Music for Millions shines with wartime star power
A Rivals Week feature presents top flight music and a wartime story. Margaret OBrien, June Allyson, Jose Iturbi and Jack Benny headline a program blending a dramatic film with a concert by Iturbi and his orchestra. The Horn Blows at Midnight and My Co Pilot run in tonight and Saturday showings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret O'Brien
Jimmy Boran
June Allyson
Jose
Margaret O’brien
Iturbi
Victor Herbert
Chopin
Crieg
Tschaikowsky
Eom Durante
Umbriago
Marsha Hunt
Hugh Herot
Marie Wilson
Larry Adler
Jack Benny
Mida
al Athanael
Alexis Son
Jose Sturb
Jimmy Durante
June Allyson Music For Millions
Jose Iturbi
Alexis Smith
Dolores Moran
God Is My
Dennis Morgen
Dane Clark
Raymond Massey
Alan Hale
Attendance At Parks Shows Strong Week Totals
Attendance at city playgrounds remained high despite heavy rains with 10 738 participants and 6 527 spectators for the week ending July 30. Totals include art 782 softball 276 volleyball 150 tennis 125 croquet 833 horseshoe 1 034 and 403 story periods with 97 in folk dancing and 39 nature study.
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William Baker
Cast iron first made in Sussex in 1350 century note
A fragment notes the origin of cast iron in Sussex around 1350, indicating early steelmaking history and regional metalwork development.
Capt Murphy of Sixth Marine reported on Okinawa
Capt Michael P Murphy 32 son of Michael P Murphy of Gateway Transfer fame served with the Sixth Marine Division on Okinawa as liaison officer six days after the division arrived. He spoke of civilian fears easing as Americans helped settle villagers and described conditions near Naha with civilians in poor shape and subsisting on local produce. He is a Georgetown Law School graduate and earlier worked with Gateway City Transfer alongside his brothers. He has served since February 19 1941 and was commissioned in 1942 after officers’ training.
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Army
Michael P. Murphy
Gateway Transfer Company
Sixth Marine Division
Okinawa
Murphy
Marine Division
Naha
Central
Aquinas
Georgetown University Law School
W. Lee
Eugene
Ohn
Gateway City Transfer Company
W. M. Gerrard
State Street
Lydia
Fremont Avenue
Chicago
Sixth Service Command
Camp Ritchie
Maryland
10Th Army
Jefferson’s Declaration Drafted in a Single Night
The article notes Thomas Jefferson completed the Declaration of Independence in one night using a self-made writing desk and quill. He began work at night and finished by dawn, with the desk preserved to this day.
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Thomas Jefferson
Dark Waters at the local cinema listings
Today through Tuesday the film Dark Waters with Merle Oberon Franchot Tone and Thomas Mitchell. Wednesday through Saturday Don Juan in with William Bendix Joan Bilondell and Phil Silvers.
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Dark Waters
Merle Oberon
Franchot Tone
Thomas Mitchell
Don Juan Quilligan
William Bendix
Joan Bilondell
Phil Silvers
Studio Reel Highlights Star Pairings for Upcoming Week
A film program features Maria Montez Susanna Foster and Turhan Bey on Monday and Tuesday with Tiger Shark starring Edward G Robinson and Zita Johann. Tuesday shows Hi Beautiful with Martha O'Driscoll and Noah Beery Jr. plus Dangerous Journey. Friday and Saturday bring Mrs Parkington with Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon.
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Todey— Bowery
Broadway
Maria Montez
Susanna Foster
Turhan Bey
Edward G. Robinson
Zita Johann
Martha O'Driscoll
Noah Beery, Jr
Mrs. Parkington
Greer Garson
Walter Pidgeon
Sunday Through Monday Radio Schedule Descriptions 1945
A dense listing of radio programs across networks NBC CBS and ABC for Sunday July 11 1945 and Monday with various shows including News Treasury Salute World News Parade John Charles Thomas NBC Symphony and Father Brown Adventures plus musical acts Wayne King Tommy Dorsey and more drawn from the Associated Press schedule.
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Associated Press
Russia
Far East
NBC
America United
International Unity
ABC
United Nations Forum
John Charles Thomas
Army Hour
NBC Symphony
Gildersleeve
Phil Spitaing
CBS
Salt Lake
New York Philharmonic
Ruth Hussey
James Melton
We the People
Sammy Kaye
Paul Whiteman
MBS
Father Brown
Mediation Board
Horizons
Helen Hayes
Fred Waring
U. S. Navy
America
Reunion USA
Jane Cowl
WKEH
News
Jerry
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Mitchell and Utley
Chicago
Ford
Wayne King
Neesee Langford
Spike Jones
Tommy Dorsey and Company
Manhattan
Parky's
Martin Agronsky
Billboard
Ed East
Merten Downey
Heyshecess
Ramsey Visits Recreation Isle Aboard an Aircraft Carrier
Dr Curtis L Ramsey a La Crosse Wisconsin physician returns to duty after a three hour rest on a navy recreation island in the Pacific war zone. The crew explored thatched huts and met islanders, then hunted for coral shells along the shore between battles.
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Curtis L. Ramsey
Sician
Charles Street
la Crosse
Wis
Recreation Islands
Marines of 1775 Enlisted for Maritime Knowledge
The 1775 Marine enlistment prioritized recruits with sea learning and maritime skills. Officials noted naval experience and familiarity with ships would strengthen early Marine operations and seamanship across the new force.
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U. S
Dark Waters on Louisiana Bayou Backdrops Mystery Film
A Louisiana bayou setting frames the crime thriller Dark Waters starring Merle Oberon Franchot Tone and Thomas Mitchell. Oberon returns from a Pacific escape to confront murderers threatening her sanity and a Creole musical score enhances the suspense. Also on stage is the farce Don Juan Quilligan starring William Bendix at the Hollywood theater.
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Bayou
Louisiana
Saturday Evening Post
Merle Oberon
Franchot Tone
Thomas Mitchell
Pacific
Miss Oberon
Tone
Lowisiana Bayou
Miklos Rosza
Voting Machine Topples, Injures Man in Illinois
In Moline Illinois a voting machine toppled onto George Glisman fracturing his right leg. The incident occurred during the voting process as an avalanche of votes overwhelmed the scene.
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Moline, Ill
George Glismanm
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