Irene to be MGM executive designer for gowns
Irene, famed Hollywood designer, will join Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as executive designer to oversee all gowns for stars, focusing on simple wartime styles and economical materials. She departs for New York, plans to design for Greer Garson, Myrna Loy, Joan Crawford, Jeanette MacDonald, Ann Sothern and more, leaving outside work behind.
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Drastic Teeth in Statute Against Gas Bootlegging
Regulated to smash the black market in gasoline and punish bootleggers will take effect when permanent rationing begins in the East next month, the Office of Price Administration announced Sunday night. Violators of rationing orders face maximum penalties.
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Movie Schedule Highlights and Times at Local Theaters
The Gazette lists today’s film lineup with showtimes across Paramount Palace Rialto Marion and others. Features include The Great Man's Lady Mokey Gunga Din King Kong The Wolf Man The Real Glory Johnny Eager No Hands on the Clock Country Fair Man from Missouri Look Who's Laughing Confirm Our Deny The Fleet's In Niagara Falls and more with varied start times and durations.
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East Coast Air Raid Warning Issued In Wartime
Washington dispatch says Major General Follett Bradley warned that air raids may be expected in the eastern United States as reprisal for Allied raids on Germany. He commands east coast aerial defenses and issued the notice Sunday night.
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Heydrich Mourning Rites Parade Through Prague Streets
The body of Reinhard Heydrich, Gestapo hangman, was borne through Prague in a state mourning ceremony attended by the public under threat of reprisals. The rite, followed by a Berlin ordered funeral, showcased Nazi reverence and warned Czechs of swift purges for resistance.
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California Boy Travels to Fort Worth to Join Army
A 14 year old Californian Billy Gove drove across multiple states to Fort Worth aiming to enlist with a 17-year-old’s papers. He carried a rifle and bow and arrows, later traded the bow for funds, and slept in a county juvenile ward awaiting parental consent or release. The sheriff noted he lacked a driver's license and faced custody while his parents decide his fate.
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War Shipping Admin plans five point ship conservation program
Lewis W. Douglas deputy chief of the War Shipping Administration is drafting a five point program to conserve ships for the war effort. The plan was learned Sunday night.
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Fish Story Comes True From Petoskey Angler
Edgar A. Guest recounts a fisherman Bill Thomson of Petoskey Michigan who caught an eight pound rainbow trout to prove tales of giant fish are real. The vivid account declares such big catches exist and urges writers to defend honest fishermen henceforth.
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Sevastopol Stands Firm Against Third Axis Assault
Sevastopol, Russia's Black Sea base, entered the 219th day of siege as Axis forces launched a third major attack. Soviet forces, aided by the Black Sea fleet and Red Air Force, repelled large assault waves while inflicting heavy losses, with no significant changes reported on the front. At the opposite end of the 1800 mile line, fighting continued near the Karelian region.
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Soviet Air Battles Halt German Raid Over Sevastopol
Tass reports fierce air duels over Soviet lines with four Russian pilots fighting 100 enemy planes, shooting down one and scattering the rest. Russian bombers hit German bases, destroying 43 planes on the ground and damaging 20. Red Star notes German land and sea assaults on Sevastopol met with firm Soviet defenses.
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Tales They Tell and Dignity in Death on Broadway
Walter Winchell recalls dramatic road anecdotes including a Mussolini era captain who charged into battle with troops seated and applauding. The piece mocks pretentious heiress myths and quips about Hemingway as a dog, plus a light look at John Barrymore’s evolving career and dignified decline in cinema.
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Time Bomb Dropped In May 1941 Revealed
London report states 19 people fled and 59 injured when a dud time bomb dropped by German raiders exploded in Elephant and Castle. The device hid in a building for over a year, with families unaware of the danger above their flats until the blast. The May 10 1941 raid is cited as the last major strike in the area.
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Jap Evacuation Task Completed
San Francisco reports the army evacuated 99 770 Japanese American evacuees from the Pacific coast under DeWitt and Bendetsen. Most moved to assembly centers with only a few thousand at final destination camps in California Arizona and Colorado.
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