled OCR style dialogue shows names Teo Smart Joen Tas Abed Jones and others in a bizarre exchange. A stray line asks about a cure for stuttering and mentions a grocery and a baby name Hezet. The fragment hints at humorous miscommunications and local chatter.
Etiquette Lesson Sparks Pie Talk at Family Table
A light moment as Soenny-Pie assists Soenny-Pie Dad in a playful exchange about cake and manners. The scene centers on teaching manners during a casual kitchen moment with family banter and a pie offer.
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Soenny
Mathers
Nightclub Offhand Chat Sparks Laughable Exchange
A fragmented club scene captures quick remarks from Smith, Barry, Jeroy, and Tom about dreams, sleep, and a joking dream sequence. The exchange includes a teacher asking Tommy about a range and Harry requesting a loan, all with casual, bantering rhythm.
The Scotery of It Scotchmas and a Birthday Quip
A muddled comic item records playful lines about Christmas, sharing a cellar, and a birthday. It includes a joke exchange between a caller and a son about his mother’s engagement, ending with a lighthearted miscommunication. The piece captures a humorous, newspaper-card tone.
Vaudeville Act Fracas Over Quick Eight Minute Set
Two ham vaudeville actors clashed with a boozing agent over an eight minute engagement. The agents demanded a shorter act while the performers argued they needed ten minutes for bows and finale cues.
Incomplete fragment hints at romance and mistreatment
Fragmentary text mentions Rollins Pimitis Jones Hiw and a question about how a brother treats him, with lines suggesting niceness from a woman and a whispered inquiry about a potential marriage or affair amid garbled wording and missing context.
Fragmented OCR Note on Names and Places Distorted
Unclear readable fragments mention two shings and Texas references. Names John Doe and Jim Re appear, with notes on taxes and shoes. Signals a garbled OCR clipping lacking coherent events or dates.
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John Doe
Texas
Jim
Not a shoe size joke but a twin insight
A quirky dialogue between aunt and Jack centers on belief and vanity. The aunt’s belief is about fitting a size four shoe on a six foot person, provoking humor. Jack remarks on Jism’s ability to view himself as others do, then notes a twin-related trait in another character.
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Harry
Jack
Hon
Simple Solution Housewife Matilda Wage Debate
A blunt exchange centers on household disputes over wages. A housewife deflects blame for broken dishes while addressing the need for wage increases, highlighting a domestic friction over earnings and chores.
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Matilda
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