Boogie Woogie Songwriters Thrive on Mocking Inspiration
Hollywood reports Don Raye and Gene de Paul write boogie woogie tunes for jivin' teams like Tin Pan Alley stars. Their hits include Mr Five Five and Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar, inspired by jazz greats and daily life, with odd titles flowing from overheard snatches and character jokes.
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Hollywood
Tin Pan Alley
Zoot Suit Boys
Don Raye
Gene de Paul
Texas
Peck Kelley
Buck and
Bubbles
Snow
Waller
Fats Waller
52Nd Street
Harlem
Veteran actor recalls first wages and long career milestones
The piece recounts an actor who began at age five in Damon and Pythias in Philadelphia in 1871, noting first wages including coins and a gold piece. It highlights a 77th birthday on film Shad ow of a Doubt and peak fame after turning 70, plus references to understudy replacements and vaudeville acts featuring Inky the dog and Lorraine de c. The tale mentions Jiggs aging and retirement changes in the act.
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Damon and Pythias
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Jiggs
Inky
Adequate Gas For Commerce And Farmers
Washington January 23. The Office of Price Administration said today that farmers and other commercial operators will keep temporary gasoline rations for adequate mileage while they wait for war necessity certificates or appeals for larger allowances. Rations will be issued by local boards if an ODT certificate is pending or if an appeal for more gallonage is under consideration. The deadline for temporary rations had been fixed for January.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Office of Defense Transportation
OPA
New York Markets Swamped By Biggest Buying Rush
A wartime shopping frenzy hits New York with buyers from all department stores flocking to bargains. Stores report scarce stock, long deliveries, and new manufacturing limits as war pressures drive a massive stock-up across apparel, jewelry, and home goods.
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New York
Central Park
America
Broadway
Times Square
Manpower Commission
Wickard Faces Scores Of Problems In Getting Food
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard faces ongoing challenges in securing food supplies for civilians and armed forces. He must balance production goals, distribution, and price controls amid land, equipment, and transport shortages, while boosting fats and oil crops and maintaining livestock balance with feed.
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Sec
Wickard
Washington
United Nations
Orient
North Carolina Press Awards Honor Four Winners
Colonel Santford Martin of the Winston-Salem Journal John Marshall of the Raleigh Times Jesse Helms of the Raleigh Times and C L Bugs Barringer Jr of the Rocky Mount Telegram win NC Press Association top prizes for 1942. Honorable mentions go to Thompson and Atkins and Ragan.
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North Carolina Press Association
Santford Martin
Winston-Salem Journal-Sentinel
Jesse A. Helms, Jr
Raleigh Times
North Carolina Naval Recruiting Service
Raleigh
John H. Marshall
O. L
Bugs) Barringer
Rocky Mount Evening Telegram
Chapel Hill
Winston-Salem Journal
John Marshall
Jesse Helms
C. L. “Bugs” Barringer, Jr
Rocky Mount Telegram
Helms
State Navy
Colonel Martin
Marshall
Barringer
Alleghany News
Transylvania Times
Elkin Tribune
Williamston Enterprise
News
The
Times
Tribune
Enterprise
Pee
W. E. Horner
Julian Miller
Harvey Laffoon
L. S. Laprade
Hoyt
Association
North Carolina
Robert L. Thompson
High Point Enterprise
Benk&. Atkins
Gastonia Gazette
Sam Ragan
Raleigh News and Observer
John G. Thomas
Wilson Times
Hal Tribble
le- Gette Blythe
Charlotte Observer
Jake Wade
Tim Pridgen
Charlotte News
Valerie Nicholson
Salisbury Post
Will G. Arey, Jr
Cleveland Times
J. K. Havlicek
Asheville Citizen
Murphy
News-World of North
Wilkesboro
Hertford County Herald
Hamilton Owens
Newton Aiken
Baltimore Sun
Roy A. Roberts
Kansas City Star
Basil L. Walters
Minneapolis Star Journal and Tribune
George E. Guise
Minneapolis Tribune
Herbert Paul
Minneapolis Star Journal
Kenneth MacDonald
Des Moines Register and Tribune
George Yates
Carl Gartner
Register and Tribune
Santford
John
Wake Forest College
Martin
Journal and Sentinel
Twin City Sentinel
T. W. Bickett
North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development
Farm Security Advisory Commission For
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Campbell College
Thomas Walter Ickett
Ava Michael Poole
Santford Martin, Jr
Edwina Martin Crowther
Eleanor Goodwin
Elizabeth City
Anne
Jesse A. Helms
Monroe
News and Observer
Monroe Journal
United States Naval Reserve
Dorothy Coble
O. L. Barringer, Jr
Charlotte
O. L. Barringer
V.M.J
Davidson College
Danville
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Ritin
Vin’ Hepcats
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Instane
Mr. Five Five
Raye
Jimmy Rushing
Count Basie
Ortra
Rews Sisters
Popu
Popu|, Their First Ditty, “Rhum
Harry Davenport
Hellzapoppin
Olsen and Johnson
Martha Raye
Cary
Ginger
Alove
Europe
Rogers
Leo McCarey
Once Upon A Honeymoon
Tonite
Paramount
George Montgomery
Ann Rutherford
Glenn Miller
Paramount Theatre
Lynn Bari
Carole Landis
Virginia Gilmore
Mary Beth Hughes
Cesar Romero
Nicholas Brothers
Mack Gordon
Harry Warren
James Thrasher
NEA
A. A. McCarty
Association of Buying Offices
Board of Economic Warfare
Foreign Relief Administration
Herbert Lehman
Skisoy
the Times
Department
State Theatre
Salem Street
Thomasville
WIJK
Priscilla Lane and
Robert Cummings
Henry Fonda
Lucille Ball
Cary Grant
Ginger Rogers
Martin, Marshall
Thompson
W. K. Hoyt
Russell M
Pivades and Univer
Durham
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