Hollywood and New York Film Gossip on Race, Stars, and Charity
Lovella Parsons promotes The House I Live In in New York where audiences flock to the racial tolerance short. Cantor meets Truman at the White House as Eddie distributes hospital funds and eyes a 2 million Christmas total. Universal latches onto English stars Phyllis Calvert and Patricia Roe for upcoming projects. Patrice Mansel joins Hollywood for The Life of S Hurok, while Rachel Field's Time Out of Mind is eyed for adaptation.
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Wing
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Foe Cantor
Washington
Truman
White House
Cantor
Eddie
Niversal
Arthur Rank
Hollywood
Phyllis Calvert
Rachel Field
Universal
Patricia Roe
Atrice Mansel
Kansas City
S. Hurok
20Th Century-Fox
Impressario
Weekend Film Schedule at Local Theaters
The Gazette lists Friday showings across Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Times and Marion. Feature lineups include Mildred Pierce First Yank into Tokyo Captain Kidd Midnight Manhunt Maisie Goes to Reno A Royal Scandal Dr Maniac Springtime in the Rockies Objective Burma Together Again See My Lawyer and Radio Stars on Parade with multiple daily times.
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Kidd
Maisie
Reno
Rialto
Maniac
Rockies
Burma
Marion
79th Infantry Division Cross of Lorraine in Normandy and beyond
The 79th Division landed in Normandy on D Day plus six and earned a fearsome reputation. It broke Cherbourg, seized Le Havre de Puits, and captured the Somme and Rhine crossings. General Patch lauded the unit for its relentless pursuit of victory across northern France, Belgium, and Germany.
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Cross of Lorraine
Normandy
U. S
Cherbourg
le Haye de Puits
France
Falaise
Seine
Somme
Seventh Army
Rhine
Germany
Patch
First Yank into Tokyo and Divorce at Iowa theater
The Iowa theater opened a full bill with First Yank into Tokyo a tense plausible tale of a G I tasked to reach an atom engineer in Japan. Kay Francis stars in Divorce a wearying tale of hasty divorce and disillusionment with a 54 year old broker.
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Iowa
Tokyo
Hollywood Victory Caravan
G.I
Japan
South Pacific
Steve
Tom Neal
Barbara Hale
Bataan
Kay Francis
Miss Francis
Hillsboro
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Betty Hutton
Barbara Stanwyck
Humphrey
Laff a Day Shows Bogart and Ladd Briefly
A brief newsreel feature highlights Bogart and Alan Ladd in cameo appearances. The clip keeps with the common belief that no movie bill is complete without Ferne Gater.
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Bogart
Alan Ladd
Ferne Gater
French Commander in China Shoots Self
SHANGHAI UP reports Col. Albert J. Artigne commander of French forces in China shot and critically wounded himself Friday in a possible suicide attempt. His force included a battalion of French and Annamite troops disarmed by the Japanese in French Indo China last March. No reason was given for the act.
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Shanghai
Albert J. Artigne
China
Artigne
Indo-China
Wartime radar development cost three billion dollars
The article states that building radar during the war cost about three billion dollars, a sum one and a half times larger than the expenditure for creating the atomic bomb.
Rockford Polio Campaign Led by National Foundation Chapter
Seventy eight physio therapists were sent to Rockford Illinois at the polio wave peak by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The Linn county chapter was briefed at the Roosevelt hotel. Howard E. Dayton announced 191000 dollars allocated to Rockford through September. The foundation pursues virus research treatment prevention nutrition and public health. Joseph W. McCarthy described Linn county chapter plans ahead.
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Rockford, Ill
National Foundation For
Linn County
Roosevelt Hotel
Howard E. Dayton
New York
Foundation
Rockford
Dayton
United States
J. W. McCarthy
Des Moines
Nobel Chemistry Prize To German Atom Expert
Prof. Otto Hahn, German authority on radio activity and the atom, wins the 1944 Nobel prize in chemistry for a method to break heavy atom nuclei. The 1945 prize goes to Ariituri Wirtanen, Finnish biochemist, for discoveries in agricultural and food chemistry. Hahn was reported to be in England by Aftonbladet.
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Stockholm
Otto Hahn
Arituri Wirtanen
Hahn
Aftonbladet
England
Youthful boast and legal twist shadowing Sonny case
Keveny argued that at 16 Sonny had more to offer than many men at 35. The judge warned this would be his last chance for trouble. Sonny faced potential ward status under juvenile code until age 21 as he was led to booking amid onlookers including women in the hall.
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Los Angeles
Eleanor Deveny
A. A. Scott
Sonny
Elaine Manfredi
Scott
Keveny
Hall of Justice
Wisecarver
Complaint prompts fence around precocious son
A protest cites a desire to shield a boy from scandal after a woman signs a formal complaint against Mrs. Deveny saying she cannot spend life signing complaints when girls elope with her son. The remark reflects social tensions over reputation and family honor.
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