Two Gun General Patton Dominates Warfront Portrait
Maj. Gen. George S. Patton, famed two gun general and tank commander, is profiled amid stories of his early training, WWI exploits, and postwar armor leadership. The piece highlights his bold tactics, decorations, and role in North Africa and Europe, alongside a contrasting note on Vichy official Pierre Pucheu.
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New York
George S. Patton
Patton
Rocco
United States
Pasadena
Calif
West Point
Hannibal
U.S.A
First Armored Corps
Atlantic
Rose Bowl
Dolce Far Niente
Pershing
Mexico
Villa
Cervantes
Bogais
Abbeville
Second Armored Division
Fort Oglethorpe
North Africa
Fort Lyautey
Pierre Pucheu
Slider
Vichy
America
Africa
Vichy Gestapo
State Department
M. Pucheu
France
Germany
Comite Des Forges
Flandin
Stavisky
Pucheu
Doriot
Hitler
Tee Nee
Cairo
Egypt
Alamein Front
Eighth Army
George Montgomery
London
Hollywood notes on marriages and radio stars in early 1940s
Virginia Vale reports on Greer Garson and Richard Ney postponing their wedding until after the war, Margo’s CBS Caravan Hour fame and Army Air Corps queen status, and Cecil B. DeMille eyeing Corydon Wassell’s life. The piece notes actors like Fred MacMurray and Joel Powell amid studio plans and radio roles.
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Greer Garson
Richard Ney
Hollywood
Margo
RKO
Albert Wassell
Corydon M. Wassell
Paramount
Cecil B. DeMille
Wassell
Rudolph Valentino
Jimmy Stewart
California base houses Clarksville soldiers amid Hollywood voices
Helen Wood, a radio and screen actress from Clarksville Tenn, heads the California headquarters for soldiers. Nadine Conner flies to New York to begin rehearsals for her Metropolitan Opera second season and will host a New York radio show. Edgar Deering has played more motorcycle cops than any other actor. Harpist Ed Vito works busy days with Joe Rines’ orchestra on air and Sundays as first chair with Tos Toscanini’s orchestra on NBC.
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California
Clarksville
Abie
Tos Toscanini
NBC
Oregon Sailed To Scrap Pile After Historic Ocean Run
Western Newspaper Union notes the battleship Oregon is bound for breaking up for essential metals. It recalls her 1898 dash from San Francisco to Florida, two oceans crossed in 67 days under Captain Charles E. Clark, and her pivotal role in the Santiago de Cuba victory.
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Oregon
Navy Department
Santiago
Cuba
Spain
United States
San Francisco
Charles E. Clark
Farragut
Mobile Bay
Clark
Sampson
Florida
Rio Janeiro
Jupiter Inlet
Norfolk Navy Yard
Key West
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Lemuel F. Patton
Consolidated Features
WIN
Virginia Vale
Western Nev
Er Union
Army Air Corps
Atlantic City
Fred MacMurray
Claudette Colbert
Archie
Gardner
Metro
Duffy
Hollywood Execs
Joseph Calleia
Malta War Relief Organization
Malta
Norman Tokar
Jack Kelk
Henry
Homer
Aldrich
Dick Powell
Joan Blondell
Hollywood Victory
Powells
Signal Corps
Moon Young
Southwest Pacific
8Th Army
Western Newspaper Union
Cervera
Rear Admiral
C. E. Clark
Hans Max Haupt
Chicago
Haupt
Walter Froehling
Froehling
Otto Wergin
Army
George Spencer Goodacre
George
Edward Dondero
Robert Dondero
Pvt
Nathan Rubin
Tallman
U. S
Robert Murphy
Murphy
Dakar
M. Chapoulie
Santa
Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Aden
Robert Burns
Resinos
Shelby
Federal Razor Blade Co
Bureau OF Standards
Washington
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