Hollywood Victory Committee mobilizes stars for war effort
Hollywood organizes the Hollywood Victory Committee for Stage Screen and Radio to direct star talent to military camps, broadcasts and patriotic campaigns. Fort Ben Harrison, Fort Thomas, Camp Perry and other posts hosted tours by stars like Rosalind Russell and Mickey Rooney as Bond drives and Red Cross appeals expand nationwide.
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Kay Kyser
Red Cross
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Fred W. Beetson
Association of Motion Picture Producers
Kenneth Thomson
Screen Actors Guild
Victory Committee
Rosalind Russell
Constance Moore
Jackie Cooper
Phyllis Brooks
Deanna Durbin
Ritz Brothers
Adolphe Menjou
Ann Miller
Mickey Rooney
Joe E. Brown
Linda Darnell
Charles Butterworth
Ann Rutherford
Judy Garland
Dave Rose
Butterworth
Fort Ben Harrison
Indianapolis
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Cincinnati
Bear Field
Fort Wayne
Camp Perry
Port Clinton
Travel
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Fort Ethan Allen
Burlington
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Carole Lom
Uncle Sam
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New York
Gary Cooper
Los Angeles
Voice of Hollywood
Janet Gaylor
Toronto
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Ane
White House
James Stewart
U.S. Army
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Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Wayne Morris
U. S. Navy
E Stors
Victory
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Clark Gable
James Cagney
Gable
Edward Arnold
Charles Boyer
Claudette Colbert
Ronald
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M-G-M
Artists-Managers Guild
Bert Allenberg
Guild
Charles K. Feldman
Hollywood Talent Committee
I. B. Kornblum
Actors Equity Association and
Theatre Authority
True Boardman
American Federation of Radio Artists
Don Gilman
National Broadcasting Company
William Forbes
Columbia Broadcasting System
Lewis Allen Weiss
Mutual Broadcasting System
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Radio Writers Guild
Mark Sandrich
Screen Directors Guild
Jack Cooper
Screen Publicists Guild
Allan Scott
Screen Writers Guild
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Camp Shows, Inc
Vic Shapiro
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Hunger shaped careers of Brien Donlevy in Trinidad
Hollywood star Brie 1 Donlevy says hunger tests forge actors. He recalls four days with only coffee between backbone and stomach while co stars Pat O Brien and Janet Blair chase success. Donlevy notes hardship can spark a career and that many quit rather than act. He cites Pat O Brien sharing a room with Spencer Tracy and beans, arguing hunger helped them reach Broadway and Hollywood.
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Hollywood
U.P
Brie
Donlevy
Pat O'Brien
Janet Blair
Trinidad
O'Brien
Pat
Spencer Tracy
Broadway
McLeMore Takes Naval Air Corps Mental Test
Ensign John W. Gittinger administers a 12 minute mental test to MCLEMORE at a Naval Air Base near Atlanta Georgia. He reflects on the test and its role in selecting pilots while joking about his own caution and potential to become an Axis ace.
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Dece
Filer
United Nations
Todays Puzzler Horizontal and Vertical Clues
A cryptic style grid lists 14 across clues and 53 down clues covering words from pictured famous items to chemical symbols and common nouns. The puzzle includes entries such as postscript, doctor abbr, and various everyday terms across multiple categories.
Blitz counterattack doctrine dominates WW II strategy says Kernan
The book Defense Will Not Win the War argues that defense alone fails to defeat enemies. It cites MacArthur Rommel and Stalin as examples of counterattacks and urges a major European offensive, possibly in Italy, with vast Allied forces and air power.
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Leningrad
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Smolensk
Homma
Bataan
Malaya
W. F. Kernan
Tulane
Harvard
Kernan
Europe
Italy
Pearl Harbor
Inside enemies threaten America says Dorothy Thompson
Dorothy Thompson argues the 1942 crisis demands relentless internal crackdown on pro fascist groups and individuals. She cites officials and organizations on the West Coast and names several alleged sympathizers and a broader network tied to Nazi and fascist causes.
Verses and Quotations Reflected in Faithful Echoes
A compilation of religious quotes and biblical verses frames thoughts on vengeance repentance and divine aid. Passages include Scott on returning to the Lord Hosea 6:1 Psalms 46:1 and Carlile on perception, offering a window into 19th century devotional reading and moral reflection.
Fore Sighted Mr Terramorse Prepares For War Home
Ernie Pyle profiles Frank Terramorse of Menlo Park who preps his home for bombing. He outfits the house with catwalks water tanks axes and a movable platform loaded with first aid gear fire extinguishers gas masks and tools. He stocks food clothing and fuel and plans to travel by car after the war while insisting preparedness is his hobby.
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Menlo Park
Cal
Frank Terramorse
Brandeur
Drew
Terramorse
Mr. Terramorse
Turkey closes Dardanelles to all vessels without permits
United Press reports a year ago Turkey barred all ships from the Dardanelles unless granted special licenses. Vichy France yielded to Japan over the Thailand dispute. Free French forces claimed the capture of Kuifra. A U.S. military attache in Bucharest was arrested and sent to a concentration camp.
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Turkey
Dardanelles
Vichy
Japan
Thailand
Kuifra
U. S
Bucharest
Best Business Ideas of 1941 According to Forbes
Forbes Magazine lists diverse concepts from 1941 including a life insurance public forums, safety razor teleconferences, apprentice operation calendars, moisture resistant powder, complimentary color dyes, rapid rivets with explosive shanks, color routing for defense orders, love insurance by florists, department store return charges, oil center golf balls, budget plans for grocers, in-house tax help by auto firms, water bottles for health, a bank branch in a railroad station, steel with new products and methods, and vehicle horn pitches for sales.
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Forbes Magazine
National Life Insurance Company
Safety
New York
Denver
New York State
Admiral of the Ocean Sea reviewed by Dr. W. V. Alexander
Samuel Eliot Morison's Columbus study spans ships routes and landfalls in two volumes plus a popular one volume edition. The critic praises the scope and execution while noting the Club edition omits maps and extensive notes. A provocative aside comments on labor issues and fifth column concerns.
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Little, Brown
Morison
Harvard
Columbus
Professor Morison
Blanchard
Iowa
Guadaloupe
Income Tax ABCs from federal quarterly payments tips
Washington notes coping with steeper tax bills as quarterly installments due March 16 June 15 September 15 and December 15. Tips urge reading instructions, keeping data, filling schedules, and mailing by March 16 with copies for future reference.
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Alexander R. George
Wide World
Washington
Internal Revenue
Collector of Revenue
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