Hollywood Army of Occupation Idea Provokes Cinema Pulse
Desi Staff proposes a U S occupation force to quell Hollywood fights with armed guards at hotspots like The Mocambo and Roosevelt Hotel. The tongue in cheek column notes the idea would include hospitals and air support, while readers respond with skepticism and entertainment industry gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Desi
U.S
Roosevelt Hotel
Mocambo
Cire
Christie
Jon Hall
Jimmie Fidler
Two Die in Tennessee Storms Across Nashville Area
Violent storms sweeping drought scarred middle Tennessee caused at least two deaths and widespread damage. Cordell Duke Jr. 21 died when a tree struck him near Springfield. Robert McCoy 15 was in critical condition at a Springfield hospital. John Douglas Johnson Jr. 3 was electrocuted in Antioch. A Nashville dog food plant and a railway overpass were destroyed by lightning and fire, with damages around 50 000 dollars. Downed lines and damaged crops affected Gallatin and Sumner County communities.
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Nashville
Tenn
Middle Tennessee
Springfield
Cordell Duke Jr
Robert McCoy
John Douglas Johnson Jr
Antioch
Gallatin
Sumner County
Allied push closes German pocket near Falaise in France
Allied forces tighten the noose on German troops east and west of Falaise. Canadian infantry and tanks enter Falaise. Americans close in from north and south as air power disrupts German escape routes. Patton lauded for air ground cooperation as he drives toward Paris.
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Patton
Tured Falaise
Supreme Headquarters
Iif
Falaise
Pit River
Channel
Gerry Seventh Army
Seine
Falaise-Argen
Associated Pr
Roger D Greefui
Paris
Aled
Raistance
Argent
Con Tinchebray
Flers
Rolcont
Conde-Falall
Wid
Brittany
St. M
Associated Press
Digput
Falani
George S. Patton
le Mans
Chartres-Drer
le Mus
Dreux
Ante
Vandenberg
Actio
Machines may end humanity as new age dawns
The piece cites Capek's R U R and reports on revolting subway cars, a driverless milk truck, a Bayonne teacher’s claim, and a Harvard device that might solve any math problem. It warns that a future machine era could render humans obsolete as machines generate more machines.
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Karel Capek
Abie
Tobacco Road
Capek
New York City
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Bayonne
N. J
Harvard University
Harvard
Navy
International Business Machines Corporation
Einstein disputes new biography claims
Albert Einstein rejects much material in a biography by his former son in law. He argues the work misrepresents him and, despite his mastery of relativity, shows he too faces ordinary family topics.
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Albert Einstein
Wisconsin city roots circuses and Ringling tragedy remembered
The columnist recalls Wisconsin as the birthplace of numerous circuses and Baraboo as the original Ringling Brothers origin site. He notes Wisconsin’s deep circus heritage, the Ringling disaster response, and local fans’ ties through the National Circus Fans Association with families across Milwaukee Madison Racine Whitewater and Racine.
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Wisconsin
Ringling Bros
Baraboo
Wis
Ringling Brothers
Sarasota
Fla
Barnum and Bailey
H. H. Conley
National Circus Fans Association
Sverre O. Braathen
Don M. Leight
Fans Association
Robert Zimmerman
Madison
Ben L. Boalt
Carl W. Sherback
Roland K. Wilde
Ell
Milwaukee
Roy N. Henderson
Whitewater
Frank Higgins
Racine
Five Ringling Brothers
Mazomanie
Dircus
Barnum
Monney
New York
Braathen
Madison Square Garden
Devils Lake
George W. DeHaven
Andrew Haight
Our Children by Angelo Patri
Advice on handling youths mistakes with secrecy and family support. Emphasizes parental loyalty protecting a child’s reputation, avoiding public shaming, and seeking counsel from clergy. Encourages viewing mistakes as growth and using a self measuring chart leaflet.
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Our
Angelo Patri
Monroe
Post Office
Station
New York
N. Y
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Circus hometown history mentions Gollmar brothers and rivals
In 1891 the Gollmar Brothers began a wagon show. Golliare and Ringlings were cousins. Delevan became a major circus town with winter quarters for Mable's Circus Buckley & Company and George W. Bushner & Company Circus.
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Gollmar
Golliare
Ringlings
Delevan
Mable’s Circus
Buckley & Company
George W. Bushner & Company
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Radio Schedule for August 17 Eastern War Time
Announces a full late 1940s radio lineup with serials News reports and musical variety from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. including Hop Harrigan Captain The Healy’s Story Larrys and a range of dramas. Public notices, sports segments and world news are interwoven with entertainment programming.
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Three Sisters
Jack Armstrong
Mbs-Basie
Farrell
Dbs
Blu-East
Wiu
Nbe
Hop Harrigan
Terry
Blu
Ted Husing
Cbs
the Healy
Chick Carter
Jeri Sullavan
Volney Hurd News Times
Toni Mix
Lowell Thomas
Nbe World News
Ebs
Henry J. Taylor
Mbs-West
Mercer
Nbe-Basie
Cbs Musical Mysteries
Stopak Ore
Biu Fulton Lewis, Jr
John Nesbitt
Volney Hurd
Charlie Chan
Mr. Keen
Basic Dancing Music Orchestra
Cbs Dixie
Arthur Hale
Mbs
East
Kaltenborn
West Chester
Bowles
OPA
Blu Dance Orchestra
Cbs Broadcast of
Blu Frank
East Bhur Hale
Music of
Utah
Cbs-Basic
Dixie
cbs-Dixe
America Town Meeting Forum
Human Adventures
Music Hall
Joe KE
Rown
Army Air Forces Broadcasting
Music Shop
Cbs & Hiu
Evangelistic Services at Brown Paper Mill in Winnsboro Area
Evening services are held at 8 p m at the Brown Paper Mill near the spray pond, with Rev R A Lewis of the Winnsboro Free Methodist Church as speaker.Friday features missionary Florence Murray back from China who was a Japanese prisoner. Rev Joseph A Dixon serves as acting pastor.
