Carol Bruce to Star in Abbott and Costello Film
HolIywood notes reveal Carol Bruce will join Abbott and Costello in Keep Em Flying as part of Universal’s push to showcase her after Louisiana Purchase. The piece also mentions Venita and Jack Oakie planning ranch life, future projects, and other Hollywood goings on with Errol Flynn, Lucy Monroe, and party scenes.
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Carol Bruce
Abbott and Costello
Ollywood
INS
Universal
Carol
Venita
Jack Oakie
Jack
Oakies
Marwick Ranch
San Fernando Valley
20Th Century- Fox
John Brahm
Cameron Rogers
H. E. Halland
Eighty-one pass Red Cross standard and advanced courses
Four persons completed the advanced Red Cross first aid course and 81 passed the standard course, certificates available at the Red Cross office. Coe College students Miss Evelyn Street supervised, with many individuals listed as graduates or recipients from multiple addresses and locations.
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Red Cross
Federal Building
Pauline Huston
Twelfth Street NW
Maxine E. Lutz
Second Avenue SE
Jean Peterson
Macedonia
Jean Richardson
Cue College
Miss Evelyn Street
Coe
Mary Louis Arnold
Tipton
Mary Jane Babbitt
Riverside
Sara Alyce Benson
Davenport
Margaret E. Cook
Urbana
Jeanne Durfee
Council Bluffs
Jean Feuling
Cresco
Corinne Foster
Atalissa
Lucille Hartbeck
Earlville
Pauline D. Hook
Dysart
Adelaide J
V Clubs of America Formed In New York
William V. C. Ruxton announced the formation of the V Clubs of America in New York as a national auxiliary to the British-American Ambulance Corps with State Department approval. Funds will be separate and support the British effort. Members receive V shaped insignia and Morse code signals.
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New York
V Clubs of America
William V. C. Ruxton
Ambulance Corps
State Department
Ruxton
Vic
Agriculture secretary orders hearings on milk price increases
Secretary Claude R. Wickard ordered public hearings to begin August 1 on the milk producers in the York marketing area regarding further price increases.
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Washington (Lp
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
York
Warns Bakers On Bread Price Boost
Federal Price Control Administrator Leon Henderson warned more than 250 leading bakers that an increase of more than one cent per loaf in bread price would not be warranted.
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Washington
INS
Leon Henderson
Nile delta fans westward toward Alexandria
The fanlike delta of the Nile extends 150 miles westward from the Suez Canal to Alexandria, describing a broad wedge of riverine land reaching toward the Mediterranean.
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The
Nile
Suez Canal
Alexandria
Broadway Gossip and Rumors Stir New York Scene
Newsmaker chatter covers Rosalind Russell rumors with Freddie Brisson, Bowes operation recovery, and Renee DeMarco flying in from Reno. Disputes between Italian and Nazi consulates, a new photo mag backed by playboys, Manfred Zapp’s departure, DiMaggio’s record talk, and other urban vignettes color the week.
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Rosalind Russell
Freddie Brisson
America
Manfred Zapp
N. Y. Yankees
DiMaggio
Joe
Heinz
Treasury extends capital stock tax filing deadline
Secretary Morgenthau announced a 60 day extension for filing capital stock tax returns from July 31 to September 29 due to discussion delays. The extension waives interest on unpaid taxes until after September 29, as the Ways and Means recommendation to raise the rate from 1.10 to 1.25 per thousand also influenced the move.
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Washington
INS
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Treasury
Ways and Means Committee
The
Power Pools Set Up For Arms Work
The Office of Production Management reports three giant regional power pools will supply 1,000,000 kilowatts to new government plants building aluminum and magnesium for war materiel. Northeastern states, the Southwest, and the South will be linked into grids to move surplus energy to defense sites with shortages. Knudsen and Hillman announced TVA manager to head a new OPM power unit.
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Washington
Office of Production Management
Southwest
Knudsen
Hillman
OPM
TVA
Nightly dances added to Hawkeye Downs fair program
An open air dance pavilion is under construction at Hawkeye Downs and will open with the fair on August 10. Manager Charles D. Moore says a different dance band will perform each night, with decorations added on Sunday.
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Hawkeye Downs
Charles D. Moore
Moore
Orders Tank Production and New Helmet System
The War Department ordered over two thousand medium and light tanks to boost output for the army. A mass purchase for 900000 new style steel helmets follows after field tests, with 28 ton tanks produced at a Detroit factory in a contract worth 74.6 million dollars, the largest single order of its kind.
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Washington
War Department
Fray Bee A
Army
Tie Cae Gane
Detroit
Theaters Listings at Paramount Palace Rialto Marion
Iowa and state venues showcase a mix of stars in premieres and revues. Gable Rosalind Russell headline They Met in Bombay with Lorre and Ciannelli while Wayne Morris leads Bad Men of Missouri with Jane Wyman and Arthur Kennedy. Blondie in Society, Power Dive, Thieves Fall Out, Virginia, Sleepers West, Little Old New York, Texas Stagecoach, That Night in Rio, and Angel from Texas feature a roster of Carol Manners, Faye, Ameche, Reagan, and Wyman across the week.
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Paramount
Clark Gable
Rosalind Russell
Bombay
Peter Lorre
Jessie Ralph
Edward Ciannelli
Matthew Boulton
Iowa
Missouri
Wayne Morris
Jane Wyman
Dennis Morgan
Arthur Kennedy
Virginia
Madeleine Carroll
Fred MacMurray
Stirling Heyden
Helen Broderick
Rosenwald Fund Denial Tangles Equality Claims in Georgia
In Atlanta AP dispatch Marion Smith an attorney and former board of regents chair branded claims that the Rosenwald fund aimed to establish race equality in Georgia as false. The article notes the fund was not named directly.
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Atlanta
Rosenwald
Georgia
Marion Smith
Board of
Regents
Perch Pole stunt thrills fairgoers debut
A novelty act makes its first appearance at the fair with a daring perch pole ride. One boy balances upright on a bicycle saddle at the top of a pole while another steadies the pole in a pocket of the rider.
Acrobats Perform Barrel of Laughs and Daring Feats
The act features two men climbing a slender pole and executing a precise routine. They swing under and over bars, twist around uprights, and somersault from the end bars. Their high-energy stunts include moments of comedy that draw laughter from the audience.
Talmadge Threatens News Withholding From Papers
Governor Eugene Talmadge said he would withhold executive news from two Atlanta papers. He accused the Atlanta Journal and Atlanta Constitution of printing front page editorials to attack him. The move comes after a state board of regents hearing led to ousting Dean Walter Cocking and President Marvin Pittman, though both denied wrongdoing.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Atlanta Journal
The
Atlanta Constitution
Georgia
Talmadge
Walter D. Cocking
University of Georgia School of Education
Manchester
Marvin S. Pittman
Georgia Teachers’ College
State Board of Regents
Cocking
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Clyde) Pangborne
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