Nazi hats spark fashion panic and federal probe
The piece reports in a period voice that Swiss fashion magazines with Paris style hats unsettle Fifth Avenue elites and worry Washington. The Millinery Stabilization committee and the FBI monitor alleged Nazi attempts to push unproduceable hat styles, while War correspondent Mrs. Hargrove offers a skeptical Paris-origin theory.
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Fifth Avenue
Washington
Millinery Stabilization Committee
Tocsin
WPB
New York
Paris
America
Rosette Hargrove
Hargrove
NEA Service
London
France
Berlin
Vienna
Food shortages loom in Europe after invasion
Invasion will not end food scarcity across Europe as Allied leaders face months of rationing and distribution challenges. Germany previously fed Europe with bread and grain to stave off starvation. now high protein feeds in the US reduce grain calories.
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Europe
Germany
United States
France
Supreme Court Acts Against Optical Company For Price Fixing
The court invokes Sherman anti trust law against an optical firm for fixing retail prices on pink-tinted lenses and restricting sales to licensed retailers. It notes profits exceed one hundred percent and calls the ruling wise and democratic. Post war planning favors equitable access to rose tinted views for all citizens.
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Supreme Court
Onion juice dressings aid wound care says rare remedy
Russian doctors report onion juice dressing heals wounds and garlic or onions can temporarily kill mouth bacteria. The writer notes difficulty in stocking such items for home medicinal use during shopping trips.
Snakes scarce at Ringling Bros as war clouds loom
Henry McLemore reports from New York about a snake shortage facing Ringling Bros Circus. Manager Fred Smythe notes the three pythons froze to death after a heating failure, leaving the show short of large reptiles. He urges owners to sell old snakes to help the act continue. The piece also mentions other oddities like fire eaters and a lineup including giants, midgets, and a tattooed strong man as the circus travels between Sarasota and New York.
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Henry McLemore
New York
N. Y
Ringling Bros. Circus
Fred Smythe
Sarasota
Ted
Return of the Sheik stars Maria Montez and Hall again
Universal announces Maria Montez Jon Hall and Tarhan Bey will co star in The Return of the Sheik a fantasy comedy that hints at off screen tensions while Hollywood life supplies gossip about rivalries. The column also notes on set antics and industry quirks from W C Fields to Judy Garland and Dave Rose.
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Hollywood
Universal
Maria Montez
Jon Hall
Tarhan Bey
la Montez
Hall
Turhan Bey
John Barrymore
W. C. Fields
Mr. Fields
Cary Grant
Grant
Rosalind Russell
Miss Russell
Our Children By Angelo Patri
A columnist argues that intelligence tests misclassify children and that a child’s lifelong potential is fixed at birth. Mothers are advised to let children find their own field, encouraging best effort, experimentation, and self- directed learning to reach potential. The piece promotes Patri’s leaflet P-8 and offers a mail request for a copy.
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Angelo Patri
Monroe
New York
Inside the lives of circus freaks and backstage rivalries
The interview with Mr. Smythe reveals the performers’ fierce pride and professional jealousy in a freak show. Giants midgets and the rest vie for attention and picture gates while outsiders are constantly sought as new acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Smythe
Smythe
Radio Schedule Highlights War Time Programs and Variety
Radio Monday schedule lists Eastern War Time programming with networks correcting late to fit, featuring Captain Midnight serials, News Time, The Army Air Forces Program, Cavalcade of America, Vox Pop, Burns segments, and several concerts and dramas through late night. Notable names include Captain Midnight, Quincy Howe, Fred Waring, Blondie, Gabriel Heatter, and Paul Lavalle.
