Broadway wit and wartime notes in Walter Winchell column
Walter Winchell railings on censorship labels and film tributes to heroic chaplains who saved others. He notes a Louella Parsons story on a film about their valor, mocks diplomat missteps aiding Belgian resistance, and riffs on a Mark Twain quip about quitting smoking. He critiques press headlines on war production crimes and questions horse racing laws.
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ADIO
Louella Parsons
Greece
Chungking
Life Mag
Joe Kamp
Kamp
Joe McWilliams
Adolf
Sign of the u v. s. revival and wartime views in editorials
The piece notes the revived Sign of the U.S. film facing Hays Office cuts. praises John L. Lewis and Margaret Bourke-White. criticizes Francoists and Hoffman. mocks isolationists and wartime politics. highlights need for army nurses and praise for Allied cooperation. cites editorials and Cantor interview glimpses.
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U V.s
Hays Office
John L. Lewis
Margaret Bourke- White
Simon Schuster
Berlin
Clare Hoffman
What Government Is Asking You to Do What Government Is Asking You to Do
From the Office of War Information in week 160 of the war the government urges citizens to destroy invalidated food ration stamps to comply with rationing rules. It calls for filling 6500 jobs producing cotton duck for the armed forces and donating 100000 books to the American merchant marine library to ease convoy fatigue. It asks for price panel volunteers, 50000 workers to curb inflation, and to stay in war jobs to keep supplies moving to the front.
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Washington
Office of War Information
American Merchant Marine Library
Author Lands Sum From Film Studio for Magazine Yarn
A writer received a substantial payment from a film company for one of his magazine yarns. The movie used only the title of the yarn and did not credit the author beyond that.
Blood drives urged and wartime ideals voiced in city page
The page urges Red Cross blood donations amid wartime duty and patriotism. It rails against subversives and extols radio drama and Archibald MacLeish works while criticizing smutty humor and clashing propaganda. It notes the Nazi offensive and recalls the Atlantic Charter’s significance.
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Red Cross
Chrysler
Lexington Avenue
Forty-second
Coronet
Clare Boothe Luce Returns From Europe Tour
New York reports Rep. Clare Booth Luce returned to the United States Sunday after a visit to Europe and tours of the fighting fronts.
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Clare Boothe Luce
Europe
New York
INS
Clare Booth Luce
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Jack" O'Toole
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AM Fish
Mexico
King Carol
Fish
Tennyrate
Hambo
America
G.I
Angels of Mercy
Heaven
PEODY
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Hollywood
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George Burns
Grace Allen
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Ameri
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Sloan
Silver Leaf
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Dorothy Gray
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Martin
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