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Brig. Gen. Frank O Hunter heads British air command chatter and stamps as a swashbuckling fighter with a tough record. Lieut. Gen. Frank M Andrews rises from West Point cavalry to top air command in Britain, renowned for records and blind flying. Mme. Wellington Koo, wife of the Chinese ambassador, stands out in Fifth Avenue chic, pledging aid to China with plain talk and jade jewelry.
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wartime film notes and stage stars in 1943 Hollywood gossip
Western Newspaper Union reports on The March of Time documentary One Day of War-Russia 1943 and the Cannes of wartime cinema. Walter Graebner recalls struggles to access reels, while Mary Ann, Jolson Wooley, Kay Kyser and Edgar Bergen projects loom.
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Hollywood News Briefs and Casting Updates
Bette Davis plans a return film titled Mrs Skeffington after a vacation. In wartime production One Day of War Russia 1943 sees 30 of 160 cameramen killed. The Aldrich Family loses Jimmy Lydon as the army rejects him. A plane co starred by Gracie Fields and Jonty Wooley shifts title from Buried Alive to Holy Matrimony. Dame May Whitty remains active at 77 while Metro begins Madame Curie collaboration.
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Army Moms Aid Atlantic City GIs With Tailoring Help
About 500 women from Atlantic City and surrounding areas volunteer as army moms to assist enlisted personnel. They shorten sleeves, lengthen trousers, mend rips, sew on chevrons, and perform other services while the soldiers contribute by buying wings for their adopted moms. Mrs Helen Neppell is shown sewing a button on a soldier's uniform.
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Japanese Women Trained and Ready by Robert Bellaire
The article portrays Japanese women as bearing the war burden on the home front, handling firefighting, munition work, transport, and policing. It notes mass training for incendiary defense, reduced living standards, rationing, and cosmetics ban, with to-the-point impact on daily life and morale.
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