Theater and film news blur in breezy review note
A fragmentary column lists George Jean Nathan’s new Theater Book of the Year and snippets on Jerome Kern's score for Can't Help Singing Deanna Durbin Virginia North Mrs A Hummert and She Mark Sandrich Love a Soldier Blues by Basie Bertha Serrano Havana Madrid Strange Affair Warner Jammin the Blues and a soldier's encounter with a young woman amid wartime memory Also notes Edward Banta false framing case Lt True Davis divorce Joan Mitchell ink spot family ransack Norman Corwin Robe signing and Scotch shipment figures
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George Jean Nathan
New Theater
Jerome Kern
Universal
Deanna Durbin
Virginia North
Mrs. A. Hummert
Mark Sandrich
Paramount
Basie
Columbia
Bertha Serrano
Havana-Madrid
Warner
Edward Banta
True Davis
Norman Corwin
Mervyn LeRoy
Broadway gossip and political jabs from the Winchell column
Walter Winchell chronicles a volley of New York society scenes and political glimpses. Billie Burke exits the Ziegfeld, Louella Parsons denies presidential picks, Drew Pearson eyed for a Life profile, and Daniel Longwell departs after guarding pro-Dewey captions.
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Billie Burke
F. Ziegfeld
Ziegfeld
Louella Parsons
Drew Pearson
Jack Alexander
Daniel Longwell
Life
F.D.R
Choo-Choo Johnson
Sherry-Netherlands
Charles Butterworth
Lady Mead
St. Regis
Charine Edna Eckert
Sinking of 50 Jap Vessels Work of Filipino Guerillas
Lt. Leon Tinnell recounts seven months behind enemy lines on Mindanao aiding Filipino guerillas. He says information from the mission helped sink over 50 Japanese ships and reveals guerilla strength, discipline, and collaboration with American Rangers as they prepare to confront the Japanese in the Philippines.
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American Rangers, Philippines
Leon Tinnell
Army Air Forces
St. Louis
Mindanao
Philippines
Tinnell
Homonhon Island
Leyte Gulf
Luzon
Manila
Golf Balls Sent to U S Prisoners of Nazis in German Camps
New York AP reports the War Prisoners Aid of the YMCA sent 500 golf balls to Geneva for transfer to American prisoners of war in German camps. Clubs for 100 players accompanied the shipment.
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New York
Y.M.C.A
Geneva
War prisoners in Germany lead a country club life
War Prisoners Aid describes German prison camps where inmates play on miniature golf courses bordered by barbed wire. A fixed guard gallery with machine guns, and other prison conditions, are noted as part of camp life.
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Germany
War Prisoners Aid
Ryan Aeronautical Wins Navy Contract for Fighters
San Diego report notes Ryan Aeronautical securing a navy contract worth 40 million dollars for fighter planes. The company plans full scale operations through 1945 and into 1946 as a result.
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San Diego
INS
Ryan Aeronautical Company
Democratic Solon Supports Dewey in California
Rep. John M. Costello of California announced he would support the Dewey Bricker ticket. As a Dies committee member, Costello condemned Democratic leaders including Browder and their allies, following his loss in the May primary to Hal Styles.
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John M. Costello
D-Calif
Dewey-Bricker
Democratic Party
Hillman, Browder
Costello
Dies Committee
Hal Styles
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