Unity Salute This Evening Broadcasters United
A nationwide unity salute to broadcasting airs 7 to 8 pm across NBC CPS and MBS networks with a Roosevelt message read by Stephen Early. Programs originate mainly from the World’s Fair grounds in New York and San Francisco, plus future roundtable on Our National Defense featuring Knudsen Stettinius Hillman Henderson Davis Budd.
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New York
NBC
CPS
MBS
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
San Francisco
CBS
National Defense Commission
Washington
William Knudsen
E. R. Stettinius
Sidney Hillman
Harriet Elliot
Leon Henderson
Chester Davis
Ralph Budd
Europe
WEAF
WJZ
WABC
Josh Lee
National Defense
Camp Choir
Wings Over America
U.S. Coast Guard
Chautauqua Symphony
Phil Spitalny
CBS Symphony
Jessica Dragonette
Bob
Hawk
Wué
Red Cross
Father of Printing
Gooe Will
Italy Loses Amid Mixed War Casualty Reports
London reports from Egypt yesterday give British casualties as 30 killed or wounded and missing, while Italian losses show 20 killed 20 wounded and 472 captured. The true figures differ. 818 prisoners were taken and many Italians died or were wounded in the Fort Capuzzo campaign with many tanks and vehicles lost.
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London
Egypt
Fort Capuzzo
Patter son Takes Oath as Assistant Secretary of War
Sworn to war, Robert P. Patterson poses taking the oath in Washington as the new assistant secretary of war. The former judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in New York recently finished a month of drill at the Plattsburg officers training camp in New York.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
New York
Plattsburg, N. Y
Cast details for a 1940s romantic crime drama screening
The text outlines plot sparks and cast for a film featuring Geraldine Fitzgerald as Trish, with Pat O'Brien as a detective who dislikes returning Brent to prison, Binnie Barnes as a phony countess, Eric Blore as her partner, and Frank McHugh among others. It notes the film avoids revealing too much plot detail to preserve its delicate screen beauty.
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Geraldine Fitzgerald
Trish
Miss Oberon
Strand Theatre to Premier Rebecca by United Artists
Strand Theatre hosts a gala premiere of Rebecca directed by Alfred Hitchcock with stars Laurence Olivier Joan Fontaine and a notable supporting cast. Sets recreate Cornwall locations including Manderley and a boathouse while production design aims for authenticity from Miss du Maurier's descriptions and Cornwall town scenes filmed in England.
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Daphne du Maurice
David O. Selznick
Rebecca
Strand Theatre
United Artists
Ike
Screen Blue Book
Laurence Olivier
Joan Fontaine Apper
Reginald Denny
Judith Anderson
George Sanders
C. Aubrey Smith
Gladys Cooper
Florence Bates
Nigel Bruce
Alfred Hitchcock
Robert E. Sherwood
Joan Harrison
Lyle Wheeler
Selznic International
London
Cornwall
Manderley
Selznick
England
California
Olivier Ing
Joan Fontaine
Hitchcock
We Meet Again at Dixie Theatre
The Dixie Theatre opens a new film Sunday titled We Meet Again starring Merle Oberon and George Brent. Directed by Edmund Goulding with Pat O'Brien, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Binnie Barnes and Frank McHugh in supporting roles, the romantic drama unfolds aboard a trans Pacific liner. Oberon and Brent play lovers facing a doomed timeline as one woman discovers she has months to live while the other rushes toward death row.
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Dixie Theatre
Merle Oberon
George Brent
Edmund Goulding
Pat O'Brien
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Binnie Barnes
Frank McHuek
Hollywood
Miss Oberon
Brent
San Quentin
First British Woman Decorated for Gallantry
Miss Daphne Pearson receives the British Empire Medal of the Military Division for gallantry in action. The censor did not disclose the nature of her heroism. Skaggs & Company Exclusive Jewelers promotes a host of gift items for weekend travelers.
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Skaggs & Company
Daphne Pearson
Knottsville Man Will Appeal $10 Fine for Reckless Driving
Will Means of Knottsville district appeals a magistrate decision finding him guilty of reckless driving under section 18-A. He was fined $10 plus costs after a morning trial for injuring a youth riding a bicycle on Front Street.
