Broadway Gossip and Society Notes in Wartime
A breezy compilation from Walter Winchell style chatter includes Broadway figures, film stars, and socialites. Carlyle Blackwell, Nancy Emmons, Joe DiMaggio, Al Jolson, Eleanor Roosevelt, Damon Runyon, and others appear in rapid-fire vignettes. Mentions span boxing gloves with Ethel Barrymore, Anita Colby, Louise Groody, and Ian Cosman as a New York cop eyeing the Met Opera.
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Epke
Hogan
Brooklyn
Carlyle Blackwell
Nancy Emmons
Joe DiMaggios
al Jolson
Marilyn Johnson
Capuacutie
Columbia Flicks
Broadway
Benny Goodman
Tammany
E Loughlin
Damon Runyon
Damon
Hearst
Eleanor Roosevelt
Drew
Pearson
Mocambo
Hollywood
Ethel Barrymore
Clifford Odets
H. Crocker
Anita Colby
Louise Groody
Red Cross
Far East
Jane Pickens
St. Paul Williams
Miami
William Patrick Hitler
The
Fuehrer
Schickelgruber
Local Theaters Schedule Wide Variety of Films
Wednesday listings show Paramount stands with Standing Room Only at multiple showtimes plus shorts. Iowa stage presents Blackstone and Charlie Chan in the Secret Service, with Corvette K 225 and Hi Ya Sailor at various slots. Palace features Salute to the Marines and It Comes Up Love. Rialto runs Rhythm Parade and The Spy Train, while Times screens Squadron Leader and Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror. Marion advertises The Man from Down Under and Gargoyle for Tomorrow.
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Palace
Rialto
Nimitz Awarded Distinguished Service Medal by House
The House on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution awarding Admiral Chester W Nimitz, commander of the Pacific fleet, the Distinguished Service Medal. Decatur, Illinois, known as the soybean capital of the world.
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Washington
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House
Chester W Nimitz
Decatur, Ul
Blackstone Puts On A Magical Show And Surprises
The Old Master Blackstone delivers a nearly hour long magic performance weaving levitations light bulbs blooming and audience participation. A standout moment features a dancing handkerchief to a chorus of Mairzy Doats and a finale that shifts disguises across the stage. Nadine Subotnik notes the Charlie Chan in the Secret Service segment fails to meet usual Chan standards.
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GCE
Blackstone
Mr. Blackstone
Mairzy Coats
Charlie Chan
Secret Service
Nadine Subotnik
Olivia De Havilland Free From Warner Contract Stint
Hollywood Olivia De Havilland won a legal ruling overturning Warner Brothers seven year contract. Judge Charles Burnell found the term expired last May and rejected adding suspensions during the contract. The judge warned the studio against interpreting California law to create peonage or life bondage for an employee.
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Hollywood
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Olivia de Havilland
Warner Brothers
Charles S Burnell
Miss de Havilland
Burnell
Caliifornia
Man Discharged from Army for Snoring
Duquoin Illinois Leonard E Williams draft July 1942 civilian 28 days later claims first military case of discharge due to snoring. A private room failed to curb his snores and led to discharge. He later became a restaurant manager in Fresno California.
The Colossus of Rhodes Cost and Fate
The Colossus of Rhodes, built in 280 B C, toppled in 224 B C, reportedly cost about $258000.
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Rhodes
B.C
M G M Buys Cronin Novel Near Two Hundred Thousand
Louella Parsons reports M G M purchased Cronin’s new novel for close to 200000, a potential all time record for a novel, with prior top at 170000 for Saratoga Trunk. The story follows an Irish boy in Scotland, not Cronin’s autobiography, and echoes themes like How Green Was My Valley.
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Third Avenue
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CIO
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Wallace
FDR
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FBI
Carol
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the Citadel
Illinois Telephone Workers Vote Strike
Illinois union of telephone workers voted 2,273 to 220 in favor of a strike over wage increase refusals affecting Illinois Bell lines. President Charles H. Formby said a strike notice would be filed with the National Labor Relations Board, with a 30 day cooling off period under the Smith Connally Act before action.
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Illinois Bell Telephone Company
Illinois
Charles H. Formby
National Labor Relations Board
Plane Forced Down At Sea Seventeen Survive Rescue
Nineteen officers and men of a United States Navy patrol bomber were forced down in rough seas off Bermuda and later rescued by a destroyer. The crew had floated about twenty three and one half hours awaiting rescue.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
United States Navy
Plane crash sinks bomber after forced Bermuda landing
Rear Admiral Ingram C Sowell disclosed there was no loss of life after a Norfolk to Bermuda flight suffered engine trouble and forced landing. The bomber sank after 30 minutes, with nineteen men crowded into two rafts. Lt A H Coward reported cramped conditions and occasional swims to ease aching muscles. Lt W Carroll observed flares and alerted a destroyer.
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Ingram C Sowell
Bermuda Naval Operating Base
Norfolk
Bermuda
A. H Coward
W. Carroll
Fort Dodge
To Hold False Teeth More Firmly in Place
Do your false teeth slip drop or wobble while you eat or talk. Sprinkle Little FASTEETH on your plates for firmer more comfortable hold with no gummy taste or sour denture breath. Get FASTEETH at any drug store today.
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Drus
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