Terse Hollywood Rumors and Personal Skirmishes
A bustling Hollywood gossip column items include Dorothy Kilgallen noting Betty Grable and George Raft rift humor, Rita Hayworth tour plans with Victor Mature, and Luise Rainer and Bill Arnolda elopement rumors. Bettes Davis denies marriage rift with Arthur Farnsworth while Bette Davis rumored. Eddie DeLange to resume Hit Parade songs under sponsor Low-
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Victor Mature
Rita Hayworth
Madeleine Webb
Bedford Hill
Suzy
Steve) Hannagan
Chatham
Luise Rainer
Bill Arnolda
Maryland
Gene Fowler
Bette Davis
Arthur Farnsworth
Mbr
Eddie DeLange
Low
Broadway gossip and industry moves mix in early 1940s chatter
The column surveys entertainment figures amid wartime shifts, noting bearded cartoonists, actors like Dolly Haas and Ginny Simms, and industry bets on directors, producers, and new venues. It references marriage talks, postwar plans, and Army Navy reshuffling impacting wartime broadcasting and productions.
Our Enemies Are Realists in Wartime Reflection
The piece contrasts two Roosevelt era reactions to Japanese murder of captured U S flyers after the Doolittle raid. It argues Nazi and Japanese foes ignore laws of war, use terror, and kill to win, urging a ruthless, realist, all-out response. It cites deliberate killings, bombing, and conscription abuses as proof that enemies treat war as survival, not sportsmanship.
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Roosevelt
Tokyo
Hitler
Hirohito
Retroactive Exemption Keeps 48-Hour Week Rule Safe
A newspaper excerpt recalls Manpower Commissioner McNutt granting a retroactive blanket exemption from the 48-hour work week, preventing potential legal action in a critical shortage area. It notes public concern over the timing and possible consequences. The piece also touches on biology claims about maturity, social jokes, and potato price factors.
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McNutt
Germany's small business purge reshapes wartime economy
Raymond Clapper reports from Stockholm on Germany squeezing out small retailers to tighten civilian economy amid manpower and material shortages. The move disrupts private distribution, risks fueling postwar upheaval, and stirs domestic resentment while leaders like Goering and Goebbels face criticism as underground power shifts emerge.
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Raymond Clapper
Stockholm
Germany
Sweden
Baltic
Britain
Hitler
Berlin
Reichstag
Goering
Wanted Women in War Industry Offers Realistic Path to Factory Work
Ruth Millett reviews the book Wanted: Women in War Industry, a practical guide for housewives and office workers to enter war plants. It outlines open jobs, required aptitudes, job acquisition, and factory life, aiming to motivate women to join six million expected in 1943 and support wartime production.
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Ruth Millett
No fundamental reason war production cannot be permanent
Francis Biddle asserts no economic barrier to sustaining wartime production. George Mardikian, a West Coast restaurateur and WWI Armenian refugee, emphasizes citizen responsibility to ensure America remains a global leader.
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Francis Biddle
America
George Mardikian
West Coast
Latin Americans in Minnesota highlight melting pot idea
A Star Journal photo shows nine Latin Americans arriving in the Twin Cities for air training, underscoring Latin America's assimilation into American society. The piece contrasts diversity with Europe and argues that the Western Hemisphere is a grand experiment in democracy, with mixed origins rather than a single type shaping its people.
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O’tooles
Kossevitskys
Michelopouloses
Notre Dame
Star! Journal
Tyers
Twin Cities
Latin America
Oscar Roca Greene
Joe de la Oliva Espinosa
Peru
Efren Cenez O'Bannon
Mexico
Danilo Frey
Lntina
Alberto Schlesinger
Harold Zawadsky
Hernando Rodrigo de la Cruz
Gustavo Lopez
Colombias
Carlos F. Vargas
Costaica
A Greene
An O'Bannon
Schlesinger
Zawadsky
Frey
Joe
Jose
Pepe
O'Higgins
Cochrane
Alessandri
Suberceseaux
Marmaduke Grove
Americas
Italy
Attila
Europe
Thoughts Before Battle in Tunisia by Ernie Pyle
Ernie Pyle recalls how soldiers cope with fear and humor before combat. He describes a night evading shellfire with song, a hilltop siege where mortars misfire, and a living casualty of war as Captain Russell Wight faces danger yet remains admired by his men.
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Ernie Pyle
Tunisia
Chow
Fanny
London
New York
Long Island Railroad
Russell Wight
Messerschmitts
Captain Wight
Cambridge
Mass
Poppy Day Is Set In Huron By Mayor Proclamation
May 29 designated as Poppy Day in Huron with Mayor J S Yschetter issuing the proclamation. Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion will have volunteers selling poppies on the streets to aid veterans and their families in need. Each poppy symbolizes loyalty and sacrifice of national heroes.
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Hollywood
Mac
Bollywood
Huron
J. S. Yschetter
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
American Legion
Tschetter
War ration dates and services in calendar notes
May 21 coupons expire and May 22 become valid for line ration books. Stamp 12 and Stamp 43 expire or become valid on specified dates. May 31 inspectors’ deadline for gas line ration books and red stamps expire. Shoes and coffee stamps listed with expiry times. Civilian Defense classes meet weekly at Junior High School Building. Red Cross details and contacts provided.
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Messenger Service
C. P. Parrétt
Dewey and Willkie Lead National GOP Preference Poll
A nationwide Gallup poll shows Dewey 38 percent and Willkie 28 percent as the top Republican presidential choices among seven leading prospects. MacArthur Bricker and Stassen follow, with no candidate yet declared, as party conventions determine nominating dynamics.
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George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N. J
Go.p
Dewey
New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Douglas MacArthur
Brickey
Ohio
Stassen
Minnesota
Willkie
MacArthur
Bricker
Saltonstall
Warren
Navy
Wendell Willkie
Alfred M. Landon
Sioux Falls Tractor Crash Claims Fatality
Thomas Gaffney Jr a 3 Sioux liquor dealer died from injuries after a tractor overturned at a farm yard east of Sioux Falls The accident occurred Monday as he drove vehicles around the yard Deputy Sheriff and Doggett reported He was a local small man known for tractor mishaps this spring.
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SIOUX_ FALLS
Thomas Gaffney
Here
Gaffney
Doggett
Department Store Hires Its Customers
A St Louis department store solved staff shortages by hiring customers as in charge account workers. Manager Maurice Hirsch reports the plan works and yields capable spare time sales help. London water supply comes largely from the River Thames.
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ST. Louts
Advo
Maurice Hirsch
London
River Thames
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