See Here Private Hargrove at the Rivoli
The Rivoli shows See Here Private Hargrove with Robert Walker as Hargrove a rookie drafted into the army. Keenan Wynn George Offerman Jr Bill Phillips and Donna Reed provide support while Hargrove’s missteps lead to humor and a desk job plan before overseas orders.
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Rivoli
Hargrove
Robert Walker
Bataan
Private Hargrove
Keenan Wynn
Private Marve
Charlotte News
Kennan Wynn
George Offerman, Jr
Bill Phillips
New York
Donna
Mulvehill
Agile
Walker
Donna Reed
Wynn
Offerman
Phillips
Chill Wills
Donsid Curtis
Pee Rivoli
Errol Flynn
Jean Picard
French Surete
Paul
Watson
Faye Emerson
Dennis
Odette Myrtil
Francis Pierlot
Victor
Routes to Berlin Distances By Fronts
The report lists Allied advance distances to Berlin from key fronts: Russian front 322 miles from Warsaw's eastern suburbs, Northern France 495 miles from Troyes, Italian front 601 miles from Florence, and Southern France 605 miles from Briancon. The figures illustrate strategic progress toward the German capital.
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Warsaw
France
Troyes
Florence
Briancon
Movies at 5th Avenue Showcase Last Day Features
The 5th Avenue theater presents The Hour Before the Dawn with Veronica Lake and Franchot Tone plus Riding West with Charles Starrett. Also shown are The Lodger starring Merle Oberon and George Sanders and Lifeboat with Tallulah Bankhead. U-boat Prisoners and Swing in the Saddle join a Technicolor Desert Song lineup. Dennis Morgan and Irene Manning lead The Desert Song.
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5Th Avenue Theater
Veronica Lake
Franchot Tone
Binnie Barnes
John Sutton
Charles Starrett
Shirley Patterson
Jack the Ripper
20Th Century Fox
Merle Oberon
George Sanders
Laird Cregar
Marine
Navy
Merchant Marine
Tallulah Bankhead
William Bendix
Walter Slezak
Mary Anderson
John Hodiak
Henry Hull
Heather Angel
Hume Cronyn
Canada Lee
Bruce Bennett
Erik Rolf
Yank
Davey Jones Locker
David McEnery
Jane Frazee
Andrews
Harriet Hilliard
Peter Cookson
Mat Willis
Bill Phillips
Tim Ryan
Mitch Ayres
el Khobar
Dennis Morgan
Irene Manning
Air Force Film At Riviera Today
A Guy Named Joe at the Riviera today offers a mellow romance mixing realism and fantasy. Spencer Tracy Irene Dunne and stars Susan Hayward John Carroll head the cast with Freddy Martin Count Basie Ray McKinley and the Golden Gate Quartet supplying music.
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Joe
Riviera Theater
Air Force
Spencer Tracy
Irene Dunne
the Riviera
Susan Hayward
John Carroll
Universal
Double Feature and Gillespie Drama At Wisconsin Theater
The Wisconsin theater shows Double Feature Monday to Wednesday featuring Yellow Cantry with Anna Neagle Richard Greene Nora Pilbean and Trigger Trail with Rod Cameron Fuzzy Knight Ed die Dew and Vivian Austin. Friday to Saturday presents Dr Gillespie's New Assistant in the Gillespie mystery series with Lionel Barrymore Van Johnson Richard Quine Susan Peters Keye Luke and others. Also a Saturday 9 30 a m short feature program.
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Anna Neagle
Richard Greene
Nora Pilbean
Trigger Trail
Rod Cameron
Fuzzy Knight
Eddie Dew
Vivian Austin
Wisconsin Theater
Dr. Gillespie
Lionel Barrymore
van Johnson
Richard Quine
Susan Peters
Keye Luke
Oldtimers
Walter Kingford
Alma Kruger
Nat Pendleton
Marie Blake
Frank Orth
The
Wisconsin
Lieut. Charles Bemis Wounded In Italy
Sparta Wis Tribune reports Lieut. Charles Bemis age 22 has been wounded in Italy and hospitalized in England. He arrived Jan 10 with an infantry unit after three years service through July 1944. His wife Eleanor Penner Bemis and their son Charles reside in Chicago. A brother S Sgt Robert Bemis serves in India after 52 missions. A third son Pvt Lyle Bemis died May 8 from wounds at Anzio.
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Tribune
Sparta Bureau
Sparta
Wis
Charles Bemis
Italy
George Anderson
England
Bemis
Eleanor Penner
Chicago
Charles
S. Sgt
Robert
India
Anderson
Pvt
Lyle Bemis
Anzio
Passenger Hurt After Auto Truck Collision In City
Otto Beck of 2123 South Avenue sustained hip injuries when the auto driven by Clarence Jer of 2123 South 15th Street collided with an eastbound milk truck driven by Lloyd Casperson of 1511 Loomis Street at the intersection of St James and Avon streets Saturday afternoon.
