Sam Wood starts his own movie company at Columbia
Hollywood insider notes Sam Wood, a top director, has formed his own company and will produce pictures at Columbia. His early slate includes The Land Is Bright with his daughter K. T. Stevens and Diana Barrymore, plus other youngsters. Also mentions Roosevelt meeting Donald Crisp and several Hollywood buzz items and future projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollywood
INS
Sam Wood
Hollywood
Columbia Studio
Mr. Chips
Kitty Foyle
Pride of the Yankees
Sam
Columbia
George Kaufman
Edna Ferber
K. T. Stevens
Diana Barrymore
Martha Sleeper
Mateo
Natalie Draper
Huntington Hartford IL
Margaret Hayes
Marc Connolly
Sidney Skolski
Desi Arnaz
Eva Gabor
Maxim Litvinovs
Tanya Litvinov
Moscow
Lipstick Aids In Preventing Chapped Lips
Dr Mary MacFadyen explains lipstick helps prevent chapping on average lips. She advises hydration, cold cream or vaseline for protection, proper removal before reapplication, and choosing lipstick texture to suit lips.
Angler Catches Deer off Salem in 100-Pound Stride
Fisherman Arthur Daigle boasted of a 100 pound catch after lassoing a deer four miles offshore. A Bay warden ordered the animal released, and the incident unfolded near Salem Massachusetts.
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Salem
Mass
Arthur Daigle
Bae
Handy Button-Back Pattern 4067 by Anne Adams
Pattern 4067 offers a one piece jumper and blouse set in sizes 2 through 6. The button back enables flat ironing. yardage lists fabric needs and edging. Send sixteen cents and order the fall winter pattern book from The Cedar Rapids Gazette pattern department.
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Anne Adams
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Pattern Department
West 17Th Street
New York
N.Y
Uus
Cedar Rapids Gievelie Oncediog Raft
Pidith Avenue
New
Yok NO
Yanks Sinker Two Axis Ships Off Navarino Bay
Allied air action over the Mediterranean Saturday destroyed two large enemy supply ships in Navarino bay off Pylos Greece. American heavy bombers shot down several German and Italian fighters, while British torpedo planes hit a medium merchant vessel in the Ionian Sea. Italy claimed an Allied submarine loss and a British aircraft was disputed over Malta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Mediterranean
Navarino Bay
Pylos
Greece
Ionian Sea
Malta
Red Arms Output Hits All Time High
Pravda reports Soviet factories reached a new record in war material production for July to September. Aircraft and tank output in September rose six percent above schedule, with praise for metallurgists who sustained high grade metal despite losses in the Dnieper region and Don basin.
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Moscow
INS
Pravda
Dnieper
Don
U S State Dept Official in Russia Arrives with Admiral Standley
Loy Henderson, chief of the Russian section of the U S State Department, arrives in Moscow from Kuybyshev on Monday. He is accompanied by Admiral William H Standley, the American ambassador.
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U. S. State Dept
Russia
Moscow
Loy Henderson
United States State Department
Kuibyshev
William H. Standley
Henderson in Russia Amid Churchill Stalin Talks
Washington reports Lou Henderson has been in Russia for several weeks, officials said Monday, during the period when Winston Churchill conferred with Joseph Stalin.
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Washington
Lou Henderson
Russia
Tie
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Australians Near Crest of New Guinea Range
Australian forces push toward the Owen Stanley range after taking Efogi village the last Japanese base on the southern slope. They have driven Japanese back about 40 road miles toward Port Moresby while overtaking stragglers and reclaiming abandoned equipment.
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Efogi
New Guinea
Bula Island
Solomons
Ioribaiwa
Port Moresby
Moresby
Buna
New Federation of Labor Sets Up Challenge to AFL CIO
The Confederated Unions of America, an independent labor group with over 250 000 members, formed to challenge AFL CIO leadership. Matthew Smith of Detroit was elected president with A E Baker of St Louis as first vice president. Ernest Weaver of Chicago and J D Pruett of Houston elected to vice presidencies. Donald F Cameron named secretary treasurer. The federation pledged to support the war effort and secure workers rights during and after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Confederated Unions of America
Organization of Independent
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Organized Labor
Federation
Matthew Smith
Detroit
Mechanics Educational Society
Organization
A. E. Baker
St Louis
Welders, Cutters and Helpers Union
AFL
CIO
Smith
Ernest Weaver
Association of Communication Equipment Workers
J. D. Pruett
Houston
Texas
Independent Metal Workers Union
Donald F. Cameron
Associated Unions of America
Civilians to gain ample high protein foods for year
The Department of Agriculture announced ample civilian supplies of high protein foods for the next 12 months. Production will match the last year, with a 10 percent dip in some dairy products to meet military and lend-lease needs. Secretary Wickard urged 200 million extra chickens this fall and winter to boost civilian supplies to 500 to 600 million more pounds. Egg production and dry beans will be ample. grain stocks are at a two year level, but fish supply may drop 10 to 15 percent.
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Washington
INS
Department of Agriculture
Department
America
Wickard
Willkie Seeks Talks With Chinese Leaders in Chungking
Wendell Willkie reported a lengthy conference with Chou En-lai and planned further talks with Chiang Kai-shek on key UN issues. He also met Brig. Gen. Chennault and planned discussions with Stilwell as he studies China’s political and economic situation and price rises.