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Brown Paper Mill
Jonesboro Road
R. A. Lewis
Winnsboro Free
Radio Schedule Local and CBS Lineup for KWKH and PKARK
A dense radio timetable lists KWKH and partner station programs by hour from early morning to late night. Shows include Local News Local Music Breaks Talk and musical interludes with CBS network programs such as Burns and Allen The Ox Road and crime drama The First Line, plus various local ensembles and orchestras.
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Ozark Mountaineer
Kwkh Farm
Pairfield Poor
Siim Rhodes
Mountaineers Kark
News of the World
Cbs
Light Crust Doughboys
Sunshine Boys
AP News
Cbs-L
Kate Smith
Helen Trene
Crossroads
Ernie Sqn
World Wide News
The
Goldbergs
Portia
Life
Joyce Jorden
M. D
Dr. Malone
Dixie
Mary Marlin
Iene Beasley
Bob Trout
E'l Costello
Dunn
Three Sisters
John
Ted Husing
Jeri Sullaven
World Today
Joseph Harsch
You
Manpower
E. A. Stephens
Wosu
Dean Hudson
Bill Henry
Major Bowes
Corliss Archer
Bob Strong
Lenny Dunham
Frank Bargo
Head of Dead Snake Bites Man in Lancaster
Robert Hoover, 23, a farm worker, paused hedge trimming to chop a poisonous viper into three pieces. He picked up the severed head to discard it and was admitted to Lancaster Hospital with snakebite injuries.
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Lancaster
Robert Hoover
Turtle bears dates carved through decades in El Dorado
L M Longstreth met his turtle again and found new date 1944 carved on its shell. The shell already bore 1906 1913 1917 and 1940 dates from prior meetings, marking decades of repeated encounters by the same person.
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EL Dorado, Kas
L. M. Longstreth
Longstreth
Washington In Wartime
A war over interstate trade barriers grows as Congress considers a federal state regulation probe led by Rep. Emanuel Celler. Oregon Governor Earl Snell urges eliminating state barriers to boost postwar production, warning federal action may come if states fail. Barriers include licensing laws taxes and quarantines, with retaliatory actions raising tensions among states.
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Congress
Emanuel Celler
Brooklyn Democrat
Celler
Oregon
Earl Snell
United States
Snell
Frank T. Bane
Council of State Governments
Questions and Answers on Tornadoes Prisons and Census
A set of brief Q and A items covers tornado frequency in the United States, internment locations for war prisoners in East Prussia, Bialystok's prewar size as Poland’s textile hub, dangers of giving cigarettes to wounded soldiers with arterial injuries, and the Little Dipper's alternate names Ursa Minor and Little Bear.
Allied air raids widen in Pacific triangle targets Bonins to Formosa
In tentative broadcasts an Allied raid plan lists Mindanao Halmahers Truk Ponape Wotje Maloelap Mili Nauru Formosa Pescadores as targets. Mako and Takao hit anew as Truk suffers seven planes lost. Saipan strengthens as a future base while Chinese forces push near Tengchung Hengyang and Lungling amid Burma road fighting.
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New Guinea
China Coast
Bonins
Mindanao
Philippines
Halmahers
Truk
Ponape
Carolines
Wotje
Maloelap
Mili
Marshalls
Nauru
Formosa
China
Japan
Saipan
Tengchung
Burma Road
Lungling
Burma
Hengyang
Hankow-Canton
Bombers strike Kiel and Stettin in Western Front raid
Allied air forces attacked Stettin and Kiel in a wide raid on western Germany and the Low Countries. About 2,000 bombers aimed at oil refineries, chemical plants and naval facilities. Sixteen planes were lost. the raid disrupted port and shipbuilding operations with fires and explosions.
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Germany
Low Countries
Stettin
Baltic
Finland
Kiel
Thegdermans
Berlin- Stettin Canal
Liettin
Births at St Francis Sanitarium on August 16
To St and Mrs John Sutton 4206 DeSiard Road a girl, To Mr and Mrs W L Perkins Monroe four boys, To A C and Mrs A Humphrey 703 North Third West Monroe a boy, all born August 16 at St Francis Sanitarium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sutton
DeSiard Road
St. Francis Sanitarium
W. L. Perkins
Monroe
A-C
A. Humphrey
North Third
West Monroe
Featherbed Hostel Converted in Worcestershire Famine
In Fladbury Worcestershire a band army girls group unable to find rooms in the village converted a chicken house into a hostel with cubicles for 40 a dining room kitchen and bathroom reflecting wartime austerity.
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Fladbury
Eng
Army Girls
Worcestershire
New brake stops high speed motor in six turns
Chester I. Hall of General Electric has developed a cork shoe brake that halts a one eighth horsepower motor running at 16 000 rpm in six turns. The moving edge travels about 62 miles per hour, equating to stopping a car at mile a minute in 2.73 feet. The brake uses standard friction.
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New York
Chester I. Hall
General Electric Company
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