Mrs Miniver to Run Week at Tivoli
Mrs Miniver a stirring MGM adaptation starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon runs Monday through Saturday at Tivoli. The English village tale follows a middle class family during air raids and war while highlighting courage faith and communal resilience with a focus on human drama. Terese Wright Dame May Whitty and Reginald Owen join a cast that underscores Britisher grit and democratic ideals amid the Dunkirk era. Universal News Reel is added. Navy enlistments in Hagerstown add local wartime service context with Cecil Wyatt John L Bradshaw and James B Spangler among August enlistees.
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M-G-M
Jan Struther
Mrs. Miniver
Miss Garson
Pidgeone
Richard Ney
Sox
Oxford
R. A. F. Pidgeon
Dunkirk
Henry Wilcoxon
Wilcoxon
Garson
Pidgeon
Chips
Teresa Wright
Miss Wright
Dame May
Whitty
Dame Whitty
Reginald Owen
Henry Travers
Christopher Severn
Universal News Reel
U. S. Navy
Hagerstown
Frederick
Cecil Wyatt
John L. Bradshaw
James B. Spangler
Why Men Choose Dull Brides Before and After Marriage
Dorothy Dix answers letters on marriage and brains, noting that men often prefer less intelligent mates before marriage and expect clever wives to adapt after. She argues vanity and social norms drive choices, while highlighting the charm of less-bright partners and the dangers of meddling mothers in adult lives.
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Miss Dix
Little Flossie Addlepale
Minerva
Little Flossie
Submarine Raider at City Opera House shines Pearl Harbor tale
The City Opera House screens Submarine Raider on Monday and Tuesday featuring John Howard as a submarine captain and Marguerite Chapman as a survivor from a yacht sunk by Japanese bombs. The program also includes Perils of Nyoka Chapter 8, a Daffy cartoon, and Pathe News. Facts include Pearl Harbor timing the day before December 7 and a Japan carrier set. Also on Wednesday Song of the Islands with Betty Grable and Victor Mature. On Thursday Saboteur with Priscilla Lane and Robert Cummings. Friday Juke Box Jenny musical with Ken Murray and Iris Adrian. Saturday Westward Ho with the Three Mesquiteers. Errol Flynn gains U.S. citizenship.
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John Howard
Marguerite Chapman
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Miss Chapman
Howard
Daffy
Pathe New
Islands
Betty Grable
Victor Mature
Jack Oakie
South Sea
City Opera House
Priscilla Lane
Robert Cummings
Alfred Hitchcook
Ruger
Cummings
Miss Lane
Ken Murray
Harriet Hilliard
Charlie Barnet
King’s Men
Milt Herth
Wingy Manone
Iris Adrian
Jenny
Miss Hilliard
Murray
Andy Clyde
Pathe
Wabbit, Twouble
Mrs Miniver Breaks AML Corn Prices Down at Music Hall
The AIGA film Mrs Miniver set box office records at Radio City Music Hall New York in its 10th and final week, grossing over 1 million dollars and drawing about 1.5 million viewers. From June 4 to last Sunday night total attendance reached 1,222,541 as the film shattered milestones amid a busy theater run. Grain prices moved with corn down and wheat up as weather and market factors influenced futures, with wheat cited at higher levels and futures quotes showing mixed shifts across grain categories.
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Prado
Local Residents Gather for Weekend Visits Near Frederick
Mr and Mrs Wil bert Smith of Baltimore visit their parents Mr and Mrs gar Smith in town. Paul Baker of Frederic burg Va spent a week with his grandmother. Several families from Gettysburg Portmont and Taneytown join neighbors in varied calls and suppers including the Doughertys Poxle Plowman and Burke families. Claudeene Smith returns from Frederick while Prof John visits Maggie Rodgers family Dessie. Mrs Wil bert Smith tours Frederick area with Edgar Smith family.
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Ladiesburg
Wilbert Smith
Baltimore
Gar Smith
Paul Baker
Fredericburg
Raymond Dougherty
Chester Poxle
Philmont
M.C. Plowman and Son
Taneytown
Edgar Smith
Harry
Portsmouth
Bunk Brother
Charles N Fragel
Pogrinson
Geneva Morgan
Legate
Virginia Dougherty
F. H. Birely
Maggie Rodgers
Dessie
Clive Guise
Gettysburg
James Costas
Charles Smith
William Graser
Frederick
Oliver Plaine
Maggie Plaine
Ida Plaine
Anders
SA Ote
Fire Start Causes and Prevention Basics
A fire does not occur spontaneously. most originate from faulty chimneys improper roofs lightning spontaneous combustion smoking burning trash and misusing gasoline or kerosene. Understanding common ignition sources helps in prevention and reducing property damage and injuries.
Mare Dies At Taneytown Fair Grounds
A taneytown report notes the purebred Percheron mare Pandora died on the Taneytown Fair grounds. She was nursing her third foal, weighed about 1000 pounds, and had placed third in the aged mare class at the recent fair. Pandora was owned by Monocacy Farms of Frederick.
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Taneytown
Taneytown Fair
France
Monocacy Farms of
Frederick
Flesh and Fantasy to Feature Stanwyck and Mitchell in Episodic Tales
Hollywood previews Charles Royer and Pierre Bourner story scheme for Flesh and Fantasy with three episodic segments linked by mood. Oscar Wilde adaptation and a Barbara Stanwyck vehicle with a circus aerialist star feature, while a clairvoyant forewarns murder.
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Hollywood
Paul Harrison
Charles Royer
France
Long
Tales of Mandate
Buvmer and
Boyer
Pye
Palmister
Oscar Wilde
Arthur Seville
Vnd
Thomas Mitchell
Kubwa 9G
Robinson
the Tatler
Mitchell
Hie
Mr. Bogey
Barbara Stanwyck
Miss Stanwyck
Anna F Faur
Glamour pair among stars eyed for film lineup
Lee and Mise Stanwyck are the only glamorists thus far, two more, plus a couple of male stars, still are to be chosen, and Boyer says he'd give his shirt to get Jimmy Stewart out of uniform long enough to make the fourth and ailieres ereleplenrn.
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Lee
Mise Stanwyck
Boyer
Jimmy Stewart
Guards at temporary bridge on Route 40 debated
Six residents near Frederick and Walkersville favor guarding the Route 40 temporary Jug Bridge to prevent sabotage and enforce speed and weight limits. They argue the bridge is vital and should be protected like other guarded structures.
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Lel Cp
Frederick
Jug Bridge
Route 4
Morrison
Walter S. Reeder
Braddock
Poller
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Larry Philips
LeGore
New Market District
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Gendell
Airy
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Smiley Burnette
Frederick Theater
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