Film and Cartoon Schedule Notes for Week
Listings show a sequence of features and shorts across days with stars like Margaret Sullavan Ann Sothern and Maureen O Hara. Muscle memory items include Cry Havoc Rogue cartoons Bugs Bunny and Droopy. Newsreels announce Klondike Katie Frontier Law and City That Stopped Hitler with multiple serials and color cartoons throughout the week.
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Ann Law
Tom Neal
Glenda Farrell
Frontier Law
Russell Hayden
Jennifer Holt
Edy
Paramount
Frank Sinatra
Walt Disney Cartoon
Universal News
Film Version of Cry Havoc With All Female Cast
A notable all female cast headlines Havoc, the filmization of a noted hit. Margaret Sullivan returns as the nurse Otake in Bataan era flashback, joined by Ann Sothern Joan as volunteer workers, Fay Bainter as Dr. Marsh, and Connie Gilchrist as Sadie the cook. The film opens Wednesday at the ter Theatre.
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Ter
Margaret Sullivan
Otake
Bataan
Ann Sothern
Joan
Fay Bainter
Dr. Marsh
Connie Gilchrist
Sadie
Margaret Sullavan
Joan Blondell
Center Theatre
America
Cast of Volunteers Include Marsha Hunt and Ella Raines
Other volunteers in the cast are Marsha Hunt Ella Raines Heath er Angel Dorothy Morris Diana Lewis Gloria Grafton Frances Gifford and Fely Franquelli.
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Marsha Hunt
Ella Raines
Heather Angel
Dorothy Morris
Diana Lewis
Gloria Grafton
Frances Gifford
Fely Franquelli
Tobacco Growers Meeting Postponed to Next Week
Washington report notes a scheduled meeting of tobacco growers representatives with their congressman was postponed until next week. Representative Cooley of North Carolina said the proposal to allow growers to expand production while retaining the quota system would be discussed then. The piece also mentions Noah Webster's first dictionary published in 1806.
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Washington
Condone Tobacco Growers
Cooley
D-Nc
Gers
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves opens at Center Theatre
Jon Hall and Maria Montez star in a Technicolor adventure set in ancient Bagdad. Tarhan Bey co-stars as a new top-billed presence. The film follows a princess whose father causes the city’s downfall, with dramatic action and moonlit oasis scenes highlighted by the Ali Baba tale.
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Dashington Hall
Maria Montez
Bagdad
Center Theatre
Maria
Jon Hall
Tarhan Bey
Miss Montez
New Wood-Based Alcohol Plant Signals Timber Industry Entry
Wall Street anticipates a major shift as Donald Nelson approves a Bel lingham Washington plant to produce ethyl alcohol from sulphite liquor, aiming to challenge established oil and chemical players. Boilers, distilleries, and farm interests brace for fierce competition over a potentially 20 billion gallon annual market within two decades.
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Wall Street
WPB
Donald Nelson
Bellingham
Washington
War Production Board
WLB Acts on N C Applications From Mills
Regional War Labor Board approved skein winding and cone winding applications from Gra bur Silk Mills and Durham Mills with a 50 cent minimum wage. It also granted 2 cent hourly increases for 17 job classifications. The actions are retroactive to November 22, 1943 and affect 221 employees.
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Atlanta
War Labor Board
Grabur Silk Mills, Inc
Durham Mills
Durham
N. C
Rimsky Korsakov Honored With Major Soviet Tribute
The council of people's commissars marked the 100th anniversary of Nicolas Rimsky Korsakov with a monument in Leningrad a life film a state library program eight scholarships a museum in Tikhvin and lifelong stipends for his heirs Mikhail Vladimir Madezhda Steinberg and Irina Gorokina receive pensions.
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Moscow
Nicolas Andreievich Rimsky- Korsakov
Council of People's Commissars
Leningrad
Sverdlovsk
Kiev
Plans for New Zealand Meat Rationing Soon Enacted
New Zealand officials announce meat rationing will start soon to bolster supplies for Britain and Allied troops. The plan follows wartime food management and restrictions on soda in cooking to preserve vitamins. Red Cross urged to increase contributions in 1944.
