Hollywood Notes On Wineries Films And Stars In Brief
Louvelia Parsons notes Dubonnet wine aimed at California wine propaganda film. McCarey seeks permission to move to M G M lot to direct Risen Soldier. Frank Sinatra to tour for juvenile crime fight. Penny Singleton returns for Young Widow under Hunt Stromberg. Ted Lawson new LA defense plant part owner after Tokyo role. Alice Faye willing to act. Jimmy Breen becomes technical adviser for High School Hero. Alan Reed’s Falstaff Openshow volume tribute to Fred Allen.
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Penny Singleton
Hunt Stromberg
Hunt
Penny
Hollywood
Dorothy McNulty
Blondie
Ted Lawson
Tokyo
Los Angeles
Alice Faye
Jimmy Breen
Joe Breen
Hayes Office
Jimmy
Marines
Nigel Bruce
Geraldine Fitzgerald
New York
Alan Reed
Stimson Refuses Data on Officers in Congress Inquiry
Secretary of War Stimson told Congress that army investigative records are confidential and will not be released to House Military Affairs sub committees. Maj. Gen. Clayton Bissell testified seven officers were commissioned 17 months or longer and five promoted overseas, with three wounded and one retired after a bomber crash. Cpl. Dashiell Hammett among 15 named personnel is said to publish a small paper with world news summaries sourced from the army news service.
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Washington
War Stimson
Congress
Army
Legislative
Thomason
Texas
House
Military Affairs
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Clayton Bissell
Army Intelligence
Cpl
Dashiell Hammett
Bissell
Hammett
Aleutians
Army News Service
Jap Ant Invasion Rehearsals Warned Amid Invasion Fears
Three day rehearsals by the Japanese army near Itago point at the entrance to Nagoya port were conducted after warnings by Premier Koiso and key ministers. A Tokyo broadcast urged ships to keep out of a six mile danger zone for the period.
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Koiso
Tokyo
Itago
Honshu
Nagoya
Woman Injured in Collision Between Cars at City Intersection
Mrs. J. J. Miller of 1315 Sixth Street SE was thrown from a car driven by her husband as it collided with a vehicle driven by Henry Schneebach of 1135 Avenue NE at Bever Avenue and Sixteenth Street SE. Schneebach was fined $5 and costs after pleading guilty to failure to yield the right of way.
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J. J. Miller
Sixth Street
Henry Schneebach
Avenue NE
Bever Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Schneebeck
Harry S. Johnson
To Choose Officers for Cedar Rapids USO Center
At a Monday USO council meeting 11 members were chosen for an executive committee to elect officers at 4 30 p m Friday. Ed Zeller said the Cedar Rapids USO will not lapse and activity justifies keeping the center open.
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USO Council
USO
Ed Zeller
Cedar Rapids
Germans Bomb Rhine Bridges Amid Deadly Air Attacks
Germans launch death by own action missions against the Rhine bridges at Remagen as First Army reports 135 German planes in five days with 63 shot down. In a Monday barrage from 1 to 6 pm 35 Messerschmitt 109 and Focke Wulf 190 aircraft assaulted the bridgehead amid withering anti air fire.
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Remagen
Germany
First Army
Rhine
Navy Budget Seeks 1946 Funds of 23.7 Billion
President Roosevelt asked Congress for a 1946 navy budget of 23,719,153,050 dollars, a cut of over 4 billion from the current year. He also proposed 3,088,012,624 dollars in additional contract authorizations, about 1,513,012,624 of which would be new. The plan envisions a navy of about 3,389,000 sailors, with the Marine Corps at 478,000 and the Coast Guard at 173,165.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Four-Agency Budget Increases To Support Justice State And Other Departments
A House appropriations panel approved a 2591109 four agency supply bill raising the justice state commerce and judiciary budgets for the coming year. The state department gains reflect entwined economic activities and a UN war crimes commission funding item. FBI praised while census funding trimmed under new head Henry Wallace.
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Washington
State Department
Justice Department
House Appropriations Committee
Commerce Department
Judiciary
United States
United Nations War Crimes Commission
Hitler
Goebbels
Missing Rings Tire Rim Purse Stolen From Kozy Inn and Cars
Police hunted Monday for two rings including a diamond and amethyst valued at 74, a tire and rim, and a purse containing 45 dollars. Mrs Garlyn Ash of 319 Seventh Street SE reported rings stolen Saturday from a Kozy Inn shelf, C J Trachta reported a tire and rim missing from his car on the F avenue bridge, and Mery Herman of 2357 Coldstream Avenue NE reported a billfold containing 45 dollars lost while shopping.
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Garlyn Ash
Seventh Street SE
Kozy Inn No. 2
F Avenue Bridge
C. J. Trachta
O Avenue
Mery Herman
Coldstream Avenue
CIO Board Urges Unions to Arrange Postwar Job Talks
New York dispatch reports the CIO executive board urged all unions to hold meetings with local employers and municipal officials to plan postwar employment. President Philip Murray said conferences should occur after victory in Europe to gauge job and purchasing power levels and mobilize volunteers if jobs fall short.
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New York
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
Philip
Europe
Murray
Faith Not Ready for War Says Cedar Rapids Preacher
Rev. D. Keith Irwin warned that faith and the nation were unprepared for World War II after Pearl Harbor. Speaking at a YMCA luncheon, he urged renewed Christian commitment, cross-centered conduct, and personal faith to guide public life and war effort.
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D. Keith Irwin
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Cedar Rapids
Pearl Harbor
Irwin
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Doughboys Capture Mt Spigo in Apennines Peak Fight
Fifth Army troops seized Mt Spigo, a 5900 foot Apennines summit 14 miles west of the Pistoia Bologna highway. American units stormed the peak, killed seven Germans and captured four as they wiped out the last resistance pocket. German attempts to retake failed. In other sector, American and Brazilian forces improved frontline positions northwest of Mt Belvedere, with Brazilians killing three and capturing sixteen in a German raid.
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RCME
Fifth Army
Mt. Spigo
Apennines
Pistoia- Bologna
Mt. Belvedere
Theater Time Schedule Highlights for Local Theaters
Paramount shows include The Kingdom at 1:30 4 6:30 and 9. Iowa presents The Three Caballeros at 2:26 5:06 7:45. State showcases Sunday Dinner for a Soldier 11:05 1:50 4:35 7:20 10:05 and Night Club Girl 12:40 3:25 6:10 8:55. Palace features Irish Eyes Are Smiling 1 3:57 6:54 9:51 Moon Over Her Shoulder 2:50 5:47 8:44. Rialto offers Sergeant Mike 12:50 3:55 7 10:05 and Dancing Masters 2:50 5:55 9. Times include Mr Skeffington 2:25 6 9:45 Make Your Own Bed 1 4:35 8:20 Marion lists None but the Lonely Heart 6:55 9:54 and My Gal Loves Music 8:53.
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Marion
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Moon Hotel
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LEAVE
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Arthur Lake
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Keys OF the Kingdom
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Jim Spelker
Fayetteville
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Jane Darwell
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Mary Anderson
Century Fox Corp
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Ethel Barrymore
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Monty W
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Moon Over
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Yale
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