Jam Session At Hollywood Show Explores Jazz Bands
The article surveys bands led by Charlie Barnet Glen Gray Alvino Rey Jan Garber and Teddy Powell highlighting hot and sweet styles. It notes Ann Miller and Jess Barker in a Hollywood show Once Upon A Time with Cary Grant Janet Blair and Ted Donaldson as key cast members.
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Basin Street
Chicago
Charlie Barnet
Glen Gray
Casa Loma
Alvino Rey
Cary Grant
Janet Blair
Hollywood
Grant
Ted Donaldson
Donaldson
Jimmie Gleason
Bar B and C Gas To Non Pool Members
Milwaukee OPA district official Harold T. Smith announced that next Tuesday non pool car owners with B and C gasoline books may receive full quotas for home to work driving if they regularly carry a full load. Applicants must provide full evidence if unable to obtain a full rider load.
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Milwaukee
Harold T. Smith
Milwaukee District
OPA
Smith
Wisconsin residents graduate as second lieutenants at Army school
Nine Wisconsin residents earned second lieutenants commissions at the Army Quartermaster School. Among the graduates was Charles H. Masters of Sparta.
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Camp Lee
Wisconsin
Army Quartermaster School
Charles H. Masters
Sparta
Going To The Movies In Wisconsin Highlights Curios Casts
The Wisconsin theater shows Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce in a village mystery with a century old monster. Converging films include battles at sea with Robert Taylor and Charles Laughton, a destroyer crew rescue comedy, Silent Partner with Grant Withers, Beverly Loyd, and Ray Walker, a horror drama with Lon Chaney, and musical comedy She's For Me. Also featuring Laurel and Hardy in jitterbugs and the western Bar-20.
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Wisconsin
Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Bruse
Quebec
Holmes
Pacific
Robert Taylor
Charles Laughton
Brian Donlevy
Destryer
Republic
Silent Partner
Grant Withers
Los Angeles
Beverly Loyd
Ray Walker
the Riviera
Louise Allbritton
Robert Paige
Evelyn Ankers
Frank Craven
J. Edward Bromberg
Samuel S. Hinds
Lon Chaney
David Bruce
Grace McDonald
George Dolenz
Lois Collier
Tender Comrade and Tonight We Raid Calais Screenings
Ginger Rogers leads Tender Comrade about a war era romance amid a defense plant life and housing woes with co stars Ruth Hussey and Patricia Collinger. Annabella and John Sutton star in Tonight We Raid Calais as heroic resistance figures in Nazi France. Also noted is the revival of the Son of Dracula vampire saga.
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Jo Radio
Ginger Rogers
Robert Ryan
Chris
Ruth Hussey
Patricia Collinger
Kim Hunter
Mary Christians
Annabella
John Sutton
Calais
France
Sutton
Murder and Mischief Fill Fifth Avenue Screenings
Shake Hands With Murder stars Iris Adrian Frank Jenks and Douglas Fowley as bail brokers drawn into a murder plot while Lost Horsemen with Russel Hayden and Anne Savage runs alongside. Knickerbocker Holiday features Nelson Eddy Charley Coburn Constance Dowling in a New Amsterdam tale. Beruma Mystery teams heiress with a detective amid five bodies. Return of the Rangers with Dave OBrien also screens.
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Iris Adrian
Frank Jenks
Douglas Fowley
Miss Adrian
Jenks
Russel Hayden
Anne Savage
Nelson Eddy
Charley Coburn
Constance Dowling
Old
New Amsterdam
Peter Stuyvesant
Brom Broeck
Charles Coburn
Bram Broeck
Preston Foster
Ann Rutherford
Charles Butterworth
Helene Reynolds
Jean Howard
Richard Lane
Return of the Rangers
Dave O'Brien
South Africa plans township for blind residents
South Africa advances a program to establish a dedicated township where blind citizens can live communal, self governed lives with support services and inclusive facilities.
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South Africa
Soldier Hitchhikes 160 Miles In Italy To See Engineer Pal
S. Sgt. Bueford Baumgartner of Viroqua and Pvt. John Weber of La Crosse, both veterans, met in Italy after a three day pass. They had not seen each other since 1942 and 1943 overseas service. They visited a Rome camp and city, bought cameo bracelets, and exchanged photos as they recall missions in Sicily Africa and Italy. Baumgartner, a top turret gunner and flight engineer on a B 17, had completed 41 European missions and needs nine more for furlough. He serves with the 15th Air Force based in Italy.
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Bueford Baumgartner
George Baumgartner
Italy
John Weber
Elayne Weber
West Avenue
Sumner Street
Sgt
Baumgartner
Pvt
Weber
la Crosse
la Crosse County
Naples
Red Cross
Rome
Europe
15Th Air Force
Sicily
Africa
Intaly
Urges Vets Be Used As Sunday School Teachers
CHICAGO nav y chaplain Capt James V Claypool urged churches to employ returned servicemen as church or Sunday school teachers to boost sagging youth attendance and provide development for the servicemen. He spoke at the annual meeting of the Methodist board of lay activities noting veterans can contribute real depth and sustain youths interest and loyalty.
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Chicago
Navy
James V. Claypool
Battlewagon
South Dakota
Methodist Church
Veteran Editor Friedrich Walker Dies at 75
Friedrich Walker longtime editorial writer and editor for Oshkosh Daily Northwestern died at his St. Petersburg Florida home at age 75 after a 35 year career with the newspaper. He is remembered for his outspoken opinions and long service to the publication.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Friedrich Walker
Northwestern
Cobra Woman Shines At Rivoli In New Universal Epic
Maria Montez stars in Cobra Woman at the Rivoli through Wednesday with Joy Hall and Sabu. Edgar Barrer Lois Collier Mary Nash Moroni Olsen and Samuel S. Hinds costar. Lon Chaney heads the Royal Guard. Also playing are Back Door to Tokyo and Rationing as March of Time features. openings include Passage to Marseille with Bogart and Morgan.
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Maria Montez
Nncolor
Rivoli
Sng
Wed
Universal
Joy Hall
Sabu
Miss Montez
South Sea Isle
Pri Maria
Hall
Edgar Barrer
Lois Collier
Mary Nash
Moroni Olsen
Samuel S. Hinds
Lon Chaney
I of the Royal Guard
Tokyo
Burma
China
Wallace Beery
Marjorie Main
Beery
Dorothy Morris
Tommy Batten
Marseille
Humphrey Bogart
Michele Morgan
Bogart
Dr. H. H. Reese to Join Allied General Staff
Dr. H. Reese of the University of Wisconsin neurology department is named special consultant and technical adviser to the Allied general staff. He will lead a six month research project while on leave from the university and has twenty years with Wisconsin General Hospital.
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Madison
Wis
H. Reese
University of Wisconsin
Allied General Staff
Wisconsin General Hospital
Reese
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