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Chiang
Chiang Sei-shek
Holly Tong
Willkie
Ching
China
Egypt
Russia
Churc L. Chennault
Tak
Chennault
Joseph W Stilwell
United States
India
Burma
Christian Youth Speakers Promote Faith Based Freedom
A Cedar Rapids city wide Christian Youth rally vesper featured speakers Jack Williams Rebecca Stone and Mrs Robert Armstrong. They urged Christ centered sacrifice brotherly love and faith heritage as Harold Reeves led Are Ye Able and the youth choir sang Glorious Forever before about 300 attendees. Alma Turechek directed Rollin Oswald presided and several Misses lit candles with flag bearers Donna Cheney and Fred Sloan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
Jack Williams
River Forest
Coe College
Rebecca Stone
Robert Armstrong
Williams
Harold Reeves
Rachmaninoff
Alma Turechek
Rollin Oswald
City Council of Christian Youth
Bernice Hollan
Margaret Hesser
Dorothy Demery
Charlotte Trewin
Mary Davis
Bonnie Bean
Donna Cheney
Fred Sloan
Ten Die as Army Plane Crashes Near Botwood Newfoundland
New York report says a plane with 37 aboard crashed at Burwood Newfoundland on Saturday. Ten passengers died eight were injured including several army officers. The aircraft likely fell into the Atlantic Ocean off Botwood. hull split on impact. Salvage operations underway as limited communications hinder details. Two women survived with no apparent injuries.
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New York
Yten
Burwood
Newfoundland
Eastern Defense Command
First Army
Army
Atlantic Ocean
Botwood
Australian Official Praises U S Airmen Defense Efforts
Australian Air Minister Arthur S Drakeford praised United States airmen for their combative strength. He said US equipment sent to Australia is powerful in the air and checks the Japanese, who are now on the defensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
Ins
Arthur S Drakeford
United States
Drakeford
Desperate Journey and Other Screens at Local Theaters
Local schedules list showings across theaters Paramount Iowa State Palace Rialto Times and Marion featuring Desperate Journey The Big Street The Spirit of Stanford Mister V A Haunting We Will Go The Fleets In Mokey Sing Dance Plenty Hot West of Tombstone The Man Who Came to Dinner Joan of Paris Footlight Serenade Scattergood Rides High with listed times and venues.
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Iowa
Stanford
Tombstone
The Big Street at the Iowa theater with Runyon style charm
Damon Runyon's The Big Street stars Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball in a tale of Little Pinks, a bus boy in love with a gold digger, Her Highness. Gloria's fate shifts as Pinks cushions her through illness, hospital bills, and a Miami Beach escape.
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Henry Fonda
Lucille Ball
Barton MacLane
Eugene Palsette
Agnes Moorehead
Stanford
Frankie Albert
Marguerite Chapman
Iowa Theater
Little Pinks
Damon Runyon
Pinks
Broadway
Gloria
Hedy LaMarr
Jill
Florida
Miami Beach
Heiss Fonda
Pinkerton
Lucile Ball
Her Highness
Fonda
Agnes
Bill
Nadine Subotnik
First Contingent of French Labor Leaves for Reich
Paris dispatches report 133000 French workers depart with a unit of foremen from various factories under the Vichy regime. The initial transport aims to form complete factory crews for immediate service in Germany, part of Laval’s plan to send three skilled Frenchmen to Germany and fulfill Nazi labor needs.
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Viculy
France
Cap
Germany
Vichs
Paris
Inital Transoad
Pierre Lavals
Hitler
Broadway gossip and industry notes from Walter Winchell column
The column discusses sources for a Tuesday feature and bombings at a Jap airport, Actors Equity disputes, Canada’s 42 percent tax on American actors earning over 900, Versailles hotel‑troop logistics remarks, a capsule critique of Wine Women and Song, Morgenthau editors requesting bondslacker editorials, Sabotage selling 60 000 copies, and Cary Grant joining Gable’s group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Beach
Morgenthau
Bondslackers
Cary Grant
Gable
Complex 1940s Showbiz Snippets Mixed With Weaving Note
An assortment of fashion and entertainment items from a bygone era. Mentions of a weaving pattern 465, Edith Warren in Follies Girl, Martha Scott returning to The Willow and I, Georgia Sothern as a strip-teaser, Knopf’s boost for The Illustrious Dunderheads, and various film industry tidbits. Also notes NY Central service to uniformed men, J. Edgar Hoover, Dieppe raid book by Reynolds, Zanuck and West Point, Jack Haley, and a rebuilt Dixie hotel staff change.
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Edith Warren
Martha Scott
John Patrick
Vth Avenue
Georgia Sothern
Pic Mag
Knopf
Bill Crosby
Diaxie
Jimmy van Heusen
Johnny Burke
Horace Dodge
Doctors Hospital
New York Central
Cialis
Godwin
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Bennett Cerveé Wall
Reynolds
Dieppe
Hooper
Paramount
Cal
Darryl Zanuck
Darryl
Zanuck
West Point
Jack Haley
Haley
Jessel
Gaildobitean
Dixie Hotel
Fred
Campus strike prompts temporary shift at Minnesota corp
Readable fragments indicate a campus strike affecting Minnesota based operations. Harold Staessen steps in as conductor while workers return to Monday duties, signaling a management change during the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junabaapolis
Dupiises
Wes
The
Corporat of Minnesota
Gav
Harold Staessen
Coneuction
War Bonds urged with daily savings plea
A wartime guidance urges citizens to spend ten percent of each paycheck on War Bonds as a way to support the effort and conserve resources, stressing that every dollar saved counts toward the national cause.
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