Paris Tennessee Behind the Camp Wives in Hollywood News
Hollywood notes report on the film Paris Tennessee focusing on officer wives rivalries and backstage politics at an army camp. Mona Maris recalled from Lourdes, while other items include Ida Lupino and Bette Davis in the news and previews of stars like Spencer Tracy and Phil Harris.
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Bette Das
Ida
Bill Goetz
Otto Preminger
Paris
Tennessee
Bernadette
Lourdes
Franz Werfel
Mona Maris
Buenos Aires
Napshots
Hollywood
Gypsy Rose Lee
Alice Faye
Phil Harris
Valley
Phil
Jack Benny
Benny
Spencer Tracy
Arizona
Joe
Ivan Bruce
San Francisco
French Guerrillas Still Defying Axis
Swiss reports say about 6,000 French patriots remain in the Haute Savoie area near Lake Geneva defying Axis supported Vichy forces. They have been living on mountain goats meat and milk as supplies dwindle. Some guerrillas began to submit to forced labor conscription while others straggle out of the mountains. Vichy police have cut off supplies and air drops have ceased for several days.
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London
Haute Savoie
Lake Geneva
Switzerland
Vichy
Blackmail Charge Against Chicago Man
Federal authorities hold 18 year old Michael Cluhak on a count of attempting to extort $10,000 from William S Barranco president of Liberty Trucking Company.
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Chicago
INS
Michael Cluhak
William S. Barranco
Liberty Trucking Company
UAW Seeks Housing or Decentralization at Willow Run
The UAW urged the Truman Committee that Willow Run must provide housing for 54 000 new workers or shift part of Ford’s bomb plant to housing available areas. George F. Addes said 89 000 workers cannot be employed under current housing programs, urging centralization of war production and government action to relocate housing or the plant.
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Detroit
UAW
United States Senate
Truman Committee
Willow Run
George F. Addes
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Army Air Forces
Addes
Edgar A Guest Poem Reflects on War Front Youth
A poem recalls young men from the neighborhood who served in Africa and died after a raft voyage. It notes their bright futures cut short and how communities changed as mothers and girls cope by sewing and writing letters to soldiers.
Pleads Innocent in Film Extortion Case
New York man Louis Kaufman, among nine indicted in Chicago underworld extortion plot, pled innocent on Monday. The scheme allegedly aimed to extort 2.5 million dollars from four motion picture companies and 42 000 union members.
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New York
Louis Kaufman
Chicago
Charles King Leads Iowa Stage Billy Rose Revue
Charles King stars in Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe Revue on the Iowa stage for a three day run. He rose from vaudeville to film in The Broadway Melody and became a musical star in Cohan, Youmans, and Rodgers and Hart works. The show also features Aunt Jemima Showboat vocalist and other acts.
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Charles King
Iowa
Billy Rose
America
King
George M. Cohan
Vincent Youmans
Aunt Jemima
Walter Dave Wahl
Yacopis
Panzy the Horse
Shavo Sherman
Harry Meehan
Theater Schedule Highlights Paramount Iowa and More
Today's listings show a full slate across theaters. Paramount presents It Ain’t Hay with multiple showtimes. Iowa features Billy Rose’s Diamond Horseshoe Revue and Underground Agent. State screens Dixie Dugan and At the Front in North Africa with varied times. Palace offers Somewhere I’ll Find You and Flying with Music. Rialto shows Juke Box Jenny and Powder Town. Times screens Holiday Inn and About Face. Strand lists The Bugle Sounds and Mr and Mrs Smith. Marion presents Seven Days Leave plus short subjects.
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Rialto
Powder Town
Holiday Inn
Strand
the Bugle Sounds
Price Chief’s Jam Lesson Hits Home
Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown revealed his wife had no butter supply but a small jam stash at home. He said the butter freeze had caught him short and he learned to empathize with scarce household staples.
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Washington (Lp
Prentiss M. Brown
Broadway gossip and legal tangles swirl in Walter Winchell column
The column riffs on Hollywood marriages and separations, theater figures, and court cases. It notes Walter Winchell style items involving Donald Nelsons, Lois Andrews Jesse, Rachmaninoff, Peggy Lee, and Bobby Wilson, plus a mock legal quip about congressmen and Nazi exposure.
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Donald Nelsons
Las Vegas
Lois Andrews
Jesse
Rachmaninoff
Beverly Hills
Peggy Lee
Canary
Benny Goodman
Footers
D. Barbour
George Moffats
William Morris Booking Agency
Iluna Massey
Fred deCordova
Imogene Carpenter
The
Follies
Bobby Wilson
Woody Guthrie
J. Hertzes
Myrna Ley
Ickes Accused of Hoarding Heating Oil for Farm Home
Cabinet member Harold Ickes is reported to have 3934 gallons of heating oil for his farm since October, enough to last until next October. His house, which normally needs about 10000 gallons, would leave him cold if reduced to this amount.
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Abinet
Harold Ickes
Ickes
Davis Denies OWI Deferred Men
OWI Director Elmer Davis disputed claims that many men were deferred from military service. He said the agency routinely refuses deferment except for irreplaceable specialists and only 46 OWI requests were granted for occupational reasons, mainly technicians and linguists, for six months or less.
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Washington
OWI
Elmer Davis
Davis
Spivak Orchestra to Perform Thursday at Danceland
Charlie Spivak famous trumpet star comes to Danceland ballroom Thursday evening with a 16 man unit from the former Glenn Miller ensemble. The group, a recording act, features Garry Stevens vocalists the Stardusters Curt Purnell Glen Galyon Harry Wylder June Hutton Ina Ray Huttons sister and Nelson Riddle on trombone.
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Charlie Spivak
Danceland Ballroom
Glenn Miller
Miller
Spivak
Pennsylvania
New York
Garry Stevens
The
Stardusters
Curt Purnell
Glen Galyon
Harry Wylder
June Hutton
Ina Ray Hutton
Nelson Riddle
Latitude Observatory at Ukiah Among World Five
The International Latitude Observatory at Ukiah California is one of five such observatories worldwide. They are spread by longitude yet all placed on the same parallel of latitude.
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International Latitude Observatory
Ukiah
Calif
Church Unit Warns Of Spreading Hate
In New York the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America cautioned that spreading hatred would hinder the war effort and block a just and durable peace. The statement warned that deliberate fomenting of hate could become the dominant force guiding United Nations actions, risking mankind's peace.
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New York
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
United Nations
Ship Output Sets Record in February
The War Production Board reports February deliveries of naval vessels set a new all time record, reversing Saturday’s correction that January and February production lagged December output. Only January was lower in the revised figures.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
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Mrs. Smith
Jackie Cooper
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Ieee
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George Givot
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Rap Willow Run Housing Setup
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Africa
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North Africa
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Ritz Bros
Jane Fprazee
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Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire and
Marjorie Reynolds
William Tracy
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