Hollywood scripting moves and casting shifts in mid 1940s era
Rouella Parsons works with Zoe Akins on Young Widow for Lupino with Hunt Stromberg courting the project. Fallback plans shift as Mervyn LeRoy directs Chicken Every Sunday at Warners and must return to RKO by July 1 for The Robe. Sam Goldwyn corners Ring Lardner Jr. to adapt Earth and High Heaven as Hollywood recounts industry activity amid wartime fundraisers.
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Curtin Announces Reduced Civilian Meat Ration
Prime Minister John Curtin said Australia will cut civilian meat rations starting February 26 due to a prolonged drought that has reduced production. Food supplies are tightened as the government adjusts allowances to meet demand.
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Australia
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Since You Went Away film review by Gene Farmer
Gene Farmer reviews the 1943 film Since You Went Away. Claudette Colbert Jennifer Jones Shirley Temple and Joseph Cotten lead a wartime American family story with strong showmanship by producer David Selznick. The piece praises performances pace and emotional reach while noting occasional artificiality.
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Jennifer Jones
Shirley Tom
David G. Selznick
Rebecca
Margaret Sanger
de Mille
Selznick
Tim Hilton
Anne
Claudette Ee
Janie
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Shirley Temple
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David Selznick
Lionel Barrymore
Guy Madison
Soda
Col. Smollett
Jane
Iron rich foods for steady vitality and blood health
Iron is vital for all ages and helps keep energy up. Few foods contain significant iron, so diets can lack iron without realizing it, risking declining iron levels.
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Veryone
Miss Selecta Hansen Wins $1750 Damages in Ice Injury Suit
In Salt Lake City AP, Miss Selecta Hansen received 1750 dollars in damages after an icicle fell from a hotel roof and struck her, causing injury. The case centers on a frozen drip incident at a hotel.
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Salt Lake City
Selecta Hansen
Ministry of Fear thrills with tense twists at state theater
The review praises Ray Milland in Ministry of Fear for keeping audiences tense despite a plodding plot and some tawdry spots. Marjorie Reynolds and a shady duo of agents add intrigue as Scotland Yard investigates a murder linked to a charity front. Bob Crosby’s My Gal Loves Music offers light relief with songs and a cheerful mood.
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London
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Bob Crosby
Ferne Gater
Movie Schedules and Local History Note Part
Friday theater listings show time slots for Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Marion with films including Since You Went Away Tonight and Every Night Minds of Fear and My Gal Loves Music. The piece also notes General Hugo, father of Victor Hugo, held Thionville for Napoleon.
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Iowa
Alaska
General Hugo
Victor Hugo
Thionville
Napoleon
Army Expanding Tire Production in Europe
Col. Lawrence Wilkinson, head of the Allied rubber control committee in Paris, said the Army is in high gear on a tire production program in France and Belgium. The effort aims to meet military needs, prevent civilian shortages, and speed relaxation of U S tire rationing by boosting European output with synthetic rubber from United Nations pools.
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Washington
Lawrence Wilkinson
Allied Rubber Control Committee
Paris
France
Belgium
United Press
United States
Europe
Wilkinson
Bishop Hunt to Lead Red Mass at National Shrine
The Most Rev. Duane G. Hunt, bishop of Salt Lake, will preach the Red Mass at the National Shrine Immaculata University of America in Washington. The service marks the resumption of sessions of congress and the judiciary. Hunts ties to Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa are noted, with his 1920 priesthood ordination and 1907 Mt. Vernon college degree cited.
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Duane G. Hunt
Salt Lake
Cedar Rapids
J. Vernon
Iowa
Te Catholic University of America
Washington, D. C
Hunt
Corn College
Mt. Vernon
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