Full Employment Bill Debate Echoes 1945 Stance
WNU Washington Bureau correspondent surveys the full employment bill debate in 1945, noting opposition led by Senator Taft and support linked to Philadelphia Labor Organization resolutions. The piece links government job guarantees to veterans rights, civil service precedents, and incentives for private industry to create jobs.
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Honest film producer and widow find lasting love in Hollywood
Elizabeth, a widow who survived her first husband’s death in World War I, meets Spratt Herlong, a blunt, principled film producer. They fall for each other while navigating past wounds and career ambitions. Elizabeth reveals she cannot give total devotion, but Spratt accepts her as she is and they marry, building a settled life with three children.
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Spratt Herlong
Elizabeth
Arthur Kittredge
Tulsa
Arthur
Country Club
Los Angeles
Spratt
Grace
Hollywood
New York
Moving Pictures
California
Hollywood gossip on stage and screen stars and antics
Anita Gordon burst into film after a radio debut on Edgar Bergen shows and 20th Century Fox contract. Betty Hutton decorates a new set dressing room with a bleached walnut piano for on set rehearsals. Phillip Terry, seen as Joan Crawford’s husband, studied in London and rose in Hollywood. Lee McCarey cast ten extra girls as nuns in The Bells of St Mary’s to spark screen careers. Joan Crawford’s Mildred Pierce marks a comeback. Paramount allegedly confirms Dorothy Lamour’s Masquerade in Mexico voice as her own. ODDS AND ENDS mention Hanley Stafford, Dick Powell Rogue's Gallery, Ruth Brennan signing with Republic, and Ray Miland on The Trouble With Women publicity.
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Phillip Terry
New York
George White
RKO
Hollywood
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America
Paramount
Joan Crawford
Lee McCarey
Hanley Stafford
Daddy Higgins
Fanny Brice
Dick Powell
South America
Mrs. Powell
Ruth Brennan
Republic
Teresa Wright
Rose Hobart
Ray Milland
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