Steel boss Wolcott drives wartime production record
Robert W. Wolcott, president of Luken's Steel Co., boosts armor plate output by over 400 percent in the 1942 fiscal year. At Coatesville plant, plates exceed 100,000 pounds and 195 inch widths, aiding warship and tank construction while his publicity footprint shrinks. He rose to president in 1925 after joining the firm in 1922 and serving in World War I.
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Robert W. Wolcott
Luken’s Steel Company
America
Coatesville
Joe DiMaggio
Rita Hayworth
Mr. Wolcott
Luken’s Company
Lehigh University
Boston
Bethlehem Fabrication Company
Bethlehem, Pa
Luken’s
Dr Calver the congressional physician aids health of Congress
In April 1932 Congress faced sickness rates but ten years later after the war this body is healthier. Dr George W Calver, physician to Congress, notes lower blood pressure and better health education as reasons. He leads a navy medical corps staff and treats Congress with autographs in lieu of fees.
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Calver
Agnusca Py
George W. Calver
Dr. Calver
Hollywood casting shuffle sparks big screen rumors
The article traces frequent role reassignments from Best Foot Forward to Cry Havoc and Gaslight, noting Lana Turner Lucille Ball and Merle Oberon as contenders, Greer Garson’s pullout, and Irene Dunne stepping into Gaslight. It also mentions Gone With the Wind flags and Jennifer Jones rising after David O. Selznick’s discovery.
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Metro
Button
Lana Turner
Lucille Ball
Miss Turner
Miss Ball
Lucille
Smitty
Bataan
Merle Oberon
Greer Garson
Greer
Melvyn Douglas
Irene Dunne
Columbia
Port
Douglas
Hollywood
St. Bernadette
Bernadette
Jennifer Jones
David O. Selznick
Orson Welles to Act Again in Jane Eyre at 20th Century Fox
Orson Welles will return to acting in 20th Century Fox's Jane Eyre as Rochester. Joan Fontaine stars as Jane Eyre. The project follows Welles's unfinished Brazil film It’s All True.
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Orson Welles
20Th Century- Fox
Rochester
Jack Benny
Joan Fontaine
Welles
Brazil
Song Facts and Entertainment Notes from Wartime Period
Der Fuehrer's Face was written for Walt Disney's film in ninety minutes, composer Oliver Wallace recalls. Sammy Kaye donated a $1,000 royalty to Navy Relief, bringing total from Remember Pearl Harbor to $4,000. Joan Davis co wrote A Day Closer to Victory, destined for a film. Fox Movietone shows Star Spangled Banner short. Cleo Manning begins film career in The Wore the Merrier. Jerry Hauser now an Army aerial photographer. Arne Lindstrom debuts in Edge of Darkness with Ann Sheridan's film crew.
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der Fuehrer
Walt Disney
Oliver Wallace
Disney
Wallace
Hitler Goebbels
Goering
Sammy Kaye
Pearl Harbor
Navy Relief Society
Fred Waring
Fox Movietone
Cleo Manning
Lucille Ball
Jean Arthur
Joel McCrea
Jerry Hauser
Sum
Abner
Ann Sheridan
Arne Lindstrom
Ann
Henry Clay the farmer who shaped Hereford stock and soil care
Western Newspaper Union notes Henry Clay as a pioneering farmer and livestock breeder who imported Hereford cattle in 1817 and built Ashland into a model farm. The article highlights his soil conservation methods, grass farming, legume pastures, and trials with lime, phosphorus, and potash to boost cattle output and farm fertility.
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Uncle Sam
Henry Clay
America
England
United States
Daniel Webster
John C. Calhoun
Liveria
Africa
Clay
American Colonization Society
Republic of
Liberia
Kentucky
Ashland
Lexington
Kent
Virginia
Lucretia Hart
Bluegrass
Agricultural College Agronomist
State Experiment Station
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
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Dick Mack
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Girl Scouts
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