Gossip and Hollywood Notes Buzz Across 1948 Election Shadows
The column surveys postwar politics and entertainment chatter. Elliott Roosevelt potential promotion under Eisenhower. Betty Hutton sails overseas. Duke Ellington to perform in Hollywood. Jeanette MacDonald cancels due to tonsillitis. Vivien Leigh may film soon. Edna St Vincent Millay in Europe. Joseph Davies ill in Washington. Goering portraits discussed. Frank Farrell praised by Marines. Bunny Berigan memorial album upcoming. Izzy Gomez legacy revival in San Francisco. Izzy Gomez’s club reopens. Marilyn Duke and Peter Brien wed.
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Eisenhower
Elliott
Betty Hutton
Esquire
Duke Ellington
Hollywood
Jeanette MacDonald
G.O.P
Dewey
Los Angeles
Georgie Price
Washington
Internal Revenue Department
Arl Brisson
Goering
Pignoramus
M. Oakley Christoph
Hartford
Marine Corps
Frank Farrell
Peleliu
Frank
Bunny Berigan
RCA
Sunday Mirror
Alma Craige
Arene Vaughn Monroe
Commodore
Marilyn Duke
Peter Brien
Boston
Izzy Gomez
San Francisco
Izzy
Russell Patterson
Fifth Avenue
Mannikin
Nebulous wartime chatter and celebrity notes in review
A column blends stray reflections on politics and war with entertainment and society items. It notes misinterpretations of party initials, Nazi collaborators in France, a death of an air force reporter Larry Swift, military and civilian fashion moves, and shifts in showbiz figures including Ed Wynn, Mimi Benzell and Louis Bromfield’s famine forecasts.
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IR Force
Larry Swift
Marion Hargrove
Ed Wynn
George Wood
Jerry Franken
Pacific
Red Cross
Marshall Field
Variety
Met
Mimi Benzell
Wainbow Woom
Louis Bromfield
Nazi Fifth Column Active in Belgium
A Brussels dispatch reports the German fifth column has resumed activity in Belgium. Secret service work and sabotage against Allied troops are noted, with two Allied officers shot in Brussels after dark. Hundreds of collaborationists have been arrested and espionage continues, including casual questioning of uniformed personnel in cafes and hotels.
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London
INS
Brussels
London New Chronicle
Belgium
News Chronicle
Bologna Patriots Told to Strike Against Enemy
New York dispatch says Allied radio in Rome told Italian patriots in Bologna that liberation was near and urged them to strike the enemy wherever found with force and no pity. The FCC reported the broadcast.
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New York
INS
Rome
Bologna
FCC
Evening cinema listings for Monday at multiple theaters
The Gazette lists Paramount Dragon Seed and short subjects showings, Iowa with The Impatient Years and That's My Baby, Battle of the Marianas and Man from Frisco, Henry Aldrich's Little Secret, Palace See Here Private Hargrove and The Falcon Out West, Rialto Hello Frisco Hello and Black Hills Express, Times Somewhere I'll Find You and Journey for Margaret, Marion The White Cliffs of Dover and Hat-Check Honey with specific start times.
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Palace
Hargrove
Margaret
Marion
White Cliffs
Dover
Naval Officer Among Those Fined For Disorderly Conduct
Lt. (j g) E T Harder of Laguna Beach California Thora Haman 22 of Tiffin and Miles H Scheneberger 23 of Iowa City were fined 25 and costs each by Police Judge Harry S Johnson after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct They were arrested in a local hotel Sunday by Patrolman Felix Barta who found them in various stages of undress A confrontation ensued as the officer warned them of jail and the two men became abusive tearing a sleeve from the jacket They were escorted to jail in a squad car
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E. T. Harder
Laguna Beach
Calif
Thora Haman
Tiffin
Miles H. Scheneberger
Iowa City
Harry S. Johnson
Felix Barta
Harder
Miss Haman
Scheneberger
Barta
Storms Ravage Southeast Mexico Killing Potential Hundreds
In southeastern Mexico rescue craft and improvised rafts searched for flood victims as communication lines failed. Officials feared 200 to 300 deaths in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec region after a hurricane drenched villages and stranded survivors on trees, roofs, and boxcars.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Tehuantepec
Man and Wife Hurt in First Avenue Collision
Dean Fortman and his wife suffered injuries in a Sunday morning crash on First Avenue East. Fortman had a forehead gash and his wife reports back and side injuries after Mrs. Fortman’s eastbound car struck a westbound vehicle driven by Mrs. H. J. Hansford in the 1790 block. None of the Hansford occupants were hurt.
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Dean Fortman
Twenty Eighth Street
Fortman
First Avenue E
H. J. Hansford
A Avenue
Russians bomb Nazi defenses in the Balkans amid front advances
Moscow reports round the clock air raids by Soviet bombers over Yugoslavia while ground troops push along a curving front 70 to 100 miles southeast of Belgrade. Partisans scout advances as 50 enemy batteries fall, trains destroyed, and roads and rail hubs hit. Other Soviet Romanian forces reportedly breach into southeastern Hungary near Budapest.
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Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Balkans
Balkan
Red Army
Marshal Tito
Nis
Budapest
Turkey
Hungary
Magyar
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Morava
Belgrade- Greece
Hollywood Feud Sparks Jack Benny Fred Allen Project
The feud between Jack Benny and Fred Allen continues as Benny will play himself in Allen’s film It s In the Bag Rudy Vallee and William Bendix have roles and Mrs Nussbaum real name Minerva Pious appears Also Brazil oriented projects for Armen Miranda and plans for Deanna Durbin partner Prance or Tone in Lay on the Train feature Greer Garson’s surprise birthday on set with co workers gifting items
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Fred Allen
Jack Benny
Jack
Fred
Rudy Vallee
William Ben
Dix
Mrs. Nussbaum
Minerva Pious
Armen Miranda
Brazil
Hollywood
William le Baron
Ary Barrosa
Irving Berlin
Rio de Janeiro
Carmen
Prance
Tone
Deanna Durbin
Garson Varsity and Greer Dance Incident
Eddie Mannix appeared with an Irish shillalah while Greer performed an A-11 authentic Irish jig. Gz Tierney is not to play Cluny Brown, avoiding the English parlor maid role that seeks adventure unexpectedly.
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Garson
Eddie Mannix
Greer
Tierney
Cluny Brown
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