June Haver Plans Early Retirement and Real Estate
Hollywood star June Haver, age 19, reveals a decade plan to retire with substantial income and live on real estate ventures. She saves $500 weekly in war bonds and $250 goes to bonds. rest covers home expenses with $20 weekly spending money. She will buy an apartment house and may stop acting when financially secure.
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Hollywood
June Haver
20Th Century- Fox
June
20Th Fox
Vivian Blaine
Trudy Mershall
Mary Anderson
Jeanne Crain
Fox
Plaster Leg Cast Joins Spike Jones Tin Pan Alley Parody
In Spike Jones and his band the unusual prop of a plaster leg cast was added to the tin panty section for the Holiday for Strings number in Ladies Man starring Eddie Bracken. The quirky gag highlights Jones' inventive musical comedy style and stage presence.
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Spike Jones
Eddie Bracken
March of Dimes Drives Aid Polio Victims in 1945
Local chapters of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis disbursed nearly $5,000,000 in 1945 for poliomyelitis care and treatment and continuing patient support. The national organization advanced about $1,500,000 in emergency aid to overtaxed chapters. Join the 1946 March of Dimes January 14 31.
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National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Amusement Calendar Highlights Major Studio Releases
Paramount presents They Were Expendable with Montgomery Wayne Reed. Capitol shows Born for Trouble with Johnson Emerson plus Melody Stampede by Spade Cooley. Rialto screens Valley of the Lawless with Brown Leon features Sweet and Low Down. Star offers Incendiary Blonde with Hutton Cordova and Hotel Berlin with Emerson. Victory presents She’s a Sweetheart with Parks Darne. Rex shows Back to Bataan with Wayne.
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Capitol
van Johnson
Faye Emerson
Spade Cooley
Rialto
Nightlife listings from Herring Hotel and local venues
Old Tascosa at the Herring Hotel basement features Dick Morton’s orchestra nightly. Aviatrix and Nat announce open nights with various bands. Rainbow Gardens and Mexican Inn offer weekly music with different acts. Mayfair notes The Texas Wanderers furnishing music for dining and dancing.
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Herring Hotel
Dick Morton
Aviatrix
Carlton Scales Oandits
Nigne
Dick Stevenson
Rainbow Gardens
Sons of the West
John Lund Studying Film Editing at Studio
John Lund is devoting his free time to studying film editing at the studio learning techniques and editing craft in a focused program.
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John Lund
Paramount Expendables and Several Dramas Dominate Local Screens
Opening today at the Paramount is They Were Expendable starring John Wayne and Donna Reed, a war epic set around Torpedo Squadron 3 from Manila to Mindanao. Uncle Harry, at the State, follows a New Hampshire town drama with a fatal love triangle and a near murder. Other premieres include Fallen Angel at Capitol with Alice Faye and Dana Andrews, Valley of the Losers starring Johnny Mack Brown at Rialto, Typhoon Treasure at Leon, Sweet and Low Down at Leon, Incendiary Blonde at Star, Body Snatchers at Texas, She's a Sweetheart at Victory, Circumstantial Evidence and Hotel Berlin at Lyric, and Back to Bataan at Rex.
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Alice Faye
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Linda Darnell
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Joe Valli
Jack Oakie
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Betty Hutton
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Larry Parks
Jane Darwell
Lyric Theater
Lloyd Nolan
Michael O'Shea
Helmut Dantine
Faye Emerson
Bataan
Rex Theater
Vallee Returns to Civilian Life After War Service
Rudy Vallee reenters civilian life after wartime service and filming commitments. He has completed a lead in People Are Funny and is back before the cameras as war veteran presence in Hollywood.
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Rudy Vallee
Hollywood
Bob Strong Band Set to Play Avalon Night Club
Clyde Trusty owner of the Avalon Night Club in Amarillo announces Bob Strong and his orchestra will appear on January 23. Trusty also runs the Cotton Club in Lubbock and plans biweekly big band shows at both venues. Strong pursued in person success after radio work and coast to coast network spots before becoming a sought after dance attraction.
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Lubbock
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Cotton Clubs
Red Skelton
Fred Waring Debuts on KGNC Show With Sponsor
The Fred Waring Show, launched by NBC as a daytime experiment, has won support from the American Meat Institute. The premiere aired Tuesday morning at 10 over KGNC. Waring rotates Tuesdays and Thursdays for a half hour with vocalists Joan Wheatley Jane Wilson Gordon Goodman and Jimmy Atkins.
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Fred Waring
Sever
NBC
American Meat Institute
KGNC
Joan Wheatley
Jane Wilson
Gordon Goodman
Jimmy Atkins
Film Daily Poll Winners Announced for 1945
Film Daily announces 1945 poll results naming Alexander Knox for Wilson as outstanding actor. Ingrid Bergman and Greer Garson tie for best actress for Spellbound and Valley of Decision. Clifton Webb wins best supporting actor for Laura. Ann Revere tops women’s division for National Velvet. Skippy Homeier and Peggy Ann Garner honored in juvenile division. Henry King wins directing for Wilson and best screenplay. The Fighting Lady earns best photography. Lauren Bacall hailed as 1945’s number one find.
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Wilson
Alexander Knox
Film Daily
Ingrid Bergman
Greer Garson
Brooklyn
Henry King
Change of Mind Van Heflin Traced to Seafaring Detour
Van Heflin once planned a law career but chose maritime life after taking an extension course abroad. While at sea he continued studies but discarded his books overboard at the second port of call.
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van Heflin
All-American Jazz Concert Aired Tonight on KFDA
Esquire presents its third annual All-American Jazz Concert on KFDA at 8:00 p m featuring Woody Herman and his band the King Cole Trio Duke Ellington and his orchestra with emcee Orson Welles The hour includes Esquire 1946 All-American Jazz Band awards the Esky statuettes for Jazzdom’s version of an Oscar.
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KFDA
Woody Herman
King Cole
Duke Ellington
Orson Welles
School board member counts in the United States
A rough estimate places the number of school board members nationwide around four hundred thousand. The figure reflects the widespread role of local elected officials overseeing K 12 districts.
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United States
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