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wartime columns and morale notes mix of celebrity anecdotes
A wartime social column blends exhortations for civilian sacrifice with humorous sketches of stars and public figures. It cites Captain Colin Kelly and Jon Mason Brown amid anecdotes about Zeppo Marx, Bing Crosby, Tyrone Power and Myrna Loy, plus quips from Reuben’s and Toots Shor’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Channel
Bataan
Wake
Colin Kelly
Bing Crosby
Great Bend
Ty Power
Darryl Zanuck
20Th Century-Fox
Hazel Scott
Hollywood
MGM
Burgess Meredith
Wm. Saroyan
G. O. Welles
Myrna Loy