Irene Named MGM Executive Designer for War Time Gowns
Irene, famed Hollywood stylist, joins Metro Goldwyn Mayer as executive designer to supervise gowns for stars including Greer Garson and Joan Crawford. She will prioritize economical wartime materials and simple designs, staying with MGM actresses and giving up outside work. Her rise from USC shop to Hollywood fashion leader is noted alongside industry moves and wartime regulations on rationing and black market crackdowns.
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Drastic Teeth in Statute Against Gas Bootlegging
Washington officials say new regulations to smash the gasoline black market will take effect when permanent rationing begins in the East next month. Violators of rationing orders face maximum penalties under the new measures.
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Evening Show Schedule From Paramount To Marion
The Gazette lists today’s theater times across venues including Paramount with The Great Man's Lady at 3 16, 6 46 and 10 16, Mokey at 1 33 5 03 and 8 33. Iowa shows Gunga Din at 2 15 6 05 9 55, King Kong at 12 30 4 20 8 15, State presents The Wolf Man and The Real Glory at several late slots. Palace screens Johnny Eager and No Hands on the Clock, Rialto features Country Fair and Man from Missouri, Times plans Look Who's Laughing and Confirm or Deny, Marion closes with The Fleet's In and Niagara Falls.
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Air raid warning issued for eastern United States
Washington dispatch says Major General Follett Bradley announced an air raid warning may be expected in the eastern U S in reprisal for Allied raids on Germany. The warning comes from the commander of east coast aerial defenses Sunday night.
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Czechs Mourn Heydrich with Official Prague Rites
London AP reports the body of Reinhard Heydrich was paraded through Prague in an official ceremony after his death from Czech patriot assault on May 27. A Prague newspaper warned of a ruthless Czech purge and the Reich’s intent to crush resistance in central Europe.
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California Boy Tries to Join Army by Prolonged Texas Trek
A 14 year old Billy Gove drove from California to Fort Worth with a bow and arrows a rifle and pistol and a birth certificate to join the army. He declared he was 17 at the recruiting office but needed parental consent. He slept in the county juvenile ward after selling his bow and arrows to raise breakfast money while awaiting word from San Francisco his home.
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Eight-Pound Rainbow Trout Proves Fishermen Tales True
Bill Thomson of Petoskey Michigan caught an eight pound rainbow trout proving stories of giant fish are real. The encounter began as a test of such legends and ended with proof for Edgar A Guest that honest fishermen bring home sizable catches. The tale is set beside wartime dispatches from Tass and Red Star describing air battles and Sevastopol defenses.
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Sevastopol Repels Major Axis Assaults Amid Siege
Sevastopol, Russia a Black Sea naval base, still under siege, repelled a third Axis assault as the garrison with the Black Sea fleet and Red Air Force held firm. Dispatches say no major front changes occurred while fighting continued along an 1800 mile battle line.
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Broadway gossip and theatre anecdotes from Ing
Walter Winchell riffs on Mussolini troops optimism and a bold captain. A girl pretends heiress status to gain Broadway notice until eviction over a $20 hotel bill. Jean Tennyson hears a Hemingway dog anecdote. Doodles and club jokes punctuate a portrait of Barrymore’s enduring career and love of offers of work.
Time Bomb Dropped In May 1941 In London Blast
Nineteen people were killed and 59 injured when a so called dud time bomb dropped by German raiders exploded in London’s Elephant and Castle district. It had lain undiscovered for 13 months after the May 10 1941 raid, with families living above it unaware of the danger.
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Evacuation of Japanese Americans Reaches 99 770 Mark
In San Francisco the army reports 99 770 people of Japanese ancestry evacuated from the 159 mile coastal zone under DeWitt and Bendetsen. Most await placement in assembly centers or camps in California Arizona and Colorado.
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Karl R. Bendetsen
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Arizona
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War Shipping Admin outlines five point ship conservation plan
Washington insiders report deputy chief Lewis W. Douglas of the War Shipping Administration unveiled a five point program to conserve ships for the war effort. The plan emphasizes prioritizing essential merchant and military needs and reducing nonessential tonnage.
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