Hollywood should craft Catholic appeal films for South America
Jimmie Fidler notes a Brazilian consul urging Hollywood to make Catholic friendly films for South America. He cites The Rosary’s potential and argues Catholic themes could broaden markets and goodwill beyond existing South American productions. The column also surveys studio quirks and celebrity anecdotes from General Service Studios and ongoing industry chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Europe
South America
MGM
Thirty Years' War revisited and the drift toward peace
The piece recalls the 1914 invasion of Belgium and the ensuing global conflict, arguing that between 1918 and 1939 was a deceptive lull. It weighs America's stance on the League of Nations, warns that past diplomacy failed to quell aggression, and notes that a modern thirty years war nears its end with fragile hope for lasting peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Europe
Germany
America
League of Nations
League
Manchuria
Ethiopia
Spain
Britain Will Not Resume Civilian Goods Production Yet
Britain will keep wartime production high and withhold civilian goods, a move tied to sustaining the fight against Japan after Germany is defeated. The decision responds to critics urging focus on the Pacific war and asserts Britain's resolve to support the common cause.
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Britain
WPB
United States
United Kingdom
Japan
Hitler
Germany
England
Pacific
Postwar plan for 2900 airparks for private pilots
The Civil Aeronautics Administration outlines a postwar plan to build 2,900 airparks where private pilots can land. The piece lauds the idea as farsighted and compares it to untackled parking issues in early automobile history, noting potential savings on tires and parking tickets for citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Rags Turned Into Reminders Of A Life
A playful reminiscence unfolds as the narrator sorts laundry and recalls Henry and shared memories. Pieces of old shirts, dresses, and bathing trunks surface, revealing moments from Budapest, Hollywood, and wartime tensions with a Jap peace offering in 1938.
Our Children By Angelo Patri
The author discusses children’s games as healthy leisure, arguing games like parcheesi and dominoes can be harmless without money bets. He cautions against prohibitions, stresses natural life experience, and urges positive character development with proper shelter, food, training, and example. He cites Patri’s leaflet P-18 and provides a request for a copy from Monroe News-Star in New York.
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Parcheesi
Angelo Patri
c/o
Monroe News-Star
P. O
Station
New York
N. Y
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Unusual late visit involves a middle-aged Jap guest
A narrator recalls a late arrival of a middle-aged Japanese man staying for talks at a bargain rate. Morning scene shows the husband’s sultry line about bringing home such a guest for his sick wife. The narrator fears future visits and jokes about Hawaii shirts.
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Henry
Jeanie
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Radio Schedule Highlights Night with Serial, News and Music
Radio listings show a dense August 2 Eastern War Time schedule from 6:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. with multiple network changes and program corrections. It features The Murphy Sisters, Marie Baldwin, Tom Mix, Hop Harrigan, Dick Tracy, Lone Ranger, Xavier Cugat, and others across dramas, serials, music, news, and a variety show format.
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Just Plain Bill
Aba the Murphy Sisters
Jack Armstrong
Marie Baldwin
Mbs-Basia
Farrell
Dbs
Dick Tracy
Nbo
Quincy Howe
Dbhs
Hop Harrigan
Terry
Mbs
Nboe Lyn Murray
Tim Healy
Blu-Basia
Chick Carter
Jeri Sullavan
Dhs
Volney
Lowell Thomas
the World News and
Cbs
Henry J. Taylor
Blu-West
Mbs-West
Mercer
Nbe-Bas
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Tomments
Nbe
John Nesbitt
Volney Hurd
Mbs West
Carolyn Gilbert
Nha
Easy Aces
Cbs Basic
Lone Ranger
Blu
London
Kaltenborn
Nha Dance Orchestra
Mr. and
Mrs North
Whbe
Red Barber
Allan Jones
Bia
Cecil Brown
Lum
Abner
Biu
Nick Carter
Band
Nhe
Jean Hersholt
Dr. Christian
Xavier Cugat
Alan Young
Jack Carson
Joseph Dunninger
Gabriel Heatter
Mildred Bailey and Company
First Nighter
Phil Harris
Cone
Raymond Gram Swing
Royal Arch
Gunnison
Ted Malone
England
Blu Dance Music Orchestra
Cbs Buffalo Calling
Orch
Voral—blu
Music Shop
Cbs Blu
Dance Orch
Three From This Area Prisoners
War department release lists 1 219 U S soldiers held by the enemy 1 198 by Germany 30 by Romania Louisiana names include Fisher SiSgt Arnold L Mrs Beatrice Fisher Winnsboro residents Melton C Flint S Sgt Mrs Mary E Flint Winnsboro Obie G Posey father Box 642 Winnsboro Rearranging cabinet knobs to reduce stooping and reaching to open doors ensino text guidance
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Washington
War Department
United States
Germany
Romania
Louisiana
Fisher
Arnold L
Beatrice Fisher
Box
Columbia
Flint
Melton C
Mary E. Flint
Winnsboro
Posey
Elwood G.—Obie G. Posey
KWKH Radio Schedule Update and Local Programs
A detailed listing of KWKH and local programs through late night including News Loca Breakfast Cabaret Ozark Mountaineer Tennessee Hoedown Chapel Singers Your Farm Reporter The Sunshine Boys AP News and CBS offerings with times and hosts across the weekday schedule.
