Hollywood Dreamers and Pageant Winners in 1947 Film World
Western Union notes Charles Drake and Lois Collier as leading pair in A Night in Casablanca with contests shaping careers. It covers Natalie Wood’s debut and a raft of stars like Joan Edwards Kate Smith and Orson Welles, plus upcoming projects and awards shaping MGM and RKO plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ake
Charles Drake
Lois Collier
Hollywood
David L. Loew
Casablanca
Drake
New London
Lois
Linda Darnell
Ann Sheridan
Warner Bros
Joan Crawford
John Garfield
Orson Welles
Sonja Henie
Countess of Monte Cristo
James Burke
Paramount
John Farrow
California
Farm Radio Preferences in Rural America Survey
A USDA survey for the FCC finds farmers favor news and religious music on radio, with weather market reports and farm talks valued as practical. They dislike soap operas and horror serials, while overall radio is seen as essential, though some dislike current dance music and certain programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WNU
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Federal Communications Commission
Junior
Germany
South
Veterans Pension Rules and G I Bill Advice
The Washington Bureau explains widow and child pensions for World Wars I and II veterans and notes on adjustment compensation and readjustment aid. It covers eligibility and amounts for different dependents, conditions for widows, and limits for nonservice-connected cases. It also outlines GI bill tuition support for correspondence courses up to 500 dollars for veterans with honorable discharge.
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Milwaukee
Wis. A
Veterans’ Administration
Wolf Island
U.S
Rand
Red Cross
E. di
Louisville
Ky. A
War Department
Eisenhower
Vienna
J.C
Carterton
Eaich
H. R
New Boston
Texas
New York
Webster
Mass. A
Veterans' Administration
Barbs Baukhage on Germany and US child costs
Baukhage notes Germany changing its daily beer as an emblem of shifts abroad while the Twentieth Century Fund says raising a child through college rivals buying a house. The piece also comments on Americans struggling to find a car for spare parts and Congress moving a homes for veterans bill without ceilings, implying roots to stop precipitation but not inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Cross Stitched Kitchen Towels
Pattern 7320 offers six motifs averaged 6 by 832 inches with sunbonnet girls. Due to high demand and current conditions orders take longer to fill for popular numbers. Send your order to name and address.
Okapi: A Mosaic Creature Like Giraffe Zebra and Horse
Scientists note the okapi was discovered in 1900 in the Belgian Congo. The animal combines zebra legging with a giraffe head and horse neck, resembling a mix of several species. Its two foot long blue tongue and ancient skeleton link it to a long extinct Mediterranean predecessor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgian Congo
Crete
Mediterranean Sea
Practical Home Hints From Everyday Tasks
This collection of household tips covers storage of delicate items to prevent tarnish, kitchen organization for spices on a cookie sheet, jewelry care with colorless nail polish, roof patching advice, safe wire splicing methods, recycling wax jelly covers, preserving jelly jar lids, and proper poultry stuffing prep.
Language Use Facts Highlight English Dominance
A brief note states English dominates media and correspondence with about half of newspapers, sixty percent of radio programs, seventy percent of magazines, and eighty percent of written communication. It cites percentages without names or dates and presents a general information tone.
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Western Newspaper Union
Virginia Vale
Natalie Wood
Miere
Natalie
George Sanders
Renoir
Manet
Degas
Toulouse-Lautrec
Joan Edwards
Republic
CBS
Leo Gorcey
Bob Burns
Bob
Gorcey
Kate Smith
Ted Collins
Cary Grant
Constance Bennett
Spencer Tracy
Guy
Joe
Robert Montgomery
Mr. Jordan
Edc
Everett Horton
Drew Miller
Dore Schary
Miller
RKO
Washington Digest
Washington
N. W
Coluny
Baukhage
Sewing
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
W. Randolph St
Chicago
St. Joseph
Sioux
Bishop's Rates
Fleischmann
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