Esther Williams to star in Thrill of a Romance
Hollywood notes report Esther Williams as swim champion headlining MGM comedy Thrill of a Romance about a honeymooning woman who ends up with a second groom. Mae Anderson and Tallulah Bankhead receive mentions for other projects. Zanuck pushes young talent in The Purple Heart.
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Ollywood
INS
Esther Williams
M-G-M
Mae Anderson
Bernadette
Tallulah Bankhead
Mary
Darryl Zanuck
Dana Andrews
Sam Levene
Kevin O’shea
Farley Granger
Zanuck
Purple Heart
Wilson
Brydon Taves, UP Newsman, Is Killed
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS New Guinea UP Brydon Taves United Press Southwest Pacific manager and flight correspondent was killed in a Pacific theater incident. Details are scarce as reports come in from the front.
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Brydon Taves
Advanced Allied Headquarters
New Guinea
United Press Southwest Pacific
Theaters Schedule Tuesday Feature Time Listings
The Gazette recaps Tuesday schedules for Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Times Strand and Marion with showings for The Gang's All Here Old Acquaintance Rookies in Burma The Dancing Masters Leather Burners Dixie Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event Dive Bomber Cattle Stampede The Amazing Mrs Holliday The Youngest Profession My Sister Eileen Street of Chance Sahara and Prairie Chickens with times across venues.
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Palace
Cape Gloucester Landing Opens With Unopposed Beach Assault
U S Marines hit the New Britain coastline at Cape Gloucester in a coordinated assault praised by Maj. Gen. Rupertus for perfect weather and naval fire. The landing proceeded under heavy bombardment with tanks and vehicles advancing inland as Marines moved ashore from multiple craft. Local press accompanied Lt. Col. Phil La Follette, ex Wisconsin governor, as reporters observed the operation and Marine commander urged disciplined fire and resolve.
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U. S
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New Britain
Guadalcanal
Target Hill
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Rupertus
MacArthur
Phil la Follette
Wisconsin
Medics Are Heroes to Our Fighting Forces Unit With 11 Silver Stars
From Pozzili Italy Maj James O Hood Norman Oklahoma leads a regiment where medics demonstrate bravery under fire. Pvt Ivan Atter Ramona Oklahoma earns Silver Star for aiding wounded under heavy fire. Sgt Denton Hargrove Miami Oklahoma and Cpl Samuel C Jenkins Seminole Oklahoma are among others cited for valor. Eleven of 100 detachment members hold Silver Stars for risking life to aid comrades.
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James O. Hood
Norman
Okla
Pvt
Ivan Atter
Ramona
Atter
Sicily
Denton Hargrove
Miami
Hargrove
Ege
Harvey H. Durr
Griggsille
Ill
Italy
Cpl
Samuel C. Jenkins
Seminole
Hood
Jenkins
Ralph B. Bows
Yarnby
Secret Marriage Revealed After Suspected Infidelity
Fay and Tom attempted secrecy in their marriage but Tom disclosed the affair after noticing Fay flirting with other men, signaling end of the union.
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Fay
Tom
Subsidy Pact Hopes Rise as Congress Reopens
Washington AP reports leaders predict quick settlement of the food subsidy battle after Congress reconvenes. Sen White predicts middle ground between administration and farm bloc supporters. Barkley seeks early conference, while others push tax and veteran aid measures and extensions of social security to veterans.
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Sen. White
Maine
Congress
White
Barkley
Sv Committee
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Bankhead
D-Ala
Taft
Ohio
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Senate Money Bills Dominate Lawmaking Through June
A bitter controversy rose in the senate as the appropriations committee prepares a steady stream of money bills likely to occupy Congress until June. The stage is set for extended debates and partisan dispute over funding priorities and fiscal control.
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Appropriations Committee
Congress
OWI Official Urges Facts Over War Prophecy to Public
E Pale mer Hoyt head of the OWI domestic branch told a New York audience that Americans should receive full information about the war rather than state predictions. He argued that evidence shapes public opinion and urged realistic coverage of the day to day grimness of life and death on the western front. He cited delayed reporting of major events like Pearl Harbor and the Aleutians debacles as shortcomings in morale building.
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Hoyt
American Legion
America
Kasserine Pass
Pearl Harbor
Macassar Strait
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