Hollywood Workers Face Postwar Roles Debate
Jimmie Fidler argues creators must hold jobs for quality films after the war, praising Warner Brothers for discount theater access to service members. He notes television will rely on ads, mocks claims about new “Class A” westerns, and highlights Paulette Goddard’s China India tour inspiring aircraft named after her.
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Hollywood
Paulette Goddard
Air Force
China
India
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
New York Day By Day by Charles B Driscoll
Mary Margaret McBride maintains a busy daily routine handling office work from her apartment studio. She reads extensively, keeps radio on, and manages mail for broadcast planning. Frederick Fell discusses a postcard mail plan to cut paper use and costs, while Edwin Seaver releases a large anthology with notable works and a new underground novelette titled The Man Who Lit Underground.
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Mary Margaret McBride
Mary Margaret
Frederick Fell
New York
Fell
Edwin Seaver
Riard Wright
Decisive Allied Invasion Promise in Europe
Military leaders declare the war in Europe will end with Germany’s surrender. Allied air power and battles in Rome pave the way for the invasion of France, with plans to raise overseas forces to 5 million. Victory hinges on crushing Nazi and Japanese forces through overwhelming force.
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Europe
Germany
France
Russia
Rome
Italy
Eisenhower
Hitler
Clark
Paris
Berlin
United States
United Nations
House party balance shifts as Republicans gain edge in Congress
The article notes 216 Democrats and 210 Republicans in the House, with margins in 86 seats. It cites past counts of 888 Democrats to 89 Republicans a decade ago, then warns a Republican president could secure a safe working majority in the House. It references Roosevelt and Wilson era political dynamics.
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House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Congress
Wilson
Price control debate in Congress widens as postwar aims diverge
Amid wartime price controls, Congress debates extending stabilization laws with proposed amendments. Supporters claim relief for small manufacturers and farmers to protect earnings, while labor groups seek removal of wage formulas. Opponents warn extensions grant special favors, delaying free enterprise after the war.
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Washington
Congress
Organized Labor
America
Soldier Henry McLemore Sends Warm War Letters Home
A Daytona Beach reader shares a condensation of Henry McLemore's wartime letter describing mail from home, his jokes about fan letters and book notes, camp life including log cabins of mahogany, scorpions and beetles in his tent, sunburn, and a plea to write four times daily while he serves.
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Henry McLemore
Daytona Beach
Jeanie
Henry
Phi Beta Kappa
Sunday School Lesson Reflects Christian Service and Slavery
The June 1 Sunday School lesson by William E. Gilros discusses Paul’s counsel to a master and runaway slave, the moral limits of Christian warfare language, and the Christian soldier as captain of his soul living under Christ’s rule. It emphasizes that true Christianity comes from inward obedience and that “no cross, no crown” guides faithful service.
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William E. Gilros
DO. D. Paul
Pauls
Timothy
Marriages Among Kukis of Assam and Divorce Ritual
Cartoon explainer notes Kukis of Assam not dissolving marriage by death. A widower must divorce his dead wife before remarrying, symbolically suspending a necklace of divorce on her tombstone. The item is presented as explanatory, from 1944 syndicate content.
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Assam
Orson Welles to Fete War Bonds in Texarkana D day Broadcast
Washington correspondent notes June 12 event starring Orson Welles at the Paramount Texarkana on the Fifth War Loan Drive to raise 16 million dollars. Treasury officials hope the staged invasion motif spurs public support and bond purchases as Morgenthau and governors attend.
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Orson Welles
Mars
Paramount Theater
Texarkana
U. S.A
Ark
Tex
Showmian
Welles
Europe
Fred Smith
Ievastant
Cormbonential
Morsenthaes
Tesister Rave
Paland
Thas
Treasury
State Line Avenue
Morgenthau
Radio Program Listings in Eastern War Time Adjustments
Radio schedule changes noted as networks delayed corrections. Programs include The Paul Lavalle Concert The Trans-Atlantic Call and various musical and dramatic segments with names such as Moylan Sisters Joan Kennedy and Jim Welly, across a day’s Eastern War Time lineup.
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Paul Lavalle
Cba
Josephine Houston
Moylan
Verce
The
Dairy Farmer
Nbo
Church of the Alp
Nbe
Cbs
Jim
USA
Dranus—blu
Jotun Chas. T News of the World
Dr. Fesaier- Haie
Hour
Laandug
Poe Upton Cloge
Life of
Bendix Blu
Tom Stter
Dramitoe Pearce
Giang
Mrea
News Jter
Breher
Covest
Iy Wertures
Kame Reosty
Hote Gidersleeve
Secomd
Mbs
Erathy Thompson Com
We the People
Guersts
Que Hide
Jon Welly M
Te McCarthy
Nagel Magazine
Danis
Wweenlyy
Musc
Iiri
Macipin
Ff Sloy
West Monroe Police Pursue Vagrants
West Monroe police arrest nine people on vagrancy charges and hold them in custody. Authorities say patrols intensified along city streets amid reports of loitering and disturbances.
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West Monroe
Ifs Department
Booaredagst
Maar
Vagrefita
Peoce
Jeff Caldwell Sani
Choef Caldwell
Ota Ueke Iite
Coreerdale Se
Radio Schedule Highlights From KWKH Sunday Listings
A condensed view shows KWKH Sunday lineup with frequent News segments and music features. Notable items include News at 6 00 and 7 00, organ performances by E Power Biggs, Dixie Quartet, and the Blue Jacket Chor, plus programs like The Voice of Prophecy, Gospel Tabernacle, Church of the Air, and Adventures of the Thin Man.
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Southern Baptist Hour
News of the World
Power Biggs
Dixie Quartet
The
Voice of Prophecy
Fort Towner
Warren Sweeney
the Blue Jacket
Gospel Tabernacle
Church of the Air
Edward R. Murrow
News
Revy
William L. Shurer
Silver Theater
America
Columbia Presents
Ned Caimer
Fred Allen
Star Theater
Adventures of the Thin Man
Obe
Glen Chays Orchestra
Los
Allied Forces Hold Normandy Beachhead Fronts
Allied units pressed the Cherbourg peninsula and Cotentin coast as German forces retreated toward Caen and Bayeux. American and Allied ships defended sea lanes near Jersey Island while warplanes and ground units clashed with panzer divisions, with Cherbourg’s harbor area remaining a strategic objective.
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Jersey Island
United States
J.B. Weaver
Bertin
Ameri+ tabs
Oounits
Montebourg
Cherbourg
Throokin Baoreville
Wital
Llmvisnere
Beitivh
Caen Anel Buvreine
Ueweling Te Corman
Normandy
France
Boys State program aims to educate youth in duties and rights
The text outlines the selection of boys for a state program sponsored by local posts and organizations in Monroe. It emphasizes leadership, character, cooperation, and scholarship as criteria, the costs covered by the group, and the program’s goal to teach practical democratic government and citizenship through active participation and mock government exercises.
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Associated Press
SHB Branham CO
Eanouat
Chicago
Atlanta
Dallas
Detroit
St. Louis
Kansas City
San Francisco
Los
Monroé
Monroe Morning World
Emnor Veereccanente Raitorial
Paani
Funsfarmee
Warigde
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Emile Gautier
Theophile Gautier
Persnickety
Charles B. Driscoll
Reg
Patent Office
Abron
Johnny
Mary
Tim
Pat
Charleston
Navy
Tiune
Mertan
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Peter Edson
Washington Correspondent
Peter Loner
Thesy Forges
Shreveport
Ink Sung
Pelican State
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