Hollywood Notes on Censorship and Stars in 1940s Screen
Hollywood chatter recalls an Eagle Squadron scene risking censors over Burns poem louse. Gene Tierney discovery by Mary Scott leads to a role after a test. Spy plots and invisible ink intrigue share the spotlight with ship warnings and ice messages by Sonja Henie. Tax timing drives studios to finish films. John Barrymore jokes about living in a former star’s house. Local club meetings wrap with vegetables, America singing, and 4-H plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Eagle Squadron
Jon Hall
Nigel Bruce
Robbie Burns
Hays Office
Burns
Mary Scott
Gene Tierney
Igexkcone
Miss Scott
Hollywoods
Paulette Goddard
Margaret Hayes
Eleanor Powell
Sonja Henie
Social Calendar Highlights from March Meetings
The March social calendar lists Junior choir practices at First Methodist, city hall council study at 4, and various society meetings across March 4 to 5. Activities include Women's Society sessions, Brookwood PTA book review, Bay View Reading Club at Mrs Arnald’s home, and Circle LW. Schedules note hostess duties, program leadership, and urging mothers to attend key events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mealing
Bay View
J. IL Arnald
Claud Agee
Prograam
Brookwood Po T.A
R. EB
Jackson
Cirrle LW. S, CS
R. O D. Franklin
Edwin Ward
Cir|lele Noo
Women's Society of Christian Service of the First
Methodist Church
I. We. Young
George Mecham
Ward
B. W. Edwards
Personal Notices From Local Society Highlights Six Weekend Visits
Ensign and Mrs. Robert Newell visiting J C Broyles then en route to Corpus Christi where he will be stationed. Mrs. William Duckett traveled to Malvern to visit sister Mrs. William Glover and Mr. Glover. R M LaGrone Jr. in Shreveport to see Arsenic and Old Lace. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Shults in Ft. Smith for weekend. Mrs. Frank R Johnson and Mrs. Frank Nolan in Hot Springs for races. Josephine Mortis traveling to Texarkana to interview for the U S Employment Service after visiting Miss Mary Delia Carrigan in Little Rock. They attended Grace Moore concert at Robinson Memorial auditorium. Mrs. Wilbur Breed and daughter Nancy Ann went to Banham Texas to join Mr. Breed, a flying instructor there. F J Bruce announce birth of son on February 24 named James M Bruce. Mrs. J J Reberberts home from Hot Springs visiting son Harold Roberts who has been seriously ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ensign
Robert Newell
Alice Henry
J.C. Broyles
Corpus Christi
Texas
Ensign Newell
R. M. LaGrone, Jr
Shreveport
Brooks Shults
Ft. Smith
Frank R. Johnson
Frank Nolan
Hot Springs
Josephine Mortis
Texarkana
United States Employment Service
Mary Delia Carrigan
Little Rocke
Grace Moore
Robinson Memorial Auditorium
Wilbur Breed
Nancy Ann
Banham, Texas
Mr. Breed
Frank Lahey
American Medical Association
Army
Navy Medical Reserve
Bath NC chartered town remains unchanged since 1705
Barbs and Story from Washington mock the era's wartime conditions noting women may harvest crops next year and inflation fears if girdles remain unaffordable. A divorced magician is cited, and the note hints photos of bathing beauties and sandbags. Bath Incorporated in 1705 shows its static size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Story
Washington
Bath, N.C
Edson in Washington shows war time social programs
Washington’s Division of Health and Welfare under Paul McNutt runs numerous defense area projects to coordinate social needs. Aimed at medical staffing, nursing shortages, housing, schools, sewers, and recreation, the effort mobilizes doctors, nurses, students, and federal funds to support defense communities and civilian needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Division of Health and Welfare
Paul McNutt
Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services
ODHWS
I Washington
Charles P
Taf
Cincinnati
Congress
Collines
Federal Works Agency
Mark A. McCloskey
Armed Services
United Service Organizations
Kings Row by Henry Bellamann Chapter XVIII
Parris confronts Cassie’s death and his own role as Drake reveals the town’s gossip. A hidden diary reveals Dr Tower’s genius and madness behind Kings Row’s tragedy, hinting at Cassie and Parris’s fates. Drake and Parris prepare to depart as Randy Monaghan greets a final, uneasy farewell at the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Parris
Drake
Cassie
Parris
Kings Row
Aliens on Public Relief and Evacuation Tasks
The Department of Justice asked ODHWS to take charge of relocating aliens. A Family Security Committee under Geoffrey May handles the assignment to curb relief rolls and push self support for evacuees. Eliot Ness, Cleveland’s public safety head on loan, leads the Social Protection Section to shield the armed forces from vice, noting 60,000 of the first million draftees rejected for disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
ODHWS
Geoffrey May
Taft
Bureau of Public Assistance
Social Securit Board
Eliot Ness
Cleveland
Public Safety
OD Hws
Hopewell Home Demonstration Club Meets in February
The Hopewell Home Demonstration Club met February 18 at Mrs 5S D Cooks home. The president led the session handling old and new business. The group planned the County Council meeting at the Experiment Station on March 18 with Hickory Rhode and DeAnne as co-hosts and set a call meeting for March 16 at 7 30 at Mrs C B Hodnett s with Miss Mary Claude Fletcher the Home Demonstration Agent to assist in planning.
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Friendship
Friendship Home Demonstration Club
Chloie Moses
America
National Defense
Stella Long
Nettie Me
Brayer
Vera Puryear Werd
Lottie Moses
McCaskill
Bruce Chapel
Claud Billicks
Oak Grove
C. N. Whatley
Lois Purtle
Clarence Ross
H. C. Allen
Topewell
Hopewell Home Demonstration Club
5S. D. Cooks
County Council
Experiment Station
Hopewell Club
Hickory Rhode
DeAnne
C. B. Hodnetts
Mary Claude Fletcher
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Jake
Googan
Clancy
Harrison
Paul Harrison
NEA Service
Mywa
John Barrymore
Barrymore
Jed Choi
First Methodist Church
A. Council
Lida McSiain
Women's Society of Christian Service
Paisley P.T. A
Drill Tawa
Woolman Circle
Woodmin
Pat Claibourn
The
United Daughters of the Confederacy
George T. Crows
Ben Goodlett
Alma Hannah
Clara Lowthorp
Dai Dorothy Hoard
Shreveport Manors
Urban
Raymond Urban
Bayksdale Field
Mary Warnock
Frank J. Slimer
Ms. S. Urban of Hope
Mesdames Cox
McMath
Jones
Woman's Society of Christian Service
John P. Cox
Willard
Alice McMath
Mamie Byrant
C. Parker
Rialto
Kit Carson
Lynn Bari
Rosalind Russell
Don Ameche
Saenger
Rialto Malinee Daily
Sun Mon
Wee-Thas
New Saenger
Kay Kyser
Lupe Velez
Ginny Simms and
Band
Harry Babbitt, Ish Kobibble
Sally Mason
William Duckett
Malvern
William Glover
Glover
F. J. Bruce
Jemes M. Bruce
J. J. Rebberts
Harol Robberts
Edson
Henry Bellamann
Colonel Skeffington
Dr. Tower
Vienna
Gordons
Asylum
Cassandra
Pakris
Randy Monaghan
Europe
Randy
Sam
Life Magazine
the Red Cross
Red Cross
Charles A. Haynes CO
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