Filmdom Embraces Swing Bands In Movie Boom
Hollywood folds swing bands into cinema as Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey lead the trend. Studio bosses court hep cats, with Kay Kyser and Harry James drawing big box office, while audiences flock to Palladium and Roseland to hear jitterbug era favorites.
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CCC Conversion to War Basis Nears Completion
Director James J. McEntee said the Civilian Conservation Corps is 45 percent converted to a complete war basis and will be finished by June 25. The program has provided health and work training to 735,000 men since May 1940 and 18,696 have learned to read and write.
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