Dorothy McGuire and Alan Marshal in I Married the Navy
Hollywood gossip notes Dorothy McGuire and Alan Marshal will star in I Married the Navy a tale about a man who cannot enlist and marries a Wave while she is assigned to a recruiting booth in New York Grand Central Station. The piece also highlights Mildred Cram’s book For Ever and Anne Revere’s Oscar worthy turn in The Song of Bernadette and National Velvet casting.
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Ollywood
INS
Dorothy McGuire
Claudia
Alan Marshal
Navy
Grand Central Station
New York
Bernadette
Anne
Elizabeth Taylor
Mickey Rooney
December Plane Output Surges But Misses 9 000 Goal
Washington reports December produced over 8 800 aircraft, topping November’s 8 789 but short of the 9 000 target set by the War Production Board. WPB officials credit progress in heavy bomber output and note Bell's Marietta plant shifting to large scale B 29 production amid a broadly good year end defense effort.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Bell
Marietta
Appointment of Administrator in Nora B Joslin Estate
Notice of probate in Linn County Iowa waives debts and appoints Rank C Byers as administrator of Nora B Joslin late of Lane County Oregon deceased. Creditors must file claims with the Clerk of Linn County District Court. Frank C Byers is attorney for the administrator.
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Rtte
Iowa
Linn County
Notler
Nora B Joslin
Iate
Lane County
Oregon
District Court
Rank C. Byers
Frank C. Byers
Woman who posed as a man since childhood reveals long hoax
Miss Jacque line Moret, 47, told authorities she has pretended to be male since she learned to walk. Arrested for draft card matters, she used the name Jack Starr and recalled a prior two year penitentiary sentence after a Casper Wyoming scrape.
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Denver
Jacqueline Moret
Jack Starr
Casper
Wyo
Five Injured in Carnegie Steel Blast in Gary Indiana
Five war workers of Carnegie-Illinois Steel were hospitalized after a blast at the No 3 blowing engine house in Gary Indiana. The explosion, blamed on a steam line leak, destroyed a blast furnace and caused damage to the plant.
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Gary, Ind
INS
Carnegie-llinois Steel Corporation
FBI Arrests Corporal as Japs' Agent
FBI says Arthur Clifford Read a 40 year old native born American and army corporal admitted taking about 15000 dollars from Japanese officials for propaganda work. Read began spying for Japan in 1938 while posing as a friend of the Chinese and lectured in the Midwest and New York.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
New York
State Department
Arthur Clifford Read
J Edgar Hoover
No Bureau
Read
Hongkong
Seattle
Japan
Hoover
Shanghai
United States
Midwest
Westchester Women’s Club
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Pearl Harbor
United States Army
Women’s Club
Russia
Detroit
Camp Croft
S. C
Women’s Liquor Store Is Labeled Complete Success
MOBILE Alabama AP a liquor store for women only possibly the first of its kind in the nation proved itself a complete success to state beverage board officials in two days J B Bransford superintendent of seven state liquor stores said the store opened Monday and stocked liquor the following afternoon women shopped longer but there was no real problem under the Alabama ration system each person must have a ration card with one pint per week wine not rationed Bourbon led demand with other varieties trailing
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Mobile
Ala
State Beverage Board
J. B Bransford
Bransford
Alabama
Five Man Patrol Wipes Out Jap Supplies on New Georgia Island
A five man army patrol aided by six native guides raided Ganongga Island on New Georgia, destroying tons of enemy ammunition and supplies. They landed from Vella Lavella, fought through jungle, wounded two Japs, then escaped. no radio station found, but the cave area served as a well stocked depot.
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Washington
New Georgia
Ganongga
War Department
Vella Lavella
Jao
Palmer Fakes Arm Break to Return to Fight
John W. Palmer of Flat Texas was recovering from a broken arm in a North Africa hospital when he swapped bandages to fool X rays. Officials later revealed his ruse and approved his release after the arm appeared healed.
