Broadway with Walter Winchell Star Spangled Headlines
Bing Crosby rumored Washington bound to enlist but not eligible for the army. Darryl Zanuck quits Twentieth Century Fox. Hazel Scott earns a $1000 MGM bonus. Gilbert Gabriel becomes an army officer in Alaska. Myrna Loy linked to Myrna Lisa. Allen theater figures, fashion, and war bond chatter fill a vivid Broadway vignette.
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Bing Crosby
Barney Gallant
Greenwich Village
Ty Power
Darryl Zanuck
Twentieth Century-Fox
Hazel Scott
Hollywood
MGM
Burgess Meredith
William Saroyan
G. O. Welles
Myrna Loy
Gilbert Gabriel
Alaska
War Department
Gil
Saratoga
David O. Selznick
Sam Goldwyn
Sam
Allied Air Attack Hits Buka Island Base in Solomons Raid
Allied planes bombed the Japanese air base on Buka Island in the Solomons in a night strike, with five tons dropped on the target area and an attack on a harbor destroyer. Medium bombers also hit Lae in New Guinea, while fighting around Kokoda showed a lull as Japanese defenses remained subdued.
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MacArthur
Buka Island
Solomons
United States Marine
Milne Bay
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Buka
Bougainville
Lae
RAF Fighter Commands Damaging German Air War Tactics
From Sept 3 1941 to Thursday RAF home based fighter command reports nearly a thousand enemy aircraft destroyed in western Europe, equating to about 80 full German squadrons. Some 200 night raiders were shot down over Britain by night fighters anti aircraft and other weapons. RAF losses are listed at 700 aircraft.
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RAF
Bomber Command
Germany
Europe
Britain
R.A.F
New Civilian Defense and Fire Defense Classes Announced
Grant building hosts a general course at 7 30 p.m. Thursday with make up options for missed sessions. A fire defense class starts Sept 10 at 7 30 p.m. at the YWCA led by George Newland. Moose Lodge offers gas defense with instructor R K Watters, first meeting Sept 1, at lodge premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Building
Grant
George Newland
The
Moose Lodge
Jack Dahl
R. K Watters
Watters
Allies strike around Kokoda in third attack day
Allied planes in a major one day push hit enemy troops around Kokoda, with fighters strafing ground troops and bombers striking concentrations and installations. In Milne Bay, Australian forces under Major General Cyril Clowes pressed operations against isolated detachments in the jungle.
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Moresby
South New Guinea
Kokoda
Milne Bay
Cyril Clowes
RAF Calls US Air Force Entry A Key War Event
London AP reports the Royal Air Force named the entry of United States army air forces into the western front aerial war as a standout event of the war’s third year. The review cites precision bombing by B 17s and Liberators, Mustangs with IX Bomber Command, and Dieppe air operations as notable parts of Allied air effort.
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London
United States Army Air Forces
R.a.f.s
Air Ministry
Coastal Command
Army Cooperation Command
Dieppe
Britain
Russia
Iowa Baptists to Open 10th Retreat Saturday
Iowa Falls hosts the tenth annual Iowa Baptist retreat beginning Saturday under Lavern Stratton of Charles City as chair. Speakers include Rev. Jewel L. Pickett of Keokuk, president of the Iowa Baptist ministers council, for a two day session.
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Iowa Falls
Iowa Baptists
Lavern Stratton
Charles City
Jewel L. Pickett
Keokuk
Iowa Baptist Ministers Council
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Walter Winchell
Tore
Mr. Billingsley
Mr. B
Emos
Russell Mack
Senate
Newark
Ralph Ingersoll
Disney
Thumper
Flower
Zero Mostel
L. B. Mayer
George Hamilton Combs, Jr
Senor E. Baleste
Nelson Rockefeller Committee
Alma Lee
Radio City Music Hall
Victor Mature
Souseloni
North Solomons
Feedoe Priekies Torbay
Friskies
P. O
Oconomewoc
Wis
Marjorie Reynolds
Bing Crosby Sitar
Irving Berlin
Paramount
Fred Astaire
Virginia Dale
Walter Abel
U. S. Air Force
Iowa
Ase
Penney Company
Penney Companys
Takes
America
Rayons
Daced
Rondo
Percales
Chesterfield and Hyde Park
Marvelspan Rayons
England
Wonderspun Rayons
Wonderspun Plain Rayons
Penney
Ylave
Tee
Townclad
Wales
Trish Styles
Joe F. Mateju
Mateju
Stan
Mateju Tailors
Third Street
Standard Tire Co
First Avenue and
First Street NE
DIAL
Saad Tebe
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