Hollywood Buzz: Royalties, Weddings, and War News Snippets
Lois Andrews heads to Hollywood from New York to finalize wedding plans with Jack Toppling. Elyse Knox and Lt. Tommy Harmon may shift their August 26 date. Actors face wartime service notes and charity efforts dominate celebrity chatter from Sinatra to Montez.
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Hollywood
Lois Andrews
New York
Jack Toppling
Elyse Knox
Tommy Harmon
Birmingham Army Hospital
van Nuys
Calif
Oona
Charlie Chaplin
O'Neill
Humphrey Bogart
Cupid
Dolores Moran
Bob Robb
Susan Hayward
Paramount
Ben Lyon
Army Air Corps
Ginny Simms
Pat Nenny
Arthur Treacher
Keystone Kops
William Rockne
Knute
Warner Brothers
Jean Parker
Kurt Fromm
Tim Holt
Navy
Marines
Frank Sinatra
Norma Shearer
Louis B. Mayers
Joan Crawford
Phil Terry
Gene Autry
Irene
Deaths J H Vaughan and Edward Juno services held
Funeral services were conducted for J H Vaughan 57 who died Tuesday in Philadelphia with burial at Riverview Cemetery. Survivors include his mother two sisters two brothers and many nephews and nieces. Edward Juno 77 died at his Jiggers home Monday with services at Pine Hill Church and interment at Pine Hill Cemetery. He leaves five sons and three daughters
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J. H. Vaughan
Philadelphia
Peters
Jack Powell
Riverview Cemetery
Ernest Breard
Dick Prichard
O. A. Easterling
Warren Breard
B. M. McKain
Clarence Oakley
Vaughan
Henry Vaughan
Edgewater Gardens
Monroe
Lucille Humphries
Lester Smith
New Orleans
Hal W. Vaughan
Moscow
Idaho
United States Engineers
Alaska
Jiggers
Edward Juno
Pine Hill Church
Pine Hill Cemetery
First National Funeral Home of
Winnsboro
Juno
Farris Juno
Marshall Juno
George Juno
Cornelius Ratcliff
Ethel Mason
Mary Perry
Conrad RB. Jarmon
Marion
Conrad R Jarmon
Union Parish
Viola Edwards
Lucian E. Jarmon
Conrad R. Jarmon Jr
Eugenie Thomas
Sterlington
Tobe” Smith
J. M. Gibson
Sweetwater
Tex
W. L. Poole
Dulles
T. M. Jarmon
Tyler
Marion Baptist Church
J. P. Burgess
Concord
Kilpatrick Funeral Home
Angie Still Lacks Water in Angie Louisiana
In Angie Louisiana a municipal water failure after nearly 20 years leaves residents with a trickle. A new mayor and aldermen face a damaged main pipe with holes 125 feet and seven feet deep, and a temporary patch while plans for private wells and a private business operation emerge.
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Angie
Board of Alderme
Sewé& Board
H. H. Richardson
Davis
Boan
J. Rhodes
Bel Church
Edward Hurst
Farmer
W. H. Robbins
Rice
Mississippi
Peter Johnson
Keep Going Keep Going: American Resolve in Normandy
An overseas New York Sun correspondent recalls an unnamed American unit in Normandy sending back the message We have reached our objective What next The reply To hell with objectives keep going This exhortation lifts civilian and military morale amid Allied advance as doubts of progress fade and the United States asserts persistent drive across theaters.
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New York Sun
Normandy
Paris
Germany
America
France
Italy
Pacific
Safety Valve Of Free Speech In Japan
The Japanese cabinet proposes more free expression to raise morale and boost production. It notes wartime dictatorships work swiftly in victory but falter as war drags on, arguing free speech acts as a safety valve. The piece contrasts Japan with Germany and Mussolini and questions whether Hitler would allow such limits to loosen.
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Roosevelt
Lincoln
Germany
Japan
Mussolini
Hitler
Gestapo
Aftermath of War Struggle to Rebuild European Economies
Exiled governments in England plan to restore shattered economies as Hitler’s regime left Europe with collapsed monetary systems and skyrocket living costs. France’s gold reserves and war costs illustrate broader devastation across France Belgium Holland Norway Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia and Greece. The task is immense.
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Hitler
England
Germany
France
Belgium
Holland
Norway
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Greece
United States
Europe
Confessions of a Free Advice Seeker
A woman recounts using clever stories to obtain free medical opinions from doctors at a veterans center opened near her home. She admits to fabricating details to gain eye ear nose throat guidance and notes fear of psychiatrists, balancing humor with self criticism.
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Henry McLemore
Veterans’ Getwell Center
U. S
Red Cross
Henry
In My Head: A Patient Reflects On Cops And Psychiatrists
A narrator in a humorous piece frets about feelings of guilt when facing police or psychiatrists. He mocks his own anxiety while debating whether to seek professional analysis and imagining the value of hiring a lawyer and dentist to visit him. Distributed by a syndicate.
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Wheeler
Cindy
Radio Eastern War Time P.M.-Subtract One Hour for CWT
A schedule of radio programs with corrections from networks listed. The circa World War II time block includes serials, news, drama, musicals and quiz questions, featuring Quincy Howe Hop Harrigan Dick Tracy and The Sea Hound with multiple repeats and announcer notes.