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Otto Beck
South Avenue
St. James and
Avon Streets
Beck
Clarence Jer
South 15Th Street
Avon Street
Lloyd Casperson
Loomis Street
Christopher
U S War Production Chief Nelson Visits Edmon ton
Donald M. Nelson head of the war production board and Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley arrived in Edmon ton late Friday night en route to China to confer with Chiang Kai-shek on military and economic issues and left Saturday on the second leg of their trip.
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Edmonton
Donald M. Nelson
U. S. War Production Board
Patrick J. Hurley
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Wounded Chaseburg Soldier Howard Hoff II
Howard M Hoff II is wounded in action after his unit came under fire in France. A member of the Fifth Army field artillery, Hoff, son of Mr and Mrs William Hoff of Chaseburg, was treated in England and writes fondly of Red Cross nurses and comforts during recovery.
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Chaseburg
Wis
Howard M. Hoff
William Hoff
Ft. Sil. Okla
Ireland
France
Fifth Army
Hoff
Hoffs
War Department
United States Army
England
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Red Cross War Fund Committee
Sgt. Dummer First Chaseburg Soldier Earns Purple Heart
John Dummer, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Dummer, is the first Chaseburg soldier to receive the Purple Heart. Wounded in France, he is convalescing in an English hospital after serving in the Africa invasion with an armored tank corps that helped surround Casablanca. He entered service in January 1940 and later sent his medal home to be displayed at the Chaseburg bank.
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Chaseburg
Wis
John Dummer
C. F. Dummer
War Department
Dummer
England
France
Cut Visiting Hours At State Hospitals
Manpower shortages at state institutions force revision and curtailment of visiting hours for the public at state hospitals and at the colonies and training schools at Chippewa Falls Union Falls and Union Grove the state department of public welfare announced Saturday.
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Madison
Wis
Chippewa Falls
Union Falls
Union Grove
State Department of Public Welfare
Urge More U S Aid For Vocational Schools
Wisconsin association leaders at Drummond backed a U S Senate bill to boost federal aid for vocational schools to fund postwar retraining. They also supported equalizing educational opportunities and called for full payment of rehabilitation training costs, noting current law covers only part. Attendees included directors from 35 cities and state vocational education officials.
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Drummond
Wis
Wisconsin Association of Directors of Vocational and Adult Education
United States Senate
Senate
Wisconsin
Congress
Association
Wisconsin Vocational Schools
State Board of Vocational and Adult Education
Service votes reported in Wisconsin Rapids
Wood county clerk reports 220 service men voted by absentee ballot in the August 15 primary. Ballots were mailed to 990 service members.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Wood County
Asylum Of Horrors At Rivoli Midnight Show
Rivoli hosts midnight show featuring Asylum of Horrors with Frank enstein’s Monster and other creatures. Dr Silkins, famed ghost master, will perform illusions and stage a spirit seance turning the theater into a den of spooky monstrosities for a frightful, laughs and chills program.
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Rivoli
Asylum of Horrors
Frankenstein’s Monster
Dr. Silkins
Hollywood Hit Is Continuing at the Wood Theater
The Wood Theater runs Going My Way with Bing Crosby Barry Fitzgerald and Rise Stevens drawing crowds in La Crosse as a masterful emotional musical. JoAn Davis stars in Kansas City Kitty with humor and song followed by Take It Big, a song and dance extravaganza with Jack Haley Harriet Hilliard and Mary Beth Hughes featuring vaudeville acts and cowgirl spectacles.
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Wood Theater
la Crosse
Crosby
Barry Fitzgerald
Frank McHugh
Rise Stevens
Hollywood
Joan Davis
Kansas City
Joan
Jony Davis
Jane Frazee
Bob Crosby
Jane
Jack Haley
Harriet Hilliard
Mary Beth Hughes
Arline Judge
Frank Forest
Richard Lane
Fritz Field
Ozzie Nelson
Haley
Lane
Lester Lee
Jerry Seelan
Miss Hilliard
Nelson
Bing Crosby Arrives in Britain to Entertain Troops
Bing Crosby touched down in London on Saturday to perform for troops stationed in Europe, bringing a show and morale boost to servicemen.
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London
Bing Crosby
Britain
Europe
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B. G. Disylva
Grecutve
Leo McCarey
Pia
Frans Butter
Frank Covet
Jollywoon
Arent Online
Air Force Film
Riviera
Tonite
Lieut
Esato
Howard Hoff
Sgt. Dummer
State Hospital
Wallace Beery
Marjorie Main
Donald Meek
Dorothy Morris
Orgeare
Pathe News
Donald Duck
U. S
U.S. A
Ste and Ste, Inc
Aguy
Amos Ee EY
SWAT
Cae Ba Reas
Fuzzy Knight Vivian Austin
Pius PA
Robert Benchley
Ray Chill Collins
Wills
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