Broadway gossip: Winchell notes war, politics and film
Walter Winchell reports from Broadway with war notes on Atkinson and Randolph, Broadway romances and feuds, La Guardia stay plans, Loew’s command change, Compton’s TV era, Hepburn and Tracy billing, Leigh film return, UCLA news, and other celebrity pivots.
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Books Atkinson
N.Y. Times
Chungking
Bartlett Quirk
Stilwell
Honey Abbott
Dixie Dunbar
Paul Porter
Democrats
Erminie Randolph
Dorothy Arnold
Joe DiMaggio
Margo
Eddie Albert
Broadway
LaGuardia
Italy
Marcus Loew
Ethel Lynder
Denver
Hite House
Walter Compton
Kay Williams
Hollywolves
Macoco
Rudy Halles
Pop
Mead
Truman
Irving Berlin
Kath Hepburn
Spencer Tracy
Vivien Leigh
Harriet Clark
Charles Bar
Fragmented 1944 news notes mix theater, politics and war
A scattered Cedar Rapids Gazette page column lists wartime events and show business tidbits. It mentions a Nazi 88 attack, injuries, theater productions including Sadie Thompson, Rain revamp costs, and industry chatter about Broadway, film, and radio personalities. It notes legal cases, shifts in federal figures, and a black market in canned milk.
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Cedar Rapids
Sonny
Treanor
Andy Russell
Della Novella
Sadie Thompson
Moses defeats Nye in North Dakota Senate race
In North Dakota the Democrat John Moses leads Republican incumbent Gerald Nye as early returns show Moses ahead by about 11 000 votes with 1 quart of precincts counted and Stambaugh trailing Moses. Moses gains from Nye despite Stambaugh's independent bid.
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Bismarck
N. D
Gerald P. Nye
United States Senate
John Moses
North Dakota
Moses
Nye
Lynn Stambaugh
American Legion
Stambaugh
G.O.P
Youngest Voter Casts Ballot for Roosevelt in Atlanta
Cadet Nurse Rabael Naomi Williams turned eighteen on Tuesday and voted in an Atlanta precinct for Franklin D. Roosevelt. CBS selected her as the youngest voter in the United States.
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Rabael Naomi Williams
Atlanta
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Miss Williams
CBS
United States
Coast Guard Recruits Seek 17 Year Olds in Iowa
Coast Guard sister recruiters Helen and Juliana Brennan of the Spars visit Cedar Rapids and Iowa City this week to enlist 17 year olds and young women for Coast Guard service. They highlight direct active duty upon swearing in and arrange interviews at Armstrong's, Roosevelt Hotel, and University of Iowa campus.
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Yeomen
Helen Marcil Brennan
Juliana Marcil
Coast Guard
Spars
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Navy
Edmund
Naval Air Corps
John
France
Helen
Pacific
Philippines
Omaha
Helen Brennan
Armstrong’s
Roosevelt
Juliana
University of Iowa
Coast
Women to Attend Palm Beach Basic Training After Aptitude Tests
Aptitude tests are conducted here while physical exams occur in Omaha. Classes depart Omaha on November 22 and December 1 for a six week basic training course at Palm Beach Florida. After basic training, Spar recruiters say most women are assigned to another service school based on aptitudes and civilian work experience.
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Omaha
Palm Beach
Fla
Spar
Gubernatorial Bid Of Bus Boy Olsen Fails in Nebraska
George W Olsen, a bus boy at the Martin Nebraska bomber plant, loses the Nebraska governor race to Dwight Griswold. Olsen trails the Democratic ticket, campaigned with circle-squaring formulae, and plans to return to work building B 29 bombers after conceding nothing.
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Bus Boy Olsen
Nebraska
Omaha
George W. Olsen
Martin-Nebraska
Olsen
Dwight Griswold
Griswold
Plattsmouth
Causes of Epilepsy Explored by Noted Doctors
A booklet presenting opinions of famous doctors on epilepsy will be mailed free to readers who write to educational division Dept. 5-514, 535 Fifth Ave New York NY.
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Fifth Ave
New York
N.Y
Carter's Little Liver Pills Promise Quick Digestive Help
An old ad touts Carter's Little Liver Pills boosting digestive juice flow to relieve headachy irritable feelings after meals. It claims relief in about 30 minutes and urges buying at drugstores for 10 or 25 cents.
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Nature
Carter
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