Dancing Week Opens With Comedy Teams At Local Hotels
Weekly entertainment notes announce a nine o’clock start tonight at Amarillo and Herring Hotels and Rain Bow Gardens with John Barrymore and Mae West rumored to perform together. The piece lists a barrage of social attendees and a long bill of dances and events at Paramount Theater and Nat Supper Club.
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Hollywood Scene Beats and Battles in 1940s Film World
Hollywood gossip and industry notes recount backstage tiffs and bold moves. Ealing Studios plans a Mussolini life film titled Top Wop while debates rage over films like Intermezzo, Rebecca and Dictator amid Italy boycott concerns. Chaplin’s Dictator nudges bans, and Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard plan a Honolulu trip after new project. Rex Harrison declines Reap the Wild Wind role. James Roosevelt divorce nears completion with a likely remarriage. Kent Taylor wears a neck brace on screen. Winged Victory renamed Shining Victory amid Hitler art references. Mary Martin performs a brisk strip tease in Kiss the Boys Goodbye with a modern swimsuit.
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War quotes on national strategy from Patterson La Follette and Beard
A compilation of statements from Robert P. Patterson Philip F. La Follette and Charles A. Beard debating U S defense strategy and the choice between continental civilization and imperial ties. The passage warns against a prolonged global conflict and passivity in world affairs.
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Government targets steel in spring clampdown
The Capital reports on planned government priorities hitting the steel industry as spring or early summer deadlines loom. Officials note labor is less controllable than management, with potential for mandatory priorities if steel workers resist.
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TODAY'S PUZZLER HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL CLUES
A crossword style list with numerous numbered clues across horizontal and vertical lines. Clues cover definitions from geography and mythology to common verbs and objects, including terms like North American colony, measure, and various final answers.
Mussolini Speaks for Germany and Italy in Revolutionary Vision
The piece analyzes Mussolini's speech aligning Italy with Germany, warning that the revolution is an international, nihilistic war against liberal democracies. It argues fascism seeks to undermine Western civilization, risks a U.S. internal fascist movement if Britain falls, and urges clear resistance to revolutionary forces both abroad and at home.
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Trains in England Reveal War Time Talk and Courage
Helen Keller recalls rail journeys in Britain where strangers share war experiences from Dunkirk to London bombing. Guards, officers, and civilians chat about conscription, conchies, and resilience while the author notes British talkativeness is returning and morale remains strong.
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First U.S. alien registration tally exceeds estimates
Preliminary figures show 4 741 971 aliens registered in the United States. Eighty two percent live in ten states led by New York California Pennsylvania Ohio Illinois Massachusetts Michigan New Jersey Texas and Connecticut. Most aliens reside in industrial states. Texas and California have large Mexican populations. In 33 states aliens account for less than one percent of residents.
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Cherry Blossom Time Sparks One Man’s Tour Venture
Frederick J. Deghuee, a musical instrument salesman, launched Tally-Ho Tours in Washington during Cherry Blossom Week. He started with $11, booked excursions for groups, and grew to offer one and multi day trips, eventually leaving his sales job to run the business full time. He has sent 21,000 people on trips and expanded from a single one day tour to multiple itinerary options.
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Oddities and echoes from a Cuban harbor and poker tale
A columns piece blends a Queens poker dispute with odds in five card hands and a dramatic Havana harbor memory of the Maine explosion. It threads quotes from public figures about democracy, defense, and Cuba's aid amid looming rearmament.
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