Sergeant York Film at Saenger Theater Preview
A Sunday showing of Sergeant York recounts the real WWI hero Alvin C. York. The film stems from a stage play and York diary edited by Skeal Wallis with Warner Bros. executive producer and Jesse L. Sky’s production. Cooper stars as York with Walter Brennan and Leslie Howard in key roles and a large supporting cast.
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Ergeant York
Saenger Theater
Alvin C. York
Esec-Mountained
Eriva
Adem Finkel
Har- Chandice
Howard Koch
Huston
Geant York
Tom Ske
al B. Wallis
F Warner Bros. Studio
Jesse L.sky
Howard
Ary ‘Cooper
Alvin York
Walter Brennan
Leslie
Gracie Wilig
Yper
Sergeant York
Tenty
Charac
York
Gracie
Gary Cooper
Jon Leslie
Alterations of Tue Market Alterations of Tue Market
John Selby discusses how wartime culture could reshape American popular music into a more direct, story telling, patriotic style. He notes a Joe Louis blues project by Richard Wright with Count Basie and Paul Robeson, producing a lively Count Basie record titled King Joe. Wright previews a music shift toward blues influenced tunes and, potentially, revived simple dance forms.
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John Selby
Associated Press
New York
America
John Hammond
Columbia
Richard Wright
Joe Louis
Hammond
Wright
Count Basie
York heroics on film set mirror historic war exploits
The article details a Hollywood reconstruction of York’s World War I feats with lineage from notable figures like Cordell Hull and Captain York. It describes a duplicated Cumberland valley set on Hollywood sound stages, a revolving mountain, a 4200 foot stream, and forested props including pine and cedar. War sequences depict Argonne fighting and York’s record singlehanded assault earning multiple honors.
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Cooper
Joan Leslie
Miss Leslie
Gracie Williams
York
Gracie
Alvin
Argonne Forest
France
Foch
Argonne
Santa Battlefield
Prescott News Building Remodeled. Buchanan Drug Store to Move In
West Front street offices once used by Dr A F Buchanan are being remodeled to host Buchana Drug Store at 116 West Front street. The Food-for-Victory campaign launches its first phase with 53 local meetings on Enlistment Day January 22. Minutemen of 104 farmers and club members will lead neighborhood efforts to chart livestock, feed, and planned 1942 planting. Rationing board operations begin this week with inspectors, many gas station operators, appointed by the defense council. Tire office hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and January quota already grants 5 tires and 4 tubes. Local visits include Mrs C C Harvey of Bluff City and Sergeant William David Hale, now in radio instruction at Scott Field. The Rev S T Baugh recovers from bronchial pneumonia. Subscribe to the Hope Star.
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West Front Street
Dr. A. 5. Buchanan
Buchana Drug Store
Florence Pitts
E. N. Loudermilk
Nevada County
Rationing Board
Nevada
the Rationing Board
The
Defense Council
Clark White
Tire Board
Emporium
San Francisco
Beaooff
Golden Gate
Iron Man and Bakery Truck Collision in Ogdensburg
Frank Pierce and a bakery truck collided in Ogdensburg New York. Police reported both were scratched with the truck sustaining more damage than the man.
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Ogdensburg
N. O
Frank Pierce
1916 Club Bridge High Score and Desert Plate
The 1916 club met at Mrs. Tom Bemis home for bridge with Mrs. J. B. Hesterly winning high score and Mrs. C. A. Robinson taking the cut prize. A dessert plate was served. one guest, Mrs. William Johnson of Malvern, attended.
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Tom Bemis
J. B. Hesterly
C. A. Robinson
William Johnson
Malvern
Coast Clears Domestic Decks
Mrs. San Francisco aids war effort at home amid blackout orders. She teaches aid, nursing, and nutrition while volunteering with Red Cross and Civil Defense. Neighbors bake cakes for soldiers billeted at Aquatic Park, and blackouts shift menus and timing of chores. Japanese housecleaners lose work as city supports home front.
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Ethel Bogardus
NEA Service
San Francisco
Red Cross
Aquatic Park
Women rally for blackout defense in San Francisco
In wartime San Francisco women abandon leisure to aid in blackout measures and mobile canteens. They convert kitchens into aid stations, study map reading, and organize neighbor groups for mutual help while mothers explain siren alerts to children and adjust homes for safety.
Tambay Gold and the Tambay Tourist Camp Saga
In Tambay Pilantation a tour camp plot unfolds with June Ann Judson and Samuels Hopkin Adams narrating plans to build a grand Tambay Tourist Camp. The plot centers on an ambitious couple, financial schemes, jealousies, and a cast that includes Angel Todd and Doc Oliver as they chase wealth and romance amid a downhome forest setting.
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Svuay Deu Saumer
Tambay Pilantation
Pinoy
June Ann Judson
Mauries
Loren Oliver
Welliver
Tambayolf
Swoby
Juddy
Doc
Tambay
Angel Todd
Doe
Tambay Mansion
Hemp Shortage May Catch Him Yet
Delaware Oklahoma resident Glee Smith recalls wartime pinching moments and says he can improvise a tire shortage by wrapping manila rope around wheel rims and driving, if needed, showing resourceful resilience from the past.
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Delaware
Okla
Glee Smith
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