Hollywood Plots Clash Over Duplicate Screen Ideas
Louella Parsons reports friction in Hollywood as studios clash over similar plots with The Invisible Man and The Invisible Woman precursors, noting Universal and Columbia tied to copycat concepts. The piece mentions The Invisible Spy, Nazi-set tensions, and stars Jon Hall and Tiona Massey amid other industry chatter about delayed releases and publicity quirks.
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Universal
Claude Rains
Virginia Bruce
Nazi Germany
Jon Hall
Tiona Massey
Peter Lorre
Sir Cedric Hardwicke
American Submarine Fights Three Japanese Destroyers
In the SW Pacific a U S submarine commander orders a bold attack on three Japanese destroyers. After surfacing at dusk the sub fires two torpedoes, is depth charged for nine hours, suffers damage, but presses on, resurfaces to find the enemy gone.
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Melbourne
Australia
Pacific
Notice of Appointment Executrix No 16445 Iowa
The undersigned Evelyn Miller is appointed and qualified as Executrix of the estate of Samuel B Milter late of Linn County Iowa deceased on April 4 1942 All persons indebted should pay the estate and those with claims must file them with the Linn County Iowa District Clerk and Attorney Fred W Hann is listed.
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Towa
Linn County
Samuel B. Milter
Glee
Iowa
Courtship of Andy Hardy and More Film Showings Listed
The Gazette lists today's theater schedules across Paramount IOWA STATE PALACE RIALTO STRAND TIMES MARION venues. Titles include The Courtship of Andy Hardy The Kennel Murder Case Gambling Lady March of Time The Lady Has Plans Jailhouse Blues Keep Em Flying The Perfect Snob Manpower The Great Train Robbery Love Crazy Christmas in July Dive Bomber Moon Over Her Shoulder Son of Fury Shadow on the Stairs with showtimes in matinée and evening slots at multiple locations.
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Gazette
Paramount
Andy Hardy
Palace
Rialto
TIMES
Marion
Man Accused Of Giving Dry Ice To Two Boys
Denver police charged 59 year old John Gagares with wrongs to children and failure to carry alien registration after two boys Kenneth Geist aged five and Ronald Geist aged six were burned by dry ice given to them when they bought popcorn. Gagares denied the charge saying the boys picked up discarded dry ice.
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Denver
INS
John Gagares
Kenneth Geist
Ronald
Irene Geist
Gagares
Sugar rationing moves closer as forms go to retailers
The Office of Price Administration begins distributing registration forms for 1,000,000 retailers and wholesalers to set an allowable sugar inventory. Retailers will be limited by gross sales or last November deliveries, whichever is smaller, and must surrender stamps if overages occur. Wholesalers use the same form with different items and may continue current shipment units.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Notice of Lost Certificates for Rosenbaum’s Furniture Co.
Commercial Union Fire Insurance informs that conditional sales certificates CS 33401 to 33450 issued under Master Policy IM 4839 to Rosenbaum's Furniture Co. in Cedar Rapids Iowa have been lost or stolen and are now void.
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Rosenbaum's Furniture Company, Inc
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Effec Commercial Union Fire Insurance Com
West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Illinois
Broadway Blaze of Gossip and Army News Collide in Walter Winchell Column
New York gossip and war notes mix as Walter Winchell reports on Lana Turner, Linda Darnell, Betty Grable, Gene Markey, Artie Shaw, Al Jolson and others. Mentions Hollywood quarrels, columnists, bidders, military postings, and shifts in editors, with notes on Princeton’s Tiger suspending for the duration.
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New York
Lana Turner
Robert Moon
Columbia Broadcasting
Hollywood
Carole Landis
Gene Markey
Linda Darnell
Tepee
Betty Grable
Vic Mature
Peggy Joyce
Boston
Harcourt
John Harrison
Allied Council Lacks Decisiveness in Pacific War
AP dispatch from Australia reports Martin Agronsky, Blue Network correspondent, criticizing the Allied supreme war council for cohesion and decision in the Pacific. He asserts that responsible observers see a dangerous lack of decisive leadership in ongoing operations and strategy.
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New York
Martin Agronsky
Blue Network
Australia
Supreme War Council
Council
Pacific
Agronsky
Offensive action urged to avert dire Far East crisis
The speaker criticizes endless Allied conferences and calls for uniting strength to end the stalemate in the Far East. He argues the war remains defensive in record while discussions claim an offensive stance and faults strategists or strategy for paralysis. Torpedo is noted as a town in Pennsylvania.
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Far East
Former War Secretary Woodring Serves as Juror in Court
Harry H. Woodring, ex secretary of war, appeared in Topeka court for the first time as a juror drawing $3 per day. He said he had never been in court before, not even as a witness.
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Topeka
Kan
Harry H. Woodring
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