Lost Weekend Oscar Winner Heads Hollywood Night
Hollywood coverage of the 1945 Academy Awards with Joan Crawford accepting her Best Actress Oscar from home due to illness and Ray Milland winning Best Actor for The Lost Weekend. The ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theater highlighted Bergman, Wilder, and other winners, with Crawford named queen of Hollywood by news.
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Joan Crawford
Snags
Hollywood
Oscar
Grauman
Miss Crawford
Ray Milland
Milland
Charles Boyer
Mildred Pierce
Bob Hope
James Dunn
Brooklyn
Anne Revere
Jeading
Billy Wilder
Charles Brackett
Jean Hersholt
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
D. W Griffith
Dorian Gray
Sociated 3
Mike Curtiz
Curtiz
Afternoon Dresses Feature Goodman Spring Collection
Barbara Bundschu reports Bergdorf Goodman presented a spring collection of afternoon and cocktail dresses marked by graceful lines and ladylike coolness. The lineup included tassel‑like, triply pleated skirts, purple and white knife pleats, striped and printed options, and slim black dinner dresses with bold back or front points. Necklines remained tasteful, with a range from high waists to boat neck trims and pearls.
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New York
Bergdorf Goodman
Senators Shock at Churchill Talk Draws Wallace Support
New York AP Henry Wallace said he fully backs Senators Pepper Kilgore and Taylor after they denounced Winston Churchill’s Fulton speech as dangerous. The trio warned allied unity could be wrecked by a push for close Anglo American military ties. Wallace added Churchill does not speak for the U S or Britain and urged against actions leading to war with any nation.
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New York
Henry A. Wallace
U.S
Winston Churchill
Fulton
Pepper
D-Fla
Kilgore
D-W. Va
Taylor
Didaho
Churchill
United Nations Organization
Wallace
Russia
Cinderella Jones and Co Feature at Iowa Theater
Nadine Subotnik notes Cinderella Jones stars gean Lealle Robert Alda and S J Lake with Danger Signal featuring Faye Emerson and Zachary Scott. Olsen and Johnson needed for edits. John Leslie and William Prince appear with S J Sakall delivering comic relief. plot centers on a singer Joan who must marry a high IQ man to inherit ten million, leading to slapstick and music. co feature Danger Signal offers dramatic suspense with Zachary Scott and Faye Emerson.
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Cinderella Jones
Gean
Lealle
Robert Alda
S. J Lake
Danger Signal
Faye ‘Imerson
Zachary Scott
Iowa Theater
Nadine Subotnik
Olsen and Johnson
John Leslie
Marie Wilson
Robert Aida
George Gershwin
William Prince
S. J. Sakall
Mr. Fixit
Joan
Sakall
Prince
Alda
Phyllis Bottome
Villiain
Faye Emerson
Miss Emerson
Theater Schedule Roundup at Local Theaters
Friday film listings from PARAMOUNT IOWA STATE PALACE RIALTO STRAND and MARION theatres show multiple titles with scheduled start times including Breakfast in Hollywood Cinderella Jones Danger Signal House of Dracula Isle of the Dead The House on 92nd Street Prairie Thunder Gun Town The True Glory Thrill of a Romance Happy Go Lucky San Diego I Love You Trail to Gunsight People Are Funny Throw a Saddle on a Star.
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Paramount
Hollywood
Iowa
State
Palace
92Nd Street
Rialto
Gun Town
San Diego
Gunsight
Marion
Doctor Solves Labor Shortage by Housing Workers
Fayetteville Arkansas reports Dr. H. E. Leming secured materials for a new home but faced labor difficulties. He addressed this by allowing workers to live in his existing home during construction, easing the manpower shortage.
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Fayetteville, Ark
H. E. Leming
996 Axis U Boats Destroyed in War
The final Allied tally reports 996 Axis submarines sunk, including 781 German, 85 Italian, and 130 Japanese subs. Britain led German losses with 524 U-boats sunk by ships and planes, while the American navy sank 120 German U-boats and the army 54. Pacific totals show 110.5 for the US and 9.5 for Britain against Japanese subs.
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Washington
INS
Army
Pacific
Army Air Force
Women become waitresses on Pere Marquette trains
Thirty women ignored railroad tradition to become waitresses on Pere Marquette trains between Chicago, Grand Rapids and Detroit. They earn $115 a month plus tips averaging seven dollars daily, with expenses when away from home. The gray uniform replaces the traditional Negro waiters and includes nylon hose as a prime inducement.
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Chicago
INS
Pere Marquette Railway
Grand Rapids
Detroit
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