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Farrell
Midnight
Dreama Sé
Cbhs
Nho
Daiiyo
Quincy Howe
Dhe
Mbs
Sparta
Nbo
Lyn Murray Horas
Ebs
Tim Healy
Htu
the Smoothies
Jers Sullavan
Dhs
Jack Armstrong
Blu-West News Time
Volney Hurd
Lowel Thomas
Newacast
Henry J. Taylor
Fred Waring
Horace Meldt
Wis
Blu Filton Lewis, Jr
Nbe
Fa Sullivan
Cbs
Johnson Family
Carel Sisters
Tane Ranger
Blondie
Army Air Forces
Fon Peaeyeen
the Cavalcade of America
Parks and
Warren
Cha
Voorhees
Cha Dunter
Biu Gabriel Heatter
Nick Ocarter
Biv
Eo Winchell
N Jerry
Blu
Nbe Laymond Gram
Ble
Lateen Guild Players
Ela Henry Gladstone
Mmusic
Saily Sweetland
Hin Bishop Pardue
Showtime
Broadway
Paul Lavalle
Blu Tlalf Lieu
Magak
Nbe-Boate
Cbs & Blu
General Knowledge Q and A Set from 1940s Archive
A quiz list covers topics like commercial wood types in the United States, low ammunition warning methods for fighter pilots, World War II Medal of Honor counts, the president's salary, the meaning of a light year, and the element with the greatest atomic weight.
KWKH Daytime and Evening Radio Schedule Highlights
A detailed listing of KWKH radio programming across CBS and Local slots shows a full day lineup from 3:00 PM matinee through 1:05 AM, featuring Broadway matinee, news, community programs, music, talk, variety shows, detective dramas, and entertainment segments with guest names like Costello, Landt Trit, Joseph Harsch, Gay Nineties Revue, and Bill Menry.
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CBS
Bil Costello
News
AP News
John
the World Today
Joseph Harsch
Jerry Bozeman
Sullivan
Johnson and Hull
Bill Menry
Radio Theater
Screen Guild Theater
Dance Orchestra
KWKH
Sunny Dunham
Cbss
Warrington
Dick Gasparre
CBS Law
Roosevelt Powers and Private Property in War-Time Labor Strikes
A critique argues that President Roosevelt could seize Montgomery Ward and other civilian goods under war powers to support the war effort. It warns the War Labor Board has coerced union membership, aiding racketeers and Communists, and threatens eviction of property owners deemed disrupted by unions. It notes the phrase housey housey as bingo slang.
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Grips
RKO
Mademoiselle Fifi
California
Three Grips
Gloria de Haven
Robert Taylor
Kay Francis
Lenore
Samuel
Paramount
Gail Russell
Don Ameche
Roosevelt
Montgomery Ward
Avery
Mr. Roosevelt
Department of Commerce
War Labor Board
Knox Funeral Honors Mark Navy Leadership Ties
Funeral procession honors include 16 honorary pallbearers and Navy officials led by Navy Chaplain S W Salisbury. The service features a final volley by Bluejacket troops and taps by a Navy bugler. Honorary pallbearers linked to Knox include Forrestal Bard Gates King Horne Edwards Waesche Vandegrift Jacobs McIntire Moreell Ramsey Carter Carter Gatch Cochrane Hussey with senior Navy and Marine leaders named.
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Navy
S. W. Salisbury
Knox
James Forrestal
Ralph Bard
Artemus L. Gates
Ernest J. King
F. J. Horne
R. E. Edwards
King
R. R. Waesche
Coast Guard
A. A. Vandegrift
The
Marines
Randall Jacobs
Bureau of Personnel
Ross T. McIntire
Ben Moreell
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Allied Air Power and Soviet Offensives Ahead of D-Day
AP war analyst notes German fighters bitterly defend Berlin as RAF and USAAF press the air war. He cites 1610 tons of bombs in May and warns of renewed mass air battles at invasion. Stalin signals simultaneous Soviet thrusts to trap Hitler between two millsstones. Weather and redeployment slow Russian front but vast logistics underpin the plan.
