Goin Places The Little Foxes opens with star Bette Davis
Hollywood notes and local theater listings cover The Little Foxes with Bette Davis, a scene of blackmail and murder in a plot adapted from Lillian Hellman. Gene Tierney’s on set humor and a midnights program at the State headline a broader cinema week including Pacific Blackout and Glamour Boy with Veronica Lake.
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THE
Little Foxes
Bette Davis
Lillian Hellman
Gene Tierney
Madeleine Carroll
Stirling Hayden
Paramount
Jimmy Cagney
George Brent
Brent
Ann Sheridan
George
Ann
Cagney
Florida
America
Hollywood
Jackie Cooper
Little Shaver
Veronica Lake
Montreal
Debonair crowds fade as garbage gauges Palm Beach life
A Palm Beach observer learns that incinerator tonnage, not society pages, shows how many visitors stay on the Gold Coast amid wartime taxes. He contrasts glamorous debutantes with wastage, lamenting loss of romance while noting his own anonymous hotel stay with a dog consuming leftovers.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Gold Coast
United States
America
Department of Public Works
Lake Worth
Answers to Cracker Questions on Editorial Page 1
A summary of early transatlantic flight milestones: NC-4 first Atlantic hop Newfoundland to Portugal via Azores in May 1919. Alcock and Brown achieved first non stop crossing Newfoundland to Ireland in 1919. Liberator crossing record to England reported. Lindbergh’s solo U S to Europe flight in 1927. Corrigan flew a nine year old plane New York to Dublin in 1938. General Auchinleck orders attack and pursuit in Libya.
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U. S. Navy
Newfoundland
Portugal
Azores
John Alcock
A. W. Brown
Ireland
England
Lindbergh
U. S
New York
Europe
Paris
Corrigan
Dublin
Dep Uly
Atlantic
Capital by Paul Mallon on Rio unification obstacles
The piece argues that Argentina's powerful hacienda owners block consensus at Rio Pan American talks, pressuring any Argentine official to placate them. It notes U.S. aims for all America ship pooling and material purchases, Nazi agent concerns, and cautious submarine activity. It also critiques censorship, Roosevelt policies, and a wartime morale anecdote.
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Washington
Argentina
Rio
Ruiz Guinazu
Sumner Welles
Latin America
Pearl Harbor
Argentine
Chile
Norness
Montauk
Army
Navy
FDR
Gallup Poll Sees War Lasting Two to Five Years
The Gallup Institute reports Americans expect at least a two year war with over 38 percent guessing three to five years or more. Britain shows similar caution with a larger share predicting under two years. The survey finds middle and lower income groups anticipating a longer conflict than the wealthy.
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George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N. J
United States
Britain
Institute
British Institute of Public Opinion
Puzzler Horizontal and Vertical Word Fill Challenge
A large two‑way crossword lists many clues labeled horizontal and vertical. Entries include organ of hearing, Spain abbr, Chinese live, Behold and other common crossword terms, with many answers to determine from the grid.
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Spain
Ethiopia
Resignations in 47th Texas Legislature Fall Short of 1917-18 Record
The Austin Dome reports that nine House members have resigned with one vacancy from death, far from the 1917-18 Legislature’s three senators and twenty-two representatives who quit before term end. Several resignations occurred for military service, with figures tied to WWI era National Guard mobilization and officers like Sen. James A. Harley and Rep. Frank O. Puller among those moving to service or other posts. The piece also notes press questions to Gov. Coke Stevenson on daylight saving time and tire shortages amid war-era defense needs.
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Gordon K. Shearer Austin
ULP
Texas
House
James A. Harley
Seguin
36Th Division
Adjutant General of
National Guard of Texas
War Department
36Th
Harley
Sen
S. M. King
Court of Civil Appeals
Beaumont
F. A. Deshard Jr
Franklin
Frank O. Puller
House of Representatives
Cold Springs
Polk
San Jacinto
Houston
Walter F. Woodul
Laredo
Myron G. Blalock
Marshall
Tom J. Martin
Fredericksburg
George E. B. Peddy
Tenaha
Woodville Rogers
McKinney
Rudolph Tschoepe
Statehouse
Coke R. Stevenson
Stevenson
Mississippi River
Capitol
Washington Dispatches
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Austin Tire
Tire
Bundles for Bluejackets Gathers Hollywood Support
Hollywood embraces Bundles for Bluejackets with a glittering list of donors led by Mrs. Ernst Lubitsch as national president. Leading names include Mrs. Darryl Zanuck, Dolores del Rio, Merle Oberon, Myrna Loy, Kay Francis, Mrs. Sam Goldwyn, and many more. Actors and sponsors donate thousands for sailors families, wool purchases, and Pacific war relief. The group also aids defense bond sales and runs three coffee and doughnut canteens in the Los Angeles harbor area.
