Hollywood Notes from Virginia Vale on Stars and Changes
Actress Joan Bennett headlines a family-tinged feature with Richard and Constance Bennett in Columbia’s The Wife Takes a Flyer while Joan co-stars with Franchot Tone. Universal signs Edmund O’Brien for For Ever Yours opposite Deanna Durbin. Ann Sheridan returns to Paramount as Texas Guinan, amid a swap that pleases all. DeMille funds Dutch relief via Land of Liberty proceeds. Galveston stars Dorothy Lamour and Hope Crosby’s Road to Morocco awaits release. Martha Scott rises from a Five Star Final payment to 2000. A bubble bath scene in Cairo features Jeanette MacDonald and Ethel Waters.
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Virginia Vale
Western
Union
HE Bennetts
Broadway
Hollywood
Richard
Conistance
Joan
Barbara
Columbia
Richard Wallace
Bennetts
Franchot Tone
DeMille
Cairo
Jeanette MacDonald
Ethel Waters
Early radio celebs and homefront radio updates
Ken Niles becomes the first announcer to introduce movie stars on air while Eddie Cantor plans Time to Smile broadcasts from army camps during the war. Gracie Allen receives toy ducks for her radio homing bird Herman, and Martha Tilton is named Sweetheart of Auxiliary Fire Fighters in Los Angeles as Donlevy figures in.
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Ken Niles
Eddie Cantor
Gracie Allen
Gracie
Herman
Martha Tilton
Ransom Sherman
Los
Oon Donlevy
Food Quality and War Production Ties Screened by Periscopes
WNU Service reports that Britain needs more protein to boost war production while ship shortages hinder American food deliveries. British officials stress meat as protein, urging more crops and farming shifts. Americans hope new destroyers and submarines will improve deliveries. The piece also notes Mercator maps mislead toward longer routes and praises Willard Kiplinger’s Washington Is Like That for factual insight into the capital.
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WNU
H Street
Washington
D. C
Department of Agriculture
Atlantic
United States
Britain
Great Britain
Navy Department
John Bull
How to use carbide residue for whitewash and home fixes
A reader asks about using acetylene carbide residue as whitewash. The advice notes it is pure lime and can replace hydrated lime with about 50 percent more. A weatherproof whitewash mix uses 60 pounds carbide residue with water, plus a boiling solution of 1 pound salt and 1 pound zinc sulfate in 1 gallon, plus 1 gallon skimmed milk. combine with the carbide cream. Other home tips cover plaster cracking from foundation settlement, deodorizing odorized containers with charcoal, safe wood burning with steam heat, cleaning drainboards, refinishing floors, leaded glass putty alternatives, safe book storage, thermostat night settings, and more concise remedies.
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Washington
Japan
Chicago
San Francisco
Milwaukee
Duluth
Arctic
America
Philippines
Australia
National Lumber Manufacturers Association
Washington, D. C
Farmers order lumber under WPB amendment
Bankhage brief notes that farmers can now order construction lumber for farm storage and packing under a WPB freezing-order amendment. American poultrymen reported a 19 percent rise in chick hatchings in the first four months of the year, per Agriculture Department data. Norwegian ships supply England with about one third of its food and half its oil. Canton New York high school students have joined the farm cadet victory service. members will be certified for farm work by the U.S. Employment Service and receive prevailing wages.
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Department of Agriculture
England
Canton
N. Y
Farm Cadet Victory Service
U. S. Employment Service
New Ideas for Home Makers Bedspread Craft and Book 1
A home craft note outlines making a bedspread with seam welting and bias binding. It notes Book 1 from Mrs. Spears’ booklet series includes slip covers table skirts and 12 curtain styles with draw curtain rigging. Material width guidance and cutting layouts are given for a 54 inch bed.
Fiction Increases Some Report Elsewhere
A reflective note on narration by Ovid, stating that fiction grows as it travels. Each teller adds details beyond the original tale, altering and expanding the story with every retelling.
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Ovid
Treat Constipation This Gentler Way All Bran
Gentle new approach for constipation using Kellogg's All Bran cereal with ample water. Unlike harsh purgatives, All Bran acts on colon contents to ease normal elimination. Made by Kellogg's in Battle Creek. seek a doctor if no relief.
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Kellogg's
Battle Creek
The USO Needs Support To Sustain Morale In War
Wartime appeal praises USO work in maintaining morale at training camps and territories from Alaska to the Caribbean. It cites General MacArthur and officials endorsing the effort and urges readers to donate through local USO committees or the National Headquarters in New York.
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General MacArthur
USO
National Headquarters
USC
Empire State Building
New York
N. Y
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Edmund O’brien
RKO Radio
Universal
Deanna Durbin
Ann Sheridan
Paramount
Texas
Texas Guinan
Roaring Twenties
Warner Bros
Fred MacMurray
Princess O'Rourke
Melvyn Douglas
Office of Civilian Defense
Alexander Hall
Cecil B. DeMille
Holland
Joan Blaine
Dorothy Lamour
Galveston
Morocco
Hope
Crosby
Charles Martin
Martha Scott
CBS Playhouse
Baukhage
Germany
Luftwaffe
H. G. Wells
United Nations
Axis
Willard Kiplinger
Mr. Kiplinger
Roger B. Whitman
WNN
Bankhage
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
Tee
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Alaska
Caribbean
The
Bataan
U. S.army Signal Corps
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