That Man Is Mine A Miami Beach Romance
Ann Foster a Marks Park Avenue salesgirl is moved to the Miami Beach branch where she becomes a model. Her sister Julia pushes marriage to Vince Ogden while Jim Brent the pilot courts Ann. Casino mischief tests trust as winnings and a gown spark longing and doubt amid war relief events and social intrigue.
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Ann Foster
Jim
Lotus Willard
Hank Bruger
Mrs Willard
Vince
Hank
Ann
Julia
Bruger
Miami Beach
Party intrigue at the May Christie platform
Jim observes a charity gown auction scene where Vince outbids himself and gifts the gown to Julia. A bar scene follows with Mrs. Avery Willard mocking charity elites while Ann’s drinking rumors swirl. Vince drunkenly shouts to Lotus as Jim steadies Ann and sighs over disillusionment.
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Vince
Ann
Julia
Jim
Lotus
Avon
Charges against Standard of New Jersey deserve full public inquiry
In Amarillo's Globe News, editorials argue the Department of Justice claims that Standard of New Jersey hid the butyl rubber process from the U S government after Pearl Harbor. The piece questions Goering’s promises and notes Allied bombing over Cologne and Essen as a reckoning for wartime rhetoric.
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Department of Justice
Standard of New Jersey
Thurman Arnold
Robert Hunter
Germany
Pearl Harbor
Infant Assistant War Secretary Patterson’s prophecy puzzled readers
The passage mocks Patterson’s forecast on gasoline and tire shortages ending petting parties, reflecting a sarcastic view of wartime policy. It playfully recalls a past without automobiles and suggests skepticism about official predictions and younger officials.
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Patterson
Dad
Liberal Campaign Examines Isolationists in Wartime
Washington essay contrasts New Republic liberal push to bar isolationists with Roosevelt policy and New Deal ties. It asserts the anti isolation stance serves domestic politics and primaries, while noting tax bill debates aimed at inflation and revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Mallon
Washington
New Republic
Congress
Mallon
Roosevelt
Frantic weekend on lake chapter shows Peggy and Nigel clash
Peggy and Baldy nap on a lake as Nigel and two soldiers stage a covert canoe snare. Peggy accuses Nigel of treachery, then tumbles into the water in a comic struggle that ends with Nigel dragged under in the splashy exchange.
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Peggy
Baldy
Nigel
Fractured passion at the river edge
Edmund Fawcett confronts Peggy as a canoe chase ends with Peggy reaching shore. Nigel pursues and Peggy escapes to the boat house after a tense moment that yields a kiss. Peggy declares her hatred, while Edmund masks his engagement with a wary smile.
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Peggy
Nigel
Runyon Nominates Hollywood Glamour Types in Jest
Hollywood writer Damon Runyon walks Broadway spotting glamour girls by stereotype. He labels Marlene Dietrich as a Sioux Falls milliner and Lana Turner as a Stephens College star, with Greta Garbo as a Minneapolis housekeeper and Ann Sheridan as a Texas rancher’s daughter.
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Ernest Foster
Hollywood
A.P
Damon Runyon
Broadway
Runyon
Marlene Dietrich
Sioux Falls
Big City
Lana Turner
Stephens
Greta Garbo
Minneapolis
Anne Shirley
Omaha
Brenda Marshall
Keokuk
Ann Sheridan
Texas
Ann
Joan Crawford
Kansas City
Bette Davis
Anita Louise
Norma Shearer
Florida
Westchester
Rosalind Russell
Cleveland
Ginger Rogers
Des Moines
Joan Fontaine
Boston
RKO Radio
New York
Butte, Mont
Washington wartime traffic czar runs 60 hour weeks
Joseph Eastman, head of the Office of Defense Transportation, oversees all movement of people and freight in wartime with authority to restrict or reroute shipments. His grind includes 8:15 A.M. arrivals, 6 P.M. gym breaks, 8:30 P.M. desk time, and 11:30 P.M. finish six days weekly. He is a bachelor living with a sister and may lose vacation this year.
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Joseph Bartlett Fastman
Washington
Donald Nelson
Leon Henderson
Joe Eastman
Eastman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roosevelt
Office of Defense Transportation
Great Britain
New Orleans
Boston
Detroit
Baltimore
Interstate Commerce
Canada
Russia
U. S. Army
Edmund B. Gregory
William A. Reilley
Kennel Club
Fire Department
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Fuehrer
Thrhe
Hutl
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Ran
May Christie
Aee Aa
Toffice
Amarillo
Amarillo Daily News
Globe News Publishing Co
Gene 1 Howe
John McCarty
News and Business
Ee Tees Denie
Standard's Rubber
Cologne
London
Essen
Herr Goering
Britain
Liberal Campaign
Treasury
Myra
Blossom
Maisie
Angela
Montreal
Edmund Fawcett
Pieter Gs. Gerbrandy
Netherlands
Henry Francis Lyte
Luther Huston
New York Times Magazine
Dogs OF War
Fairfax Downey
Army
Air Force
Navy
Alaska
U. S
Quartermaster General
Dogs For Defense, Inc
Harry S. Caesar
Raymond D. Saussure
Fee World Magazine
Popular Science Monthly
Henry I
England
National Bureau of Standards
Robert Moses
New York Park
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