Rome Liberated as Allied Troops Enter Ancient City
Reportage follows Allied advance into Rome after nine months of heavy fighting. Citizens, partisans, and soldiers describe fierce street battles near the Forum and Vatican area as Germans retreat. Waves of Romans welcome the liberators, with parades and prayers amid damaged streets and embattled gates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forum
Vatican City
Colosseum
Rome
Tiber
Centocelle
San Lorenzo
Porta Maggiore
Basilica of
Santa Maria Maggiore
Via Nazionale
Bank of Italy
Pfe
Kenneth Kopplin
Huron
S. D
Palazzo Venezia
Mussolini
Robertson
Vittorio Emanuele
St. Peter's High Dome
Via Casilina
Mth
Stars On Loan Outs Shape Hollywood Careers
Hollywood notes explain how actors like Clark Gable Claudette Colbert Linda Darnell rise when borrowed to other studios. The practice lets stars fit roles even as stories suffer, fueling moves toward freelancing. Also capsule anecdotes and gossip from Idol Chatter and The Hollywood Parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Clark Gable
Claudette Colbert
Linda Darnell
20Th Century- Fox
United Artists
Wadsworth warns on postwar strength and taxes for peace
Congressman James Wadsworth urges maintaining a robust armed force after World War II to prevent a relapse into weak defense. He warns of peacetime taxes to cover debt and veteran costs, notes past unpreparedness after Pearl Harbor, and insists world peace requires enforceable strength to fend off fascism’s resurgence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Wadsworth
New York
Wadsworth
Mr. Wadsworth
Senate Committee On
Pearl Harbor
Germany
Japan
South America
Europe
Bureaucratic Immunity Riles In NY Maid Theft Case
A New York housewife hired a part time maid through USES. When returning from a sun bath she found the maid and $18 vanished. USES refused to reveal the maid’s name or address, citing regulations. Mayor La Guardia criticized the rule as cock eyed and urged amendment to prevent future crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
FBI
Dirm
War Manpower Commission
la Guardia
Bis
Price ceilings lift on yo yos and jukebox woes stir talk
The piece notes OPA removes price limits on yo yos easing living. WPB reports 25 to 30 percent of America s 270 000 juke boxes are silent due to repair part shortages. The tone mocks wartime controls and hints at cultural shifts with Crosby and a deferral of rolling out the barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
WPB
America
Mama
Bing Crosby
San Fernando Valley
Vanishing Frontier Barkley Reads Menu With Monocle
The Kentucky scene quips that Senator Alben W. Barkley, after breaking his glasses, read his Jefferson Day dinner menu through a monocle. The write up jokes about frontier imagery and notes Boone era voters are no longer in Kentucky.
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Sen
Alben W. Barkley
Senator Barkley
Dan'l Boone
Kentucky
How to become a syndicated columnist according to a Florida essayist
Daytona Beach humorist Henry McLemore jokes about the ease of becoming a columnist. He outlines a comically impractical path involving Daytona Beach, a speed record attempt, a prizefight, a hotel sandwich, and a rushed New York wedding, then notes a lifetime of travel and questions about birth and schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry McLemore
Daytona Beach
Fla
O. K
Cindy
Malcolm Campbell
Clarendon Hotel
New York
Europe
Our Children By Angelo Patri
A newspaper excerpt outlines child guidance focusing on prevention of bad habits, safety training, health routines, and early education. It emphasizes guiding children away from faults, teaching rules for machines and illness prevention, and promoting good eating and rest to foster growth. It notes Patri's booklet Eating No. 303 with a mail order for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie
Susie
Granny
Mary Louise
Aunt Ellen
Angelo Patri
P. O
Station G
New York
N. Y
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
How to Become a Syndicated Columnist in Quick Time
A writer recalls being urged into column work, starting with one weekly piece and quickly handling three columns weekly plus letters from Henry to rewrite. He notes the thrill and fear, comparing his fear of syndication with the reality of rapid assignment. The piece ends with a playful shout to Cindy and a watermelon cheer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Cindy
Evening Radio Schedule and Program Changes War Time
Radio Eastern War Time schedule lists program changes due to late corrections. Highlights include Front Page Farrell, Captain Midnight repeats, news blocks with Quincy Howe, Lyn Murray Serenade, Fred Waring, War News, Captain Tim Healy, Carol Sisters, Lone Ranger, The Cavalcade of America, Lum and Abner, Sherlock Holmes, Information Please quiz, and Newsreel dances.
