Hollywood Gossip Roundup With Bergman Crosby Bells of St Marys
Louella Parsons reports Ingrid Bergman and Bing Crosby to co star in The Bells of St Marys. Bergman quashes Warners dispute and turns down Shadow of a Woman. Pickford tries to lure Clifton Webb back for One Touch of Venus while Borges Rigaud lands Paris Underground lead. Snapshots notes Jean Wallace release and Ann Sheridan rewrite issues as John Carradine joins Captain Kidd co star Laughton. Robert Montgomery heads to Florida for They Were Expendable.
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Bing Crosby
Ary Pickford
Clifton Webb
Hollywood
John Boles
Boles
Jean Wallace
New York
Franchot Tone
Ann Sheridan
John Carradine
Charles Laughton
Captain Kidd
Robert Montgomery
Florida
Snow and Rain Halt Italian Front Patrols Bog Warfare
ROME AP reports snow and rain again slowed operations on the Italian front. In the last 24 hours patrols were limited as Fifth Army units probed German lines south of Bologna, with the enemy proving highly sensitive to patrol activity.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Bologna
Allied
Bike Owners Asked to Get Tags at Police Station
Traffic Capt. Steve Stolba urged bicycle owners to visit the police station Saturday for 1945 license plates. The registration bureau will run 8 am to 6 pm and tags are 25 cents. Bikes must be in good order with reflector horn bell stand pedals and a headlight for night use.
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Steve Stolba
Stolba
Theatre Schedule For Friday At Paramount And Other Theaters
Times listed for Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Marion theaters showings for Friday include The Very Thought of You House of Frankenstein The Mummy's Curse Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Northwest Passage Slightly Terrific Gung Ho Mojave Firebrand Going My Way Stars on Parade Waterloo Bridge Pearl of Death with short subjects and specific start times throughout the evening.
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Gazette
Paramount
Tokyo
Northwest Passage
Rialto
Waterloo Bridge
Japan Likely To Be on Big Three Docket
London dispatches report President Roosevelt Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin will discuss war strategy with a focus on defeating Germany while reviewing Allied progress in the Pacific and Burma. The talks may consider Russia joining the Allies against Japan after Germany falls.
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London
Roosevelt
Churchill
Japan
Stalin
Russia
Pacific
Burma
Germany
WPB Requests Year Ahead War Contracts by Services
Washington AP reports the War Production Board asks armed services to contract for the full year ahead to counter production lags from tardy parts. Krug aims to plan through 1946 and limit civilian orders in labor shortage areas. New rules bar certain civilian authorizations, review preapproved projects, and require WPB approval for large war contracts in shortage zones.
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Washington
War Production Board
Armed Services
J. A. Krug
Army, Navy and Maritime Commission
Krug
Waterloo
War Manpower Commission
WPB
Big Three discuss postwar plans and German disarmament
The Polish front is advancing as the western offensive plans form tentatively. Big Three talks may revise aims to fit the fast changing war situation. They expect not far apart on disarming and controlling a defeated Reich and will seek full agreement. Other topics include Dumbarton Oaks voting and Polish Yugoslav and Greek questions.
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Germany
Reich
London
Russia
Berlin
Rhine
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preacher Delivers Sermon from Bed in Oklahoma
The Rev. L. G. Goodwin, stricken with mumps, used a speaker and bedside microphone to deliver a sermon from his bed in Hydro Oklahoma. He proclaimed the message to his congregation despite illness.
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HYDRO
Okla
L. G. Goodwin
12000 Yanks A W O L In European Theater
Paris reports 12 000 to 13 000 American soldiers absent without leave in Europe with over half entangled in black market activity. A press conference cited rising thefts of gasoline and cigarettes, poor discipline, and blamed officers for lax oversight while noting 1 723 AWOL cases awaiting trial. Gasoline thefts were singled out as most serious.
