Plans for Pacific War II keeps economy on wartime footing
Washington reports top army officials reaffirm a no cut policy for war production after Germany’s defeat. A reconversion plan shifts fewer items, speeds Far East victory, and may raise 1945 output above 1944 by about a billion dollars. MacArthur rebuke of a marine officer is recounted. Insurance lobby faces possible White House veto over Sherman act exemptions. Franco’s press follows Hitler line amid Big Three talks. G-2 reorganized after failure to spot Nazi concentrations. Rowe laments Pan American confab outcome outside union walls.
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Philippines
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Hitler
Lithuania
Mexico City
Leo S. Rowe
Benign
Pan American Union
Rowe
Pitchers Named for High Stakes One-Game Showdowns
Connie Mack cites Charles Bender as peak under pressure while Dizzy Dean and Christy Mathewson join a cadre of greats. Grover Cleveland Alexander and Ed Walsh are praised for clutch performances in key moments. Walter Johnson and Carl Hubbell also appear, with Dan Morgan noting Lee Oma as a standout heavyweight in ring lore.
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Charles Albert Bender
Athletics
Connie
Rube Waddell
Lefty Grove
Eddie Plank
Herb Pennock
George Earnshaw
Chief Bender
Bender
Frank Frisch
Frank
Dizzy Dean
Dizzy
Carl Hubbell
Dean
Ole Diz
Christy Mathewson
Matty
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Alex
Tony Lazzeri
Yankees
Ed Walsh
White Sox
Ty Cobb
Walsh
Mathewson
Alexander
Walter Johnson
Washington
Dumb Dan Morgan
Dumb Dan
Lee Oma
Oma
Morgan
Radio World Chronicles Postwar Entertainers and Studio Tricks
A Western News feature recalls radio giants from Major Andre Baruch to CBS veterans, noting Baruch’s shift from announcer to multi network producer and his creation of commercials for soldiers. It covers Jane Powell’s rise via producer Charles R. Rogers, Roy Rogers and western stars on a Public Studio set, and a six dressing room gag for a film. It closes with a Neighborhood Playhouse scholarship tale linked to Gregory Peck.
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G.i.s
Andre Baruch
CBS
Republic Studios
Roy Rogers
New York
Neighborhood Playhouse
Radio City
Playhouse
Gregory Peck
Hollywood
Hollywood inquiry on poem title linked to a Barrymore film
David O Selznick's research unit fielded a question from Haskins Information Service in Washington asking for the poem read by Lionel Barrymore in Since You Went Away. Researchers disclosed the poem as The Star Spangled Banner written by Francis Scott Key.
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David O. Selznick
Haskins
Waskow Farewell Inspires G I Joe Scene Perfection
Ernie Pyle chronicled Capt Henry T Waskow of Belton Texas in a soldiers farewell. William Wellman directed the Story of G I Joe scene tracing that description and achieved a flawless one take result with the men.
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Ernie Pyle
Henry T. Waskow
Belton
Texas
William Wellman
Tibbett Receives Guadalcanal Fan Letters About Your Hit Parade
Lawrence Tibbett fans from Guadalcanal include his son Larry Jr and step-son Clark Burghard who tuned in Your Hit Parade and praised his Don't Fence Me In. Broadway notes praise Mary Astor in the closing of a New York play and Metro photos tease Blonde Fever with Philip Dorn. Madeline Lee impersonates baby cries on Mr District Attorney and Amos n Andy adds or drops guest stars as schedules shift. Humphrey Bogart and Barbara Stanwyck collide in The Two Mrs Carrolls while Lloyd Nolan returns as a Brookyn postman in Circumstantial Evie.
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Lawrence Tibbett
Guadalcanal
Larry Jr
Clark Burghard
Mary Astor
New York
Broadway
Metro
Molnar
Delilah
Philip Dorn
Madeline Lee
Amos 'N
Andy
Jack Carson
Humphrey Bogart
Lauren Bacall
Barbara Stanwyck
Mrs. Carrolls
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