Pershing Seeks Sell of Obsolete Destroyers Warns War Risk
General Pershing urges selling 50 obsolete destroyers to Britain to avert war while critics argue the ships are not surplus. The essayist cites Major Eliot and George Fielding Eliot to defend navy needs and warn against undercover war. Lindbergh Pershing debate in the Senate prompts resistant views from Minton Pepper and Josh Lee.
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Pershing Warns US Aid Needed to Halt Hitler Threat
The piece notes General Pershing urging aid to the British fleet to resist Hitler, reacting to Lindbergh's broadcast with irritation. It also surveys farm tenancy trends, AAA policy shifts toward tenant security, and GOP organizational struggles, detailing tenants, leases, and party infighting.
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Anti War Pamphlet Urges Calm Against Global Threats
Kathleen Norris reviews a pamphlet from the Writers Anti War bureau urging Americans to stay calm amid war fears. It argues a victorious Germany would falter, famine looms, and invasion threats are unlikely to justify fear or push the U.S. into conflict. The piece stresses American resilience, caution, and the need to maintain normal life while supporting allies.
The hardest thing in golf is staying focused and balanced
A veteran writer explains the toughest golf aspects from putting to foot action. He notes concentration, green speed judgment, line, and smooth stroke as key, and highlights stance, back swing, head position, and body–hand coordination as critical.
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Bearded extras swarm Big Bear as film crews move through
Big Bear California buzzes with on location activity as 20th Century Fox and Monogram film nearby. Irene Rich Charles Bickford Melvin Lang Dave O'Brien June Carlson star in a bevy of starlets with Valued talent. O'Brien sustains a rib injury during a staged fight coached by Bickford. Ida Lupino makes a spike with East of the River and East of the River and They Drive By Night.
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Norris says America safe from invasion for years
Kath leen Norris asserts the United States faces no imminent danger of invasion. She argues Hitler would need many years to prepare and that invading fleets would be halted well before reaching American shores.
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Moulton Presents Abridged 1932 Love Me Tonight Screen Idea
Herbert Moulton unveils a new abridged version of Love Me Tonight starring Maurice Chevalier Jeanette MacDonald and Myrna Loy after six months work. The project streams entertainment as several older films like Design for Living The Lives of a Bengal Lancer Night After Night and One Hour With You are under consideration for streamlining.
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Betty Field Shines in Four Diverse Film Roles
Betty Field left the stage for Hollywood a year ago and has since played four distinct parts. In What a Life she is Jackie Cooper’s sweet high school girl, in Of Mice and Men she plays the sultry young woman amid Lon Chaney Jr. In Seventeen she appears as a lively siren, and in Victory her latest film she portrays warmth and tenderness.
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Lon Chaney Jr
Ralph Edwards Returns to Oakland After Job Hunt
Ralph Edwards hitchhiked from Oakland California to New York for a job three years ago and flew back home recently. Now his schedule is so tight that a six week vacation required five substitutes. Six months ago he became creator director and master of ceremonies of his own program Truth or Consequences which tested on four eastern stations and will soon launch on WEAF New York.
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Screen News and Plans for Fall Film Offerings
Geraldine Fitzgerald returns with George Raft in South of Suez while Chaplin's The Dictator may debut mid September. Susanna Foster earns a USC band gift box that plays Fight on for U S C. Tyrone Power will star in a Zorro series starting with The Californian, a remake of The Mark of Zorro.
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Susanna Foster
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