Surviving the Pacific: Navy trio's 33 day raft ordeal
Harold F. Dixon recalls with Robert Trumbull the perilous 33 day drift of U.S. Navy men Gene Aldrich Tony Fastula and himself after a scout bomber sank in January 1012. They fashioned a sea anchor from a life jacket, charted their drift, faced hunger thirst and shifting winds, and endured peril before hope and rescue.
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Gene ‘Alérich
Tony Fastula
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Prayer and Resolve Aboard the Sunburned Ship
Three sailors adrift in a sweltering voyage endure hunger thirst and salt stings as they drift south and west seeking rescue. They share forced camaraderie, recall faith, and invoke rain while hopeful prayers lift their spirits until night brings relief with a shower.
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Tony
Desperate Journey and The Big Street at Local Theaters
Today's schedule lists Paramount showing Desperate Journey with showings at 3 18 and 7 44 plus late runs. Iowa screens The Big Street and The Spirit of Stanford with multiple times, while Palace features The Shanghai Gesture and Born to Sing including a midnight show. Rialto presents The Mexican Spitfire at Sea and Outlaws of the Cherokee Trail with several passes. Marion shows In Old California Keep Em Flying and Footlight Serenade plus a 7 07 10 15 lineup.
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Palace
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Rialto
Marion
Old
California
Mason to undertake two week non political district trip
Rep Noah Mason of Illinois told the house he would leave immediately for a two week non political inspection trip of his district. He joked that the President said the trip was non political and urged voters to believe his trip is non political with the election five weeks away.
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Noah Mason
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Shift Nazi Trucks To Generator Gas
Berlin reports that Albert Speer, munitions minister, ordered on Friday that all heavy motor trucks switch from liquid fuel to generator gas and that industrial and shipping motors make similar conversions wherever feasible.
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Albert Speer
Hollywood Stars And Sums In Film Rights Gossip
Hollywood news notes that Quentin Reynolds earned about 50000 dollars for film rights to Only the Stars Are Neutral and will appear in the prologue produced by Lamar Trotti for 20th Century Fox. The item spans other star moves, plays, and industry chatter from Ingrid Bergman to Joan Bennett, with a Moscow taxi driver school closing the roundup.
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Quentin Reynolds
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William Goetz
Lamar Trotti
Desperate Journey Film Review at Paramount
Desperate Journey with Errol Flynn Ronald Reagan and Raymond Massey plays an action adventure at the Paramount. A RAF bomber crew crashes in Germany and endures a perilous trek evading capture while plotting factory arson and daring escapes. Flynn leads a rugged team through a fast paced chase full of stunts and escapes.
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Germany
Lieutenant Tin Leads Fleecing Crew in Wartime Adventure
Dutch Reagan shines beside Alan Hale Arthur Kennedy and Ronald Sinclair as the fleecing gang drives the plot. Nancy Coleman stands out as the Allied sympathizer aiding their flight. The film is not a romance, with a brief cameo by Miss Coleman and a short subject on Football Thrills of 1941 featuring Nadine Subotnik.
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Dutch Reagan
Alan Hale
Arthur Kennedy
Ronald Sinclair
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Asthma Breakthrough Touted by Medics in Illinois
Dr Norman Smith of Minneapolis reported at the Mississippi Valley Medical society that bronchial asthma, affecting about five million Americans, can be overcome with injections of ethylene disulphonate. He claimed 75 percent recovery in trials, noting age and disease duration did not affect outcomes, while warning against alcohol morphine aspirin and tobacco as they reduce effectiveness.
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Norman Smith
Minneapolis
Smith
Mississippi Valley Medical Society
Sam
Keokuk Woman Indicted in Shooting Case
Keokuk report states district court grand jury indicted Mrs Gladys Klingsmith 22 for assault with intent to commit murder in the Sept 21 shotgun shooting of her husband Virgil 22 and his cousin Earl Dobbs 32. The incident occurred in Keokuk linking the three involved.
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