West Point Graduate Wins Wings and Seeks Combat Again
After earning his wings at Kelly Field and teaching for four years, Robert Scott is deemed too old for combat. He appeals to generals, wins a ferry flight to India, obtains a Kittyhawk from Gen Chennault, and flies over Burma. He earns fame as a leading air force pilot and eventually becomes commander of the 23rd Fighter Group while continuing to shoot down Japanese planes.
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Burma
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Day of the largest China raid tests air force resolve
General Chennault leads a major air assault over Canton and Hong Kong with 14 bombers and 22 P-40 escorts. Morgan and Cooper direct from the bombers as Zero fighters clash. multiple ships are shot down or damaged and two freighters with engines are sunk. The mission aims to draw Japanese fighters into air combat near Canton, with high risk and grim resolve.
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China
Johnny Alison
Morgan
Bruce Holloway
Coop
Hankow
Hongkong
Canton
Pacific
Kai Tak
Kowloon
Sanchau Island
Tien Ho
White Cloud
East River
Whangpoo
Hollywood Stars and Studio News Mix on Forthcoming Shows
Virginia Vale surveys current moves in film radio and stage. Edwards scene with Gus Edwards contrasts with Joan and Judy Ann. Leisen props for Masquerade in Mexico and Lamour luggage. Alexis Smith shifts to Night and Day with Porter. Jacqueline White rises post Song of Russia to a lead in The Yearling with Gregory Peck. Queen for a Day film rights sold to United Artists. Wilkie Collins adaptations head to Warner Bros. Rise Stevens pilots a summer radio show with rotating musical directors. Lulu McConnell defies doctors for a studio broadcast. Mono gram studio rent sign creates Hollywood street scene. Gale Storm shoots The Gay Nineties amid crowd.
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Hollywood
Monogram Studio
Gale Storm
Three Presidents in Position To Pick Their Successors
Collier's notes that before 1886 if the presidency fell from a vice president the Senate president would serve temporarily to order a new election. Since 1886 cabinet members could succeed, listing Theodore Roosevelt Coolidge and Truman as those who could name a successor if they died in office.
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Senate
Collier's
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Coolidge
Truman
Air show plans and TV stars tease fall lineup
Jane Withers may stage a youth oriented air show this fall. Alice Faye might quit films to team with Phil Harris for an air show. Hi Brown of Inner Sanctum has directed over 15 000 broadcasts with 35 own shows in one year. The Ray Bolger program signs a stellar summer to early fall lineup. Judy Canova and husband toasted their baby after overseas deployment began two weeks after birth.
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Jane Withers
Alice Faye
Phil Harris
Hi Brown
Inner Sanctum
Ray Bolger
Jimmy Durante
Garry Moore
Judy Canova
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