Old Acquaintance Opens at Center Theatre
Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins star in Old Acquaintance a poignant tale of loyalty between two women tested by a faithless friendship. Based on the Broadway hit, the Vincent Sherman directed drama follows evolved characters through years as Gig Young Dolores and Se Loker appear in supporting roles.
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Victory Short
Center Theatre
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Wood
Se Loker
Dolores
Vincent Sherman
Center
Charles Laughton Heads Cast at Center This Week
Charles Laughton leads a new film about an Australian rescuer who brings two refugee children to Australia after World War I. The cast includes Binnie Barnes Donna Reed and Richard Carlson with a boxing-focused scene and wartime action at the Center Theatre this Wednesday and Thursday.
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Belgium
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Eee
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Youngirl
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Sous
Miss Barnes
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Miss Reed
Irene
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War near end seen by London traders and flying fortresses scale
Charles A. Smith notes a mood shift as London tradespeople warm to customers postwar, with shopkeepers finally offering courtesy and choice. He recalls wartime indignities and contrasts them with new civility, hinting at a near end to the war and changing morale.
Bolivian Soldiers Enter Jungles to Find Five Missing Missionaries
Defense Minister Jose Pinto announced Bolivian troops would enter the jungle to search for five American missionaries missing for two months. A Santa Cruz correspondent’s fears of Indian capture were dismissed by Roy J. Oestreicher, head of the new tribes mission, who said the report had no basis.
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War Contracts For Peace Time Production
Director Henry A. Dinegar of the War Production Board says some manufacturers hedge on renewal of war contracts hoping to resume civilian goods. WPB will not permit widespread civilian production until the invasion of western Europe succeeds, he told the Engineering Societies' committee on war production.
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Bertelli Plans Pro Football After War
Holyoke transcript quotes Angelo Bertelli Notre Dame back saying he is finished with college football. He will complete his senior year after the war at Notre Dame or another school and then turn to professional football, preferably in the East, after reporting to the marine officers' training school at Quantico Virginia.
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Marine Officers’ Training School
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House Says Foreign Relief Work Essential
The House foreign affairs committee urged U S participation in foreign relief as essential to world leadership and security. In a formal report on financing the United Nations relief and rehabilitation administration the panel said aid to war victims would help build a durable peace.
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
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United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Top Man Comedy at Center Theatre Friday
The Center Theatre hosts the comedy drama Top Man featuring Donald O’Conor Susanna Foster Lillian Gish Richard Dix and Peggy Ryan in the title role with Anne Gwynne Noah Beery Jr and musical numbers by Borrah Minevitch Count Basie and others The story centers on a naval family adjusting to wartime life with O’Conor’s character as the resourceful head of the family and Foster as his girlfriend including several song sequences.
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Susanna Foster
Lillian Gish
Richard Dix
Peggy Ryan
Anne Gwynne
Noah Beery, Jr
Borrah Minevitch Rascals
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Count Basie
Mister Big
Yin Tan Oe
Donald
Cabinet post urged to oversee veterans affairs
Nashville Tenn Jan 15 Eric Johnston president of the U S Chamber of Commerce urged creation of a full cabinet rank position to manage veterans affairs as billions will be spent on care and rehabilitation for returning veterans.
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Nashville
Tenn
Eric Johnston
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
First air shipment crosses border in 1931 with eggs
The first express air shipment crossing an international boundary occurred in 1931 when ship parts and 146 hatching eggs were sent from Florida to South America, marking an early milestone in rapid aviation logistics.
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