Mayer Dances On Air In First Dramatic Radio Appearance
Hollywood legend Louis B. Mayer made his debut in a dramatic radio show on The Radio Theater with Greer Garson and Gregory Peck. He remained off to the side, admitted no fear, and joked about rumba dancing as his favorite recreation. Garson and Peck highlighted the broadcast, while Mayer later asked how he did and laughed off the nerves. Mayer, head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, is famed for guiding stars and even teaching dance steps in studio corridors.
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Mike
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Gregory Peck
Miss Garson
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Mr. Mayer
Miss G
Roly-Poly Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Mayer shines on radio with rumba partner lure
The piece notes how Mrs. Danny Baker, a widow in an advertising office, persuaded Mayer to appear on a radio show to announce awards. It hints at Mayer's large movie salary and substantial earnings from racehorses, mentioning Busher as a top money-making filly and a Santa Anita race where Honeymoon Money bags and Charivari swept win place and show.
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Busher
Santa Anita
Honeymoon
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Service Members Honorably Discharged and Stationed Abroad
Leland L. Christensen, pharmacist’s mate third class, discharged after 23 months in the navy with 14 months on Saipan, visiting his mother Mrs. Viola Christensen. Robert M. Horsky arrived in Japan as air force replacement with the Fifth Air Force, stationed at Fukuoka after enlisting in 1944. James Edward Ryan, torpedo man’s mate second class, honorably separated after 40 months with the navy, last serving on U S S Moffett. Irving R. Finger, technician fifth class, discharged after 37 months at Fort Leavenworth after serving 16 months in the South Pacific and aiding Japan’s occupation. he holds three battle stars, a unit citation, and a presidential citation. wife Leona Moenck.
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Sixth Street
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Kaw
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South Pacific
Leona Moenck
Synthetic oils for extremely cold aircraft hydraulics
Synthetic oils have been developed to flow at temperatures as low as 121 degrees below zero. They are intended for use in airplane hydraulic systems.
This Love of Ours at State theater review
Nadine Subotnik profiles This Love of Ours starring Merle Oberon Claude Rains and Charles Korvin at the State. The melodrama, based on Pirandello, is directed by William Dieterle with strong acting and a tearful arc. Co feature The Crimson Canary is a lighter murder mystery.
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Barbara Stanwyck
George Brent
Iowa
Clare Jaynes
Blondie
Penny Singleton
Arthur Lake
Merle Oberon
Claude Rains
Charles Korvin
Noah Beery, Jr
Leif Collier
The
State Theater
Mildred Pierce
Luigi Pirandello
William Dieterle
Oe Korvin
Miss Oberon
Crimson Canary
Noah Berry, Jr
Lois Collier
Halt Expected in Rail Wreck Rise
Railroad sources anticipate a wartime accident decline as postwar supplies of materials and men come in. The wartime period between Pearl Harbor and V-J Day saw about 57 250 train accidents with 1 680 deaths and 12 280 injuries, excluding grade crossing collisions.
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Pearl Harbor
Three Perish In Sioux City Home Fire
A mother Muriel Whitney about 43 and her two sons Lee and Bobbie both about 3 suffocated in their bungalow in Sioux City. Firemen and detectives found the bodies on a bed when the smoldering basement fire prompted the call. Detectives noted the mother seemed to have tried to rise from the bed.
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Muriel Whitney
Lee
Bobbie
Paramount and Rialto Bring Classics to Town This Week
The Gazette lists theater times for Paramount See My Garter Mexicana Pardon My Past My Name is Julia Ross This Love of Ours The Crimson Canary Cant Help Singing See My Lawyer Song of the Sarong Arsenic and Old Lace Nevada Bashful Bachelor Polo Joe Sign of the Cross Shady Lady Prison Ship with showings across Wednesday at multiple venues including Palace Rialto Times Strand and Marion theaters.
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Gertie
Iowa
Julia Ross
Palace
Nevada
Polo
Marion
U S Prevails on Reich Steel Quota
Washington reports the Allied control council in Berlin moving toward designs for a new Germany aligned with the arc declaration of December 10. American officials pointed Tuesday to that view as a guiding aim in postwar planning.
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Allied Control Council
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Germany to Produce 5.8 Million Tons Steel Annually
Anonymous officials say the council agreed Germany may forge 5.8 million tons yearly and retain capacity for 7.5 million. The final plan shifts surplus plants and equipment to Allies as war reparations, following closer to a 7.8 million capacity than Russia s 4.6 million or Britain s 11 million. Dr Lin Yutang has invented an Oriental version of the typewriter.
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