Broadway with Walter Winchell III on Saroyan and Hollywood
Saroyan’s latest play Get Away Old Man skewers Hollywood figures while Broadway gossip runs through Winchell’s column. The piece notes morale, censorship, and wartime sentiment with references to actors, broadcasts, and magazine chatter about troop morale and industry shifts.
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Fredric March
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Jap Bombers Raid Calcutta District
Two waves of Japanese bombers escorted by fighters raided Calcutta on Sunday. Anti-aircraft guns engaged, destroying two enemy planes and damaging four others. some planes breached defenses and dropped bombs on the city causing slight damage and loose ties.
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Adrift Six Days On Diet of Raw Fish and Rainwater
Six airmen in a rubber craft drifted six days in the Pacific after a naval plane crash. With two life rafts and scarce water, they subsisted on raw perch and rainwater saved in Mae West jackets. Sharks circled, bait was scarce, and a rescue plane finally dropped canteens to them.
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Hollywood widow asserts right to Tom Mix life story
Louella Parsons reports Olive Mix claims rights to Tom Mix biography and movie life story. Harry Sherman will film Tom Mix life. Olive Mix says secretary forged papers and she will publish Tom Mix Rides Again as a book. Judy Canova bridegroom Chester English arrives home for Christmas entertainment drive.
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Theatres Schedule Highlights From Local Time Listings
Daily film listings show Paramount offers Happy Land at 1:30 3:40 5:45 7:50 10. Short subjects at 2:45 4:50 7 9:05. Iowa screens The Heat's On at 2:25 5 7:35 10:10 with The Chance of a Lifetime at 1:10 3:45 6:20 9. State presents Hostages at 2:40 7:20 10 and Honeymoon Lodge at 1 3:40 6:20 9. Palace shows Pride of the Yankees at 2:23 5:42 9:21 and Henry Aldrich Swings It at 1:19 4:48 8:17. Rialto offers Bombardier at 2:30 6:20 10 and Wagon Train at 1:30 5:20 9. Times for My Lucky Star at 1:15 4:19 7:16 10:20 and The Ox Bow Incident at 2:54 5:51 8:55. Strand lists One Foot in Heaven at 6:42 10:10 and Not a Ladies Man at 8:30. Marion shows Destroyer at 7 9:55 and Doughboys in Ireland at 8:54.
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Wrong Number? Plumber Attacked Over Unsubmitted Bill
Minneapolis. Otto Nelson, a plumber, was surprised Monday when a stranger came to his door Sunday claiming to pay him a bill Nelson had not submitted. The man punched him in the nose and left quickly, leaving Nelson unsure if another plumber was his target.
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Dinah Shore Elopes in Las Vegas Marriage
Hollywood Dinah Shore, noted screen and radio singer, wed Cpl George Montgomery of the army signal corps after an elopement in Las Vegas Nevada early Sunday. The ceremony linked a film star with a military service member in a private Las Vegas wedding.
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George Montgomery
Army Signal Corps
Edgar A. Guest The Poet of the People
Poem reflects on friendship as a bond beyond appearance. True friends are defined by devotion, understanding, and the willingness to share fate, not by outward looks or status. The piece praises steadfast support and inner substance.
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Bomb Laden Fort Falls on English Village No Dead
An American Flying Fortress carrying six thousand pounds of bombs crashed in the Northhampton shire village of Deenethorpe Sunday. The crew bailed out. two were injured. Three villagers were wounded. The bombs exploded ten minutes after the crash, and a cottage and adjacent house burned. Prompt crew action likely saved many lives.
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London
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Northhamptonshire
Deenethorpe
Salonika Railway Station Attacked
CAIRO Egypt AP British four engined bombers from Middle East bases attacked the Salonika railway station in Greece Sunday night targeting the city’s rail hub and signaling a broadened Allied air offensive in the Aegean region.
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Egypt
Middle East
Aegean
Salonika
Greece
Bombers Hit Dodecanese Shipping. Fires In Freight Yards Reported
American bombers raided shipping off the Dodecanese island of Leros on Sunday, hitting three ships and forcing the crew to abandon one. Symi harbor also suffered a sudden incident two days earlier, with fires started in freight yards.
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Dodecanese
Leros
Symi Harbor
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