Laval's Government Faces Its Final Days Amid Occupation
A fragmentary, biased account portrays Pierre Laval and French collaborators facing the end of Vichy rule as Germany tightens control. It suggests France will be overrun except for a few coastal and colonial holdouts, with Laval seeking survival through collaboration and a plan to move to Africa.
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France
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Laval
Lavalermany
Africa
Mediterranean
Var
United States
Berlin
Paris
Erce
Toulon
First Lady at Buckingham Palace Luncheon
Mrs Roosevelt attended a Buckingham Palace luncheon hosted by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth with leaders of major war services and civilian agencies. Oveta Culp Hobby, head of the WAC, joined the guests as the First Lady arrived in London. The briefing noted Roosevelt’s persistent stance on the right to serve amid the peacetime draft age question.
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Herhie
Ca H
King George
Jizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Roosevelt
Ats
Wrens
AAFS
Oveta Culp
Market Report from National Stockyards and New York
Hog and cattle prices mostly down for the week with some hogs and calves higher on lighter demand. Sheep and yearlings show small gains while stock markets edge in a narrow range amid war news and selective strength in rails steels and blue chips.
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St, Louis
U.S
New York
Egypt
Associated Press
Midway Field Drilling Advances and New Producers
Midway Field activity continues with No 2 test at 6440 to 8467 feet and No 3 Hodnett 6370 to 6402 feet showing crude similar to nearby wells. Southwood adds Nos 4 and 5 Hodnett in section 18 15 24, drilling likely next week. MeKamie field sees Atlantic Refining’s Bolcaw No 10 flow after 9343 to 9353 feet casing perforations. 34 gravity crude prompts shifting acreage spacing from 40 to 80 acres per test. Carter Oil McClendon No 1 flows with oil saturation to 9296 feet, depth 9345 feet, test planned early next week. Layne Olive Unit No 1 abandoned at 639 feet with no favorable showings.
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Midway
Southwood
Hodnett
Wee Barnsdall
MeKamie
Atlantic Refining Company
McKamie
Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission
Carter Oil Comany
McClendon No
Fiel
Ride del Petroleum Corporation
Layne Olive
Plan submission details collision of airliner with bomber
A New York report via the airlines office lists American Airlines flight 28 from Los Angeles to New York colliding with an army bomber near Palm Springs at 6 15 p m Pacific time on Friday Oct 23. Crew: Captain Charles F Pedhey first officer L F Reppert stewardess Estelle Regan all of Dallas. Passengers include Ralph Rainger of Hollywood and others en route to New York Phoenix Dallas and Washington.
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New York
Airlines
American Airlines
Los Angeles
Palm Springs
Merican Airlines
Charles F. Pedhey
L. F. Reppert
Estelle Regan
Dallas
Texas
Ralph Rainger
Hollywood
R. West
Birmingham
Ala
Phoenix
C. Henderson
Ariz
Interstate Industrial Commission
C. Baker
Frank Bird
Lockheed
Washington, D. C
F. Bird
East Walpole
Mass
L. A
Hege
Atlanta
E. H. Wallace
Las Vegas
Ney
Joseph R. Rosser
Santa Ana Army Air Base
Exas
C.M. Wert
Roosevelt's Son Dines With British Royal Family During War Visit
Elliott Roosevelt, lieutenant colonel in the US Army Air Forces, dined with King George VI and the Churchills in London. Guests included Prime Minister Churchill, Ambassador Winant, Field Marshal Smuts, Capt. Smuts, Lord Mountbatten, Lady Mountbatten, and Malvina Thompson. Mrs. Roosevelt sat beside the king at a simple three course wartime dinner with no toasts.
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Ace
Rs. Roosevelt
Elliott
Army Air Forces
Britain
Churchill
John G. Winatn
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Union of South Africa
Jacon Smuts
Louis Mountbatten
Commandos
Lady Mountbatten
Baseball World Series shares split approved in past year
AP notes Kenesaw M. Landis approved Brooklyn’s division of World Series shares, with only twenty players receiving full cuts of 34 829 40. Five years earlier the New York Giants defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 21 to 0 and led the Eastern division standings in the NFL.
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Associated Press Today
Kenesaw M. Leis
Brooklyn
New York Giants
Brooklyn Dodgers
Fights Last Night in Burlington Card
A summary of last night’s boxing results shows Gus Levine defeating Jackie Dona Hue in Boston by decision after 128 rounds. Robby McIntyre outpointed Moe Weiss in Boston while Mayon Pablo knocked out Felix Morales in Philadelphia. Jack Chase stopped Sebastian Gonzales in San Diego after 150 rounds, and Timmy Shep Herd beat Titus Hawkins in Miami at 176 rounds.
