Visiting Soldiers at Busy Camps Stir Emotions and Regrets
Kathleen Norris critiques visiting wives and parents who ride crowded trains to wartime camps to see husbands and sons. She argues such trips burden soldiers and families, disrupt meals and rest, and that a long letter or small comforts are better than risky journeys with children.
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Millers
Quentin
Maine
Boston
California
Omaha
Iowa
Harry
Helen
San Diego
Charity
Kathleen Norris
Bill
Buster
Mabel
Hollywood notes on actors and projects in 1940s press
Virginia Vale reports on Alan Ladd staying visible to protect his career, Gary Moore's debut under Selznick, Howard Petrie's contract talks, Hildegarde’s recruiting song use by the WACs, Pompeii reissue tied to Naples fighting, Dick Haymes tests at Fox boosting his film role, Heavenly Music inquiries, and Belford changes with Benedict Bogeaus and Ellery Queen. Roy Acuff floated for Tennessee governorship next year.
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Dick Haymes
20Th Century-Fox
Jeep
Carole Landis
New York
Jim Ameche
Hollywood
Haymes
Bill Days
Groucho Marx
Blondie
Penny Singleton
Maureen O'Hara
RKO
Paul Henried
Roy Acuff
Tennessee
A Fragrant Pot of Coffee and Cookies as Entertainment
A few tasty cookies and a fragrant coffee pot replace a dinner when friendship and good conversation fill the room. The piece emphasizes hospitality and sociable warmth as the main source of hosting charm and conviviality.
Wartime Hospitality And Simple At-Home Entertaining
Wartime guidance encourages keeping morale high with simple entertaining at home despite rationing. Share coffee and cookies, rotate meals among three homes, and consider group activities after dessert. Includes practical recipes for applesauce cake, honey oatmeal wafers, ginger snaps, and chocolate pinwheels, plus thrifty souffle ideas and a point-saving menu for Lynn Chambers.
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Mrs. Jones
Hospitality Ideas for Entertaining at Home
A guide suggesting kitchen centered entertaining with a checkered cloth backdrop, a wooden chopping bowl centerpiece, candles in squashes, and guest involvement in cleanup. It recommends old fashioned games, ban contests, and food favorites quizzes, plus a Mother Goose theme for children's parties with costumed readers.
Dress pattern ad teases versatile daily wear details
For Every Day dress pattern No. 6 offers a bodice with tasteful detail and comfortable fit. Available in sizes 36 through 52, it uses 33 inch fabric and lists Parasysa 8314 for other sleeve options. order details follow.
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Parasysa
Practical Kitchen and Home Care Tips
Rubber salt the fowl before stuffing for better flavor. Roofs should be painted or stained to guard against elements and leaks. Remove water spots from polished furniture with turpentine on a soft cloth, wipe dry and rewax. After yarn steamed to remove kinks, wind on a cake rack to dry. Prepare grape juice frosting with three tablespoons juice and 1 to 1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar. Dry silk stockings with clipped towels and spread pins to stretch smoothly.
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Paramount
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Morocep
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Jimmy Durante
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Fred Allen
Bob Hope
Allen
Howard Petrie
Moore-Durante
Bill Edwards
Hildegarde
Wacs
Pompeii
Naples
Flossie Flynn
Loew's Telephone Information Service
Metro
Heaven
Ellery Queen
Sceg
Iss
Lynn Chambers
South Desplaines Street
Chicago
Illinois
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Sisseeees
United States
Barbara Stanwyck
cKesson & RO
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