Who's News This Week Highlights Leaders and Affairs
A jumble of mentions covers William M. Jeffers and Union Pacific defense roles, diplomatic appointments, and corporate leadership. The piece notes Jeffers as a hard-headed executive with plans to steer rail defense and rationing, plus brief references to ambassadors and political appointments, finishing with social and cultural notes from the era.
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Senansport
William M. Jeffers
Union Pacific Railrubber
Screenradio Notes on The Major and the Minor and Industry Buzz
A lively cinema column previews The Major and the Minor with Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland praised for charm and performance. It surveys war film output, star gossip, and studio maneuvers including Ruth Warrick’s project and Warner Bros fundraising via metal drives, plus Milestone’s Edge of Darkness risk tale and Oscar-level industry chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ginger Rogers
Ray Milland
Clark Gable’s Army Weight Loss and Industry Moves
Odds and ends note Clark Gable has shed 27 pounds since joining the army. Celebrities conserve tires by attending Hollywood events in groups, traveling in station wagons. Filming on The Immortal Sergeant speeds ahead for Henry Fonda to report to the navy on schedule. Martha Scott’s New York trip for Stage Door Canteen led her husband Carlton to a permanent NBC position.
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Clark Gable
Army
Hollywood
Henry Fonda
Navy
Martha Scott
New York
Carlton
NBC
Pioneering Press in Hancock Custer Campaign Noted
Western Newspaper Union outlines Theodore R. Davis and Henry M. Stanley as the first accredited press representatives in a U S military expedition against Southern Plains tribes during 1867. Davis, age 27, covered key battles and the Little Big Horn foreboding, later producing sketches and prose preserved in manuscript form. Davis died in Asbury Park on November 22.
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Custer
Southern Plains
Theodore R. Davis
Harper's Weekly
Henry M. Stanley
Missouri Democrat of
St. Louis
New York Tribune
Fort Leavenworth
Davis
Stanley
Commmand
Port Royal
Monitor
Merrimac
Shiloh
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Antietam
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Steedman
Texas
New York
Atlantic
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Fort Larned
Satanta
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Joel Elliott
Elliott
The
Washita
Seventh Cavalry
Kidder
Little Big Horn
Montana
Asbury Park
Malta Survivors Tell of Brave Lives Under Bombs
A British seaman recounts months of Nazi bombing over Malta, detailing crowded air raid shelters with crucified altars, families salvaging belongings deep underground, and the Maltese spirit as Spitfires battle above. Life continues amid terror with news of dogfights and local resilience.
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Mediterranean
Manhattan
New York
Chicago
London
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