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Farrell
Nbe
Cbs
Captain Midnight
Quincy Howe
Hop Harrigan
Lyn Murray Chorus
Tim Healy
Jeri Sullavan
Dbs
Jack Armstrong
Blu-West News Time
Volney Hurd
Lowell Thomas
Nbo World News
Cus
Henry J.taylor
Fred Waring
Horace Heidt & His Orchestra
Blu Fulton Lewis, Jr
Sullivan
Cbs the
Army Air Forces
Kaltenborn
Cavalcade of America
Parks and Warren
Cbs Broadcast of
Cecil Brown
Abner
Howard Barlow
Arlene Francis
Vourthces
Nbe the Radio Theater
Cbs Counter Spy
Gabriel Heatter
Nick Carter
Paul Winchell
Jerry
Screen Guild Players & Guest
cDe
Raymond Gram Swing
Henry Gladstone
Sally Sweetland
Blu Bishop Pardue
Showtime
Broadway
Blonke Dagwood
Paul Lavatle
Cbs & Blu
Definitions in a Q and A from a midcentury glossary
A series of concise questions and answers defines terms such as single tax a tax on land only federal voting rules psychosomatic disease and selective service rejections and a bushetman a garment repairer plus ceilometer a device for measuring cloud ceilings over airports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
KWKH Monday Radio Schedule Highlights On Air
A listing of programs and times across CBS and local slots from 3:00 PM to 1:05 AM, featuring News, Musical Moments, variety shows, orchestras, and theater programs with names like Bill Costello Raymond Scott Jeri Sullavan Lyn Murray John, Ed Sullivan Entertains, Dance Orchestras, and Tony Pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CBS
Bill Costello
Raymond Scott
Dunn
Red Cross
Jack Smith
John
Laval
Lyn Murray
Jeri Sullavan
The
World Today
Joseph Harsch
Victory Trio
Ed Sullivan
Johnson & Hull
Bill Henry
Radio
Cas
Screen Guild Theater
Local
Tony Pastor
Warrington
Capture of Rome Delights Moscow in Allied Victory
Moscow greets Allied capture of Rome with enthusiasm, calling the operation under Gen. Harold Alexander excellent and perfect. Maj. Gen. Mikhail Galaktionov in Pravda hails the victory as strategically decisive and a sign of imminent German defeat in Italy.
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Moscow
Rome
Italy
Germany
Mikhail Galaktionov
Pravda
Harold Alexander
Galaktionov
Youth Is Saved By Bush On Mountain
Kirk Cammack Jr. 17 dangled 175 feet up a Colorado canyon wall before a small bush saved his life. Deputies lowered a rope and pulled him to safety as rescuers arrived after a climbing party's mishap.
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Golden
Colo
Kirk Cammack Jr
Denver
Cammack
Washington In Wartime Unified Military Command Plan
Washington debates a unified command for all armed forces under a single chief of staff to the president. A proposed structure includes deputy chiefs for army navy and air force, plus a Secretary of Military Affairs to oversee civilian work. Navy opposition centers on timing and future balance amid European and Pacific duties. some favor immediate unification, others push delay. Tomorrow: A Unified Command And Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clifton Woodrum
Stimson
Army
Navy
Joseph T. McNarney
Air Force
Services of Supply
Pacific
Europe
Pearl Harbor
Atlantic
Woodrum
Congress
Banquet Tickets, Boat Races Highlight Monroe Event
Eighty two reservations were reported for the Monroe Credit Men's Association banquet at Hotel Monroe at 7 p.m. Monday. Guest speaker Frank L. Miller of New Orleans will discuss credit. A Ruston delegation is expected and C. C. Thompson will preside. Boat races on the Ouachita River Sunday at 2:30 p.m. feature five races with first and second prizes, serving as a preview for July 4. The same weekend, John E. Kennedy, 45, was found drowned in the south pool after an all-night search. coroner's jury rules accidental drowning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Ryland
Monroe Credit Men's Association
Hotel
Monroe
Ruston
C. C. Thompson
Frank L. Miller
New Orleans
Ouachita River
Viso
Shreveport
Natchez
Hatatorium
John E. Kennedy
L. J. Hunnicutt
Churchill speech interview with presidential grandchildren suggested
A dialogue riffs on running to Washington to interview Sissie and Buzzie Cole about the Churchill speech. The exchange toys with rallying public opinion and possible polarizing reactions, hinting at a fresh angle on Spain and global politics with a media figure’s speculative plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Cole
Washington
Sissie
Buzzie
Churchill
Spain
Allied Air Offensive Deepens Across Nazi Europe
Allied air operations pressed hard across Nazi occupied Europe with raids on Pas de Calais targets and enemy ports Boulogne Calais Dieppe and Dunkerque. American heavy bombers plus British Mosquitos and medium bombers struck Cologne and northern Italian rail yards while missions over Bavaria and the Dover Strait continued. The Mediterranean Allied air force logged heavy activity in northern Italy, front-line targets, and rear-area transportation amid several aircraft losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pas-De-Calais
Channel
Boulogne
Calais
Dieppe
Dunkerque
France
Paris
Cologne
Folkestone
Bavaria
Britain
Italy
Europe
Mediterranean
Leahy Stakes Against Invasion and Peace Price Quote
In a wartime remark Leahy condemns appeasement and warns that resisting invaders requires fortitude from his state’s people, born in Hampton. The piece notes that homing pigeons serve the United States Army, living about eight or nine years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral
Hampton
United States Army
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