Radio Figures and Personalities Highlight 1940s Airwaves
Adrienne Ames joins radio Rarities and teaches circlegammon. Bobby Sherwood and Dinah Shore clash on air while Judy Garland’s sister wedlock is noted. Arthur Fields writes songs for Fields and Hall on Columbia. Jack Benny and Dennis Day duet with Joanie Benny nightly. Frank Forest joins Double or Nothing on MBS. Raymond Gram Swing chairs the Council for Democracy on Mutual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Sherwood
Dinah Shore
Eddie
Bobby
Judy Garland
Frank Forest
MBS
Hollywood stars enjoy warm set life in new film shoots
Katharine Hepburn delights as The Philadelphia Story swims amid Hollywood’s warm spell. Cary Grant takes a day off on set to swim. Laraine Day meets Nazimova in awe. Myrna Loy orders malts as Melvyn Douglas shares seven drinks. others mingle at various film projects and events across Hollywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katharine Hepburn
Hollywood
Cary Grant
Laraine Day
Nazimova
Myrna Loy
Melvyn Douglas
Ann Rutherford
Lionel Barrymore
Lew Ayres
Big Bear
Mickey Rooney
Judy Garland
Lake Arrowhead
Jeanette MacDonald
Pat Campbel
Tanqueray
Walter Pidgeon
Nick Carter
Ruth Hussey
Frank Morgan
Stewart Island
Puget Sound
Gene Lockhart
Dr. Kildare
Ann Sothern
Maisie
Lee Bowman
Edward Ashley
Jeanne
Preiaser
Cherry
Hopkins
Washington, D. C
Lana~Turner
Shell
Honb
Dolly
Tree
First Middle West Locomotive Built in Cleveland Shipped to Michigan
The first locomotive used in the Middle West to pull a train was built in Cleveland and then shipped to Michigan, marking an early milestone in regional rail history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
Cleveland
Michigan
Playing Cards as Early Montreal Currency Exhibited
In eighteenth century Montreal real money was scarce and playing cards were used as tender with three colonial administrators signatures on the back. The card money and a land transfer note on a jack are shown at a McGill University museum exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
eCord National Museum
McGill University
Webster's Dictionary Work and Life Milestones
Noah Webster began the dictionary project in 1807 and spent 1824 to 1825 abroad at Cambridge. He finished the main work in 1825 and it appeared in 1828 in two volumes with 12 000 words and 31 000 to 40 000 new definitions. An English edition followed and the 1840 second edition was enlarged. He revised an appendix shortly before dying May 28 1843.
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Webster
Noah Webster
Parl
University of Cambridge
Colorado's Mountains Count Surpasses Pike's Peak
Colorado records show 24 mountains higher than Pike's Peak, indicating a notable rise in peak elevations within the range.
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Colorado's
Colorado
Pike’s Peaks
Words and wonders from a compact civic era
Washington spoke rarely yet with impact in shaping the constitution. The article surveys ivory billiard balls and artificial ivory, the long history of pearls from ancient tombs to Buddha images, and notes the record smallest human being at less than twenty inches tall as documented by Barnum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Lace Bostwick
Nature Magazine
Japan
Tom Thumb
Barnum
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the Rittman Savings Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Ambrosia
Dolly Madison
Esquire
Cocktaih
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Adrienne Ames
Eral
Arthur Fields
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London
Helen Hayes Theatre
Miss Hayes
Jack Benny
Dennis Day
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Joan Benny
Jack
Mary Livingstone
Joanie
Council For Democracy
Raymond Gram Swing
Mutual
Swing
National Unity
Set
Rowe’s
Doylestown
Easton Road
Sparks Grocery
Salt Street
Krogers
Kroogers
Kroger
Bwansdown
Krager’s
Homestyle Clock Bread
Temple
Texas
Country Club
Prince Albert
Sir Walter
Raleigh
Schrafft
Bunte
Eastman Bullet
Agfa Speedex
Washington
Ivory
Isaly
Dyer’s Restaurant Coffee Shop
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