Secret Love and a Web of Deceit in Drue’s Fate
In a tense confession segment Craig discusses Drue’s past marriage, his father’s manipulations over letters and divorce, and a looming murder mystery. Keate pushes to uncover truth, while Craig guards grim motives, fearing how revelations affect Drue and the police inquiry.
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Craig
Drue
Nicky
St Peter's
Drue Ward
Shinly
Air Corps
Drae
Dr. Chivery
Claud Chivery
Alexia
Keate
Claud
Christmas freight loading urged to prevent war effort delay
Office of Defense Transportation director J Monro e Johnson warns that loading of freight cars during the Christmas holiday could delay shipments of food clothing guns tanks and shells vital to Eisenhower and MacArthur. He urges workers and skeletal staffs to stay on duty through December 26 and New Year’s period to avoid congestion at ports and freight houses.
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Eisenhower
MacArthur
J. Monroe Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
War Production Board
Germany
North Atlantic
Pacific
Over The Radio Dials Tonight
Radio schedules list Christmas Eve through Christmas Day programs across NBC CBS and MBS with church services, concerts, dramas, and special messages. The rundown mentions Roosevelt’s address, Carol services, musicians such as Paul Whiteman and Lawrence Tibbett, and overseas broadcasts for service members.
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C. E. Butterfield
New York
Leyte
CBS
MBS Air Corps
Britain
NBC
BLU
St. James Episcopal Choir
Columbus Boys Choir
Roosevelt
Childner
Archbishop Spellman
Paris
MBS
Paul White
Helen ‘Traubel
Tucson
Ariz
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Rome
Honolulu
England
British Radio
NBC Mas
Switzerland
Overseas
Navy Hospital
Paul Whiteman
Lawrence Tibbett
MBS Marine
Pacific
Basil Rathbone
Dickes
Bob Hope
Bing Crosby
Jack Benny
Burns and Allen
Southland
Lioned Barrymore
Scrooge
Nurses
Barry Wood
Kenny Baker
Sinatra
Jessica Dragonette
al Pearce
Meet Your Navy
Boston Symphony
Gene Krupa
Pand
Man Called
American Eable
Letroit Symphony
Results Inc
Mysterious ‘Traveler
Shady Valley Jampore
ELAS Tensions Persist in Athens Amid Cease Fire Talks
ELAS and British forces traded fire in Athens as a cease fire ultimatum from Lt. Gen. Scobie elicited a reply from ELAS leaders. The ELAS seemed to pull back from southern suburbs to the north while a British warship bombarded positions north of Piraeus. Scobie weighed the reply as sporadic fighting continued along the harbor area.
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ELAS
Athens
R. M. Scobie
Bats
Scobie
Piraeus
Kallipolis
Criticism Of Wartime Sport Diminished In 1944 AP Poll
New York reports the Associated Press poll showing wartime criticism largely faded in 1944. About 80 sports editors noted public and armed forces demand for ongoing sports, with rising attendance and tracks wagering over a billion dollars signaling a postwar sports boom.
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New York
Associated Press
Hal Cressman
Norritown
Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Agency funds coaches
The Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Committee gave $500 to the National Association of Basketball Coaches, matched by Ned Irish of Madison Square Garden. The grant is to aid game development, with no conditions about referees. Also notes Navy coach Tom Tallar’s retirement talk and a multi-sport rise at Penn State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Fullerton, JR
New York
National Association of Basketball Coaches
Ned Irish
Madison ‘Square
Tom Tallor
Navy
Marine Pvt
Ray “Whitey” Kurowski
Princeton
Penn State
Les Goates
Salt Lake City
Deseret News
Landis
Joe Stanowicz
Army
Hackettstown
N. J
Blair Academy
West Point
Philadelphia
Bert Bell
Philia
Pittsburgh
Christmas fund thanks from Grafton and Taylor County
A letter to the editor thanks residents of Grafton and Taylor County for Christmas fund support and to the Junior Chamber of Commerce for volunteering at kettles. It notes candy toys and books for children, plus food and clothing for those in need, hoping the generosity brings joy this Christmas and a prosperous New Year. The note is signed by Captain and Mrs. Gilbert. Also included is poem The Light of That Star by J. B. Staley about the biblical star guiding to a king for all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Taylor County
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Literary Guidepost review of Best Plays 1943 44
The piece critiques Cerf and Cartmell with Burns Mantle’s The Best Plays 1943 44. It condemns art as a factor in choosing plays and praises a few titles like Abie’s Irish Rose while lampooning others including The Old Homestead Oklahoma Life With Father and Arsenic and Old Lace. The review notes Mild praise for Anne Nichols and references to actors and authors such as Denman Thompson Tarkington Wilson.
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R. C
Bennett Cerf
van H. Cartmell
Doubleday, Doran
Burns Mantle
Dodd, Mead
Cerf
Srhich
God
Denman Thompson
Tarkington
Harry Leon Wilson
Anne Nichols
Abie
Messie
Mar. Roberts
Avery _Hoptop
Erskine Caldwell
John
Goedel Pels Warns Germans Not to Talk War
Fragmented noisy column mocks German actions and wartime myths. Odd statements reference U boats, submarines, paper underwear, and a tidal wave to belittle militarist defenses. Mentions Churchill and British confidence in a parodic, satirical tone.
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Goedpels Figain
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Shenra Tures Syndicate, Inc
Maud
Frederic Miller
Miss Keate
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Aberhart
King Features Hyodieats
Toe
Crith
By Ted Meier
Bill Diehl
Norfolk
Ledger Dispatch
Bernie Swanson
Minneapolis Tribune
Earth
Service Dept
Jonas Ingram
Hismirh
Atlantic Fleet
Bill
Annapolis
Ingram
Middle East
Bill Willis
Monticello
Ind
Ohio State
Willis
Margaret Culkin Banning
London
San Sebastian
Christ
United States
Linnaeus
Aeens
Sincerely, Captain and
Mrs. Gilbert
J. B. Staley
Grafton, W. Va
the Literary Guidepost
Olish
Yarare
Santa Claus
Aleeys
Zadok Dumkopf
Japan
Wineston Churchill
Chup
Tina
Swayparlay
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