Jean Arthur considers retirement from Hollywood after one more film
Hollywood gossip notes Jean Arthur may retire after one more picture, risk to Columbia’s profits, and sparks debate on her career. Penny Singleton and Barbara Hutton gossip appear, with Anecdotes about Rita Hayworth, Irene Dunne, and Jinx Falkenberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Settin
Columbia
Jean Arthur
Miss Arthur
Jean
Dec Stork
Rita Hayworth
Penny Singleton
Barbara Hutton
Cary Grant
Cary
Arthur Lake
Hugh Herbert
Captain Kidd
Brian Aherne
Franklin P
Adams
K. T. Stevens
Heart Disease Described as Captain of Men of Death
Dr. C L Mengis discusses heart disease as the leading cause of death and disability. He cites coronary occlusion, smoking, and dietary factors, and urges prevention through exams, temperance, rest, and reducing stress. The piece also notes polio case counts in Louisiana for the week ending May 12, 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Conner
Louisiana State Board of Health
North
Louisiana
Nazi Propaganda Recasts Peace Talks and World Power
The article from Berlin Rome Tokyo cites Goebbels writing predicting peace terms and a possible third world war. It argues Nazi propaganda seeks to sow discord among the Big Four and to portray a US Russia world police force while courting English sympathy and frightening China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Rome
Tokyo
Goebbels
Europe
Germany
Moscow
Navi Party
United Nations
United States
Hitler
Return Of The Prodigal Prodigies
A satirical note critiques a federal plan for physical fitness funded by 235,968 taxpayer dollars. It mocks the FSA program and its backers, claiming it would end medical practice as known and push America toward regimented calisthenics under political resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Civilian Defense
Federal Security Agency
Maynus Chaney
FSA
America
Wrong Tactics at Electric Boat Wor kers Vote Against Strike
Several thousand workers at the Electric Boat Company in Groton Connecticut voted down a strike by a four to one margin but the union Shipbuilders and Marine Union independent still called the strike. The independents seek membership on the national war labor board and broader consideration. The stance risks public sympathy as war production continues. Union leaders are urged to show responsibility and goodwill as prerequisites for privilege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rector
Diamond Jim Brady
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Electric Boat Company
Groton
Conn
Shipbuilders and Marine Union
National War Labor Board
End Of The Line In The German Army Slips From Traps
The piece argues German forces repeatedly escape from traps in Russia Sicily and France causing embarrassment to generals. It concludes they cannot avoid capture forever and will face disintegration and oblivion when finally trapped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Sicily
France
Bert
Army School Turns Junked Cars Into Field Kitchen Fare
Army mess sergeants at Ft Warren Wyoming use junked vehicles to build outdoor stoves and a makeshift kitchen. Students repurpose auto parts into an improvised Ritz Carlton style dining area, practicing resourcefulness for possible field shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft Warren
Wyo
Aba
Ritz-Carlton
Oraes
Our Children by Angelo Patri
Article warns of youth working during wartime and the need to save earnings for education. It stresses teaching money value, planning for future growth, and parental responsibility to guide saving. The piece promotes Patri booklet Obedience as a resource and requests 10 cents and a stamp to obtain it.
Radio Monday Schedule with War Time Adjustments
Eastern War Time program changes noted for August 28 with corrections by networks. Listings include serials, news, sports, variety shows, dramas, and concerts from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m., detailing hosts, sponsors, and station blocks across CBS blue network and related programs.
Two Trusties Flee From State Prison
Baton Rouge authorities report two young convicts escaped from Angola State Prison Sunday. S. R. Mangham, 27, is serving seven years for breaking and entering. J. C. Winstead, 22, is serving two to eight years for manslaughter. Mangham was received November 27, 1943 from Grant parish. Winstead was received December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Angola
S. R. Mangham
J. C. Winstead
Mangham
Grant Parish
Coushatta
Winstead
KWKH Radio Schedule Overview
Monday programming lists three daily news slots and varied musical shows. Notable entries include Raymond Scott Show The Three Sisters Wilderness Road Lost John Lyn Murray's Orchestra and Woody Herman's Orchestra among others. Public notices and local reporting segments are interspersed with nightly entertainment and dance bands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Costello
Dunn
Three Sisters
AP News
John
Lyn Murray
the World Today
Joseph Harsch
E. A. Stephens
Music
Johnson & Hull
Bill Henry
Screen Guild Theater
Variety
Kwkh World
Johnny Long
News
Detours on Louisiana highways due to new construction
