Who's News This Week Consolidated Features
Major General Deane advanced rapidly from World War I service to lead the American military mission in Moscow guiding lend lease. Californian, Army War College graduate, he served across nine states, the Canal Zone and China, most recently as secretary of the Combined Chiefs of Staff. Dr Arroyo del Rio of Ecuador expands US ties through rubber exports and base access, with a long political career in Guayaquil and Quito. Philip Bracken Fleming, West Point graduate and Federal Works administrator, forecasts a billion-dollar postwar cushion and remains a key New Deal trouble shooter with a quiet, decisive presence.
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Middle West
Iowa
New Guinea A Visit Worth the Ride Not Life
A Collier’s feature describes Port Moresby and surrounding areas during wartime, detailing improvised airstrips and trenches, civilian evacuations, and native life. Soldiers repurpose wreckage, trade stories, and adapt to tropical challenges while noting Manhattan’s value compared to New Guinea as a place to fight a war.
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Sky High Altitude Tests At Wright Field
In Wright Field Ohio airmen in cold weather gear and oxygen masks test altitudes to determine safe flight ceilings. The aero medical laboratory conducts this experiment to establish limits for high altitude operation.
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Wright Field
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Hollywood Notes On Stage Stars And Radio Icons
Virginia Vale reviews Gertrude Lawrence Ginger Rogers Gail Russell and Dinah Shore noting shocks on screen gowns electric scenes jammed with nostalgia. Edwin Hill Thanksgiving program to get network spot and Dinah Shore’s rise from radio beginnings to TV fame highlighted.
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Edwin C. Hill
Film and Radio Stars Pivot to Screens and Serial Roles
Loretta Young eyes film from her CBS Sil ver Theater success Lost Yesterday. Michael O'Shea rises as a promising star with new Fox contracts and stage to screen shifts. TV hosts and public figures enter daytime scripts while Sammy Kaye reshapes a film title and Katina Paxinou joins Ginger Rogers and Paul Muni contemplates Chopin biopic. Lassie Come Home draws crowds in New York.
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Jack London
Henry J. Kaiser
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Ginger Rogers
RKO
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New York
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