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Officials counting ballots in the South African general election flash word that Prime Minister Jan Christian Smuts and his pro Allied coalition have gained a majority. The piece traces Smuts from poor Dutch farmer’s son to a wartime commander and philosopher, now shaping a peaceful world while fighting for victory.
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Jan Christian Smuts
Smut
East Africa
South Africa
United Nations
J. B. M. Hertzog
Smuts
Cambridge University
WAVES Leader Mildred McAfee Seen By Navy Crew
The article profiles Mildred McAfee, commander of the WAVES, praised for leadership and aims to grow the service from 27,000 to 91,000. It notes her Missouri birth, education at Vassar and Chicago, and tenure at Wellesley as president, with the nickname Old Man used by WAVES.
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Mildred Helen
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Helen
Troy
Wellesley
Miss Mac
Navy
Missouri
Vassar
Chicago
Delmar G Roos Credited as Jeep Creator and Engineer
Delmar G Roos, celebrated auto engineer and former Society of Automotive Engineers president, is highlighted as a probable Jeep father for his early 1940s work on the design. The article notes his career across major firms from General Electric to Willys Overland, and his WWI staff car and Liberty motor contributions. Roos, born in New York 56 years ago, studied at Cornell and remains tied to engineering roots, with a passion for roundhouses and locomotives.
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Robert Howie
New York
Cornell
General Electric
Locomobile
Pierce Arrow
Marmon
Durant
Studebaker
Willys-Overland
Pershing
Liberty Motor
Japan's Con Man: Jiro Saito Behind Pacific Deceptions
Clark Lee profiles Colonel Jiro Saito, Japan's top undercover operative, tracing his career from Honolulu roots to Shanghai circles and Saigon missions. The piece portrays Saito as a suave, unflinching strategist who has shaped Asiatic campaigns, guided occupation efforts, and helped set the stage for war while avoiding direct combat himself.
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Jiro Saito
Manila
Japan
Ace
Tokyo
Sam
Pacific
America
United States
Honolulu
Saito
Jap Army
Asia
Shanghai
Hawaiian Islands
McKinley High
Indo-China
Singapore
Dutch East Indies
Philippines
Empire
Saigon
Bataan
Pearl Harbor
Sew and Sew Club mobilizes Hollywood for war effort
Penny Singleton leads the Sew and Sew club to sew emergency uniforms for servicemen, enlisting top Hollywood and radio figures. Joe Howard sold MGM film rights to The Time, the Place and the Girl. Dick Haymes signs to make two films a year. Bonita Granville and others study Chinese under director Edward Dmytryk. Screen Guild Players leads in popularity as a charity-drawn cast, with proceeds benefiting the Screen Actors Guild. Betty Rhodes expands OWI Personal Albums for troops abroad. Kate Smith renews a three year radio contract. Cecil Brown predicts potential Italian shifts on May 20.
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Penny Singleton
Blondie
The
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Screen
Penny
Joe Howard
Joe
CBS
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Dick Haymes
20Th Century Fox
Haymes
Tommy Dorsey
Screen Guild Players
Hooper and Crossley
Screen Actors Guild
Ella Mae Morse in film talks as baby offer swirls
Ella Mae Morse negotiates with two film companies while a third seeks to cast her four month old baby in a movie. Feodor Chaliapin Jr. to play a Russian soldier in The Girl From Leningrad for United Artists. Neil Hamilton plans a comeback with a role as the husband in Since You Went Away. Thelma Schnee joins NBCs Snow Village cast set in rural New England.
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Johnny Mercer
Ella Mae
Feodor Chaliapin
United Artists
Leningrad
Neil Hamilton
Thelma Schnee
New York
NBC
New England
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