Who's News This Week Consolidates Navy Figure Spruance
In November 1917 the navy sent Raymond A Spruance from Brookyln yard to Annapolis. Now 57 and a vice admiral, he is praised for tactical skill and success in the Marshall Islands and Midway. Roosevelt recommends promotion to admiral for his wartime leadership. The Spruance family includes a wife, daughter on the Pacific coast, and a submarine officer son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
United States
Navy
Brooklyn
Spruance
Annapolis
Pennsylvania
Raymond Amos Spruance
Roosevelt
Marshall Islands
Fletcher
Midway
Gilberts
Pacific Coast
Mrs Marshall Audiences General as Italian War Winds Rise
The article portrays Mrs. George C. Marshall as a listening audience for her husband the Army chief of staff. It notes her theatrical past and silent role in his problem solving. It also highlights Col Ruth Cheney Streeter’s Marine Reserve leadership and her rapid promotions and family commitments.
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George C._. Marshall
Army of
Geo
C. Marshall
Italy
Marshall
Washington
Mansfield
Baltimore
Portia
Juliet
Rosalind
Ophelia
O. Alexander A. Vandegrift
Marine Corps
Women’s Reserve
Ruth Cheney Streeter
Missouri
Reserve
Marines
Morristown
N. J
Tito the Yugoslav Leader Who Won a People's War
Frank Gervasi profiles Josip Broz Tito, tracing his rise from a nameless fugitive in 1929 to the 55 year old head of a large Partisan army. The piece highlights his leadership in resisting Nazi occupation, his blend of stoicism and emotion, and his depiction as both military strategist and symbolic savior of Yugoslavia.
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Josip Broz
Jugoslavia
Pera Tivkovic
Alexander
Belgrade
Zagreb
Split
Metal Workers’ Union
Balkans
Europe
Tito
Broz
Titos
Mikhailovitch
Draja Mikhailovitch
Cellini
Stalin
Milosevic
Kovasevic
Hollywood Chronology Involves Brown Cugat Sinatra and More
Joe E Brown returns to talk of touring miles and radio shows. Xavier Cugat signs a ten week Paramount personal appearance contract at 12500 weekly. Lauritz Melchior signs for Metro’s Thrill of Romance with Esther Williams. Frank Sinatra revealed by a soldier from Halloran hospital. Rosalind Russell’s Sister Kenny postponed. Bette Davis linked to Roughly Speaking. James Cagney tours US bases. Cary Grant radio scenes imagined. Preston Sturges partners with Howard Hughes. Shostakovich Eighth Symphony to debut on CBS with the New York Philharmonic April 2. ODDS AND ENDS note Mary Marlin, Valiant Lady, The Robe, and Jack Benny star project.
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Xavier Cugat
New York Paramount Theater
Metro
Cugat
Paramount Theater
Bob Griffin
CBS
Mary Marlin
Silver Theater
Hollywood
New York
Frank Ross
Jack Benny
Bee Ng
Rug designs inspire home crafts and reuse
Readers can make handsome hooked rugs from scraps with designs inspired by a square rug fitting a dressing table corner. A rose and ribbon motif from a chintz skirt and window valance is mirrored in rug borders and center flowers. The note points to BOOK 10 offering four rag rug patterns and directions for slip covers and refurbishing furniture, available by mail for 15 cents.
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Who’s News
Consolidated Features
WNN
Col
Ruth Streeter
Vy Opens
Pearl Harbor
Lelom
Plaanu
Falalu
Param
U. S
Truk
Japan
Western Pacific
Philippines
China
By Frank Gervasi
Collier's Weekly
Britain
Royal Engineers
Los Angeles Water and Power Department
Army
Fleming
London
Castelforte
Carigliano Front
Rome
San Antonio Air Service Command
Kelly Field
Texas
Eleanor Parker
Red Cross War Fund
Mary Brown
Cleveland
Pacific
Red Cross
Leon Fraser
Maritime Service
Sheepshead Bay
L. I
Stuart Martin
Cardinals
Cubs
Virginia Vale
Western Newspaper Union
Blue Network
Lauritz Melchior
Metropolitan
Fred Allen
Esther Williams
Halloran Hospital
Frank Sinatra
Rosalind Russell
Kenny
Bette Davis
James Cagney
George Primrose
Fred Astaire
Geoffrey Barnes
The
Mystery Theater
Barnes
Cary Grant
Preston Sturges
Paramount
Howard Hughes
Startling Pictures
Dimitri Shostakovich
Western Hemisphere
New York Philharmonic
Bill Downs
Moscow
Joe E. Brown
Idark
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
Moe SS
America
Evert Duychinck
Holland
Long Island
Hitler
WNU
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