Hollywood Notes on Film Plans and Personal Deals
Louella Parsons reports Dubonnet plans California wine factories to aid French salvage. McCarey eyes directing Risen Soldier at MGM, Spellman book optioned by 20th Century Fox, Sinatra to tour for youth crime fight, Penny Singleton returns as Young Widow, Ted Lawson back in LA defense plant stake, Alice Faye open to roles, Breen sons feature, Nigel Bruce recovering, Geraldine Fitzgerald to visit New York, Alan Reed releases Falstaff Openshow poetry volume.
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Napshots
Hollywood
Ted Lawson
Tokyo
Los Angeles
Alice Faye
Jimmy Breen
Joe Breen
Hayes Office
Jimmy
Marines
Nigel Bruce
Geraldine Fitzgerald
U. S Irish Society
New York
Alan Reed
Jap Anti Invasion Rehearsals Reported
The Associated Press says Japan conducted three days of anti landing drills spurred by warnings from Premier Koiso and senior ministers. Firing practice targeted Itago point near Nagoya, with a three day six mile danger zone announced to shipping.
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Associated Press
Koiso
Tokyo
Itago
Honshu
Nagoya
Stimson Defends Secrecy in Army Records
Secretary of War Stimson told Congress that army investigative records are confidential and will not be disclosed to legislative committees. Maj. Gen. Clayton Bissell described 201 files as closed, while noting several officers with alleged Communist ties and a bomber crash survivor. Cpl Dashiell Hammett was linked to a small army paper, with Hammett cited as writer of a world news summary.
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Washington
War Stimson
Congress
Army
Legislative
Thomason
Texas
House
Military Affairs
Secrtary of War
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Clayton Bissell
Army Intelligence
Cpl
Dashiell Hammett
Bissell
Hammett
Aleutians
Woman Injured in Car Collision at Bever and Sixteenth
Mrs H J Miller of 1315 Sixth Street SE sustained minor injuries when she was ejected from a car driven by her husband during a crash with Henry Schneebach of 1135 Avenue NE at Bever Avenue and Sixteenth Street SE. Schneebach was fined five dollars and costs after pleading guilty to failure to yield.
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H. J. Miller
Sixth Street
Henry Schneebach
Avenue NE
Bever Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Sechneebock
Harry S. Johnson
Cedar Rapids USO Center to Elect Officers
At a Monday USO council meeting 11 members were chosen to form an executive committee to elect officers at 4 30 p m Friday. The session extended the annual USO meeting and regular monthly session. 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 Use Death by Own Action Raids on Rhine Bridges
Remagen bridgehead area battles as German Luftwaffe conducts mass death by own action raids against First Army Rhine bridges. Over five days 135 German planes attacked. 63 shot down, 14 missing. Describe fierce air battles near the Ludendorff bridge and pontoon crossings with U.S. forces under heavy anti aircraft fire.
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Remagen
Germany
First Army
Rhine
Navy Budget of 23 Billion for 1946 Roles and Forces
President Roosevelt asked Congress for a 1946 Navy budget of 23,719,153,050 dollars, a reduction of over 4 billion from the current year. He also sought 3,088,012,624 dollars in new and continued contract authorizations, with about 1,513,012,624 dollars as new. The plan envisions a Navy of about 3,389,000 sailors, a Marine Corps of 478,000, and a Coast Guard of 173,165.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
House approves 23 billion four-agency supply bill
The House Appropriations Committee endorsed a 23 225 608 000 funding package for the Justice State Commerce Judiciary and related agencies for the year starting July 1. The budget boosts State Department by 21 384 562 000 to support intertwined economic activities and earmarks 60 000 for the UN War Crimes Commission. The Justice Department gains 320 000 more for antitrust, while FBI funding remains intact despite proposed cuts.
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Washington
State Department
Justice Department
House Appropriations Committee
Commerce Department
United States
United Nations War Crimes Commission
Hitler
Goebbels
Juvenile Arrest Trends and Budget Cuts Highlighted
Since 1941 arrests of girls under 18 rose 134 percent and juvenile male arrests up 21 percent. A committee cut about 7.8 million dollars from Commerce Department budget estimates, with most reductions in Census Bureau funding after Henry A. Wallace was named head.
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Commerce Department
Henry A. Wallace
Census Bureau
CIO Board Urges Unions to Arrange Postwar Job Talks
The CIO executive board urged all unions to meet with local employers and municipal officers after victory in Europe to discuss postwar employment. Philip Murray said conferences should reveal city job and purchasing power levels. If jobs and income fall short, CIO members should aid community efforts to create work opportunities.
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New York
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
Philip Murray
Europe
Missing Rings and Purses Reported Lost or Stolen
Police hunted for a diamond ring amethyst ring and a tire and rim plus a purse with $45 reported missing after thefts over the weekend. Mrs Garlyn Ash owned the rings taken from a Kozy Inn shelf possibly Saturday. C J Trachta and Mary Herman reported losses in other incidents.
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Garlyn Ash
Seventh Street SE
Kozy Inn No. 2
F Avenue Bridge
C. J. Trachta
O Avenue NW
Mary Herman
Coldstream Avenue
Irwin urges stronger faith after Pearl Harbor
Rev. D. Keith Irwin of Olivet Presbyterian and Cedar Rapids ministerial leader told a YMCA luncheon that faith was unprepared for war and urged Christians to apply the Cross to daily conduct. He noted the federal church commission studying church war relations and called Cedar Rapids to plant faith like Iowa corn, with personal commitment to Christ. He urged citizens and leaders to hold each other to higher standards and transform through the Cross.
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D. Keith Irwin
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Cedar Rapids
Pearl Harbor
Irwin
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Iowa
Christ
Jesus Christ
Doughboys Take Apennines Peak
Fifth army troops seized Mt. Spigolino a 5,900 foot Apennines peak near the Pistoia Bologna highway. American units stormed the summit killing seven Germans and taking four prisoners in wiping out the last resistance. Germans counterattacked Monday but were repulsed. In the central sector American and Brazilian forces advanced slightly and Brazilians killed three and captured 16 in a German raid near Mt Belvedere.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Mt. Spigolino
Apennines
Pistoia
Bologna
Mt. Belvedere
The Keys of the Kingdom and More at Local Theaters
Tuesday film listings show Paramount offering The Keys of the Kingdom with multiple showtimes at 1:30 4 6 30 9 20 plus shorts. Iowa screens The Three Caballeros at 2:25 5:05 7:45 10:25 and The Crime Doctor’s Courage at 1 3 40 6 20 9. STATE presents Sunday Dinner for a Soldier with several daytime and evening slots and Night Club Girl. Palace features Irish Eyes Are Smiling and Moon Over Her Shoulder with staggered times. Rialto shows Sergeant Mike and Dancing Masters, then Mr Skeffington Make Your Own Bed. Marion books None but the Lonely Heart and My Gal Loves Music with late-evening times.
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Iowa
Three Caballeros
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