Madame Wei Tao-Ming Sees War End Near
Madame Wei Tao-Ming, wife of the Chinese ambassador in Washington, says Russia’s break with Japan speeds the war’s end and China’s fight for a democratic peace. She notes the fall of Tokyo’s Koiso government and hopes for progress at San Francisco.
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Washington
Wei Tao-Ming
Russia
Japan
Twin Oaks
Madame Wei
Koiso
Tokyo
Tientsin
Peking
China
Gay Gadgets and Fads in High School Romance
A column by Nancy Pepper lampoons current teen trends among girls in white head coverings and dish towels as nurselike uniforms. It notes gift customs from braceLets and cedar pins to miniature animals, windbreakers, and sewn fraternity emblems, all shaping steady dating culture.
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Drac
Frank
Minute Make-Ups By Gabrielle
Practical fashion tips on repurposing old materials into new accessories. Create a colorful bouquet from felt hat flowers and a Glamour Girdle from leather belts with jeweled buttons. Add plaid bows to gloves and a coordinating bow for the throat.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Gag of the Week Ends With Quick Caption
A lighthearted prank prompts a volunteer to write anything on paper and stand on it. The joker claims to read the content without looking, delivering a sharp, cheeky punchline about the concealed note.
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Jackson
That Little Moron Again Jokes on a Glass Pundit
A series of punny quips lampoons a foolish figure who misuses plaster on glass and gunpowder by mistake. The mood pokes fun at silly behavior with a coffee pot delivering a punch line about not being a drip.
USO Clubs Aid Disabled Vets in Martinsburg
Civilians in Martinsburg W Va support a busy USO club for wounded service members from Newton D Baker hospital. The hub offers meals reading dancing ping pong and conversation as wives also use the space while awaiting discharge or return to duty. Col E L Cooke praises the USO as a warm welcome and helpful hand to all armed forces members.
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Norman T. Kirk
Army Medical Corps
Martinsburg
W. Va
USO Club
Newton D. Baker General Hospital
USO
National War Fund
Sallie Ailes
Col. E. L. Cooke
Baker Hospital
Ed Armstrong
Saltville
USC
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Remote Wing Tip Compass Aids Fighter Planes
General Electric develops a remote indicating compass to be housed in wing tips or tails of heavy fighter aircraft. Permanent magnets align with the earth’s field, triggering cockpit indicators to move in sync with the compass, allowing pilots and crew to read the same heading without cockpit disturbances.
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General Electric Company
Lyrr Mass
German Mayor Jumps to Death After Detention
In Schweinfurt a high official and mayor who also led the local SS unit killed himself by leaping from a schoolhouse window while under guard. The name was not released. SS troops had harried 11 soldiers who attempted to surrender.
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Schweinfurt
Germany
S. S
S.S
German Prisoners to Eat Only Livers Hearts Now
Capt. Robert McFadden of the food service branch of the quartermaster general's office said that fresh meat for enemy prisoners of war would be restricted to hearts livers and kidneys. He noted more widespread use of substitutes for foods scarce to Americans and spoke at a conference of army post food supervisors.
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New York
Robert McFadden
Food Service
Quartermaster General’s Office
Army Post
McFadden
Rise of John Dall from Broadway to Warner stardom
Hollywood gossip notes John Dall, a New York stage newcomer, was soon cast opposite Bette Davis in The Corn Is Green after arriving in films. The piece also recalls Laurel Canyon misfortunes, a cork wound eye incident on a Warners set, and Sharon Moffett's leap to stardom as RKO scouts a vehicle for her in Lend Lease for Penny.
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John
Laurel Canyon
Hollywood
John Dall
New York
Bette Davis
Warners
Sharon Moffett
Wolf
RKO
Lend Lease
Penny
New Series planned for youth themed films by Sam Katzman
The article notes a new series titled High School Kids to be produced by Sam Katzman for Monarch release featuring jit terbug musicals about modern youth with contracts for four films a year. Edwin Jerome will fly weekly between Washington and New York to film scenes for Now It Can Be Told at the FBI office while remaining a regular on Crime Doctor. Three year old Ann Marshall will pick her own middle name when she turns twelve, with her father Herbert Marshall and mother Lee Russell agreeing on the plan amid jokes about unusual middle names.
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Sam Katzman
Monogram Release
Edwin Jerome
New York
Washington
20Th Century-Fox
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Jerome
Crime Doctor
Ann Marshall
Herbert Marshall
The
Air
Man Called
Bob Hope
Lee Russell
Ann
Academy Awards Snapshot Highlights Through 1927 28
A Columbia Screen Snapshot plans a seven decade tribute to the Academy Awards. The reel features 34 Oscar winners from 1927 28 through Ingrid Bergman and Bing Crosby, with scenes from their winning films.
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Columbia
Janet Gaynor
Emil Jannings
Ingrid Bergman
Bing Crosby
Smithsonian credited first plane flight incorrectly
The article recounts the 1903 Wright brothers flight as the first man carrying airplane, noting Samuel Langley’s failed craft and Smithsonian ties. It says Smithsonian admitted error in 1942 after decades of defending Langley and credits the Wrights with the first successful flight.
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Smithsonian
Wright Brothers
Samuel Langley
Smithsonian Institution
Collier's
Glenn Curtiss
The
Wrights
Japan’s Territorial Reach Across Eight Nations Revealed
Collier’s states that in the last 50 years Japan seized land totaling 2 796 600 square miles and a population of 368 212 000 across eight countries. Japan’s areas included Guam Wake and the Philippines and, with its own people, controlled about 21 percent of the world’s population a year ago.
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Japan
China
Britain
France
Thailand
Russia
Portugal
Netherlands
United States
Guam
Wake
Philippines
Collier's
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