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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1941
Page
3
In the Paget household a scream echoes from the Ferriter apartment where a dead man is found. David reports the scene as police arrive while Allegra and Raina Paget navigate a tense lobby and a glamorous, troubled circle.
In a tense scene on a crime plagued afternoon, detectives chase a killer while tensions rise around Higgins, Miss Agatha Paget reveals her plan to publish a candid genealogy of the Paget family, aiming to expose flaws and foster truth for future generations.
Miss Agatha Paget hosts a tense card table scene with a red tea, a tall glass, and a diamond pin as she addresses David. She calls him in and critiques his attitude while a cigarette shadows the room.
Walter Ruben, Metro producer, took two weeks off to preview three releases Bad Man with Wallace Beery Maisie Was a Lady and Flight Command with Robert Taylor Ruth Hussey praised navy cooperation and Taylors comeback. Virginia Vale notes Joan Fontaine Cary Grant James Hilton Ingrid Bergman and Ingrid Berman projects. Pal Joey stage hit. Power Dive stars Billy Lee Parker and Arlen. Leigh and Olivier headed to England for potential Admirable Crichton remake.
John MacCormick once a dirt track racer near Chicago built a 100 mph car at 17 and raced at Robey's Speedway. He later earned a transport pilot license and, now 26, earns his living by speaking on Columbia network's Design for Happiness.
A jumbled film notes item mentions Warner Brothers and Thad Bees From Destiny in Buenos Aires with Mona Maris presiding. Rudy Vallee debuts as a ventriloquist in Pathe's Picture People. Parents' Magazine honors Virginia Weidler as outstanding juvenile. Mickey Rooney wins 1939 title. Preston Sturges latest The Lady Eve screens at a sneak preview for Paramount with stars Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda.
Washington officials interpret Wickard Purdue speech as signaling a permanent fall in foreign demand for farm surpluses. The plan calls for production cuts not by choice but by shifting farming into higher domestic use and regional competition, with big farm groups urged to help raise income for low earners and expand the home market.
The article describes a comprehensive morale program in the new U S Army. It covers the Morale Division in Washington with 50 clerks and 15 officers and its camps posts and services such as the Army Motion Picture Service Camp Publications Post Exchanges and Guest Houses. It notes education through moving pictures athletics singing and hostesses now termed secretaries and highlights the Post Exchange as a sizable business. It also mentions the supplemental cotton program under Secretary Wickard to compensate farmers reducing acreage with stamps for manufactured cotton goods.
A profile of Dr Norman Jolliffe and his vitamin work linked to Britain aid efforts. The article notes Denny's Town Hall of the Air, early career at UNC, and Jolliffe's 1926 NYU Medical College graduation, Bellevue Hospital role, and AAAS membership.
H. H. Bennett of the U S soil conservation service says erosion costs the nation over 3.8 billion dollars annually. He notes half the land is damaged and 250 million acres are under conservation work, with a projected balance of land waste and conservation within ten years.
John D Biggers who organized the unemployment census in 1837 faced criticism. Now director of the production division in national defense he views criticism as a sign of public health. Since 1990 he has led Libby Owens Ford Glass Company.
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