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Associated Press
Hitler
Luftwaffe
Hermann Geering
Fuehrer
English Channel
Stalin
Moscow
Germany
Russien Front
Izvestia
Ree
Stilwell drives toward Mogaung as American tanks enter action
In Burma, Lt General Joseph W. Stilwell recaptures about half the Mogaung valley and deploys the first American tank unit on Asiatic soil. Chinese spearheads reach Manpin while tanks strike Inkangahtawng. Myitkyina base remains a nearby objective as monsoon weather nears.
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Southeast Asia
Kendy
Ceylon
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
Mogaung
Stilwell
Myitkyina
Manpin
Inkangahtawng
Menpin
Wararup
Inkangahtawag
Stongheld
India
Impaal
Manipur
Imphal
Kohima
Tax break for large families sparks Senate debate
In Washington on May 1, a simplification plan would grant a flat $200 exemption per family member, cutting taxes for big families while raising bills for childless couples. Senators Maybank Downey Chandler Ferguson Shipstead weighed population goals, college exemptions, and the cost of raising children as factors shaping the proposal.
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Washington
Senate
Maybank
South Carolina
Ferguson
Michigan
Downey
California
Chandler
Kentucky
Senator Shipstead
Minnesota
Rae
Death notices for Heard and Womack families
Mrs J E Heard 64 died Saturday after a short illness at a local hospital. Funeral at Manifest La Baptist church with Rev L Brooks. interment in nearby cemetery. Survivors include husband three sons and three daughters. Mrs Womack 63 died after months’ illness, funeral at Forest Ia church with burial in Forest cemetery. Survived by husband and four daughters and two sons.
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Mabel Nolan
Rayvil
Midni
Rayville
P. M. Gaddis
Aice
Masonic Cemetery
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Nolan
Jerry Nolan
J. William Nolan
Mary Edna Nolan
Henry Cook
Clarence
Ruth Lambert
Virginia Cook
Julia Adcock
Edgar Dunkin
Sam Adcock
Jack Evans
Lon Heath
L. V. Rogers
P. B. Green
T. M. Sayre
H. Christian
Richard Downs
J. E. Heard
Manifest
L. Brooks
Davis
J. W. Womack
Ines
Forest
Laan
Baptist Church
Mew
Womack
J. W. Womnck
B Sledge
Eudora
Ark
Frank Rondless
Fred Chambers
Brazoria
Tex
Howard Smith
Wistrop
A. B. Colmer West Morrie
Court injunction case and congressional seizure debate
The article outlines continued injunction hearings against officials in Chicago tied to court requests and notes Senate and House disputes over Montgomery Ward seizure. It covers Judge Holly's retirement, Roosevelt appointments, and ongoing probes into executive orders and WLB files plus political reactions from both parties. It cites key figures Sam Rayburn Dewey Sabath Knox McCarran Aiken and Tinnell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Montgomery Ward
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Dewey
Linois
Rayburn
Rules Committee
Sabath
Illinois
Navy
Knox
Morrow
Innstead
Cox
Georgia
Representative Smith
Virginia
Rules
McCarrang Democrat
Nevada
Senate
Chicago
McCarran
WLB
Montgomery Ward and Company
Roosevelt
Tinnett
Delesware
Steve
Tunnell
Aiken
Vermont
Cntty
Senate Judiciary
Revercomb
West Virginia
McCarver Demerat
Fn Farland
Arizona
Deci
Muscovites May Strike As Allies Close In
The report suggests a simultaneous Soviet assault with Western Allied forces advancing, describing coordination and timing as critical while summer campaigns loom. The text implies heightened urgency and strategic uncertainty about auteractions.
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Judy
MGM
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McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Our
Radio
Tin
Knox Funeral
Caissop
By Hershberger
Berry
Lightfoot
By DeWitt Mackenzie
Dewey Womack
Mangham
A. Harper, Sr
Mary Treadway
Minnie Alexandria
Bude
Jim
Ed Harper
Joe Harper
Baton Rouge
L. A. Harper
O. L. W. Lynn Wilson
Randel Kirkland
B Mosel
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Macomb
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Ward
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