Truman: From Senator to President in a Privileged Life
The piece chronicles Harry S. Truman’s reluctance to become vice president and his steady rise after Roosevelt’s death. It notes his fear of a sudden burden, his lunchtime Capitol Hill arrival as president, and his Reform era courage as chair of the Truman committee challenging war-time misdeeds and brass hats.
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Ferguson Ofchigan
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Army
Navy
Jesse Jones
Alumini Corporation
Shiphaw
Canada
Ie Aevy
Baseball men predict tense 1945 pennant chase
Art Fletcher and players discuss the upcoming season with the Yankees and Browns in a candid exchange. Mel Ott, Leo Durocher, and Frank Frisch weigh in on the contenders as Cardinals, Pirates and Dodgers loom, with the race framed by wartime demobilization plans and athletic programs abroad.
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Art Fletcher
Joe MccCarthy
Browns
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Gordon
DiMaggio
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Leo Durocher
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Hollywood War Shortages Reach Screen Swords and Stars
Warner Bros faces shortages of modern swords for The Adventures of Don Juan as swashbuckling dramas pause. Jean Tighe known as G I Jean aids servicemen with letters from Hal loran hospital while Selznick predicts Oscar for Dorothy McGuire. Constance Bennett prepares to respond on Mutual to sister Joan’s remarks about their ages.
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Virginia Vale
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Constance Bennett
Earl Wilson
Mutual
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Constance
Hollywood notes on wartime radio and personal rosters
Joan Edwards is asked by the OWI to present propaganda speeches in multiple languages for occupied Europe. Ed Jerome, the CBS Crime Doctor star, leaves for a six week Canada vacation. Edith Arnold plans quiet gardening at Belle Island, Connecticut. Last year she canned 120 quarts and aims higher this year. CBSs The FBI in Peace and War draws reporters behind wartime crime scenes. Prokofieffs Love for Three Oranges provides the program theme. Sonny Tufts agent notes ST initials as a key client list includes Sonny and Spencer Tracy.
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Joan Edwards
OWI
Europe
Ed Jerome
Lake Louise
Canada
Edith Arnold
Gun Moll
Belle Island
CBS
FBI
Sergei Prokofieff
Merrick sponsorship ties to Shirley Temple in June graduation
Lynn Merrick Columbia contract starlet to sponsor Shirley Temple when she finishes Westlake High in June. Merrick, alumna class of 39, gains a high profile tie as Temple returns to civilian life. Michael Ardent, eight months old and son of Claudette Colbert and Orson Welles, highlights a comparison to Winston Churchill in a candid studio moment. Ellen Drew completes The Amorous Ghost for RKO and chairs United Nations Relief drive via Ginger Rogers’s leadership.
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Shirley Temple
Westlake High
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Michaelard
Claudette Colbert
Orson Welles
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Winston Churchill
Ellen Drew
RKO
United Nations’ Relief Association
Old Clothes Drive
Ginger Rogers
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