Army and meat shortages loom in closed committee session
Washington hearing on meat allocation reveals army shortfalls in 1944 amid price and ration shifts. Maj. Gen. Hardigg defended the quartermaster as War Food Chief Jones pressed for continued federal inspection and more balanced poultry buying in hard-hit regions. Local conditions and overseas consumption noted.
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Postwar sports boom faces different path than 1920s era
The author argues the postwar sports boom will draw more players but likely lack the legendary stars of the 1920s. Many top athletes were lost to World War II, limiting Ruth Dempsey Jones Grange Sande Hornsby era parallels. Instead, broad skill gains and military sports programs should lift overall play, with pro leagues facing college eligibility tensions for returning servicemen.
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Hollywood Notes on Stars and Casting Trends
A Washington style entertainment column surveys film and radio developments. It highlights Gregory Peck opposite Ingrid Bergman in Spellbound and recalls Carole Lombard and Anne Gillis changing names and careers. Ethel Barrymore's Oscar spurred Hollywood talks of Miss Hargreaves with RKO. Sammy Kaye publishes poetry from Vari. The March of Time reaches 12,000 theaters. Janet Blair Marc Platt lead Tars and Spars in Columbia project. Coast Guard musical to film with SPARs. Joan Davis signs five year deal for new air show.
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Roy Rogers kin to star in Texan film with young daughter
The item notes Cheryl Darlene, four, daughter of Roy Rogers, will have a part in The Pebisloes Texan starring William Elliott. It mentions Kate Smith’s long association with Jack Miller’s orchestra and a humorous Johnson from New York to Arizona gag by Charlie McCarthy.
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