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Wellington
N. Z
Ins
New Zealand
Great Britain
The Fallen Sparrow Spy Pack Mystery at Center Theatre
The Fallen Sparrow comes to Center Theatre for Friday and Saturday showings. Maureen O’Hara and John Garfield star in a suspenseful mystery with romance, set against prewar tensions and fascist foes in New York and Spain.
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Center Theatre
Dor Silke B. Hughes
Maureen O'Hara
John Garfield
Garfield
Spain
New York City
Miss O'Hara
Martha O'Driscoll
Patricia Morison
Hugh Umont
John Banner
Tier
John Maureen O'Hara
Dorothy B. Hughes
Blood plasma drive nets 5 million pints for fronts
James V. Forrestal spoke at a Metropolitan Opera Red Cross rally reporting the Red Cross blood plasma program delivered 5 million pints to combat fronts in the year ending last month. He spoke from Washington during the opera intermission while observing the Kwajalein attack in the Pacific.
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New York
James V. Forrestal
the Navy
Metropolitan Opera
Red Cross
Forrestal
Washington
Kwajalein
Pacific
Opera Fans Eager To Support Met Fund Drive
The Metropolitan Opera Company raises 300000 for maintenance as backers from all walks of life donate. A sailor on his first Saturday in the United States in 14 months gave 5 dollars, marking the 30 000th contribution after a Met radio broadcast.
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International News Service
New York
Mairzy
Metropolitan Opera Company
South Pacific
United States
Skyscraper Term Reappears Amid Red Cross Call for Aid
A fragmented note suggests the phrase skyscraper was real fastened to a building or effort connected with the Red Cross urging greater aid. The message hints at urgency but lacks full context or event details.
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Skal
Truckers Seek Wartime Relief From Regulators
About 100 North and South Carolina trucking firms met in Charlotte to press for relief from wartime shortages. N. P. Strause of Henderson, head of the North Carolina Motor Truck Operators Association, said manpower, finance, maintenance, and cooperation issues top the list with manpower cited as most acute.
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Charlotte
Tremperestion
Om Eelss Coe
Carolinas
N. P. Strause
Henderson
North Carolina Motor Truck Operators Association
Fishermen Get Four Meals Daily Ration Increase
The Office of Price Administration announced that commercial fishermen and inland water workers may receive ration points based on four meals per day. Applications for the additional allowance should be filed with local rationing boards.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Cocoa Used as Currency in Aztec Empire
The Aztec Empire conducted commerce using cacao beans as a form of money, circulating them as a medium of exchange alongside goods. This practice highlights how cacao functioned as a valuable, transferable commodity in precolonial Mesoamerica.
Coeds Will Stud Engineering in North Carolina
Duke University and the college of engineering in cooperation with the education commissioner announce an Engineering Applications of Mathematics course. Lead instructor Dr. William S. McGavdison will teach at Queens College with courses starting March 24 in Charlotte.
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Durham
Duke University
Lege
Wit Commissioner of Education
Charlotte
J. M. Godard
Queens
A. S. Brower
Duke M. W. T
William S. McGavidson
The Original Meaning of Quahwah Explored
The text explains that the term quahwah or off derives from the Arab idea of strength. It notes historical usage and linguistic roots, linking the word to notions of power and vigor in various dialects and contexts.
Admiral King Helps Launch Lorain Frigate in Ohio
Admiral Ernest J. King in Lorain Ohio helps christen the new USS Lorain a 303 foot warship. King warns the war still has a long road ahead while Mrs. Fred Henderson christens the ship with May God speed you on. Hendersons son Major Lofton Henderson a Marine flier died heroically in the war.
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Lorain
Ernest J. King
Us.s. Lorain
Black River
Fred Henderson
Lofton Henderson
U. S
Henderson Fir Field
Guadalcanal
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