Behind the Scenes: Hollywood Gossip and War-Era Links
Hollywood gossip column highlights Red Skelton entertaining troops overseas from Camp Patrick Henry Virginia and his bride Georgia pursuing MGM roles. Notes new contracts for Jean Pierre Aumont Marie Montez amid postwar hopes. mentions John Decker clowns and other industry tidbits. Casual updates cover injuries, marriages, and social sightings across Hollywood figures and studios.
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Harrison Carroll
King Features Syndicate
Hollywood
Redelton
Red
Patrick Henry
Virginia
Georgia
Holly
M-G-M
Mrs. Skelton
Local Marines On Furlough From Pacific
Two High Point marines veterans of Iwo Jima and three campaigns have returned from the Pacific on furlough. Corporal George Dewitt Case and Corporal Grady Lannister Adams of the Third Marine Division served in Guadalcanal Bougainville and Guam before Iwo Jima. Case, 23, is son of Mrs. J W Case of Hendersonville NC and attended High Point High School and the University of North Carolina. Adams, 23, is son of Mrs. Davie M Adams and worked for Warner and Perris Veneer in Pie Point. Adams enlisted in 1942 and served as a company cook. Case met his twin brother in the Marshall Islands during the war.
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San Diego
Calif
High Point
Iwo Jima
Pacific
George Dewitt Case
Grady Lannister Adams
Third Marine Division
Guadalcanal
Bougainville
Guam
Case
J. W. Case
Hendersonville
N.C
High Point High School
University
Pieh Point
Moarine
Mectar Technics
Savenant Worley Adams
Servine
Army
Hancock Given Boost For Cabinet Post
Connie B. Gay, assistant to Frank W. Hancock of Oxford and head of the farm security administration, said Hancock has a strong chance of becoming secretary of agriculture in President Truman's cabinet. The remark came in Burlington on May 7.
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Burlington
Connie B. Gay
Frank W. Hancock
Oxford
Farm Security Administration
Commodity Credit Ration
Hancock
Truman
Baseball's 1857 Rules Then and Now in Brief
Hap O Connor cites early baseball lore from New York 1857 national convention. Rules required pitcher to stand 12 by 3 feet, called balls introduced, basetagging enforced, batters out on first bounce, and crowd conduct restrictions. Umpires once carried police badges and authority to punch spectators.
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San Francisco
New York City
Hap O'Connor
Santa Anita Park
Koonce Administration Praised By City Council Member
A council member lauds Mayor Arnold J. Koonce and the administration for achievements in High Point. He cites a mixed 5-4 council, a full time city manager, new staff, youth centers, street assessments, and a debt refinancing that lowered interest rates.
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High Point
Righ
Arnold J. Koonce
Tand Urner Ava
Hieh Point
Hich Point
Griffora County
North Carolina
Green Street
Ward's Co
Ward
WMFR
J. A. Sloop
Peoples’ Ticket
Koonce
Peoples
E. M. Knox
Grover Jones
Roy S. Braden
Kalte
M. F. Crooks
Moody’s
New York
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Jean Pierre Aumont
Marie Montez
Aumont
Phon
Tie
Errol Flynn
John Decker
F. D
John
Roland Young
Susan Peters
Mar- O'Driscoll
Martha
Velez
Tarzan
Yeoman
Bob Moon
C. B
Ann Blyth
San Bernadino
Catherine Craig
Johnny Weissmuller
Weissmuller
Harry James
Betty Grable
Kitten
Harry
Broadway
Betty
Dolly Sisters
Walter Slezak
Gloria de Haven
John Peyne
Carmel
Acapulco
Mexico
John Emery
Tamara Geva
Beverly Hills
George Couloris
Ralph S. Peer
Paris
Beverly Tropics
Rudolph Friml
Bill
Waldorf
Mocambo
Barbara Powers
Milton Golden
Mexico City
Rosita Diaz
Ruth Brady
Don Lopez
Breneman’s
Ann Gillis
Tim Taylor
Somerset House
Jerry Bergen
Coun
N. C
Guilford Ty
A. L. Hussey
Guilford County
Superior Court of
Guilford
Carrie S. Lowe
Lowe Smith
M. B. Smith
Igned
Springfield Avenue
Hight Township
John Payne
N. W
Lowe of Land
Tract of
Tion
Springfield Ave
Lowe
Springfield
B. C. Cridlebough
Stone
Field Corner
Eli Jones
Office Register
Guil
Guilford Coungh Point Township
D. A Parsons
Anavy
City of
High Point Township
Igh Point
Snow Park
Meister of Deeds
Willenbar Terrace
Office of Register of Deeds
Ene County
Thenerard
Arnold J, Koonce
China
Noble T. Praigg
J. J. Corrigan
L. F. Ferree
Republican Executive Committee
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