Blossom Time Outshines The Student Prince at Iowa Theater
Review by Gene Farmer compares Blossom Time to The Student Prince at the Iowa theater. Earl Covert sings the composer Franz Schubert with Mitzi Kranz, and the production is praised for polish and ensemble despite lacking a Marshall star.
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Franz Schubert
Sismund Romberg
Iowa Theater
Gene Farmer
Prince
Iowa
Everett Marshall
Earl Covert
Mitzi Kranz
Margaret Spencer
Kuppelweiser
Vogl
Baron Schober
la Bellabruna
Christian Kranz
Vienna
Austria
Hospital Vessel Sore Bombed in Salerno Killings
AP report says more than 250 wounded soldiers were killed when German bombs struck an Allied hospital ship near Salerno Italy. Rev Colin R Montgomery brother of Gen Bernard Montgomery quoted: a bomb struck the operating theater and most of the doctors and nursing staff died.
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London
Salerno
Italy
Colin R. Montgomery
Bernard L. Montgomery
Schubert Reimagined on Vienna Stage With Romberg Adaptation
A review lauds a melodrama blending Schubert themes with Romberg adaptation. Mitzi and La Bellabruna anchor the plot while Schober and Franze provide comic and romantic stir. Marel delivers a rich Sere nade vocal, with a standout ballet by Karen Conrad and Carl Randall.
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Staffian Jeweler
Abbott and Costello
Mitzi
Schober
la Bellabruna
Ruth Gillette
Dolly
Belle Watling
Vienna
Tara
Miss Gillette
Zip
Franz
Jules Epailly
William Marel
Schubert
Karen Conrad
Carl Randall
Atkins Woman to Speak on Bahai Peace Plan
Mrs. D Lindsley of Atkins and formerly of Chicago will address a Bahai meeting at the Montrose hotel Wednesday night at 8. There is no charge and the public is invited. A Nebraska graduate, she has lectured on world peace for ten years and served on the Bahai national news service committee.
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D. Lindsley
Atkins
Chicago
Montrose Hotel
University of Nebraska
Lindsley
National
Mrs Hopkins Joins Mayo Clinic as Nursing Assistant
Mrs. Harry Hopkins arrived in Rochester for observation at the Mayo Clinic and has taken a nursing assistant role at St Marys hospital. Clinic officials report no change in Hopkins condition as ongoing observation and examinations continue.
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Rochester, Minn
Harry Hopkins
Mayo Clinic
St. Mary’s Hospital
Hopkins
Tax Collection Rise Tops Income Boost
The Federation of Tax Administrators reports 1939-43 tax collections rose 141 percent, outpacing the 90 percent rise in national income by 51 percent. Federal state and local taxes paid increased across governments, a point highlighted after income tax season.
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Chicago
Federation of Tax Administrators
Slight Living Cost Decline in February
The Cost of Living declined in February in 51 of 63 industrial cities surveyed by the Conference Board. Costs rose in 10 cities and were unchanged in two. The national index fell 0.5 percent from January while the twelve month rise reached 15 percent and the total since January 1941 20.2 percent.
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New York
National Industrial Conference Board
United States
De Gaulle demands Allies stay out of France post invasion
In Algiers Gen Charles de Gaulle tells the French consultative assembly to ignore foreign post invasion plans. He asserts France doesn't need a lesson from anyone and urges Allies to keep hands off the French government as the continent is invaded.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
French Consultative Assembly
France
de Gaulle
Evening Showtimes Across Local Theaters This Tuesday
The Gazette lists Paramount Theaters schedule with The Sullivans and daisy chain films at 11.33, 2.04, 4.35, 706, 9.49 along with shorts. Iowa presents None Shall Escape and Hey Rookie with evening runs at 1. And State offers The Lodger and She's for Me with multiple showings. Palace features Hit the Ice and Dr Gillespie's Criminal Case while Rialto screens White Savage and Sundown Valley with additional times. Times include My Kingdom for a Cook and Hit Parade of 1943 plus Marion's The Iron Major and So's Your Uncle with varied starts.
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Iowa
Hey
Palace
Gillespie
TIMES
Marion
Hollywood Dance Star Marc Platt Heads to Screen Opposite Rita Hayworth
Louella Parsons reports Marc Platt, the red haired dancer from Oklahoma, will co star with Rita Hayworth and Janet Blair in Tonight and Every Night. The piece notes his Ballet Russe roots and name changes, plus other Hollywood moves and gossip from the era.
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Ollywood
SNS
Oklahoma
Marc Plati
Fred Astaire
Marc
Hollywood
Rita Hayworth
Janet Blair
Young Platt
Plattnoff
Ballet Russe
Americania
RFC Accused of Army Funds Use in Bailouts
Senator Aiken charged that the Reconstruction Finance Corporation used army navy and maritime commission funds to bail out RFC subsidiaries. He planned legislation for a Comptroller General audit, opposing past assurances that RFC books were checked by private accountants.
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Washington
Sen
Aiken
R-Vt
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Army, Navy
Maritime Commission
RFC
Lindsay S. Warren
Jesse Jones
Rubber Reserve Corporation
RFC bailout claims tied to defense plants and subsidies
Aiken alleges government agencies including the Metals Reserve and Defense Plant Corporation are being propped up by the RFC. He cites subcommittee hearings on synthetic rubber and notes War Department officials acknowledged arrangements to bail out defense plants. He says RFC sought a $5 billion borrowing boost last November but Congress did not grant it, yet RFC remains active.
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F Rubbert
Aiken
Agriculture
Metals Reserve Company
Defense Plant Corporation
Patterson
Senate Committee On
War Department
Fense
RFC
Congress
John Brown Wounded by Shrapnel in South Pacific
John W. Brown chief electrician's mate in the Seabees has been wounded by shrapnel and is under treatment at a base hospital in the South Pacific, according to his father Martin Brown of 1311 K Street SW.
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John W. Brown
Seabees
South Pacific
Martin Brown
K Street
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