News of Berlin and boxing figures in early 20th century profile
A retrospective profile surveys Irving Berlin as a 23 year old songwriter and his rise to wealth, compares him to Stephen Foster, notes his wife Ellin Mackay and three daughters, and recalls his enduring craft of composing in F sharp. It also highlights Hubert Scott-Paine and his boat design work for Britain, plus Sir Herbert Emerson and postwar refugee plans describing the intergovernmental relief effort and civil service career.
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York
Detroit
Mich
Central Drug Store
Cass High
Stephen Foster
Alexander
Empire Theater
Marvelous Movies
Brown
Helen Morgan
Irving Berlin
London
Berlin
Army
Foster
Ellin
Clarence H. Mackay
America
Hubert Scott-Paine
English
Scott
Scott-Paine
Herbert Emerson
Civil ‘Service
Hitler
Germany
Herbert
Intergovernmental Committee On
Europe
Emerson
India
Britain
Bashahr
Mandi
Punjab
Washington
Post War World Optimism Versus Practical Limits
Charles E. Kettering argues postwar optimism may outpace reality noting most wartime advances were refinements of prewar ideas. He predicts cars will resemble prewar designs with steel strength and smaller engines, as reconversion of factories to peacetime production proceeds and testing delays new inventions.
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Honolulu
Wireless lighting demonstration by Samuel G Hibben
Samuel G Hibben of Westinghouse demonstrates wireless lighting in New York. The ball of light is powered by a high frequency radio beam and operates without a wire.
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Samuel G. Hibben
Westinghouse
New York
Airport Grill Menu From Cahoots With FDR Joke
A sarcastic wartime note left by the enemy on an Italian air base features a bill of fare reading airport grill operated by Sergt. L. St. Pierre in cahoots with FDR. Dinner items include cream of onion soup meat balls spaghetti mashed potatoes and apricots.
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Sergt. L. St. Pierre
Italy
Airport Grill
F.D.R
Celebrities Meet Radio and Film Moves Across Seas
Variety notes from Virginia Vale recounts Shipmates Ashore on NBC CBS and BBC stages with Gertrude Lawrence recording in New York while Burgess Merewith chats from London. It highlights cross Atlantic deals, NBC Vox Pop turncoats, Barbara Hale and others in new screen roles, and a Warner Bros interview spurring screen tests.
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New York
London
Seven Seas
Gertrude Lawrence
Seamen's Church Institute
Burgess Mere
NBC
Parks Johnson
Warren Hull
CBS
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Harry Oakes
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Atlantic
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T. T. Craven
Prince Amir Khalid
Prince Amir Faisal Saudi
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Fields
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Royal Gorge
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Warner Bros
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RKO
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Jean Arthur
Joan Crawford
Ann Sheridan
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Charlie Chan
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Stalingrad
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