Bigger Better Stuff for 1942 Is U.S. Entertainers Promise
A 1942 entertainment forecast from New York outlines a season of escape films and musicals, with fewer wartime changes to censorship, rising admission prices, and an emphasis on new stars. U.S.O. Camp Shows expands, road tours grow, and radio music shifts toward swing with war songs and nostalgia as the era opens.
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U.S
London
Legion of Decency
Wake Island
United States Marine
Army
Teresa'Wright
Joan Leslie
Kathryn Grayson
Robert Sterling
Jack Carson
Tim Holt
Gene Tierney
Donna Drake
Louisiana Purchase
Rita Hayworth
Neck of the Woods
New York
West Coast
Army and Navy
U.s.o.camp Shows, Inc
Stan Kenton
Claude Thornhill
Gene Buck
ASCAP
Cohens
Tvkelleys
Yokohama
Pearl Harbor
Hollywood
Broadway
Tin Pan Alley
Six Navy Donts Issued To Midwest Civilians
Chicago report says Rear Admiral John Downes, Ninth Naval District commander, urged civilians to guard navy secrets. He listed six donts including not discussing new weapons, defense plant capacity, draft movements, shore construction, ship damage reports, and navy casualties unless officially announced. He urged asking if enemy could use the info against ships or plants before speaking.
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Chicago
John Downes
Ninth Naval District
Middlewest
Downes
Navy
Marine Corps
Duchess of Windsor Publishes Cook Book Title Some of My Favorite Southern Recipes
The Duchess of Windsor will publish her first book in February a cook book with proceeds to a British war relief society. Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt wrote the foreword for Some of My Favorite Southern Recipes.
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New York
Ins
Duchess of Windsor
British War Relief Society
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Army Accuses Actor Tony Martin Over Selective Service
Los Angeles AP report states a complaint was issued charging film actor Tony Martin with failure to report for a selective service physical examination. The document was issued Saturday by Assistant U.S. Attorney Russell K Lambeau.
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Los Angeles
Tony Martin
U. 5S
Russell K Lambeau
Benefit Play for Czech Groups Set Jan 11
The Dramatic Circle presents Zlaty Tata a three act comedy at Z C B J hall on Sunday Jan 11 to raise funds for the Czech National Alliance and the Red Cross. Theodore B Hlubucek will attend a Chicago conference and speak at a Czech Society of America initiation. Further events include a New Year party at Sokol hall and Czech Alliance meetings at St Wenceslaus lodge and Pomnenka Vlasti hall.
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Rio
Zlaty Tata
Dramatic Circle
Z. C. B. J. Hall
Ben Miska
Czech National Alliance
Red Cross
Theodore B. Hlubucek
Chicago
Czechoslovak National Council
Czechoslovak Society of America
Dee
Sokol Association
Sokol Hall
Czech Alliance Association of
Cedar Rapids
St. Wenceslaus Lodge
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Tom Wolf
Gazette
United States
Third Avenue
TIN
Pacific
Far
la Rai
Manila
Crossword Pumle
Cedar Rapids Gas Co
South Side News
Pomnenka Vlasti Lodge
C. S
Hall
Yager’s
U.S. Defense
Clothing Department
Yager
Royallema
Dongora
Free Defense
Stamnes
U. S. Defense
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