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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1942
Page
10
A scrambled column of wartime prose and quips citing public figures like Mayor LaGuardia and Wendell Willkie. The piece blends songs, jokes, political jabs, rationing lines, and notices from the home front, including scrap drive appeals and humorous asides about food and daily life during wartime.
Virginia Vale reports on film and radio stars linked to WWII efforts. Rita Hayworth's USO tours brought fame and hospital tributes. Ginny Simms hosts Armed Forces programs. Nancy Gates rises with This Land Is Mine. a futuristic air plane propeller appears in a scene. actors like Jean Arthur and Marguerite Chanmen appear in set pieces. The article surveys Hollywood figures, press clippings, and public attention around war entertainment and celebrity support for troops.
Benny Goodman writes life story to sell to Hollsteood while Butch Dudle child actor appears in The Human Comedy with Mickey Rooney. The Navy Through project to be shown at the Master in San Francisco. Beret Flynn signs Warner Bros contract for four films a year and Edge of Darkness is in progress. Announcer Hill Coodwin admits stage fright after a decade on radio.
Kathleen Norris reflects on Americans misperceived strength and the shock of entering world trouble. She argues the nation must finish its duties then return to decencies, noting material dominance yet urging cautious humility amid war.
Kathleen Norris recounts a dialogue with a famed columnist who argues Germany may buckle under Allied power, urging immediate thinking and action toward a just and kind peace. The piece stresses that true binding of peace requires justice done daily and not by elaborate treaties alone.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions removing grease from an iron sink using cloves and a small amount of something, but the exact method and ingredients are unreadable due to errors. The passage lacks clear entities, dates, or a complete action to summarize reliably.
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