Walter Winchell Gossip Column Cleaves Nightlife Storm
The column surveys a rain soaked night in New York with Walter Winchell style musings and snapshots from ACES About Town. It highlights Arlene Francis Morton Downey Jane Deering Sheila Barrett Mae West Maria Montez Dorothy Arnold Jessyca Russell Jean Lewis Rose Heitner Natacha Rambova and others in events at the Lyric Colony Majestic Club 18 and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlene Francis
Morton Downey
Wyoming
Woodruff
Cola
Fifth
Jane Deering
Madison
Sheila Barrett
Mae West
Lyric Theater
Forty-second Street
Maria Montez
Colony
Dorothy Arnold
Nazi Shift From West Into Italy Ahead Of Futa Pass
American troops moving north of Florence press toward the Futa pass as Germans shift forces from the west to block the Apennine gateway. In rain, forces seize five mountain peaks near Santa Lucia and near the pass while Fifth Army units reach Pietrasanta and Camaiore areas along the Lucca–Masssa highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Florence
Futa Pass
Apennines
Italy
Santa Lucia
Fifth Army
Ligurian Sea
Pietrasanta
Lucca-Massa
Viareggio
Camaiore
Yanks Weary of German Civility in Occupied Rhine Border
American reporters describe Germans in the Eupen Malmedy area warming to Allied troops while GIs doubt civilian friendliness. Some residents profess anti Nazi views, but many hide uniforms or pose as Belgian citizens. Authorities aid in rounding up suspected Wehrmacht men amid widespread bomb refugees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Frankish
Kornelimunster
Germany
G.i’s
Rhineland
Pfad
Wehrmacht
Hitler
Eupen-Malmedy
Kolossal German War Drive Captivates Old Residents
Inhabitants in the streets stare in awe as hundreds of tanks trucks jeeps and troops roll toward the front in a colossal display of power. Older residents praise the spectacle and mutter Kolossal as the long convoy winds onward.
Propaganda Uses Earthquake Fear to Boost Japanese Morale
Chinese leaflets on the Salween front compare U S B 29 raids to the 1923 Great Kanto quake to shake Kyushu troops morale. Prisoners report low morale, lack of home letters for over a year, and statements from captives note that Japan doubles production while awaiting victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Salween
Kyushu
Japan
Russian Railways Consume Large Share of Coal Output
Railways in Russia use more than 30 percent of the nation’s coal production, highlighting the sector’s heavy fuel demand and its impact on energy logistics and industrial output.
General and Doughboys Trap German Column in France
Major general and a small group of 10 Americans halted a 117-vehicle Nazi column for 15 minutes in Marchiennes France, using small arms while waiting tanks circled to ambush. The Germans fled into fire from tanks. 300-plus enemy troops were killed, 60 captured, and only one American casualty reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
America
Roy Craft
San Francisco
Marchiennes
France
Pvt
Lyle B. Doak
Grundy Center, Sr
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Magazine Digest
Jessyca
Club 18
Jackie Gleason
Jean Lewis
Broadway
Helen Hayes
Harriet
Jean
Shanghai
Gilbert Miller
See
Darling
Rose Heitner
Eugene Casey
Brooks Atkinson
Times
John J. Astor
Tucky French
Benson Hayes
Frenchman's Creek
Seine River
P-W
Berlin
Associated Press
Arnhem
Pulatsk
Bologna
State of
Iowa
Linn County
Harold L. Koubagate
Vida E. Kguba
Willis A. Glassgow
Carney
M. J. Raftis, Mer
ZNO Ave. S.E
Merchants National Bank
Lydia E. Pinkham
Hal Boyle
The
Reich
Belgium
Les Boches
Craft
Laws Hamm Brewing
Tuana
Rom
Great Northwest
Hamm
Theo. Hamm Brewing CO
St. Paul, Minnesota
KXEL
Deeler
Uncle Sam
Lwt
Ford Nubitt
SEARS
C. C. Motor Oil
Pennsylvania
Ford
Third Ave
Chevrolet
Plymouth
Sears Saey
Cedar Rapids
Chamber OF
Red Cross
Free Army and Navy Motion Pictures
Linn County Office OF Civilian Defense
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