Hopkins Key Role in Allied War Command Revealed
Washington report credits Harry L. Hopkins with selling the idea of unified command in each theater to Churchill and Roosevelt. Collier's based on Hopkins papers details private talks, notes, and Hopkins influence at major conferences shaping wartime strategy and production targets.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Collier's Magazine
Robert E. Sherwood
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Marshall
Army Chief of Staff
White House
Churchill
Far East
Supreme Command
Lord Beaverbrook
Beaverbrook
Churchil
Sherwood
Roose
Congress
Suit Claims Manana Song Infringement By Peggy Lee
Peggy Lee and Date Barbour face a $1 million suit in federal court alleging their hit song Manana is a note for note infringement of Midnight on the Ocean from 1932. Plaintiffs include Sterling Sherwin Usher and Harry McClintock along with Southern Music Publishing and others. Defendants cover Capitol Songs RCA and several recording companies.
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Los Angeles
Peggy Lee
Date Barbour
Sterling Sherwin
San Francisco
Harry K. McClintock
Ocean
Southern Music Publishing Company, Inc
Miss Lee
Barbour
Capitol Songs, Inc
Radio Corporation of America
Manana
Man Builds Freight Train Noise Fan To Sleep
Kansas City UP reports Clyde E. Paine, 67, a roundhouse worker, solved insomnia by converting a fan into a freight train sound maker. After failed quiet rooms and sedatives, he attached a shaft and tin to a standard fan, producing a convincing train rumble that lulls him to sleep.
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Kansas City
Roundhouse
Clyde E. Paine
Paine
United Press
Waitress Finishes Medical School After Ten Years of Work
Dorothy Sell, a Los Angeles waitress, completed medical school at the University of Illinois after ten years of self funding. She began supporting herself at 15, worked two eight hour shifts in Chicago summers, and now becomes one of two women interns at California hospital. She notes sleep deprivation and tough study but credits waitress years for patient approach and psychological insight.
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Los Angeles
Dorothy Sell
Dr. Sell
University of Ilinois Medical School
Chicago
California Hospital
Code Adopted by Comic Publishers Promises Wholesome Entertainment
The Association of Comics Magazine Publishers adopted a code to ensure wholesome content and education in comics. It says 14 publishers have agreed and will push for nationwide adoption, urging responsibility to readers and the public with a pledge to exclude material that lowers moral standards.
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New York
Association of Comics Magazine Publishers
United States
Sea Veteran Diver Harry Boosinger Dies in Catalina
The 48 year old underwater stunt man known as Harry the Monk died when his diving gear tangled in seaweed off Santa Catalina Island. He sank to 40 feet while wearing a 30 pound belt and a mask. His body, recovered after two hours, was weighed down by equipment. His wife, witnesses including John Wayne and Grant Withers assisted in the recovery. Boosinger had a heart condition warned by his doctor.
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Santa Catalina Island
Calif
INS
Harry R. Boosinger
Harry the Monk
Boosinger
Catalina
John Wayne
Grant Withers
Harold Warner
Juror Falls From Chair Delays Federal Tax Trial
A juror fell from his chair during the Harry Schermann tax case in St. Louis delaying the trial. Juror Charles Bailey, 39, an accountant, tilted back while in thought, and the chair slipped away. He was taken to a hospital for a head check after the incident.
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ST Louis
Harry Schermann
St. Louis
Charles Bailey
Jet Fighter Flight to England Delayed
A scheduled 16 F 80 jet fighters flight to England was postponed from July 7 to about July 14 in Washington AP report.
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Washington
England
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