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Associated Press
Burlington, Vt
Gus Levine
New York
Jackie Donahue
Boston
Robby McIntyre
Detroit
Moe Weiss
Philadelphia
Mayon Pablo
Felix Morales
Puerto Rico
San Diego
Jack Chase
Denver
Sebastian Gonzales
Mexico City
Timmy Shepherd
Miami
Titus Hawkins
Somervill Has Lot of Responsibility
Washington profile of Lt. Gen. Brehon Somervell portrays him as the central figure in U S war supply. The piece notes his rapid rise from lieutenant colonel to overall chief of ordnance and his role in coordinating the Army service corps, engineers, quartermaster, signal, medical and other units. It highlights his clashes with the War Production Board and his ties to Harry Hopkins and the New Deal era. Somervell is described as steady, blunt, and decisive, with a long career and a reputation for toughness and efficiency.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
Iheland
Guadalcanal
Brehon B
Burke
Somervell
Services of Supply
Supply
Ordnance
Corps of Enginers
Quartermaster, Signal, Medical and Chaplain Corps
Chemical War Service
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
WPB
Harry Hopkins
New York
Mystery of Nancy Hale and the Lincoln Field Scheme
A stranger pressures Nancy Hale in her home with a staged pay scheme linked to fixing a Thursday State game. Blythe overhears a plan to lure Duane Hogan and Dana for a quiet dinner and drugged rest to slow them, with a thousand dollars promised and danger looming over Pop Miller and the Lincoln field.
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Digike Miller
Nancy
Sigiway
Srranger
Blythe
Pop
Nancy Hale
Bushey
Lincoln Field
Lincoln
Miller
Hogan
Dana
Same Routine Faces and Sayings in Hollywood
New York dispatch notes actors returning to Hollywood for stage work that crosses between theater and screen. Some plays become films, others are in development or awaiting projection. Mentions include Arsenic and Old Lace and Angel Street with Vincent Price as a noted figure. A wartime WPA disruption is briefly referenced as an aside.
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Robbin Coons
New York
Hollywood
Angel Street
Vincent Price
Broadway and Hollywood vie in vaudeville and stage shows
The review notes George Jessel and Jack Haley brings Show Time to mixed reception while Star and Gurter hits, Gypsy Rose Lee and Bobby Clark deliver ribaldry. Gladys Cooper and Wendy Barrie receive varied notice amid casting shifts between Broadway and Hollywood.
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George Jessel
Jack Haley
Star and Gurter
Burleycue
Gypsy Rose Lee
Bobby Clark
Emlyn Williams
The
Morning Star
Broadway
Hollywood
Gladys Cooper
Wendy Bartie
Wendy
Gregory Peek
Butler Brothers Enter Radio School in Chicago
Jack T. Butler and Hope Route One are noted in Chicago where Butler is listed as the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Butler and enrolled at the Army run radio school. the dispatch mentions British radio reporting a Moscow broadcast about Russian planes damaging a German destroyer in the Black Sea during an air war context.
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Butler
Chicago
Jack T. Butler
J. T. Butler
Hope Route One
Army Air Force
Radio School
Stevens
Congress
Army
New York
Moscow
Black Sea
Wirthink
Suspect Admits in Child's Disappearance Case
The suspect, held since Sept 26, confessed verbally in county jail last night after intermittent questioning following the child’s body discovery. He will be charged with murder after a written confession is completed. Bogard said the suspect denied rape, claimed the girl was taken from school grounds to the scene, and attributed drinking to the act. The suspect had earlier denied knowledge of the disappearance while the child’s mother, now remarried after a divorce from the father, lived with her.
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Mob
Nancy
Blythe
Nancy Hale
Pearl Harbor
Heputy
Mure
Bogard
Ittle
Antil Bogard
Raymond Smith
Bowery Diamond Center Shows New York Market Power
New York's Bowery hosts the city’s strong diamond and jewelry market after the war, with a large exchange resembling a department store. Showcases line the walls, guarded by strict burglar systems and police nearby. A curb market outside handles cheaper wares from unclaimed pledges, while Saturdays see peak activity and many merchants invest for weddings and Christmas.
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George Tucker
New York
Bowery
Newark
Amsterdam
Strom
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Robbin Eanes
WPA
Ray Bolger
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Rodgers and Hart
Constance Moore
Bolger
Josepn Schildkraut
Iva LeGallienne
Uncle Harey
Harry Richman
Bert’ Wheeler
Carol Bruce
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