Bob Hope delays scene by stealing shot from film star
Hollywood gossip notes recount how Bob Hope allegedly stole a scene from Jean Arthur and Lee Bowman for The Impatient Years forcing reshoots at Columbia Pictures. Other items mention Cole Porter and Xavier Cugat for Night and Day, Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce, Kate Smith’s Sunday radio return, Pat O'Brien recording a Knute Rockne pep talk, and Jay Jostyns sea captain role.
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Bob Hope
Columbia Pictures
Jean Arthur
Lee Bowman
Jean
Lee
Irving Cummings
Mr. Hope
Warner Bros
Cole Porter
Xavier Cugat
Metro
the Waldorf
Cugat
Pat O'Brien
Raiders
Knute Rockne
San Diego
O’brien
Rock
The Swoose Pilot Recalls a Philippine Air Battle
Lieutenant Colonel Frank Kurtz recounts the flight of the Flying Fortress The Swoose and Old 99 during a fierce encounter with Japanese Zeros near Clark Field. As planes fall away and ammunition runs low, pilot Jack Adams executes a daring belly landing and escapes as a Zero circles the debris field.
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Frank Kurtz
Mindanao
Gibbs
Harry Schreiber
del Monte
Shorty
Pease
Lee Coats
Jack Adams
Vandevanter
Jack
Bill Railling
Flight Crew Crash and Evacuation Tale From the Pacific
A wartime memoir fragment recounts a crash landing in a rice paddy near Mindanao, capture and training with a Filipino artillery unit, a perilous evacuation to Panay and then Australia, and a near-miss departure from Del Monte Field as General MacArthur’s party arrived by air. It notes radio intelligence, the Australian coast defense, and the desolate Batchelor Darwin area.
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Railling
Masbate Island
Panay
Chynoweth
19Th
Mindanao
Australia
Jack Adams
Bill Railling
Manila Bay
Caygay‘en
Davao
Old del Monte Field
del Monte
General MacArthur
Pease
19Th Bombardment Group
Godman
Sharp
MacArthur
Radio Tokyo
Batchelor Field
Darwin
RAAF
Royal Australian Air Force
Batchelor
Supreme Court Play by Play Sparks Public Wit and Warnings
A cluttered column riffs on Supreme Court decisions and public reaction. It notes a 5 to 4 split overturning a 75‑year ruling, mocks appellate dynamics, and contrasts legal debates with pinball scoring. Also mentions Hitler imagery, Mussolini, Normandy notes, and a $60 OPA threat fine.
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Supreme Court
Stone
Hugo Black
High Court
Beautiful nightgown pattern instructions and yardage data
The notice describes a one piece nightgown with a deep neckline and trim waist achieved by a shirred finish with ribbon ties. It lists Barbara Bell Pattern No 1990 for sizes 12 through 42 and No 1982 for children's sizes, along with fabric yardage requirements and a note on higher demand due to war conditions. Orders should be sent to the specified address.
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Barbara Bell
Unclear text with dialogue on comfort and driving etiquette
Fragmentary OCR shows scattered phrases about a summer cottage, a head like mine, and a Q A style exchange. Mentions a nanny, a fanny, and a drive related question. No coherent event, person, or organization can be established.
Ain't It So Marge Mom Trouseau Question
A light exchange defines a brides fashion a trousseau as the clothes a bride keeps wearing for years after the wedding.
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Marge
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Virginia Vale
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Warners
Joan Crawford
Them
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Miss Crawford Reby
Dane Clark
Kate Smith
Milyot
Sunuday
We the People
Sil- Gerver Theater
EWT
Jay Jostyn
Jay
Fadie Cantor
New York
Serv Dece
Hollywood
Eddie eMill
Harry Convoy
NBC
Jimmy Wallington
Appudience
Roy Kyser
Rocky Mount
N. C
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Jackie 100
Indiana
Mme
W.N.A
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THE
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Police Court
Blackstone
Hitler
Rome
Il Duce
Margaret Mann
Adolf Hitler
Normandy
Mussolini
der Fuehrer
ODT
OPA
Davenport
Iowa
Fanny
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago
Clay
Lydia EB
Pinkham
Lydia
Haala
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