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A.B. Knabenshue
Will Means
Knottsville
Means
Front Street
Farm Women Elect Jackson's Mill Officers
West Virginia farm women closing their annual camp elected Mrs. I. D. Vanmetre of Martinsburg president and admitted several Decima club members for 10-year attendance. The group named Mrs. Ray Ward of Elkins as treasurer.
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Jackson,s Mill
West Virginia
I. D. Vanmetre
Martinsburg
Decima Club
Ray Ward
Elkins Terasurer
Clerk Held on Morals Charge
Sherman Friedman a clerk of 460 West Main street was arrested in a downtown hotel lobby and jailed to await a hearing before Justice A B Knabenshue on a crime against nature charge. Wilt Webster 20 accused Friedman of forcing him to commit an indecent act near Grafton High School.
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Sherman Friedman
West Main Street
Justice of the Peace
A. B. Knabenshue
J. C. Helms
Francis L. Warder
Friedman
Luther Wilt
Webster
Herbert Evans
Wilt
Beech Street
Friedmsnn
Grafton High School
Riverside Drive
Helms
Warder
Excalibur Skipper Commands Transatlantic Voyage
Captain S Norman Groves leads the American liner Excalibur from Lisbon to New York with noted passengers including the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and several American envoys. Friedman remains jailed pending magistrate court hearing. Justice Knabenshue says preliminary hearing will be delayed. Friedman released on a $1,000 bond secured by his mother.
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S. Norman Groves
Libon
Portugal
New York
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Friedman
Knabenshue
Bizarre Bomb Plot Unveiled In City Case
Police traced an extortion scheme after finding iron wire scraps used as a bomb trigger. Investigators uncovered a brittle submarine-like device in a basement, tied to three men likely to face accessories charges. The probe linked a youth and others to the ruse amid a farfetched, thriller tone.
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O'Gorman
Dancing through 30 years of odd dances and jokes
In the last 30 years, about 25 dances emerged including a waltz by prize fighters. Grandpappy Jenkins reports a whale of a time after a fishing trip. An optimist speaks softly on the way to bingo. Justice may be blind but she can smell in some drunken cases.
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United Stat
United States
Roosevelt
United States Department ‘of Justice
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Department of Justice
Washington, D.C
Youths Plan Submarine Extortion by Air Drop Over Lake Michigan
Two youths described a crude two person submarine powered by batteries and a start motor with a conning tower diving fins and an oxygen tank. They planned to collect extortion money dropped from a plane over Lake Michigan per a letter to Davie then submerge to flee. The test failed last Saturday night, leading to a shift to a motorcycle courier scheme to deliver $100,000 to a designated spot for new directions before payment.
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Lake Michigan
Davie
British Hold Embassy Reacts to Tokyo Spy Ring Arrests
Britain brands charges against Makihara and Tanabe as groundless while Tokyo arrests two Britons in a spy ring probe. Halifax insists charges lack foundation as Japan detains more Britons in Asia. Makihara linked to Mitsubishi and Mitsui families amid wider crackdown.
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Britain
Japan
Lord Halifax
Pariiament
Makihara
Tanabe
London
Tokyo
England
Tanaka
Brixton
Tenabe
Gestapo
Home Office
Escapee Walther Reich Reaches Boston After Ship Escape
British prisoner Kurt Reich, 25, escaped a prison ship on the St Lawrence River by dropping through a porthole and swimming two hours to land. He was picked up by U.S. guards near the border and brought to Boston for processing.
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Walther Kurt Reich
Boston
Mass
Canada
St. Lawrence
U.S
Coneeemrmen Pan
Taft to Speak at Flat Top August Event
Senator Robert A Taft will address the 1940 game Flat Top August 17 18 according to Abe Lilly reunion association official. Mrs Llewellyn Potts 42 wife of a Charles Town West Virginia farmer died after a fall from a sixth story window while visiting here.
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Beckley
Robert A. Taft
Offic
Abe Lilly Reunion Associa
Washington
Llewellyn Potts
Charles
Town
W. Va
Farmer
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