Caribbean 274 Conspiracy Intrigue in San Juan
Anne Heywood, daughter of a wealthy Puerto Rican newspaper publisher, travels to San Juan on assignment and becomes entangled with Miguel Valera and Pete Wilcox as Richard Taussig and others plot. In a shadowed alleyway Anne confronts danger and secrets as Miguel and Taussig move toward a tense encounter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Heywood
Newak
Puerto Rso
Pete Wilfe
U. S. Army Intelligence
el Valera
United States
Richard Taussig
Russ Porter
Sue
Pete
Iguel Valera
Anne
Valera
Anyus
Theilitary Police
Allen Street
Bray Street
Granada
Pete Wilcox
Miguel Valera
Ethermore
Fortaleza
San Juan
Paris
Marseilles
Tunis
Richard
Mr. Taussig
Taussig
Miguel
Gent
World War II 16 mm films bring home to front line troops
Army Overseas Motion Picture Service ships fresh Hollywood features and shorts to combat zones as Films for Fighting Men. 189 pictures weekly across 63 prints per program, shown to soldiers, wounded in hospitals, and allied forces, with priority to keep morale high and relax battle stress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Army Overseas Motion Picture Service
War Department
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Red Cross
USO
Army Motion Picture Service
Army
Pearl Harbor
South Pacific
Sicily
Mussolini
Italy
Brehon Somervell
Army Service Forces
Army Morale Films Reach Troops Across Pacific Theater
Soldiers in the Pacific see an average of over 40 first run films weekly, surpassing civilian cinema exposure. Morale chief Maj. Gen. Frederick Osborn notes films like G I Movies and Screen Magazine travel by air, sea, and road to camps, with mobile teams delivering premieres even in waterlogged foxholes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pacific
Pacific Island
Army
G.I
Screen Magazine
Army Service Forces
U. S
Frederick Osborn
Morale Services
Guadalcanal
Finschhafen
New Guinea
Alfalfa Seed Buyers Seek Samples in Montana
Seed Division of Ridding Mere Co. Hysham Mont invites suppliers to send Common Grimm Cossack and Ladak alfalfa seed samples for quotations.
Sergeant Patents Chute Marks Airdrop System
An army sergeant patented a special delivery parachute for dropping weapons and supplies with patrol troopers. His article carrier was demonstrated in 1929 at Brooks Field Texas when a machine gun parachuted down with its crew of three and all began action 20 seconds after landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks Field
Texas
Women in British aircraft industry reach high share
The article notes that 40 percent of workers in British aircraft firms are women. It cites inspection and viewing roles at 82 percent women in one firm and 90 percent women on riveting at another. A firm reportedly replaced 500 men with 500 women in three months with no drop in output.
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Brenda Conrad
Army and Navy
Pacific Theater
Frederick H. Osborn
U. S. Army
Morale Services Division
Overseas Motion Picture Service of
Pacific
Naval Stations
Osborn
South Sea
Radio City
New York
Osborne
Beauty School
Anderson
Billings and Bozeman, Mont
BEE Supplies
Smith's Bee Supply
Lewis Avenue
Billings
Mont
Leggat Hotel
Butte
Roll
Grosz Studio
Moorhead
Minera
Great Falls
Malta
Montana
Chute
Were
Kk A
Nate
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Bell-ans
WNU
Doan
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