Hollywood Talk Across The Atlantic In Wartime Broadcasts
Huw Green reports from London on American film stars like Jimmy Stewart praised by troops after Normandy. Claudia Morgan faces a stage radio clash over roles in Ten Little Indians and The Adventures of the Thin Man. Ruth Swanson leaves films for air corps marriage, Ed Wynn returns to radio Sept 7. Marjorie Main in Farewell, My Lody and Fibber McGee and Molly sign a four year Coca Cola contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huw Green
London
Hughie
Tom Brown
Rcaf Air Transport Command
British Broadcasting Company
New York
Jimmie Stewart
Claudia Morgan
Nora Charles
Miss” Morgan
Ruth Swanson
Hollywood
Warner Bros
Air Corps
Marjorie Main
Aimee Bende
Lody
Fibber McGee and
Molly
Coko Trat
Visit by a Reformed Golfer John Kieran at Lassitude Marshes
Reformed golfer and Quiz Kid John Kieran visited our woodland nook Lassitude Marshes, inspecting weeds under a microscope and chatting about politics, wildlife, and the world. He noted yellow flowers, birds, and cowbirds, while commenting on Hitler, Truman versus Wallace, and postwar gentleness for Nazi leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kieran
Lassitude Marshes
Peer Aelan
Wizard of Infoplease
Tansy
John
Brave Medics Carry On Under Heavy Nazi Shelling
War correspondent Ernie Pyle recalls near fatal shelling as medics and litter bearers push through front lines. He describes the hedgerow shield, chaotic movements, a hospital farmhouse destruction, a jeep drive under fire, and the surgeon Captain Lucien Strawn directing aid amid bombardment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucien Strawn
Morgantown
W. Va
Smile—I
Shell Shocked Glsering Ernie's Heart
Witnesses describe two men from Gaon toe c and tamer ue Teeee as severely injured by war. They were not wounded but broken, shaking, unable to speak, and clinging to each other like frightened children after a jeep departure. Their condition illustrated the war's crushing impact on the human spirit.
Faulty Work Quote by R L Stevenson
An attributed remark laments shoddy or careless work done for others noting the moral debt of subpar effort. The speaker warns that such performance deserves self judgment and guilt in a moral court. The quote emphasizes diligence and integrity in every task.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Stevenson
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Normandy
Britain
Albert Dekker
Paramount
San Fernando Valley
Ed Wynn
Happy Island
Blue
Wynn
Evelyn Knight
Jerry Wayne
Ing
John Loder
Berlin
Palmier
Bebe Daniels
Eth Vr
Sassafras
Mir
Kieran
Trumanas
Wallace
Taomenttater
Tyne
Iohn
Miami Beachus
Hitler
Europe
Mr. Shaw
Lidice
Ernie Pyle
Ernie
Oma Bates
Gloster
Miss
Lttte
Eeeeeeee
Ollarless
Cooler
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicara
Aone Easter
Printary Aspire Tworles
David Ranken
School OF Mechanical Trades
Romete
Scheel
Finney Ave
Leas
Wooney
P.O
Indianapolis G
U. S
John L Collyer
B. F. Goodrich
Liberty
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
W. Hamiolph St
Chicago
Conan
Kellogg's
Dr. C. M. Coe, Inc
Sot Pine ST
St, Louis 1. MO
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