MacArthur Kirk clash and war outlook in secret senate session
In a secret senate session Gen George Marshall warned Germany may still resist as fuel and repair limits strain Nazi forces. He doubted a quick end to Japan and noted MacArthur’s Pacific leadership tensions and a controversial Kirk visit disputed by MacArthur. A Rhine bridge capture tale links anti Nazi students within the Schutzstaffel to Remagen intelligence.
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Washington
Senate Misiaffairs Committee
Thurly
George Marshall
Germany
Gestapo
Marshall
Japan
Pacific
MacArthur
Kirk
Leyte
War Department
Krueger
Eichelberger
Kenney
Arnold
General
Eisenhower
Patton
Hodges
Simpson
Patch
Devers
Ludendorf
Rhine
Rhine Valley
Hitler
Schutzstaffel
Remagen
Minor league stars shine brightest away from the majors
A veteran baseball writer argues minor leagues and colleges shape the majors, citing Lou Novikoff and Three-Finger Jack Hulseman as examples of great minor league hitters who faltered in the big leagues. He recalls Duster Mails, Bill Dickey, Paul Strand and Ike Boone as players who excelled in the minors or other sports but didn’t translate their success to the majors.
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Lou Novikoff
Chicago Cubs
Jack Hulseman
Shreveport
Hulseman
St. Bill Dickey
Yankees
Duster Mails
Duster
Paul Strand
Paul
Salt Lake
Ike
Smeed Jolley
Red Sox
Bevo LeBourveau
Phillies
Giants
Novikoff
Dickey
Lou Novik
Bill Dickey
Williams the greatest hitter Dickey ever saw
Dickey praises Ted Williams as the greatest hitter he ever saw, while noting minor league stars that flopped in the majors. He recalls Ike and Smeed Jolley, Bevo LeBourveau, Rus sian Novikoff, and explains pitch and catcher influence on hitters. He also hails Bill Dickey's keen insights.
Stalin notes Nazi toll and shattered Europe at Yalta
Stalin told Roosevelt and Churchill that one seventh of Poland’s population was destroyed by the Nazis. He said a preliminary probe showed Hitler’s grand victory over the Allies by permanently erasing the birth of about 10,000,000 conquered peoples.
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Joseph Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill
Yalta
Europe
Poland
Stalin
Hiter
Dempsey Fights Firpo Remembered as Fiery Four Minute Brawl
The writer recalls the Dempsey Firpo prize fight as a volcanic, four minute eruption. Dempsey was knocked down twice in the round and Firpo drove him through the ropes as chaos and rapid action overwhelmed observers.
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Dempsey
Firpo
Hollywood Radio and Film News Roundup
Western Newspaper Union reports on Duffy’s Tavern set at Paramount with Reynolds recounting a wartime gag about gum for sisters. Mosquito network expands to South Pacific bases. Bendix joins The Life of Riley star roles in It’s in the Bag. Plus O’Brien and Jenkins in Our Vines Have Tender Grapes. Bells of St Mary’s cast. Koiso audio in First Man into Tokyo. and radio feuds and screen-news notes.
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Arjorie. Reynolds
Paramount
Jack Reynolds
England
Ed Gardiner
South Pacific
William Bendix
Riley
Fred Allen
Margaret O’brien
Butch Jenkins
Butch
Doris Dudley
How to Cut and Make Door Pocket
Instructions for making a door pocket system using 36 inch chintz fabric 8 yards of bias binding and six rings. Cut an 8 inch wide strip from the fabric length then three equal cross sections for shoe pockets. Create a 24 by 54 inch foundation and an 18 by 28 inch laundry pocket. Book 4 offer details and 30 more ideas.
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Norman Kirk
Manila
General Kirk
Luzon
Army
Ike Boone
Alabama
Missions
West Coast
Ted Williams
Williams
Ted
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Joe DiMaggio
Bill. Dickey
Arkansas
Cologne
Bonn
Beethoven
Adolf Hitler
Uerdingen
Stork
Nassau County
New York
U. S. Army
10Th Air Force
Burma Road
Rhine River
Big Top
Pretty Juanita Deisler
Paul Jerome
Madison Square Garden
Ringling Bros. and
Barnum& Bailey
America
New Dies
Counsel
Ernie Adamson
Pittsburgh
House Committee On un-American Activities
New York City
Adamson
Lloyd George
David Lloyd George
Britain
Wales
Commons
Western Newspaper Union
Virginia Vale
Hollywood
Nona Griffith
Wally Brown
Alan Carney
RKO
St. Mary’s
Bing Crosby
Ingrid Bergman
McCarey
Ruth Donnelly
Barry Fitzgerald
Tokyo
Kuniaki Koiso
Rudy Vallee
Will Osborne
Vallee
Uncle Sam
Osborne
NBC
William Seiter
Sonja Henie
Keystone Kops
Anne Sterrit
Cape Playhouse
Dennis
Mass
Bette Davis
Joan Woodbury
Columbia Pictures
Jennifer Jones
Selznick
Hollywood Grapevine
Susan
Dan DeFore
Joan Fontaine
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
Burnet
San Antonio
Texas
John Deere
Earl Campbell
Front St
Napoleon, Oo
Ay & Sons, Distr
Lockhart
Fla
Georgetown, 8. C
Will Kayshville
Jewel Game Farm
Dan
WNU
Joan
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