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Dot
KWKH
AP News
CBS
Sunshine Boys
Bright Horizon
Kate Smith
Helen Trent
The
Ernie
BQN
the Goldbergs
Portia
Joyce Jordan
M. D
Young Dr. Malone
Mary Marlin
Irene Beasley
American School of the Airies
Bill Costello
Smokey
Raymond Scott
Dunn
Council of Catholic Men
John
Lyn Murray
Convair
World Today
Joseph Harsch
Victory Trio
Harry James
Music Makers
Variety
Allen Jones
Frankie Carle
Dr. Christian
Bill Henry
Frank Sinatra
Jack Carson
Morton Gould
Brahms
George Olsen
British bombsight Mark XIV usable up to four miles high
The T-1 or Mark XIV bombsight, developed in Britain, remains accurate during maneuvering and at night for low level bombing, with operational use up to four miles high. About six million Americans suffer hay fever. Recent bombings destroyed Munich museums including the Deutsches Museum, the Bavarian National Museum, and the Glyptothek gallery.
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Deutsches Museum
Munich
Glyptothek
Washington In Wartime Labor and voter shifts in 1944
The piece argues the worker vote will shape the November outcome more than the organized labor vote. It notes the CIO PAC backing FDR, high union registration in multiple states, and mass migration creating new voting blocs. It emphasizes worker and women's votes as the real unknowns.
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Organized Labor
Roosevelt
C. IL. O. Political Action Committee
A. F. of L
William Green
A. F. of
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Texas
California
PAC
Oregon
Massachusetts
Alabama
Duluth
Minn
Michigan
Kentucky
Largest Realty Sale Tops August 2 1929 Report
H. H. Boyd property in the 1590 block of Jackson street sold for 20000 to H. J. Fernandez. The two story brick residence sits on nearly two acres with 178 foot Jackson street frontage. Luther Reed and Company brokered the sale. Illinois Central passenger station set for completion by December 15, two weeks ahead of schedule. Site cleared and construction to start this week. Mrs Albert Horuff hosted bridge at her North Third street home for Albena Herring and her fiancé Mr R C Sparks as wedding plans unfold this month.
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H. H. Boyd
Jackson Street
H. J. Fernandez
Fernandez
Luther Reed and Company
Illinois Central
W. C. Salley
Chicago
Albert Horuff
Bridge
North Third Street
Albena Herring
R. C. Sparks
Churchill reports robot bombs kill thousands in Britain
London reports 4,735 Britons killed and 14,000 injured as German robot bombs devastate London and southern England over six weeks. Churchill warns of heavier weapons, urges evacuations, notes 8,000 missing in six weeks and 17,000 homes destroyed.
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London
England
Churchill
Commons
French Channel
Britain
Germany
Senator Clark Falls Behind in Missouri Senate Race
Missouri Senator Bennett Champ Clark trails Attorney General Roy McKittrick by about 3,000 votes as absentee ballots remain to be counted. McKittrick leads with 118,267 to 115,131 in 3,128 of 4,512 precincts. Republican Forrest Donnell dominates GOP nominating race. Clark could be joined by Truman if he becomes VP.
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ST. Louis
Senate
Missouri
Bennett Champ Clark
Roy McKittrick
Clark
Pearl Harbor
McKittrick
Forrest Donnell
Ozark
Lebanon
Phil M. Donnelly
Jean Paul Bradshaw
Roosevelt
Champ Clark
Congress
Harry Truman
Cheap Water Rates For Victory Gardeners
Texas cities encourage victory gardens by cutting water costs and adding summer allotments. Dallas offers 40 cents for 4,000 extra gallons alongside normal use. Sonora provides 2,000 free gallons for gardeners of 150 square feet with five or more vegetable varieties. Mount Pleasant adds 1,000 extra gallons in summer.
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Chicago
Texas
American Municipal Association
Dallas
Sonora
Mount Pleasant
Three Nations to Bridge Gaps in World Peace Efforts
United States Britain and Russia plan cooperative actions to bridge the postwar gap before a world peace organization can operate. Talks set to begin August 14 will explore how to establish a peace agency while wartime Allied momentum continues. The three-nation talks may last weeks with a broader conference including China to follow. Military force for peace likely to be a contentious initial issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Britain
Russia
Germany
United Nations Council
United Nations
Moscow
Roosevelt
Churcheill
Stettinius
France
Geremany
Finland
Turkey
Organization
United Nations For Peace
Death of J. H. Vaughan Reported in Philadelphia
Word came of the death of J. H. Vaughan aged 57 in Philadelphia Tuesday night. He had been vice president and general manager of Peen Surgical Instrument Co. in Philadelphia and worked on defense contracts for armed services. Survived by his mother, two sisters, two brothers, and many nephews and nieces. Interment planned at Riverview Burial Park in Monroe. funeral services to be announced.
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J. H. Vaughan
Philadelphia
Monroe
Peters Funeral Service, Inc
Riverview Burial Park
Vaughan
Peen Surgical Instrument Company
Alaska
States Rights Job Bill Okayed By Senate Panel
The Senate finance committee approved unanimously a states rights unemployment compensation bill leaving benefit rates to states. It would shift up to 2,000,000 federal employees into state programs with federal reimbursement and create a revolving loan fund for solvency. Debate with federal aid plans looms.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
George
Georgia
Senate Military Committee
Congress
Senate
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