Theater crowd in Linville hosts stars and local talent
Kathleen Vaughan and her escorts mingle with Fred DeMille and Paul Pennell at a barn theater launch. Uncle Frank muses on Ruby Howard and Daisy Doran as Kathleen eyes her future on stage while Joe Neely pursues a rival plan.
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Kathleen Vaughan
Fred DeMille
Joe Neely
Joe
Kathleen
Fred
Ingenue
Lin- Ville
Frank
Paul Pennell
Kathlen
Paul
Mrs. Buxton
Mr. DeMille
Mr. Pennell
Daisy Doran
Ruby
Uncle Frank
Ruby Howard
Stella
Joe Neelys
Miss Howard
Tojo for Togo and the Japanese war command shift
The piece argues the cabinet reshuffle naming Tojo as wartime premier mirrors the Togo era. It notes Tojo holds multiple posts, likening him to a tyrant figure, and discusses Japanese strategy, Soviet defense, and Allied moves in Africa and the Caucasus, with commentary on Alaska rumors and unified command calls.
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Paul Mallon Washington
Tojo
Togo
Navy
Home Ministry
Hitler
Mussolini
Mallon
4& Cloud
Tokyo
Russia
Alaska
Washington
Diamond
Pribiloff Islands
Warren Magnuson
Dutch Harbor
Army
Aleutians
Meat Rationing and Public Confidence in Wartime
Dorothy Thompson analyzes a Disney wartime film and upcoming meat rationing to two and a half pounds per person weekly. She questions public understanding and argues for clear reasons, noting high meat production and broader needs for Allied armies and Russian civilians. She urges direct measures and warns of hoarding in four months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Thompson
Walt Disney
Globe
Suez Canal
Disney
Garson Chips and Miniver Star In Hollywood Memoir
James Hilton recalls meeting Miss Garson in Hollywood after a long lapse caused by luck and chance encounters. He admires her charm beauty and voice, notes her early reluctance to play Mrs Chips and Mrs Miniver, and jokes about audiences accepting her as a RAF pilot mother and future great grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desert Island
Greer Garson
Hollywood
Miss Carson
Mrs. Chigs
Mrs. Miniver
Culver City
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Miss Garson
Bel Air
James Barrie
Bank of Nature
Vienna
Mrs. Chips
Miss Soandso
Miss Garson-Chips
Miss Garson-Miniver
RAF
Pimpernel Papers Move Through Occupied France
In occupied and unoccupied France cross hatched regions show a growing flow of underground anti Nazi sheets called Pimpernel papers. At least twenty are circulated regularly in both zones, spreading resistance messages.
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France
Tobacco based soaps varnish and fiber board from tobacco
Tobacco finds new uses in cleaner tobacco soap and brown varnish, both made from tobacco. A tobacco fiber board offering light weight could supplement existing fiber board. No tobacco scent remains in the products, according to J. S. McHargue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W. Blakeslee
Wide World
New York
J. S. McHargue
Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station
Frontier
Armour Research Foundation
Searc
Quote on fighting spirit and air power from wartime leaders
A wartime exchange quotes Joseph C. Grew and Lieut. Gen. George H. Brett praising morale and air strength. Grew asserts a resilient people unbroken by defeats, while Brett contrasts enemy air power with the U S flying fortress. The remarks underscore determination and technological edge in war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph C. Grew
U. S
Japan
Flying Fortress
George H. Brett
U. & Army
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U. S. Navy
Unis
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Willow Run
Norman
Mexico
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Heavely
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Libya
Iran
Caucasus
Cairo
Alamein
Alexandria
Timoshenko
Stalingrad
Caucasus Front
Rostov
Black Sea
Baku
Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Watson
Miss Greer Garson
Cosmopolitan
James Hilton
Liberation
le Coq Enchaine
le Franc-Tiret Liberte
Pensee Libre
Comunists
L'Humanite
I Voix de Paris
le Pere Duchesne
I Revolution
Rio
Vichy
Berl
America
Franc Tireur
Long
The
United State
Roosevelt
Brazzavill
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
Martin Company
Martin
Luftwaffe
Eor—V
Pimpernel
Newsreel Magazine
Kansas City Star
Science
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