Diana Barrymore Sought for Film Lead in Eagle Squadron
Hollywood gossip notes Walter Wanger lined up Diana Barrymore for the femme lead in Eagle Squadron. She eyeing a release from stage contract may complicate filming. Redgrave seeks autographed Hedy Lemarr photo. Warners picks Sons of the Sea title for Atlantic Ferry. Virginia Hill halts party for the duration. Sam Goldwyn redirects Ball of Fire asset to Red Cross unit in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louella
Parsons
Hollywood
Walter Wanger
Barrymore
Jawn
Eagle Squadron
Diana
Kaufman-Ferber
New York
Elaine Barryt Barrymore
John
Walterini
Michael Redgrave
Hedy Bamarr
Michael
Dow
Hedy
Red“grave
Bessie Love
Bessie
England
Warners
Virginia Hill
Sam Goldwyn
Red Cross
Chicago
Lady Midas
Coast party cost over seven thousand dollars
The text notes a woman who plans to divert money she has spent on night clubs into defense bonds an amount described as not small for Uncle Sam. It mentions a last party on the coast that ran over $7,500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
French Move to Join Interests in Far East
Vichy names Admiral Jean Decoux as high commissioner for the Pacific and governor general of Indo China to coordinate French interests across Indo China New Caledonia Oceania India and the New Hebrides. The move follows Allied occupation of Portuguese Timor and aims to safeguard territories against surprise.
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Vichy
France
Jean Decoux
Pacific
Indo- China
Indo-China
New Caledonia
Océania
India
New Hebrides
Portuguese Timor
Radio Log Networks and The Center Choristers
Radio log lists multiple program blocks and hosts across networks and time slots. It records broadcasts including music orchestras, drama, news segments, and variety shows featuring performers such as Captain Midnight, Lowell Thomas, Amos and Andy, and The Three Suns.
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Nbe
W. van Dyne
Hank Ladé
Amos and
Andy
Ebs-Beare
Fulton, Lewis, Jr
Comment
Mbys
Europe
Lanny Ross
Cbs-Basic
Wbs
John Gunther
Blondie
CBS
Mbs
Lon
Dhs
Cal Tinney
The
Charioteers
Wallenstein
Red
True Or Fale
Dr. Hagen
Mbg
Elmer Davis
Chicago Opera Co
Mbs S
Minarets Go Swinging Above Sheikh Abdulla Tomb
Ripley describes two minarets known as the minari jumban rising over the tomb of Sheikh Abdulla, attracting visitors who climb to a platform between the towers. The structure sways alarmingly, linked in legend to a Persian slave story, while Occidentalist research attributes the motion to brick and mortar elasticity.
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Abdulla
Dorie
St Albans Names Civilian Defense Chairmen
Mayor W J H Knapp announces chairmen for civilian defense divisions and asks each to form a committee with names due soon in EC Colcord coordinates. Also notes Daughters of the Confederacy meeting postponed to Dec 25 and Woman's Club vote to buy defense bonds with 300 from savings.
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W. J. H. Knapp
Civilian Defense Organization
Colcord
Vivian McCormick
F. E. Short
R. S. Hamrick
A. K. Fenton
Thomas H. Blake
V. M. J. Nailey
C. H. Hawes
J. V. RB. Skinner
Jack Dawson
R. C. Pawson
Ralph C. May
G. H. Ellis
E. ©. Vaughan
Paul L. Brothers
River Patrol
W. J. Graham
The
Daughters of the Confederacy
J. S. Kesterson
Third Avenue
St. Albans Woman's Club
Local Christmas party highlights gifts and club events
The Sunshine Sewing club held a Friday Christmas party at Mrs. R Perry's home with Mrs. George Stern as co host. Gifts were exchanged and Christmas carols sung. Mrs. Knapp received a picture and a year's Sunshine magazine subscription for board members.
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Ing
Sunshine Sewing Club
R. Perry
Fifth Street
George Stern
D. C. Trowbridge
Baptist Ladies Aid
D. G. Grogan
West Virginia's 1941 auto taxes reach record high
Statewide motorists increased ownership and driving distance in 1941, with automotive tax receipts totaling 20,227,000 including 11,641,000 from gasoline taxes and 8,596,000 from fees. Secretary Farley warned of a potential postwar drop in highway user taxes and urged planning for longer term road improvements.
