Texas Veterans Dominate War News In Parton Column
Lord Halifax visits Texas as Dwight D. Eisenhower rises to command European operations. The piece notes Ike's Texas roots, tank warfare expertise, West Point background, and rapid rise. Also features John Ford, director described as resourceful and adaptable, with film achievements and Midway service.
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NE York
Lord Halifax
Texas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S.A
General Eisenhower
Admiral Nimitz
Coral Sea
Midway
Lone Star
Douglas MacArthur
Eisenhower
Tank Corps
Gettysburg
West Point
Army Tank School
Command General Staff School
Philippines
MacArthur
Islands
Commonwealth Army
Third Army
San Antonio
War Plans Division
London
Young Abe Fortas Rises Through Government Ranks
The piece recalls Abe Fortas at age 32 as undersecretary of the interior and notes his earlier 23 role on the President's liquor control commission. It highlights Fortas’s rapid ascent through major government duties and legal engagements, portraying a notable career even in youth.
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Abe Fortas
Liquor Control Commission
Notable Hollywood Buildup at Meighan Home Toward Film Work
Young Columbia Pictures group led by Larry occupies the 26 room Meighan house, furnishing it for just 14.75 while Meighan spent over 9,000. They rehearse for upcoming pictures, with a portrait of Tom Meighan in the living room. Radio sponsors replace Fibber and Molly with John Nesbitt and Meredith Willson in a history and current events program. Walt Disney owns film rights to Victory Through Air Power for a fall feature. Charles Boyer to produce and act in Flesh and Fantasy for Universal with Edward G. Robinson in another segment. Capt. Hewitt Wireless to play himself in a Warner Brothers short Beyond the Line of Duty for Army Air Corps. Harold Lloyd leaves two Goldwyn pictures behind and plans Butterfingers. Samuel Goldwyn to cast Washington secretaries in They Got Me Covered with Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour. A star lineup for a summer radio show includes Xavier Cugat, Connie Boswell, Margo, Lanny Ross, and Herb Shriner. Richard Denning helped Veronika Lake land I Wanted Wings and influenced Paulette Goddard and Ellen Drew film contracts. A closeup chest shot led to Bob Hope in a Lamour project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Parks
Columbia Pictures
Screen Fame
Thomas Meighan
Larry
Meighan
Tom Meighan
Hollywood
Paramount Plans Feature Films for Quiz Kids
Paramount will present the Quiz Kids in feature films after finishing their current short subjects. Ruth Hussey advances toward star status playing Mrs. Andrew Johnson in The Man on America's Conscience. Eddie Albert to co star with Lupe Velez in Ladies Day a comedy about women in baseball. Patricia Morison seeks a horse only a 14 hand Palomino. Metro acquires Cabin in the Sky a top musical from last season.
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Paramount
Ruth Hussey
Andrew Johnson
Eddie Albert
Lupe Velez
Patricia
Morison
Metro
Mrs Ruth Mitchell Knowles Returns From Gestapo Camps
Mrs Ruth Mitchell Knowles arrives in the United States after fourteen months in Gestapo prisons and concentration camps in Jugoslavia and Germany. She is greeted by her daughter Mrs Robert Yohn and other relatives as she shares memories of her ordeal and reunites with family.
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Ruth Mitchell Knowles
Billy” Mitchell
Robert Yohn
The 150th Birthday of Kentucky Stamp and River Lore
A Kentucky celebration features a three cent commemorative stamp depicting Daniel Boone and the Kentucky River. The piece extols Kentucky’s romantic history from early tribes to antebellum era and its river lore as described in The Kentucky from the Rivers of America series. It highlights Thomas D. Clark’s view of the river as a way of life and its American spirit.
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Kentucky
Thomas Gilbert White
Frankfort
Daniel Boone
Kentucky River
Dan’l Boone
Alleghenies
Ohio
Samuel Woodworth
Jackson
Chalmette
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Who’s News
Lemuel F. Parton
Lone Star State Sons
John Ford
Port
Land
Maine
Midway Power House
Navy
Ford
Francis Ford
Green Was My Valley
Academy and Film Critics’ Circle
Virginia Vale
Metro News
Fibber
Molly
John Nesbitt
Meredith Willson
Walt Disney
RKO
Alexander P. de Seversky
Charles Boyer
Universal
Edward G. Robinson
Hewitt Wireless
Army
Warner Brothers
Army Air Corps
Harold Lloyd
Samuel Goldwyn
Washington, D.C
Bob Hope
Dorothy Lamour
Washington
Bob Hawk
Xavier Cugat
Connie Boswell
Margo
Lanny Ross
Herb Shriner
Richard Denning
Veronica Lake
Paulette Goddard
Ellen Drew
Mary Martin
Victor Herbert
Bob Burns
Lamour
John Nesbitt and
Uss Shaw
Warpath
Shaw
West Coast
Navy Yard
Pearl Harbor
Australia
U. S
Northern Territory
Sevastopol
von Manstein
Patten Brothers
Lexington
Patten
Clarence F. Patten
Bruce
Gilbert
Allen
Marvin
Myrne
Ray
Clarence
Hopkins
Louise Gill Macy
New York
Lend Lease
Harry Hopkins
White House
Red Cross Meet
Dwight Davis
Washington, D. C
American Red Cross
Los Angeles
Red Cross
Farmerette
Britain
Women’s Land Army
Western Newspaper Union
The
Post Office Department
Hunters OF
United States
New Ideas
Ruth Wyeth
Spears
Ruth Wyeth Spears
America
van Amburgh
Aya
la Bruyere
Hay Suipfer
McNeil
Price McNeil Drug Co., Inc
Broad Street
Jacksonville
Florida
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