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Paris
France
A.w.o.l
A.w.o.l’s
G.I
Patton
Siegfried Line
Champs Elysees
G.i’s
Buckley’s CANADIOS Mixture advertised for coughs
An American made Buckley’s CANADIOS Mixture ad touts quick relief for tickling coughs and bronchial irritation. It claims fast action and loosened phlegm, with promises of better sleep after a dose before bed. Sold by Mays’ Drug Store and Osco Drugs among others.
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Buckley
Mays
Osco Drugs
Pendergast Illness Revealed as Serious
Kansas City report says T. J. Pendergast, 72, former Kansas City Democratic boss and 1940s tax evader convict, is gravely ill at Menorah hospital. Associates fear he may not survive until his federal probation ends in May after his weight fell from 250 to 150 during glucose treatments.
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Kansas City
T. J. Pendergast
Menorah Hospital
Pendergast
Democratic
Infant Frozen to Death in Carriage
New York report states two month old Victor Langua died after freezing beside his mother in a carriage in their flat. Mother woke to check warmth and screamed, neighbors called an ambulance and police but the infant could not be revived.
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New York
Peter
Marie Langua
Victor
Probate hearing for Fred Andrie will in Linn County Iowa
The district court in Cedar Rapids Iowa orders a hearing on February 2 1945 at 9 o clock AM to prove and admit the Last Will and Testament of Fred Andrie deceased to probate. Cedar Rapids January 25 1945 Arthur A Mear Clerk District Court F H Kubicek Attorney.
Russians Are Fast But Not That Fast With Seventh Army
An American post reports a dramatic incident where a Russian officer enters a battalion post in Alsace demanding billets for his troops. The scene ends with Sgt. Leonard Fooshkill exposed by whiskers as the officer is sent to headquarters for bills. Fooshkill laughs at the prank and a lasting wave of requests follows.
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Seventh Army
44Th
Europe
Red Army
Alsace
Leonard J. Fooshkill
Fooshkill
Notice of Appointment of Executrix in Linn County Iowa
On the 25th day of January 1945 the executrix was appointed and qualified for the estate of Roland C Wilson of Linn County Iowa deceased. All debts should be paid to the executrix. Those with claims must file them in the office of the clerk of Linn County District Court. Queen Bess Wilson Executrix. Fred W Hann Attorney.
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Linn County
Roland C. Wilson
Towa
Notice of Probate of Will in Iowa District Court
State of Iowa Linn County court prepares to hear the probate of the Last Will and Testament of Mary A Horak deceased. The hearing is scheduled for February 53 at 9 o'clock AM at the Cedar Rapids Court House. Clerk Arthur A X notes the case No 17884. attorney M W O'Rieley represents the estate.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Mary A. Horak
Cedar Rapids
Arthur AX
M. W O'Rieley
Denver sergeant wins free call home at canteen
In Denver Sgt. John Francis Patrick OConnell from Newport R I visited a Hebrew U S O canteen serving free refreshments. Seven hundred Jewish service members wrote their names on slips and placed them in a box, and OConnell did the same. Moments later the rabbi announced the daily winner of a free telephone call home OConnell.
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Denver
John Francis Patrick O'Connell
Newport
R. I
U.S.O
O’connell
Seek to Abandon Rail Branch Line
Washington ap The North Western railroad renewed its bid to abandon a 3.7 mile line between Belle Plaine and What Cheer Indiana. The firm asked the interstate commerce commission to approve the abandonment after saying the line had been less profitable than expected since March 1943 when a prior application was denied but allowed a later filing.
Notice of Probate of Will and Codicil in Linn County
In Linn County Iowa the District Court will hear on January 29 1945 at 10:00 a.m. an instrument alleged to be the Last Will and Testament and Codicil of Sadie Whiting Palmer deceased for proof and admission to probate. Dated Cedar Rapids January 25 1945 Arthur Axmear Elliott Shuttleworth Ingersoll attorneys.
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Linn County
Sadie Whiting Palmer
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Arthur Axmear
Elliott, Shuttleworth
Ingersoll
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