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West
Farley
Capitol Theaters Presents Katharine in a Galaxy of Stars
The Capitol showcases Kathleen with Shirley Temple Herbert Marshall Anne Day and Felix Bressart plus an MGM cartoon. Virginian features Ladies In Retirement with Ida Lupine Louis Hayward. Polo With the Stars includes Jack Oakie Linda Darnell George Murphy Walter Brennan. Playtime in Hawaii Adventures in Washington with Virginia Bruce Herbert Marshall. Shining Victory stars Geraldine Fitzgerald James Stephenson. Tom Dick and Harry with Ginger Rogers. Adam Had Four Sons stars Warner Baxter Ingrid Bergman. Dive Bomber features Errol Flynn Fred MacMurray. World Premier stars John Barrymore. Li’l Abner with Penny Singleton Arthur Lake. Bowery Blitzkrieg with Dead End Kids. Double Trouble stars Harry Langdon Charles Rogers. Lone Star Law Man with Tom Keene Betty Miles. Serial added. Mountain Moonlight stars Weaver brothers Elgiry and Border Vigilantes with William Boyd. Topper Returns with Joan Blondell Roland Young. The Blonde from Singapore stars Florence Rice Leif Erickson.
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Mearse
Jack Oakie
Linda Darnell
George Murphy
Walter Brennan
Hawaii
Washington
Virginia Bruce
Herbert Marshall
Geraldine Fitzgerald
James Stephenson
Custer
Tom
Harry
Ginger Rogers
Roland Young
Singapore
Florence Rice
Leif Erickson
Blackout prep tips and wartime safety measures
The article urges year round daylight saving if law allows to help workers reach home before blackouts. It highlights white paint on cars, curbs, and helmets to improve visibility and reduce accidents. It notes OCD Director La js Guardia seeks more air raid wardens and mentions local students spending holidays at home and relatives visiting after the patrolman’s ball.
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OCD
la Js Guardia
Medical Corps
W. I. Green
Enlistment and waste paper drive referenced by official
Notes from a national reporter discuss enlistment at police stations and a Waste Price Administrator campaign. He highlights waste paper as a material for making ammunition packaging and links a single waste paper leak to fire suppression in city apartments, implying broad civic impact.
Waste paper chutes and bullet boxes in apartments
Waste paper is dumped into floor chutes for baleing and transfer to defense. Currently many bullet boxes are rising through apartment house chimneys in smoke, reflecting ongoing waste management and wartime logistics.
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Diana Barrymore
Far East
Sue Christmas
Ron Your
Abbott Costello
Ala Bee Es Rialto
Singepore
Pils Joah Blondell
Roland Young In “Topper Returns
Jeanette MacDonald
McGuh
Des
Enos Tooay
Dazie Mae and the
Gang
Lil
Lowery Buftzkreid
Peu
Chai Downs
John Payne
Tom Smeapeed
Too Douglas Croat
Iane Seymour Revere
Frieda Imescort
J. Leonard Gates
Enlergti Btudla
Capitol Street
Drs. Collins & Collins
Street
Fice Medical
Aris
Ripley
Goose
John Missing
Hants,Eng
Attaking
Isphahan
Tran
Harden
St. Albans News
Municipal Auditorium
Entuutainment
Clowna — Magic Show
Danvers — Soues
Fun — and the
WGKV
Fraternal Order OF Eagles
Charleston Gazette
WGKYV
Salvation Army
American Red Cross
Enn
Ese
MGM
George L. Rhoads Fanmourne
Peggy
Okey Reed, Jr
South Charleston
Ashland
Reed
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
Dorothy Jane
Sgt
H. E. Alderson, Jr
Gary Dawson
Coal River Road
Dawson
Cumberland, Md
Eugene Casto
Milton
Morria Memorial Hospital
Burgess Meredith
Tom, Dick and
Warner Baxter
Inqrid Bergman
Fay Wray
Adam
Errol Flynn
Fred Mociirray
Ralph Ballemy
John Barrymore
Francis Farmer
Tom Keene
Lone Star ‘Law Men
Capitol
Kathleen
Shirley Temple
Anne Day
Felix Bressart
Ida Lupine
Louis Hayward
Polo
Personala Woots Davnes
Georgia ‘Tech
Jerry McCormick
J. Woody McCormick, Sr
Rensselaer Polytechnic College
Troy, N.Y
Rodger Harshbarger
Richmond Medical College
Richmond
Dorothy
Harshbarger
Randolph, Macon College
Lynchburg
Mra
W. H. Harshbarger
St Albans
Fred Short
Bart Conley
Marjorie Lee Zerkle
St. Catherine's School
Mrs
C. H. Zerkle
Eighth Avenue
Cobby Webb
D. A. Webb
Bill Matthews
N. H. Dolin
Greenbrier Military School
Fenerens
Iian
Henderson
Greenbrier
Elviry and Weaver Brothers
William Boyd Russell Hayden
Esman As
Fitzgerald
Stephen Bob Hope
Kernal Kash
City Produce Co
Noniree
Llanesiey
Oqomaker
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