Broadway gossip and showbiz notes from the 1940s scene
Walter Winchell column highlights Gregory Taylor buying rides for two kids at Columbus Circle and collecting war bonds. The Boyd triplets, relations of Mrs. Wilson, sing in The Duchess Misbehaves while Phil Baker plans a hospital fund show. Glamour details include Peggy Joyce at Armando's in mink and a Belasco Theatre flop finale.
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Gregory Taylor
St. Moritz
Saratoga Trunk” Railroad
Columbus Circle
Boyd Triplets
Woodrow Wilson
Phil Baker
Alfred E. Smith
Burgess Meredith
Peggy Joyce
Armando’s
Champlain Sets Transatlantic Speed Record
The carrier Lake Champlain returned to Hampton Roads after a record transatlantic run with 32.048 knots average over 3,360.3 nautical miles in four days eight hours and 51 minutes. Skipper Captain Logan Ramsey led the mission to bring home more than 5,000 American troops from Europe.
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Newport News
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Hampton Roads
Cape Spartel
Gibraltar
Chesapeake Bay
Logan Ramsey
Philadelphia
Ambrose
New York
Bishop Rock
English Channel
Kinkaid Named Commander of Eastern Sea Frontier
The navy announced Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, formerly commander of the Seventh Fleet, will command the Eastern Sea Frontier, succeeding Vice Admiral Herbert J. Leary whose new assignment was not announced. Leary kept headquarters in New York.
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Washington
Navy
Thomas C. Kinkaid
Seventh Fleet
Eastern Sea Frontier
Herbert JF. Leary
Leary
New York
Hearing on Cedar Rapids Sanitary Sewer Plans Notice
City of Cedar Rapids Iowa schedules a December 13 1945 hearing at Council Chambers City Hall on proposed sanitary sewer improvements including Wilson Avenue SW 615 feet west of 3rd Street alley between K Street and 3rd Street from 20th to 22nd Avenue SW and 18th Avenue SW parking area. Written objections may be filed and oral protest heard. Maude M Krebs City Clerk. Published in Cedar Rapids Gazette November 26 27 1945.
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Ingoelack A.M
Council Chambers
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
City of
Maude M. Krebs
Weekend at the Waldorf and other previews at local theaters
The Gazette lists Tuesday showings across Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Times and Marion venues. Feature times include Weekend at the Waldorf at 11 45 and 4 40 7 10 9 50, Cornered and Call of the Wild at Iowa and State respectively, and God Is My Co Pilot plus Double Exposure at Palace.
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Loretta Young
Clark Gable
The
State Today
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Paramount
Iowa
Richard Barthelmess Placed On Navy Inactive List
Los Angeles AP Lt. Comdr. Richard Barthelmess former movie actor was placed on the navy inactive list after nearly four years of service. He has served as aide to Vice Admiral H. F. Leary commander of the eastern sea frontier.
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Los Angeles
Richard Barthelmess
Monday
Navy
Barthelmess
H. F. Leary
Eastern Sea Frontier
Five Killed in Newark Warehouse Explosion
Five men died and at least twelve were injured when a two story Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co warehouse in Newark was rocked by an ammonia fumes explosion in the refrigeration and baking department.
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Newark
N. J
INS
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Yamashita Hated By Tojo Claim by Witness
Witness Keicho Yoshida testified at Yamashita’s war crimes trial that Gen Yamashita opposed aggression and expected Allied war would be very unsatisfactory. He said Tojo hated Yamashita, calling him a reformist and opposing Tojo’s wartime stance.
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Manila
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Hideki Tojo
Yamashita
Keicho Yoshida
Tokyo
Tojo
Yoshida
Germany
Italy
United States
Britain
Testimony Details Yamashita’s Reputation During War Tribunal
In court Yamashita’s homeland reputation is praised as high moral character and deep sympathy by Yoshida and others. Takayama Testifies Yamashita told Tojo the Japanese army was inferior to Germany and unfit for war, with Tojo instructing him to keep silent.
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Ant
Yoshida
Yamashita
Nobutake Takayama
War Ministry
Germany
Tojo
Fragmentary Memoir Snippet Mentions Yamashita Transfer
A damaged OCR fragment notes a witness referring to Germany and a transfer of Yamashita toward the subject, with a timeline suggesting a month later the reporter could address Germany before the witness added details.
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Manchuria
Yama
Germany
Yamashita
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