Swoose crew recall perilous Far East air war tale
The narrative follows an American air crew evacuating Broome and Melbourne during Japanese raids, detailing desertion fears, the Swoose plane deployment for General Brett, and early war strategy debates with Australian and American leaders. It contrasts ground and air force priorities and outlines shifting views on where to base defenses as the war expanded toward New Guinea.
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Recco
Melbourne
Skiles
Britt
Brett
Broome
Air Force
Java
Jockstrap
Perth
Australia
San Diego
Singapore
Egypt
Adelaide
Miami
Harry Schrieber
Harry
Frank
Philippines
Jack Adams
del Monte Field
MacArthur
United Nations Air Force
Wavell
Eubank
Darwin
Port Moresby
Moresby
Townsville
Africa
New Guinea
Tulagi
Guadalcanal
Aleutians
Sydney
Borneo
Java Sea
Lae
Solomons
Hollywood Plans a Year of Big Takes and Big Musicals
The 1943 44 period is called the Year of the Big Take as Hollywood funds multi million productions with star casts. Zanuck debuts Wilson and The Keys of the Kingdom, while Metro and Warners push lavish musicals and star heavy rosters. Lubitsch heads Czarina and Dragonwyck, with Bergman Cooper Saratoga Trunk and Conspirators among other high profile titles. Al Pearce promotes talent for future stars and military morale films like This Is the Army.
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Hollywood
Darryl Zanuck
Wilson
Keys
Gregory Peck
Rosa Stradner
Lubitsch
Ernst Lubitsch
Roz Russell
Jack Carson
Gary Cooper
Hedy Lamarr
Paul Henreid
OPA Probes Amusement Park Overcharges And War Price Complaints
A column notes the OPA investigates high prices at summer resorts for hotdogs sodas salami sandwiches and more tied to wartime shortages. Readers mock price rises applaud caps on photo galleries baths and fortune tellers while lampooning Two-Headed Boy admission and sword swallower fees.
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OPA
Elmer Twitchell
America
Elmer
Practical Slip Cover Ideas for Your Use
A brief note describes practical slip covers that save fabric with step by step directions. It notes unusually high demand and wartime conditions cause longer order filling times for popular pattern numbers and directs readers to send their orders in.
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William Perlberg
Jack Cummings
Arthur Freed
Fred Astaire
Gene Kelly
Fanny Brice
Jimmy Durante
Judy Garland
John Hodiak
Lena Horne
James Melton
Marion Bell
Victor Moore
Mickey Rooney
Red Skelton
Perlberg
Richard Rodgers
Ira Gershwin
Kurt Weil
Morrie Ruskind
Agnes de Mille
C. B
Metro
Jose Iturbi
Margaret O’brien
Larry Adler
Hugh Herbert
Warners
Hollywood Canteen
George Gershwin
Georgie Jessel
Dick Haymes
Perry Como
Benny Goodman
Jimmy Dorsey
al Pearce
Pearce
Herb Yates
Republic
South Pacific
Figan
Apy
Phillips J . Ful
Normandy
Roosevelt
Dewey
Hitler
Pullman Company
Ladder
Net
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George Dixon
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