Admiral Halsey Jr. Leads Solomons Tactics In War
The piece profiles Vice Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. as he replaces Ghormley in the Solomon Islands campaign. It highlights his adaptability, air sea expertise, and record including the Distinguished Service Medal. Born in Elizabeth New Jersey, he entered Annapolis in 1900 and has earned respect for improvisation and mobility in modern naval warfare.
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York
Adm
Halsey Jr. Sotieeeeer
William F. Halsey Jr
Robert L. Ghormley
Solomon Islands
Halsey
Navy
John H. Towers
Arthur B. Cook
Solomons
Marshall
Gilbert Islands
Admiral Halsey
Elizabeth
N. J
Annapolis
War Industry Music Boosts Factory Output Says Burris Meyer
The British study shows factory music raised wartime output by 1.3 to 11.1 percent in eastern plants. Professor Harold Burris-Meyer and colleague describe leisure music as inadequate for modern plants while a sound machine they developed in 1935 could induce hysteria in 30 seconds. Burris-Meyer has long worked at Stevens Institute and taught at Washington and Jefferson and CCNY.
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Song
Harold Burris-Meyer
Professor Burris-Meyer
Burris- Meyer
Stevens
Washington and Jefferson
C.C.N.Y
Czech Official Karl Herrmann Frank Faces Blood Guilt Remarks
The text notes Karl Herrmann Frank, state secretary of the Bohemia Moravian Protectorate, weighing extreme measures against Czechs. Berne cites him saying the Heydrich murder remains unexpiated and that Czech people bear blood guilt. Frank aided early Sudeten agitation and incitement.
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Karl Hermann Frank
Herr Frank
Bohemia-Moravian
Berne
Heydrich
Hollywood extras find jobs in war plants in reshaped industry
The article notes a shift as Hollywood extras gain employment in war plants. It recaps Columbia banquet scene for The Power of the Press with Lee Tracy and Irene Dunne, and mentions actors like Pat O’Brien Irene Dunne Raymond Massey Esther Williams Judy Garland Gene Kelly Orson Welles Dolores Del Rio and others in recent productions while wartime changes reshape careers.
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Hollywood
Columbia
Lee Tracy
Gloria Gibson
Guy Kibbee
Otto Kruger
South America
Orson Welles
RKO Studios
Dolores del Rio
Show Boat remake casts Tyers Ravenal at Metro
John Tyers, a young baritone with the St. Louis Municipal Opera, gains the role of Ravenal in Metro Pictures remaking Show Boat. Alan Hale boasts 90 miles per gallon from his bike scooter while Lloyd Bacon plans a purchase. Olivia de Havilland trains in First Aid for Princess O Rourke scenes and learns she will be the victim. Warner Bros. faces artificial hair shortages and orders extras for The Adventures of Mark Twain to grow beards.
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John Tyers
St. Louis Municipal Opera Company
Warner Bros
Mark Twain
Myra Bradwell Named Pioneering Woman of Press Hall of Fame
Western Newspaper Union notes Myra Colby Bradwell, Chicago Legal News editor, first Illinois woman lawyer and Illinois Press Association member, honored at University of Illinois Hall of Fame. Bradwell endured legal barriers, cited Fourteenth Amendment, and founded Western states first weekly legal newspaper. She led journalism standards and secured charters for her publication.
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Myra Bradwell
University of Illinois
Illinois Press Association
Bradwell
Chicago Legal News
State Press Association
Manchester
Myra Colby
Illinois
Elgin
Memphis
Supreme Court
England
Westminster Hall
House of Commons
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Matt, Carpenter
Wisconsin
Samuel Portland Chase
Illinois Supreme Court
Illinois Bar Association
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Angel Street
Metro
Canada
Drama League
Red Cross Army
Abbott and Costello
Raymond Massey
Warner
North Atlantic
Ruth Gordon
Royal Canadian Army
Gal
Judy Garland
Gene Kelly
Judy
Kelly
Eileen
Rosalind Russell
Brian Aherne
Janet Blair
Hays Office
Esther Williams
Andy Hardy
U.S
Alaska
E. J. Stann
Whitehorse
Uncle Sam
Sky
Dianthus
United Nations
U. S
Neptunus Rex
A. A. Vandergrift
U. S. Marines
Guadalcanal Island
Elizabeth Kenny
Parents’ Magazine
Bal
Usiny
Mac
Dr. Scholl
Cowper
Dr. Hitchcock
Vandeli
Lydia Pinkham
Pinkham
Price McNeil Drug Co., Inc
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Florida
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