Pilot No. 5 to Play at Center Here
A dramatic character study to be shown Wednesday and Thursday at the Center Theatre stars Franchot Tone Marsha Hunt and Gene Kelly. The film follows a pilot facing a personal crisis on a dangerous mission against the enemy. Though set during war it is not a war picture with a tender love story woven through the screenplay.
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Java
Center Theatre
Franchot Tone
Steve Geray
Gene Kelly
van Johnson
Alan Baxter
Dick Simmons
Tone
Bailey Seeks Postwar Fishing Survey
Senator Bailey of North Carolina has introduced a bill to obtain an Interior survey of the United States marine and fisheries resources. The plan aims to inform a clear postwar program for both commercial and recreational fishing and would be the first comprehensive study since the 1880s.
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Washington
Bailey
Senate Commerce Committee
United States
James Cagney Star Of Stirring Drama to Open at Center Friday
James Cagney leads the drama Johnny Come Lately at Center Theatre this Friday. The film from William Cagney Productions features Grace as the publisher's daughter and Hattie McDaniel as the housekeeper in a fast paced Southern town tale.
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James Cagney
Johnny Come
Louis Bromfield
Center Theatreday
William Cagney
Shield and Banner
Grace
Ma Main
Bill Henry
Ed McNamara
Hattie McDaniel
Margaret Hamilton
Jimmy Cagney
Tom Richards
the Center Theatre
Marjorie Lord
Little Trilla
All New Karston Show of 1944 at the Paramount
Arabella stars in a touring revue featuring Gene Krupa Fats Waller Little Jack Little and many entertainers. The 1944 All New Karston Show plays one day only at the Paramount Theatre with matinee and evening prices and praise from press and public.
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America
New York
Roxy
Capitol
Paramount
Follies
Gene Krupa
Fats Waller
Little Jack Little
Arabella
Karston
Paramount Theatre
Nick Kenny
New York Mirror
The
Detroit News
Ted Lewis
Jack Little
Phil Spitalny
Sophie Tucker
Russ Carlyle
George Olson
Bert Nagle
Maria
Leg repair on moving train charms Kentucky traveler
Paducah Ky January 29 travelers faced rough travel when Tax Commissioner Claude C Cates with a wooden leg had to fix the leg aboard a train. A conductor panicked but a nearby lumber yard supplied hammer and nails and Cates repaired the leg while the train continued toward Paducah.
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Paducah
McCracken
Claude C. Cates
Frankfort
Cates
Princeton
Liquor Coupons Raised to Full Pint Value in NC Counties
North Carolina's wet counties will see liquor ration coupons worth one pint of whiskey instead of a half pint due to inventory buildup. The State Alcoholic Board of Control said the February doubling is not permanent, but four pints per month are likely to continue through March.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Alcoholic Board of Control
Week at the Theaters and News Reel Highlights
The weekly cinema guide lists dozens of titles and stars across theaters with cartoons newsreels and serials. Notable entries include Frankenstein Meets Wolf Man and Riders of the Dead Line with cast like Lon Chaney Jr Be la Lugosi and William Boyd along with Fox and Paramount features and cartoons from Disney Universal and Karlton stage shows.
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Rialto
Lon Chaney
Bela Lugosi
Winter Paradise
Fox Movietone News
Barbara Stanwyck
George Brent
Bobs Hope
Betty Hutton
Texas
Tex Ritter
Nellie
Leon Errol
Retired Major General George H. Cameron Dies at 83
Major General George H. Cameron U S Army retired died in Staunton Virginia at 83 Funeral services are set for Arlington National Cemetery at 10 a m Monday He commanded the Fifth Corps of the AEF during the St Mihiel and Meuse Argonne offensives in World War I Cameron graduated from West Point and later led the Fourth Division at Camp Greene North Carolina then to France.
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Camp Greene
N. C
France
Catawba Boy Awarded Coveted Air Medal
Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney awarded the Air Medal to Staff Sgt. Frank R. Bolton of Catawba North Carolina for meritorious achievement in the Southwest Pacific theater. The citation noted his gallant service and exemplary conduct under combat conditions.
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Catawba
Southwest Pacific
George C. Kenney
Allied Air Forces
Frank R. Bolton
N. C
Venezuelans Campaign For Universal Vote
A Caracas driven movement by the Partido Democratico Venezolano pushes removing the sixth clause barring communistic and anarchistic doctrines and granting universal suffrage direct voting for all, including the illiterate. The drive, approved by President Isaias Medina Angarita, seeks direct balloting for president deputies and senators, and would extend voting to women.
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Antonio Rivero Ec
Caracas
Partido Democratico Venezolano
Isaias Medina Angarita
Incisco Sexto
Juan Vicente Gomez
Congress
National Congress
Germans Accused of Transporting Hundreds of Girls
A Red Star dispatch reports hidden messages found in Krasnoye Selo and Taitsi near Leningrad claim hundreds of local girls were sent to Germany. A Krasnoye Selo letter names Liolia Krylova and Valya Krashenninikova among others, with a 58 car train waiting at the station. The Taitsi town was emptied before Soviet arrival.
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Moscow
Red Star
Leningrad
Germany
Taitsi
Krasnoye Selo
Russia
Liolia Krylova
Valya Krashenninikova
Red Army
Five Children Perish In Stone Park Fire
Five children aged 15 months to 11 years burned to death when a one story frame house in Stone Park suburban Chicago caught fire while the Porter parents were at work in a war plant. A sixth child escaped as neighbors tried to reach the burning home. Names Grace 11 Paul 7 David 4 Selma 2 Laura Jean 15 months were among the victims. Sonny 10 escaped.
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Chicago
Stone Park
Lawrence Porter
Porter
Grace
Paul
David
Selma
Laura Jean
Sonny
No Title Provided
The passage notes participation in 1800 hours of operational flight missions in the Southwest Pacific area where hostile contact was probable and expected.
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Ment
Southwest Pacific
The North Star Nazi Invasion Story Opens at Center Theatre
A vivid wartime drama portrays a small Russian village under attack by Nazi forces. From a peaceful harvest celebration to brutal bombardment, villagers form a resistance as allies and locals unite to fight back, led by Rodion and others amid romance and hardship.
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Soviet Russia
Our Own Land
North Star
Center Theatre
Anne Baxter
Farley Granger
Russia
Naziee Kanyn
Star
Dana Andrews
Walter Huston
Walter Brennan
Ann Harding
Jane Withers
Erich von Stroheim
Marina
Damian
Kiev
Kolya
Dr. Kurin
Statewide lunch program reaches all students
R. E. Robb, state supervisor of the Food Distribution Administration, announced that federal funds are available to cover lunches for all of New York’s 465,452 school children. The program covers 4,088 schools, with about 1,800 already participating.
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Columbia
R. E. Robb
Food Distribution Administration
Robb
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