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Farrel
Dick Tracy
Quincy Howe
Hop Harrigan
Terry
Sparta
Edwin C. Hill
Cbs
Tim Healy
Chick Carter
Jeri Sullavan
Che Ack Armstrong
Eastom
Lowell Thomas & Newsceast
Nhe World News
Henry J. Taylor
Mercer
Music Shop
Biu Fulton Lewis, Jr
Mbs
Nbe
John Nesbitt
Volney Hurd
Dick Haynes
Shaw
Cbs Green Hornet
Blu Arthur Hale
Kaltenborn
Nbe-West Dance Orchestra
Ginny Simms
Blu Frank
Arthur Hale
Lum
Abner
Nick Carter
Judy
Ebs Ransom Sherman
Blu Sinfonietta
Jack Pepper
Chs
Gabriel Heatter
Nbc
R. Massey
Blu
American Forum
Mieg Greenwood
Nhe
Norman Corwin
Raymond Gram Swing
Gao
Hicks
Blu Dance Orchestra
Hildegarde
Congress Speaks
Radio Schedule Snapshot of KWKH and CBS Network Listings
A dense rundown of radio programming from KWKH and CBS including news, music, dramas, and variety shows. It lists times, show titles, and local or network affiliations for a full day of broadcasts. Key names include The Light Crust Doughboys, The Dr Fights, Yuri Stern’s Orchestra, and Rhythm Rambles with numerous local programs interspersed with CBS News.
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Onark Mountaineer
Fairfield Poor
Slim Rhodes
Mountaineers Kark
News of the World
CBS 7Is
The
Light Crust Doughboys
Sunshine Boys
AP News
CBSL
CBS
Stamos Baxter
Melody Boys
Kate Smith
Helen Trent
Gal
Ernie Sqn
the Goldbergs
Portia
Joyce Jordan
M. D
Irene Beasley
Rob Trout
Bill Costello
Dunn
John
Edwin Co. Hill
Jerf Sullavan
the World Today
Joseph Harsch
Manpower
John Nesbitt
Bill Henry
Jack Pepper
John H. Overton
Dean Hudson
Harold Stern
Lee Castles
Forest Loomis Wounded in Action in Pacific
Mrs. F L Loomis receives notice from the War Department that her husband Pfc Forest L Loomis was wounded in action July 11. He has served in the southwest Pacific since May 1942 and earned the Purple Heart. He is hospitalized in New Guinea. Residence listed as 211 Stone Avenue Monroe.
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F. L. Loomis
War Department
Pfc
Forest L. Loomis
Loomis
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Madison parish names vocational agriculture teacher at Tallulah High
At the August Madison parish school board meeting J. F. Knight of Jonesboro was elected as teacher of vocational agriculture at Tallulah High School. He succeeds Harold W. Anderson who has moved to Franklin parish.
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Tallulah, la
Madison Parish
J. F. Knight
Jonesboro
Tallulah High School
Harold W. Anderson
Franklin Parish
Washington In Wartime Spotlight on Civil Service Morale
In wartime Washington, heat and long hours persist in non air conditioned temporary offices while officials boost morale. Chester Bowles leads weekly briefings and lunch talks to link small tasks to overall war effort. Wall ace Colman reports all federal buildings are now rat free after cleaning Pentagon and other sites.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
OPA
War Industries
Bowles
Pearl Harbor
Wallace Colman
Pied Piper
Public Buildings Administration
United States
Colman
Pentagon
Federal
Colonies
New Bell telephone line to cut Monroe Alexandria distance
J W Warren area manager announced the Bell system project between Monroe and Alexandria will cost 400000 dollars, 50000 more than planned. The 83 mile line will run through a 50 foot right of way with trees removed for storm protection, currently completed to Urania. Groundbreaking for the Illinois Central station is delayed until mid next week due to remaining building clearances.
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Bell
Monroe
Alexandria
J. W. Warren
Urania
Illinois Central
W. C. Salley
Cordes Cordes De Witte Jarmon Death Notices Across Town
Obituaries report Christian Woods Cordes of Vidalia Ferriday and his Spanish American War service, Bernice May De Witte of West Monroe, and Conrad R Jarmon Marion with funeral details. Surviving family members include spouses children and siblings with service locations in Ferriday Hasley Cemetery and Concord Cemetery. Funeral services held and interment planned by local churches and Kilpatrick Funeral Home.
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Bernice May DE Witte
Assembly of God
West Monroe
E. L. Tanner
W. T. Waggner
Hasley
Elbert Young
Ralph May
Rob Butler
Otis Downing
D. L. Bryan
G. A. Parker
W. M. Morris
Former L S U Men Awarded Dist Cross in England
Two LSU alumni Lt Charles Fontane of Hessmer and Lt Phillip R Goynes of Roseland received the Distinguished Flying Cross in England. Other LSU veterans cited for valor include Pfc Roy O Richards of New Orleans with the Silver Star for action in Italy May 29 and Capt Peter C Graffagnine of New Orleans with a Silver Star. Bert L Cenac S Sgt A A C of Houma, killed over Kiel Germany June 13 1943, received memorial citation from President Roosevelt and posthumous Purple Heart.
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Baton Rouge
War Department
Louisiana State University
Charles Fontane
Hessmer
Phillip R. Goynes
Roseland
England
Army Air Forces
Roy O. Richards
New Orleans
Italy
Peter C. Graffagnine
George Cenac
Houma
Roosevelt
Bert L. Cenac
Kiel
Germany
Cenac
Army Air Corps
Crushed Plot Report Persists in German Crisis
A fragmented wartime note claims Hitler plotted to end the regime with a revolt. It describes leaders urging patience, asset shifts by German officers, and a possible French collapse as Paris troops allegedly surrounded Gestapo HQ before repairs of order.
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France
Austria
Hungary
Paris
Hitler
Gesta
Testifies JAP on escape plan from POW camp and escape aids
Haider testified he sought transfer to another camp to avoid abuse and planned an escape with Loescher. He described a rendezvous arrangement with Mrs. Wallace for civilian clothes and reported burning a reply letter. They were captured by the FBI two days after the attempt and later moved to Camp Campbell Kentucky before trial in Denver.
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Haider
Wallace
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Camp Campbell
Denver
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