Gung Ho Movie Opens at Center Theatre
The Marine Corps film Gung Ho portrays Carlsons Raiders first offensive action in the Makin Island raid. It features Iph Scott as Colonel Thorwald, Noah Berry Jr and David Bruce as rivals for Grace McDonald, and performances by Alan Curtis and J Carrol Naish among others with vivid battle scenes.
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Evans F. Carlson
Iph Scott
Thorwald
Carlson
Noah Berry, Jr
David Bruce
Grace McDonald
Alan Curtis
Sam Levene
J. Carrol Naish
Richard Lane
Milburn Stone
Randolph Scott
Colonel Thorwald
Marine Corps
Center Theatre
Doolittle Jr Arrives in England for Duty
Capt. Jimmy Doolittle Jr arrives in England from another war theater. He is the son of the Eighth U S Air Force commander and serves as a bomber pilot. the dispatch notes his arrival amid broader wartime movements in London dated February 19.
Oklahoma Kid Returns to Center Theatre with Cagney Bogart
The Center Theatre announces a Friday return engagement of The Oklahoma Kid starring James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart. The re issue celebrates the stars after acclaimed performances in Yankee Doodle Dandy Across the Pacific Casablanca and Action in the North Atlantic. The cast includes Donald Crisp Rosemary Lane and others in a story set in the 1890s Oklahoma land rush era with the Indian territory opening to settlement.
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The
Center Theatre
James Cagney
Humphrey Bogart
George M. Cohan
Pacific
Casablanca
North Atlantic
Donald Crisp
Rosemary Lane
Harvey Stephens
Hugh Sothern
Charles Middleton
Edward Pawley
Ward
Indian Territory
Goofball Quiz on Sports Terms and Arts
The text asks three questions: what a goose egg means in any sport, what graphic arts are, and what the dish in baseball refers to. It then quotes a liberty assertion about human rights deriving from nature.
Wartime Etiquette Advice for Wives and Families
The passage recommends wives avoid going out alone or with a man to prevent gossip. It praises domesticity, studiousness, and a pleasant home life. It suggests artistic pursuits and a child born today should pursue an art career, with favorable views on friends and marriage.
One Minute Test Answers and Home Plate Reference
A fragment lists test answers showing a score of zero for item one and defines arts using lines or strokes on a surface, touching on music and sculpture, ending with a reference to home plate.
Theaters This Week Feature News and Cartoon Previews
A dense wrap of cinema listings for the week highlights “Gung Ho” Randolph Scott and Grace McDonald as headliners, with “Task Force” a special, “Lost Angel” starring Margaret O'Brien and James Craig, plus cartoons from Disney and Technicolor. Also listed are serials, westerns, newsreels, and musical shorts, with a final note on historical Cotton seed as a Civil War waste-product fact.
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Gung "Ho
Randolph Scott
Grace McDonald
Margaret O'Brien
James Craig
James Cagney
Humvey Bogart
Trombone
Salt Lake
Up Swing Album Marks Jazz Swing Birthday Milestone
The piece notes the 8th birthday of a child and recalls the jazz swing era from 1936 to 1943. Victor released a four-record album titled Up Swing featuring Benny Goodman Tommy Dorsey Artie Shaw and Glenn Miller and their bands with hits like Stompin At The Savoy Song of India Begin the Beguine and Oh Lady Be Good Tuxedo Junction and A String of Pearls.
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Victor
Benny Goodman
Tommy Dorsey
Artie Shaw
Glenn Miller
Goodman
Savoy
T. Dorsey
Dorsey
Shaw
Radio Use Restored To Anzio Newsmen
Allied headquaters in Naples reports army radio access is back for correspondents on the Anzio beachhead after a three day ban due to pessimistic dispatches that caused alarm at home. During the ban, reporters sent updates by courier from the beachhead.
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Allied Headquarters
Naples
Allied Command
Anzio
Delius Returns After Five Day Blaze From Nazi Glider Attack
The British merchant ship Delius docked after a five day battle at sea. A Nazi glider bomb killed the captain and set the cargo on fire. The crew fought the blaze with hoses aboard the burning vessel, which had covered about a thousand miles before reaching port.
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London
Delius
Gordon Marshall
Pirate threat sinks 8000 ton ship off Portugal coast
An 8000 ton vessel returning from India was attacked by German bombers 250 miles off Cabo de Sao Vicente Portugal. Only one other merchant ship in the convoy was damaged. The incident comes as wartime shortages and supply routes face peril in the Atlantic.
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India
Cabo de Sao Vicente
Portugal
Death of Nazi General Announced From Berlin
Berlin radio reports Maj. Gen. Albrecht Von Brodeck commander of an infantry division died of a wound from the Russian front. The broadcast says he earned decorations for actions in the Polish and Russian campaigns.
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Berlin
Albrecht von Brodeck
U. S
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