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Washington
John W. Palmer
Texas
North Africa
War Department
Palmer
Broadway wit and campaign slang from Walter Winchell's debate take
A satirical take on 1940s American politics. Public figures and terms spark mock definitions such as agitator bureaucrat and boondoggle, with references to presidents Washington Jefferson Lincoln and candidates addressing soldiers and voters.
Franklyn Succeeds Paget as British Home Forces Head
London AP reports General Sir Harold E Franklyn was named commander in chief of British home forces, replacing General Sir Bernard Paget who moves to the Middle East command. Franklyn previously led British troops in Northern Ireland and hosted the American expeditionary force.
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London
Harold E. Franklyn
Bernard Paget
Middle East
Franklyn
Northern Ireland
Friday Theater Schedule Highlights and Film Lineups
The Gazette lists Paramount Riding High and Isle of Children showings with start times and short subjects. Iowa films Is Everybody Happy and In Old Chicago are scheduled with multiple showings, plus Palace Stormy Weather and Assignment in Brittany.
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the Gazette
Iowa
Chicago
Palace
Brittany
Hateo
Island
Executor named in Mary L. Finch estate notice
In Linn County Iowa the Merchant National Bank as Executor announces appointment of Arthur L. Bye as attorney and requests all debts and claims against Mary L. Finch deceased be presented for payment or filing with the Linn County District Court by December 30, 1943.
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State of
Towa
Linn County
Mary L. Finch
Iowa
Merchants National Bank
City Hall Notes on Permits and Regional Meeting
The city council granted a cigarette permit to Nick Zervakis of 1102 Third Street SE and a class C beer permit to Mike G Nassif of 1558 B Avenue NE. It sent Finance Commissioner L D Burgus City Treasurer Walter Miller and City Auditor R E Norman to the Town Accounting Officers meeting in Des Moines on January 12 and 13.
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Nick Zervakis
Third Street
Mike G. Nassif
L. D. Burgus
Walter Miller
R. E Norman
Des Moines
Bryson in Capital To Lead Dry Fight
Representative Joseph Raleigh Bryson a 50 year old South Carolina Democrat returns to Washington to push a national wartime prohibition bill He plans a hearing next Thursday and seeks details on a rumored 10 million dollar lobbying fund cited by Representative Celler Ryson says he has not heard of such a fund
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Washington
Joseph Raleigh Bryson
South Carolina
Congress
Celler
D-Ky
Bryson Reflects on Money Felt Hidden in Fight
Bryson said in an interview he believed a lot of money was involved but thought it lay on the other side of the confrontation. He offered a cautious view of the financial stakes shaping the dispute.
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Bryson
Price ceilings set for roasted and salted nuts
The Office of Price Administration announced maximum prices for shelled roasted or salted peanuts filberts almonds and pecans and other nuts. Wholesalers must apply a 15 percent markup to net cost and retailers 35 percent to determine maximum prices based on the base period Oct 25 30 1943.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Widow Must Pay $1500 for Overcharged Rent
In Syracuse a 71-year-old widow charged 50 cents per week above the OPA limit on rental for 31 weeks. She was ordered in state supreme court to pay $1,500 to former tenant Morris R. Ward, who paid $5 weekly rent and sought the $50 weekly penalty under the 1942 emergency price control act.
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Syracuse
OPA
Bochino
State Supreme Court
Morris R. Ward
Ward
Back the Warriors Buy an Extra War Bond
A public call urges residents to support war funding by purchasing additional war bonds. Officials frame the appeal as essential to sustaining military effort and national morale during wartime.
South to Back Democratic Ticket Says North Carolina Governor
New York AP Gov J M Broughton of North Carolina said the South would support the Democratic ticket this year despite resentment against the national administration. He called the region solidly Democratic and aligned with party standards.
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New York
J. M. Broughton
North Carolina
South
Notice of Probate for Anna M Javorek Will
Probate No 17334 in Linn County Iowa notices that on January ith 1944 at 9 am the Last Will and Testament of Anna M Javorek, deceased, will be heard in the District Court at the Cedar Rapids Court House for proof and admission to probate. Dated Cedar Rapids Iowa January 6 Arthur Axmear Clerk District Court PM Kubicek attorney.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
Anna M Javorek
Said
Court House
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
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