Chicago Newspaper War Plays Out Between Giants
The Chicago Sun backed by Vance Johnson and Marshall Field challenges the Tribune in a costly fight shaping national press power. Analysts note the struggle involves Hearst and the McCormick Patterson families, AP and UP alliances, and potential Supreme Court rulings on Associated Press membership.
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Chicago
United States
Chicago Sun
Vance Johnson
News-Globe
Marshall Field
Chicago Tribune
Roosevelt
Field
New York
Evening PM
The
Tribune
Hearst
McCormick-Patterson
New York News
Sun
Chicago News
Frank Knox
the Tribune
the American
Robert McCormick
Duke of
Associated Press
Supreme Court
Amarillo
Associated Press News
Fort Worth
Dallas
Wichita Falls
Kansas City
Us Daily
the News
the Globe
United Press Wire
United Press
Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood column overview
A long Hollywood column surveys Marshall Field the Third as a wealthy, idealistic figure open to New Deal redistribution, plus chatter about soldiers in Chicago, hotel takeovers, women drinking ordinances, and a flood of showbiz gossip from Broadway to Los Angeles. It includes quips about Rita Hayworth, Judy Garland, and WW II era industry notes.
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Marshall Field
Go Getters ii
Chicago
Stevens
Chicago Beach
Coffee Roaster Causes Alarm at Local Plant
Firemen fought a blaze sparked by a coffee roaster in the flue of the G Coffee Company at 1010 Avenue. The alarm sounded around 11 30 this morning and caused damage before crews contained the fire.
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G Coffee Company
Barbo hair dye promises youthful gray cover
A beauty item promotes Barbo hair color as a cheap home solution to fade gray locks. It claims signs of aging are wiped away with a simple mix in water, offering a glossy, uniform result that won’t wash out or affect perms.
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Associated Press
United Press
International News
International
Winchell
Broadway
Bob Hope
Abe Lyman
Moss Hart
Alex Woollcott
Fred Allen
49Th Street
Fred
Laos
Ted Lundburg
Columbia Pictures
Father
Harry Cohn
Columbia
Pacific
William Haines
Bennett
Dewey
Susan Miller
47Th Street
Worth & Worth
Pepsi-Cola
San Francisco
Frederick C. Sherman
Darling
Clem McCerrthy
Barsan
Rita Hayworth
Miss Hayworth
Rita
Chicago
London
Eng
George Sinner
Ima Sinner
Seymour Hicks
Lynn Fontanne
Alfred Lunt
Lynn
Fontanne
Lunt
Navy
Silverton
Ore
Woolcott
Ind
Oregon
Easant
Barbo
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TEXAY
Preme Court
Washington
Jimmie Fidler
Hollywood
Peter Lorre
Karen Verne
MGM
Judy Garland
Hedy Lamarr
Tom Brown
Lynn Merrick
Garees
Doris Dudley
Air Patrol
MacDonald
Army
Bonnie
Tucker
Huston
Hi Ranch
Uncle Sa
Dinah Shore
Jimmy Stewart
Walter Pidgeon
Canada
Virginia
Bruce Ruben
Margaret Lindsay
Maria Montez
WE Boles
Mose
T States
RKO
Victor Mature
Lucille
Halan Jones
Jane Frazee
Guy K Archer
Margaret Hayes
Monogram
Nealyn Bridge
Versal
Charles Chaj
Miers
Baxter
Bette Davis
Joan Fonta
Acto
Leogium
Sonja Henie
Screen
Carlson
Kder
Mae West Hause
Cecil Kellaway
Burions
Longines
John Furbach
We Barton
U.P
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