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Charles R. Moore
United Press Ry
Hollywood
U.P
Ernst Lubitsch
Darryl Zanuck
Mervyn Leroy
Jack Warner
Dolores del Rio
Merle Oberon
Myrna Loy
Kay Francis
Sam Goldwyn
Brian Donlevy
Charles Boyer
Ronald Coleman
Claudette Colbert
Bette Davis
Greer Garson
Miriam Hopkins
Norma Shearer
Fredric March
Alexander Korda
Victor Rossetti
Harry Warner
Arthur Hornblow
Joel Pressman
Jean Arthur
Charles Feldman
Los Angeles Harbor
Buffingtons of Gold Beach Welcome Wary Traveler
Rambling with Ernie Pyle describes meeting Colier Buffington a large bright local lawyer in Gold Beach Oregon. Buffington and his wife Xenia host the author at their hilltop home with seven children including Dick a 21 year old in Scotland. Buffington critiques wartime policy and pledges personal thrift while the Buffington family embodies communal small town life and resilience.
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Gold Beach
Mr. Buffington
Buffington
Porteland
Hotel Register
Buffingtons
Navy
San Francisco
Scotland
Civilian Technical Corps
Britain
Marine Engine Division
Clyde
Year-Old Embargo Lifted and War Updates Reported
United Press reports the lifting of the moral embargo on shipment planes and fuel to Russia. Britain signs an economic pact with Belgian Congo. A British report claims capture of an Italian general and many prisoners as forces advance within five miles of Tobruk. Captain Howard L. Vickery comments on industry and slackers.
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United Press
U. 5
Russia
Britain
Belgian Congo
Tobruk
Walter Olen Reads Four Books a Week in Busy Schedule
Walter Olen, president of Four Wheel Drive Auto Company in Clintontville Wisconsin, balances a huge workload with a voracious reading habit. He reads four books weekly, including works on commerce, history, religion, and literature, often during travel or spare moments, and once visited England for Grey's Elegy in a Country Churchyard.
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United States
Walter Olen
Four Wheel Drive
Clintoneville
Wis
Lake Winneconne
Norway
Enos
Mills
Lewis Adamic
Life of
Marquett
Menard and
Allouez
England
Stoke Poges
Brazil in Capitals by Vera Kelsey
Vera Kelsey’s Brazil in Capitals surveys Brazil’s 21 capitals with a readable blend of guidework and commentary. The reviewer notes strong prose, vivid natural scenes, and a focus on coast and inland links, while cautioning that some sections are lightly sourced. The companion Design for Power by Schuman and Brodsky is praised for its sharp analysis of Axis strategy and postwar aims.
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John Selby
Brazil
Vera Kelsey
Harpers
South America
Miss Kelsey
Acre
Amazon
Rio Branco
Kelsey
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
Frederick L. Schuman
George D. Brodsky
Knopf
Pearl Harbor
Professor Schuman
Mr. Brodsky
Japan
Hirohito
South Manchurian
Schuman
Censuses Highlight Deaths Disease and Factory Output
The census cites over 1000 American deaths in ten years from hemophilia linked to European royal lineages. It recommends a central death index to curb birth certificate fraud. Investigators note cases of deceased persons’ certificates used fraudulently. U S candle production totals 6.33 million dollars from 28 factories. More than half of U S hospital care serves patients with mental illness.
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Census Bureau
United States
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Miss Tierney
Oleg Cassini
Germany
Gertie Glamor
Veronica
Dickie Mayer
Dickson
Amarillo
Tommy Dorsey
Jack Benny
Betty Sue Murphy
Sam Winters
Butch Boy
Edward G. Robinson
Rosalind Russell
Winnette DeGrassi
Kenneth Wheatley
Lera Bell DeFries
Margaret Cannon Boyce
Bob Rowntree
Sharleen Barker
Flave Pledger
Ed R. Mayer
Madison Street
More McLemore
Royal Worth
General Auchinleck
Libya
Paul Mallon
Byron Price
Price
Harvard Law Review
American Economic Mobilization
Mr. Roosevelt
Truman
Roosevelt
CIO
AFL
Gallup Poll
Martin
Austin Dome
Ernie Pyle
Ore
Mrs. Buffington
Howard L. Vickery
U. S. Maritime Commission
Dale Carnegie
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