Red Skelton and Ann Rutherford Top Theatres Crowd
Ann Rutherford and Red Skelton headline with Skelton in Whistling in Brooklyn at the Princess Theatre. The revue spans a plot of mistaken arrests a fake publicity stunt and a gangsters' plot with Wally Benton escaping capture. Also highlights Rosemary Lane and Jean Rogers in Roxy Theatre appearances and a Nine Girls stage musical with a starry cast.
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Ann Rutherford
Red Skelton
Want Skelton
Brooklyn
Princess Theatre
Red
Wally Benton
the Fox
Wally
Ebbets Field
Battling Beavers
Brooklyn Dodgers
Dodgers
Jean Rogers
Ragland
Sam Levene
Ray Collins
Henry O'Neill
Ann
Hitler Gang Truths Told at Princess Theatre
The film The Hitler Gang arrives Wednesday at the Princess Theatre revealing the Nazi era’s black history. Cast members Robert Watson Martin Kosleck Alexander Pope Luis Van Rooten Victor Varconi portray Hitler and leaders with striking accuracy.
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Princess Theatre
Hitler
Himmler
Goering
Hess
Goebbels
Hollywood
Pase
Fuehrer
Germany
John Farrow
Joseph
N Party
Robert Watson
Martin Kosleck
Alexander Pope
Luis van Rooten
Victor Varconi
Wounded Private Sees Sights in Britain
Pfc Earnest Maddox of Decatur 2 part of a unit of wounded invasion veterans touring British countryside while recuperating in Wales. He was wounded early in Cherbourg from a mortar shell and hopes to see his wife and 13 month old baby before returning to combat. FOR SALE: 2 electric irons 1 two burner hot plate 132 Automatic Pistol 1309 9th Ave E.
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Earnest Maddox
Decatur 2
Britain
Pfc
Maddox
Cherbourg
Wales
Jerry
9Th Ave
Erskine Johnson Debuts as Actor in Trocadero Musical
Renowned syndicated entertainment columnist Erskine Johnson makes his film debut in the Roxy musical Trocadero, playing a newspaper man in search of a Sunday story. The film stars Rosemary Lane Johnny Downs and Dick Purcell with an ensemble including Ralph Morgan and Gus Arnheim’s orchestra. Johnson, famed for radio interviews, is hailed as potential leading man material despite skepticism.
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Erskine Johnson
Johnson
Rosemary Lane
Johnny Downs
Dick Purcell
Ralph Morgan
Marjorie Manners
Sheldon Leonard
Gus Arnheim
Matty Melneck
Bob Chester
Eddie LeBaron
Radio Rogues
Win Mannone
Ida James
The
Stardusters
Bayonne’s Bayonet Invention and Sioux Word Meaning
A claim states the bayonet originated in Bayonne France during the 17th century. It also notes Dakota translates to alliance of friends in Sioux.
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Bayonne
France
Dakota
Leaves From A War Correspondent Notebook
War notebook dispatch from France details a humorously grim exchange between an American MP, Pvt. Carl Willmy, and a German MP officer. They compare methods for handling speeders and A W O L soldiers, revealing harsh discipline and front line penalties.
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France
Pvt
Carl Willmy
Patchogue
N. Y
Willmy
Soli
Dri
First Marine Officer John Trevett Joins Columbus in 1775
Lt. John Trevett became the first Marine officer to report for duty aboard a Navy ship when he boarded the Columbus in 1775. The text also notes the earth’s equatorial circumference as 24,902 miles and the meridional 24,860 miles.
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John Trevett
Chilean nitrate plant to aid Alabama farmers
A new $12,000,000 Chilean nitrate plant with 200,000 tons annual capacity is under construction in Auburn. It is expected to be completed well ahead of the 1944 45 farming season. L. O. Brackeen, Alabama Extension Service formation director, outlined a streamlined fertilizer program.
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Auburn
Ala
L. O. Brackeen
Alabama Extension Service
Mystery for Roxy Screen Delights Audiences Today
The Roxy Theatre opens Nine Girls an adaptation from a Broadway hit promising a top mystery thriller. The cast features Evelyn Keyes Jinx Falkenburg and Anita, presented as glamorous detectives in a police plot.
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Nina Foch
Lynn Merrick
Roxy Theatre
Evelyn Keyes
Jinx Falkenburg
Jeff Donnell
Leslie Brooks
Marcia Mae Jones
Anita Louise
Shirley Mills
Water content figures and bread waste statistics
The notes list water percentages for foods: milk 87 percent, watermelon 92.4 percent, porterhouse steak 60 percent, cod 82.6 percent, and egg 74 percent. It adds that two slices of bread wasted weekly per home amount to about three million loaves wasted annually.
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Skelton
Louise
Ann Harding
Dolso
Gary Cooper
Frances Dee
George Raft
Strand Theatre
Hitler Gang
Wie
Sick Purcell
Cliff Nazarro
le Ct
Hal Boyle
A.w.o.l’s
Hartselle, Ala
Eddie Bracken
Betty Hutton
Witten
Diegotnd
Ty Preston Sturges
Robert Cummings
Samuel Bronston
Jack
Pau
Arts Starrett
Ed Rervers
Robin Hood OF the
Brian Aherne
Loretta Young
Richard Wallace
Miss Jeff Donnell
William Wright
Sidney Toler
Gale Sondergaard
Blanche Yurka
Capitol
Neil Hamilton
Doris Day
Victor Vardoni
Charles Wilson
Tom Neal
Ann Savage
J. Carrol Naish
Ward Bond
Dorothy Tree
Ninate
Desert Hawk
Roxy
Rags” Ragland
Jean - Rogers
William O'Neill - Frawley
Ona
Paramount
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