Who's News This Week Highlights Navy and State Officials
A survey of notable figures includes Rear Admiral William H. P. Blandy, chief of ordnance, praising modern battleships and firepower. Also featured are Mrs. John L. Whitehurst leading the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, and diplomat H. Freeman Matthews returning to head the European division of the State Department after serving in Vichy and London.
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York
William H. P. Blandy
Britain
New Mexico
Whitehurst
Federation
John L
Newburg
Beethoven
Sinatra
H. Freeman Matthews
Europe
State Department
France
England
Vichy
Ambassador Bullitt
Admiral Leahy
Matthews
Petain
Darlan
Leahy
London
U. S
Children of Mars in Russia Pioneers and Timur secret group
WIN Feature through Collier's Weekly describes how Russian Pioneers, including girls, drill on embankments near the Kremlin and help at home when fathers are at the front. A secret Timur division cleans homes, chops wood, and assists families, with praise from inventor Peter Bostivan's family. A 15 year old, Vassia, returns from the front.
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Boy Scouts ‘Pioneers
Vic
Kremlin
Moscow
Mars
Pioneers
Boy Scouts
Timur
Peter Bostivan
Bostivan
Timurs
Vassia
Dehydrated Foods Aid Soldiers With Pocket Sized Sustenance
Allied forces battle fronts worldwide as food and ammo flow to bases. A chart shows dehydration saves shipping space and lets soldiers carry compact rations for several days.
Hepburn Signs for Without Love at M G M
The first Katharine Hepburn film under her new MGM contract will be Without Love, adapted from Philip Barry’s Broadway hit about a convenient marriage turning to real love. Also notes rising star Dick Haymes and other studio moves and upcoming projects amid wartime film industry shifts.
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Katharine Hepburn
M-G-M
Philip Barry
Philadelphia Story
Dick Haymes
Harry James
Benny Goodman
Tommy Dorsey
Dorsey
Barry Wood
Wallace Beery
Marjorie Main
Johnny Gart
Montana
Gary Cooper
Saratoga
War Shipping Board
North Atlantic
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