Halsey recalls shelling Luzon to drive out Japs
Adm. William F. Halsey recounts ordering Filipino stewards and messboys to join a map guided strike on Luzon targets despite MacArthur's caution. The shelling killed some Filipinos but expelled the Japanese, as the messboy urged. In Congress, critics note reduced infantry prefront training and shallow rest for divisions, with replacements sent abroad. General Bradley seeks calmer sectors for seasoned units, but timing and enemy moves complicate the plan.
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William F. ‘Bull’ Halsey
Luzon
MacArthur
Army Ground Forces Command
Air Corps
Services of Supply
Bradley
Wild Turkey Study Amid Swamp Field Notes by Rice
Grantland Rice recounts observing a 20 to 24 pound wild gobbler in Georgia swamps and pines. He reflects on the bird’s intelligence and elusive defense compared with the quail and turkeys’ impressive camouflage.
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Quail
Wild Turkey Camouflage and Survival Tactics
The article recounts field observations by Spot and the author on wild turkeys, noting remarkable camouflage under pine and sage. It explains a turkey’s keen senses, flight and speed, and shares stories of undergrowth concealment, predation, and the bird’s status as a premier game species. It also touches on postwar diplomacy at Yalta and political funding trends.
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Spot
Labor and Management Leaders Plan Evening Talk at Mayflower
In the Mayflower Hotel lobby Washington, AFL's Bill Green calls room 633 to arrange a visit with Eric Johnston of the U S Chamber of Commerce. Once bitter foes, they now work toward cooperation in public interest and have remained friends since Johnston became chamber president.
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Mayflower
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Bill
AFL
Bill Green
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Eric Johnston
Johnston
U.S
Green
Phil Murray
Baseball Prospects After Washington Officials Speak
A senior sports official close to the Washington picture says no one in authority will order baseball stopped. He notes manpower and travel restrictions will be far tougher than ever, and that baseball may survive the storm but face rougher going than many connected with the game expect.
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Washington
Radio to Film: Donna Keath Leads New Movie Roles
A survey of radio stars switching to cinema notes Donna Keath in Wait for Me and Alexander Sasha in A Bell for Adano. It highlights Cass Daley buying the Philadelphia house, Loretta Young's Hollywood Canteen ride, Hitchcock cameos, Overseas Roundup by Warner Bros, and industry gossip from the Blue Network.
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Cass
Philadelphia
Loretta Young
Loretta
Col
Tom Lewis
Hollywood Canteen
Warner Bros
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Blue Network
Roddy McDowell's Dachshund Pullman Born of Many Births
Roddy McDowall announces his dachshund Pullman, named for her many births, while noting he now works in Molly and Me. Alan Ladd says Cleveland refers to Cleveland, Oklahoma. Columbia Pictures bought screen rights to Night Editor. This Is Helen Hayes debuts on radio Sundays. Paramount's Murder He Says marks Fred MacMurray's 42nd feature since The Gilded Lily ten years ago.
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Roddy McDowall
Pullman
Roddy
Molly
Alan Ladd
Cleveland
Okla
Ohio
Columbia Pictures
Helen Hayes
Helen
Paramount
Fred MacMurray
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