Faces and Follies in New York's Celeb Scene
Walter Winchell reports on Eddie Cantor and stars like Fred Allen Martha Raye and Bebe Daniels in lively backstage chatter. Skits describe cabaret life at the Stork Club and a magistrate court quip about Midtown goings on with the mayor and taxi jokes.
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New York
Eddie Cantor
Er International
Fred Allen
Paul Gallicos
Paul Drapers
Marge
Bill Mauldin
Peggy Hopkins Joyce
Diosa Costello
Hanava Madrid
Skeets Gallagher
Bebe Daniels
Martha Raye
Memos and Moments in a Roaring City Night
The column sketches midnighter musings with figures like Mort Greens and Renobility D Lewis. It notes Signe Hasso, Julie Brulatour, and Walter Vincent in social tiffs, nightlife figures and industry buzz, alongside Broadway gossip and Manhattan street scenes.
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Mort Greens
Renobility
D. Lewis
Signe Hasso
92Nd Street
Adricks
Vincent Youmans
Doctors Hospital
Basil Fameen
Bob Austins
Jules Brulatour
Hope Hampton
Walter Vincent
Actors’ Fund of America
Midtowner
Billingsley
Exec
Sounds in the Night at City Venues
A montage of quips from venues and the WJZ newsroom references social wit. Lines target relationships military discharge and free speech with sharp phrasing reflective of urban night life.
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Theodore’s
Ruban Bleu
Greenwich Village
WJZ
Rankin
Waynick Speaks on River Pollution and Industry Duty
The department of conservation and development discusses guiding local industries on necessary treatment to curb pollution in the French Broad river valley. Barrett notes restrictions on shellfish waters affect oyster and clam production, stressing public health as a key factor alongside economics.
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Department of Conservation and Development
French Broad River
Barrett
National defense coordination and unified command questions
A broadened fleet scope aims to coordinate all national resources. Proposals consider creating a separate strategic air force with its own admin and supply systems to avoid duplication if army and navy merge. A single department of national defense risks naval autonomy or its downgrading to a secondary service.
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Strategic Air Force
Army
Navy
Department of National Defense
Naval
Nationalist advances and retreat amid Manchuria tensions
Reports say Chinese Nationalist forces moved into position along the Gulf of Chihli and attempted amphibious operations near the Great Wall. General Tu states Communist withdrawal from the rail corridor is needed, with light casualties at Shanhaikwan and no American air support used. Marines on patrol near Chinwangtao fought train attacks, vowing self defense if attacked.
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Wan
Ting
Rye
Shashetiwen
Gulf of Chihli
Great Wall
Manchuria
Tientsin - Mukden Ie
Shanhaikwan
Ao Kung Wu
Chiumen
U. S. Harind
Bewitt Peck
Tientsin
Chinwangtao
Twin Bill Anchorage Sets Two Thanksgivings
Anchorage residents face a puzzling situation with two Thanksgiving days. President Truman and Governor Gruening chose November 22, while Mayor Mander proclaimed November 29 as Anchorage's Thanksgiving. city officials worry about overtime for employees.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Noboy
Fruman
Ernest Gruening
John E. Manders
US income decline hits lowest monthly level since 1943
The Alexander Hamilton Institute reports US income produced fell to 11.635 billion dollars in the current month, down from 12.595 billion in July and 13.396 billion the prior year August, marking the lowest monthly figure since March 1943.
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Ic Soaene Now York
INS
Nasaa
United States
Alexander Hamilton Institute
Weather Outlook with Clouds and Showers Expected
Cloudy skies dominate today and tonight with considerable cloudiness and changing temperatures. Showers are possible in the west, with mountain areas likely to see rain starting tonight and continuing into Sunday morning.
Navy Harriers To Defend Intercollegiate Championship
Navy's harriers expected to defend their five mile Cortlandt Park title today against rivals including Army Fordham Dartmouth Columbia Michigan State New York Northwestern Rhode Island and others with a likely tight chase for individual honors led by Dartmouth and Frank Teer.
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New York
Navy
Harriers
Cortlandt Park
Army
Brooklyn College
City College Newark
Lumbia
Corne Dartmouth
Fordham
Manhatt
Michigan State
New York Northwestern
Rhode Island
Top Nazi Leaders Face Tribunal and Trials Open
The International War Tribunal ruled to indict Alfried Krupp as substitute for his senile father and ordered his trial to begin next Tuesday. Bormann, missing since the battle for Berlin, is to be defended by court-appointed German lawyers. Rudolf Hess’s fate remains unresolved as authorities reveal him, two former secretaries, and amnesia claims.
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Berlin
Wilhelm Dorr
S. S
Foner
Nana Borman
Election Society
Elizabeth Volkenrath
International War Tribunal
Alfried Krupp
Nazi
Bormann
Hitler
Japs and Questionnaires On Japanese War Plans Revealed
A Douglas MacArthur report describes Japanese naval leaders ignorant of full Pearl Harbor plans in advance. The navy study notes Japanese forces departed Hitokappu and launched 361 planes in three waves at Hawaii, with Midway as a possible follow up only if conditions allowed. Admiral Yamamoto conceived the plan. he was killed later when American planes downed a Japanese transport.
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Douglas A. MacArthur
Jese Naval High Command
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
United States
Nomura Kurusu
Navy
Janese
Hitokappu
Japan
Midway
Red States
Kiam F. Halsey, Jr
I Yamamoto
Yamamoto
Bays
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