Louisiana highway commission announced weekend detours on main line routes. Dixie Overland from Vicksburg to Shreveport detours via Tallulah Lake Providence Delhi and Monroe Chatham Ruston Minden Sibley Haughton Bellevue Benton Shreveport. Route 165 detours Alexandria traffic via Pollock west on 19 to Bentley north on 99 to Zion east on 108 to Georgetown. The Ouachita excursion of the local Legion post will depart tonight at 8:30 from the G. B Cooley wharf with music and dancing. Building permits total 80 635 dollars for the week including a 17 000 two story brick on North Fourth by A. L. Harrington, 15 000 stone veneer on South Grand by C. E. Slagle, 10 000 brick theater on South Grand for James Villanti, and 12 000 two story brick by Abe Arent on Harrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana Highway Commission
Vicksburg
Shreveport
Tallulah
Lake Providence
Delhi
Monroe
Chatham
Ruston
Minden
Sibley
Haughton
Bellevue
Benton
Alexandria
Pollock
Bentley
North Fourth Street
A. L. Harrington
North Grand
South Grand
C. E. Slagle
James Villanti
Abe Arent
Harrison Street
Missing Alexandria man sought from Rapides parish
A 1943 missing person notice describes a man from Rapides parish weighing 130 pounds, five feet seven inches tall with a dark complexion black hair and brown eyes. His family lives in Alexandria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapides Parish
Alexandria
Improvised hillside kitchen fed by military crew
Corps in the field reports students built a c oven in a hillside using rocks as walls a roasting pan on top a water filled can as a ready source a wooden smoke stack and an automobile engine skeleton acting as a stove a camshaft as a bail device and other spare parts forming a functional kitchen and bakery under Capt Everett W Buck Jr supervision the improvised setup aims to conjure any dish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett W. Buck Jr
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Washington In Wartime
Washington in Wartime recounts the end of F D R s inner circle as Marguerite Le Hand Missy dies and the remaining aides Howe Durand Lynch McIntyre and Early are noted for their decades of trusted service from 1933 onward with Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Missy
Steve
Stephen T. Early
White House
Marguerite A. le Hand
Mr. Roosevelt
Tom Lynch
New York State
Louis Howe
Margaret Durand
Marvin McIntyre
Roosevelt
Howe
New York State Senate
President Wilson
Navy
New York
New York City
Miss Durand
Lynch, McIntyre
Miss le Hand
Albany
Anna
McIntyre
Associated Press
Historic Q and A from wartime quiz notes
Questions and answers cover naval landing craft duties with a coxswain steering lines to shore. Another item cites Galileo dropping weights from Pisa to prove falling bodies. Also notes Turkey’s chrome wealth and the two world widely spoken languages Chinese and English with counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pisa
Italy
Galileo
Southern leaders back anti trust suit to cut rail rates
Washington figures expect Governor led anti trust action against Western railroads to pressure lower freight prices for the South. Senators Ellender McClellan Andrews Ramspeck voiced cautious optimism that the case could set a national precedent, though some worry it could backfire if it fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Lincoln
Neb
United States
Plains
Ellender
Dem
Louisiana
South
McClellan
Kansas
Andrews
Flor
Ramspeck
Democ
Georgia
West South
Hewa
Hospital Veterans Meeting Announced by Committee President
A meeting of the veterans hospital committee is set for August 28 at 8 30 p m Lester Scharff president of the committee announced A Hunt H Benoit and G Holland will report and discuss their Washington visit on the forest project
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Hospital Committee
Lester Scharff
A. Hunt
H. H. Benoit
G. Holland
Washington
Three Local Births Reported at Francis Sanitarium
St. and Mrs. James D. Fargo announce a daughter born August 28 at St. Francis Sanitarium. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Crane reveal a daughter born August 28 at the Francis Sanitarium. Dr. and Mrs. O. J. La Barge announce a daughter born August 26 at the Francis Sanitarium.
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Jimmie Fidler
Dusty” Anderson
Broadway
Miss Anderson
Oklahoma
Henry Levin
Fred Brady
Ann Savage
William Wright
Levin
Irene Dunne
Miss Dunne
Irene
Betty Grable
Ulaf
Jinx Falkenberg
Tahiti
DEA
Dr. Mengis
C. L. Mengis
Safe
Morehouse
Orleans
St. M Vernon
Sta
Ouachita
J. C. Brenner
Our
Angelo Patri
Radio
Farrer
Nhe
Cbs
Nbe
Quincey Howe
Dhs
Terry
Larayer
Ibs
Tbbs
Tim Healy
Biu Foe Harrigan
Chick Carter
Petective
Jer Sulliavan
Jack Armstrong
Blu-West
Volney
Mbs-East
Tom Mix
Mbs
Lowell Thomas
Who World News
Henry J
Blu Fulton Lewis, Jr
Volney Hurd
Carolyn Gilbert
Bob Hawk
Dbs
Biu
London
Pibs
Kaltenborn
the Cavalcade of America
Parks and Warren
Ebs
Arlene Francis
Dr. Watson
Lionel Barrymore
Gabriel Heatier
Herbert Marshall
Nbe Screen Guild Players & Guest
Ebs-West
P. Barnes
Nbe-West
Legion
Camden
G. B Cooley
By Hershberger
Jack Stinnett
Frank I. Weller
Turkey
Mopsy Ty Glavys Parket
Yee
Asoli
ATC
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