Jolson Story Tunes Marry Archive to Screen Narrative
A Jolson Story recounts Al Jolson and Sid Skolsky shaping a film about Jolson life. They wrestle over music rights selecting songs from The Jazz Singer and other hits to fit the storyline and appeal to audiences while balancing memory with the era’s melodies.
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Sec
Certs
Jolson
Swance
Robert I. Lee
Liza
California
Skolsky
Waoat
Sid
Patmos Officer to Fly Huge Army Plane
Second Lieutenant W. N. Powell son of W. A. Powell Patmos will serve as engineer aboard a Boeing B-29 Superfortress with the 307th Bombardment Group at MacDill Field Tampa. The unit will fly to Salina Kansas for simulated long range missions during Army Week April 6 12 and will conduct bombing runs on southeastern cities to showcase precision navigation and flight capabilities. Powell entered the Army Air Forces October 5 1943 and received extensive B 29 flight engineer training.
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Fla
W.N. Powell
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307Th
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Powell
Army
Air Forces
Margaret Truman's piano life and radio debut plan
Washington First Lady's daughter Margaret Truman, famed for piano prowess and a noted choir member, quietly pursued singing. She studied in New York, turned down radio bids until a planned debut, saying she would be judged on merit, not the presidency.
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Paul Howard and Arkansas Cotton Pickers at Grand Ole Opry
Paul Howard and his Arkansas Cotton Pickers are highlighted as WSM singing finds debuting on the Grand Ole Opry in April 1942. The group features Judy Dean on bass fiddle and piano, Clem Walters on fiddle and sax, Jack Kendall on fiddle, Harrison Chambler and Glen Thomas on guitars, Slim Idaho on steel guitar, with Wayne Watson on comedy and bass. Howard, born July 10, 1908 in Midland Arkansas, is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter noted for Stay a Little Longer for Liberty and You Left a Red Cross on My Heart among others. The band performs weekly on the Opry and heads to Hope Arkansas for a March 31 show at City Hall.
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Idaho
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Liberty
Taxi Driver Charley’s Tips and War-Era Wit
Charley, a 25 year veteran cabbie, explains tipping norms in midtown runs. He recalls a rude passenger, notes typical tips on 85 cent and 75 cent fares, and says he never refused a fare. Regulars keep him constantly busy on Broadway near the Paramount.
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44Th Street
Paramount
Charley
Neyer
Deception gets three day run at New Theater this Sunday
Warner Bros romantic drama stars Bette Davis as Christine Radcliffe a pianist who entangles lives of two lovers Paul Henreid and Claude Rains in a tale of deceit based on a Louis Verneuil play. Irving Rapper directs with Henry Blanke producing and Korngold Beethoven and Haydn music.
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Robinson
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Claude Rains
Karel Noval
Christine
Alexander Hollenius
Brent
Louis Verneuil
John Collier
Joseph Thaw
Henry Blanke
Irving Raper
Beethoven
Haydn
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Barbara Ann Scott Prepares for World Skating Championship
Barbara Ann Scott, 18, of Ottawa, travels from Davos to St Moritz as European champion and North American title holder, aiming for the world figure skating championships in Stockholm. She earned a first perfect mark in the free skate at Davos Platz, Switzerland.
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Stockholm
Ottawa Blond
Switzerland
Davos Platz
Families seek aid after Centralia mine blast
Centralia Illinois March 27 families of victims of the Centralia Coal Company No mine explosion learn they will not receive immediate aid from the United Mine Workers Welfare fund. A state district UMW official says they are eligible for $4 860 to $6 600 under state industrial compensation. Hugh White UMW Illinois District president notes eligibility depends on family size. In Washington the union cites a delay placing the welfare retirement fund into operation with about 15 million dollars in the fund from a nickel tax on coal since last spring's 33 day strike. Funds for welfare and retirement benefits will be handled by a three man board until Secretary of Interior Krugh appoints the operators' representative.
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Fot
J. A. Krugh
Mayor John Barney Reports House Fire On Roof
PIA reporter for Clara city Herald telephoned Mayor John Barney asking for news. He urged immediate action and said his house was on fire. Fire department raced to the scene and extinguished the blaze on the roof.
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Minn
PIA
Clara City Herald
John Barney
Barney
Crain faces bid to remain trustee of large Arkansas cotton empire
In Little Rock on March 27 1947 James H Crain of Wilson began the second round of his federal suit to remain co trustee and general manager of the Lee Wilson estate Arkansas 50 000 acre cotton empire. Plaintiffs Mrs Marie Wilson Howells and Mrs Victoria Wilson Wesson seek Crain removal and dissolution or reorganization of the trust with a demand for more than 500000. Crain previously had a suit dismissed and the case limits debt collection until hearings on the petition. The estate spans Osceola and Wilson with the town company valued above 8 million and more than 6000 tenants and workers under Crain.
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Timble
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Colton
Osceola
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Acton
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Lee
Wesson
Biography of Daniel Harvey Hill at University of Arkansas
The Arkansas History Commission publishes The Biography of Daniel Harvey Hill by Joseph M. Hill. It traces Hill from his North Carolina roots through the Civil War, to his 1877 appointment as president of Arkansas Industrial University in Fayetteville and seven years there. The book notes Hill’s rapport with Arkansas soldiers, his building of the fledgling university, and his death in Charlotte in 1889.
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Our State
Violence Flare in Louisiana Dairy Strike Sparks Governor Action
New Orleans March 29 Gov Jimmie Davis intervened in Louisiana milk war after a sheriff warned he would shoot to kill striking dairymen blocking highways to stop milk shipments. An arbitration board was appointed as shootings hijackings and raids disrupted supplies. Sheriff Teddy Martin moved 3000 gallons of milk into New Orleans while deputies maintained line at county borders.
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East Baton Rouge
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Debretton
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Louisiana Motor Transport Assn
Davis
Grayson
Alty
Fred S. LeBlanc
Byler murder trial rests with six witnesses
Melbourne report says the second murder trial of Robert Byler 34 rests after six witnesses were presented by the state in the Dec 1945 slaying of Sheriff J L Harber. Homer Collier 25 an Izard county farmer testified he rode by Byler home on a horse and saw the shooting with a scuffle as the sheriff tried to arrest Byler and the sheriff was shot while his hands were in the air. The defense has 31 witnesses.
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D'Arcy
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Weinzville
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Fulton County
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Mandie Walker
Mid
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Ben Laney bridge designated on Ouachita River at Camden
Arkansas Highway Commission awarded 14 road and bridge contracts totaling about 38 miles of roads and 14 bridges for nearly 1.5 million dollars. Projects include White, Jackson, Grant, and Jefferson counties with bids from Massman, W R Aldrich, and PRA. One Lawrence county project lacked bids and will be readvertised.
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