Broadway whispers and bets mix with show business moves
Midtown restaurant owner tracks 150000 in cash for Roosevelt bets and cites lack of four figure Dewey wagers. Allan Chase plots new Falange themed novel Five Arrows due from Random House. Don Taylor and Phyllis Avery rumored to wed making thirteenth stage couple. Casting for Mike Todd operetta Way Up in Central Park rumored to boost stars. Norse Grill waitress nicknamed The Bomber tests screen potential. Lorraine Dresselhuys backs upcoming Rhapsody duo musical. Ann Baxter lauds visits to The Big Burg. Ruth Chatterton’s red coat draws attention at Stork. Nat Brandwynne headlines Starlight Roof tunes. Top cops scout shopping district for visitors’ impression. French chocolate shops proliferate with high prices. Shirley Temple’s mother calls her Shirl. Ex doorman at Palace now at Columbia casting. Frank Loesser’s My Guitar praised. Mrs Markethridge Willie noted. Sgt Ivan McMannay, wounded vet, seeks journalists in person.
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Mike Todd
Central Park
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the Waldorf
Shirley Temple
Shirl
Palace Theater
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Frank Loesser
No Mean City
Simeon Strunsky
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NY. Times
New York
Plea for blood donors and Hollywood chatter on March 22
A Cedar Rapids Gazette compact notes call to donate blood, plus a parade of show topic tidbits and celebrity mentions. Mike Todd seeks bigger action, Frankie Meadows headlines at Fifty-second Street Swing Club, and various stars pose in a breezy, gossiping column.
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THE
Cedar Rapids
Mike Todd
Frankie Meadows
Fifty-second Street
Buster West
Columbia Pictures
Mike
Moffett
Hamburg
Heaven
NELORE promised to relieve psoriasis symptoms today
If you suffer from psoriasis NELORE offers relief by external application that removes scales and crusts gently while soothing itching. A $150 jar is advertised with money back guarantee and availability at May's Drug Stores Schillig Drug Stores Liggett's and other drugstores.
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May’s
Schillig Drug Stores
Liggett’s
London tabloids note scattered film and TV gossip
A collage mentions ukulele Ike leaving a ukulele in a Cub safe, a neon sign reading Waitress Wanted in LA, troops delousing Nazi POWs on Forty-fifth Street, Bette Davis star status with Mr Skeffington, Joy Schuyler entering Broadway, CBS bans Sinatra jokes, Jon Hall in San Diego I Love You, Pauline Bruce joining the Royal Canadian Air Force, and Marge Connors running against Clare Luce as a femme fatale agent.
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Cliff Edwards
Ike
L. A
Forty-fifth Street
Pomonia
CBS
Sinatra
Jon Hall
Hollywood
Marge Connors
Clare Luce
F. B
Posthumous Honor For Eric Knight
Maj. Eric Knight an English born author and army officer was awarded the Legion of Merit posthumously for aiding the army in explaining the war to its fighting men He was with the army information branch and died in a plane crash in South America in January 1943 Knight wrote This Above All and The Flying Yorkshire
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Washington
Eric Knight
Legion of Merit
Army
Army Information Branch
South America
Notable Iowa City figure linked to Grant Wood and UNI
The text notes a man well known in Iowa City who served on the University of Iowa faculty in 1940 and 1941. It states he taught in the university writers' workshop in 1941 and was a close friend of the late Grant Wood.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
University Writers’ Workshop
Grant Wood
Republican Women Rally Over Slogan Swap or Sink
In Eugene Oregon Republican women voiced "Swap or sink" as a response to the Democrats urging not to change horses midstream. The line won first prize in the event.
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Eugene, Ore
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Navy Shirts and Lingerie Notice in Vintage Store Catalog
A vintage catalog page lists navy shirts, white lifle hose, and khaki twill garments. It highlights menswear accessories, printed gowns in satin or crepe, khaki or navy cosmetic bags, and toiletries sets with polish and emery items. Prices range from 60 cents to five dollars.
Nationwide contest submission from Oregon GOP women clubs
Mrs. Condon E. Mc Cornack of Eugene submitted a nationwide contest entry conducted by Republican women’s clubs. The brief item notes the submission’s origin and organizer.
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Republican Women's Clubs
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