Hollywood War Era Casting Scramble for Orientals
Hollywood faces a severe shortage of oriental actors as war films demand authentic casting. Chinese, Koreans, Filipinos, and Malays are scarce amid internments and shifting roles, with the Screen Actors Guild waiving usual demands to fill urgent needs. Producer Henry McRea sought Chinese actors for Don Winslow of the Coast Guard, but Central Casting reported none available, pushing decisions toward waiver hires and on-contract actors like Philip Ahn.
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Nudge Your Lazy Liver Tonight With Olive Tablets
Readable ad style urging Dr Edwards Olive Tablets to relieve constipation and improve bile flow. Claims stimulate liver bile secretion and intestinal tone. Available in 15¢ 30¢ and 60¢ sizes with label directions. Sold at all drugstores.
FIRST U S OFFICER KILLED IN AFRICA IN WAR
War Department announces Lieut Col George F Marshall of Jacksonville Florida is the first commissioned U S Army officer reported killed in the French North African campaign. He died directing field operations at Oran Algeria under heavy fire on November 8. In Hollywood many Chinese workers left after Pearl Harbor. Some joined the Army or war plants while others pursued new civilian jobs.
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Jacksonville
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Algeria
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Pearl Harbor
McKenney Wise Bidder Follows Exact Card Limit in Proof
In a postwar bridge season, Midwest and Western women rise in major events. Stella MacMillan of Chicago won the All-American women’s pair. A complex hand tested bidders, with Meisner and MacMillan playing North-South to reach a five of a major contract, refusing lets East-West steal and making the contract by running South’s clubs.
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Stella MacMillan
Chicago
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MacMillan
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South
Local leaf tobacco market sales near 350000 pounds average 40 per hundred
Winston Salem reports yesterday's leaf tobacco sale topped 350000 pounds with an average price of 40 dollars per hundred. Sales Supervisor J J Booth notes most growers closed four odds and ends by noon. Smokers paid top prices while other grades matched season highs with strong bids from buyers including Swink Hill Tucker Joyce Cook Haylor and others.
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J. E. Swink
WWE
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C. F. Tucker
Odell Joyce
J. L. Cook
State Officials Organize Forest Fire Fighters Service
State Forester J S Holmes and civil defense officials form the Forest Fire Fighters Service and OCD outfit in North Carolina's northeastern counties. Meetings planned with J Henry Leroy Schn idell Lowery in Pasquotank W Halstead in Camden F Aycock Jr in Currituck and Martin Kelleg Jr James Gaskill in Dare. Hyde county's Mrs Seth M Gibbs and Tyrrell's R I Spencer to be interviewed tomorrow. The 6600 mile bomber ferry route from the United States to Australia noted as the north's longest.
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Seth M. Gibbs
Hyde County
R. I. Spencer
Tyrrell
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