They Were Expendable White by Yl Sue
Four officers of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3 recount the attack on Cavite and Manila in December 1941. Bulkeley and Kelly lead MTB 34 and 41 in the defense, noting sabotaged fuel, food shortages, and a harrowing night with a swollen finger.
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The
Philippines
Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3
John Bulkeley
B. Kelly
Anthony Akers
George E. Cox Jr
Pearl Harbor
Lieut. Bulkeley
Lieut. Kelly
Bataan
Sisiman Cove
Navy
Manila
Formosa
Nichols Field
Cavite
Bulkeley
Luzon
Ensign Cox
New York
Kelly
Mariveles
DeLong
Rock
Slocum
Fleet
Lingayen
Colin Kelly
Ellis Island anecdote and career notes from film sets
Brian Donlevy recalls his mother’s 1911 Ellis Island head tax ordeal and a tense crossing with officials. He tells director King Vidor about America while filming. Bruce Bennett, with Humphrey Bogart, receives a Pan American coordinator offer after connections in Guatemala aided by Tarzan-era fundraising.
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King Vidor
Brian Donlevy
Ellis Island
Brian
Donlevy
Bruce Bennett
Humphrey Bogart
Sahara
Guatemala
CBS Caravan Comedian Declines $25,000 Tour For War Bond Work
Jack Carson turns down a $25,000 personal appearance tour after Warner Bros. assignment The Animal Kingdom and will tour army camps for the Hollywood Victory committee instead. Vodka the dog stars at U S bases in Victory Through Air Power and Maj Alexander de Seversky plans the appearance. The British Quiz Kids join the BBC program Answering You in New York and London broadcasts.
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CBS Caravan
Jack Carson
Warner Bros
Animal Kingdom
Hollywood Victory Committee
U. S
Maj
Alexander P. de Seversky
Walt Disney
England
New York
British Broadcasting Corporation
Hollywood Notes on Bets and Burlesque Roles
Constance Bennett to play a burlesque queen in Hi Diddle Diddle. Kate Smith declines Marie Dressler biopic, saying she is a singer not an actress. Brooklyn youths press passersby for Red Skelton timing outside the Dodgers park. Mary Martin’s stage comeback flops but isn’t losing money, while radio offers pour in for guest appearances at high pay. Not a bad Hollywood vacation.
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Constance Bennett
Kate Smith
Marie Dressler
Brooklyn
Hollywood
Who's News This Week: Ringling Leader Robert Ringling Takes Helm
The article profiles Robert Ringling, newly president of Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey, noting his opera background, 194 roles, and years with the circus. It highlights his family lineage from Baraboo, Wisconsin, and his readiness to lead the largest exposure of marvels and muscle in a long tradition.
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New York
Phineas Taylor Barnum
P. T
Jenny Lind
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey
Robert Ringling
Ringling
Seven Ringling Brothers
Baraboo
Wis
Barnum and Bailey’s
Tampa
Fla
Germany
Chicago Civic Opera
Circus
Tarquin
Evatt and Acarn blend of old world politics and new ideas
In Washington R Herbert Were Evatt of Australia discusses wartime stance and mixed marriages with Americans. Sir Richard Acland, leader of the Commonwealth party, champions a merged Russia Australia economic model and reveals unmilionaired status and family lineage.
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R. Herbert
Evatt
Washington
Australia
Patich
Mary Alice Shaffer
Ottumwa
Iowa
British Empire
Richard T. D. Acland
Common Wealth Party
England
Acland
Louisiana Long
Russia
Lorna Doone
National Trust
Rugby
Oxford
Aclands
Sir Richard
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RKO
Metro
Julie Bishop
Bette Davis
Ann Sheridan
Samuel Goldwyn
Danny Kaye
Goldwyn
Betty Grable
Lucille Ball
Kid
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Virginia Bruce
Paulette Goddard
Miss Bruce
Flo Ziegfeld
Charles Chaplin
Who’s News
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United States
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Tex
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