Montgomery takes command of two American armies
Washington dispatch explains how Bernard Montgomery was installed to lead the two American armies under Eisenhower, sidelining Omar Bradley. It notes opposition in the War Department, hush-hush handling, and Churchill’s influence, with context on Montgomery’s defense strengths and past failures.
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Omar N. Bradley
Bradley
Rosenhower
Churchill
War Department
U. S
Montramnery
Eisenhower
Stars and Stripes
Montgomery
London
British Broadcasting Company
Holland
Belgium
Monty
Pentagon
Manag
Luzon
Philippines
Navy
From a Blue Serge Suit and a Million Dollar Comma
A Hollywood Reporter note recalls a tax slip typo that freed many foreign fruit plants from duties, costing the U S government about a million dollars. It also mentions Dick Merrill’s fabled Seattle to Washington flight record and the China Clipper night crash in Trinidad. The piece highlights Evita Duarte’s Cosmo feature and its inspiration for a broader column.
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S. Hoffman
New York
The
Hollywood Reporter
U. S
Dick Merrill
Seattle
Washington
Africa
Trinidad
Natal
Boeing
Port of Spain
State Dept dinner sparks teamwork with Ickes staff
A private dinner at the State Department brought Interior Secretary Ickes and his aides together with State Dept personnel. Ickes delivered a sharp critique aimed at improving cooperation, leaving State Dept members with better relations with the Ickes group after years apart. Also mentions Wright's strike forecast, a Broadway tip about a successful playgirl, a Gilmore hatcheck tip, and Cuban prosperity with a guarded Presidential Palace amid high wages.
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Sec’y
Tinius
Washington
Sec’y of
Interior
Ickes
Havana
Cuba
Cole Porter Song Love for Sale Banned by Radio
The piece notes Cole Porter calling Love for Sale his pet among his songs and that radio bans it for its poetry. It adds a quip about Churchill as England's revenge for the Boston Tea Party and a legless man with a draft placard 4F in the Draft but 1A in Blood Donations, plus Phil Brito criticizing a phony who resents others' success.
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Cole Porter
Repubs
Churchill
England
Phil Brito
Hollywood News Roundup From West Coast to Broadway
Virginia Vale reports on Faye Emerson Roosevelt paying Dore Schary a six dollar plug fee for I'll Be Seeing You, and the film rehab cycle ahead. Cotten, Ginger Rogers, Shirley Temple star in I’ll Be Seeing You. Enchanted Cottage with McGuire and Young. Lana Turner in The Pirate. Dan Duryea’s rise and The Woman in the Window. Powell in Ziegfeld Follies. O'Shea’s varied career. Jade necklace in Experiment Perilous. Audrey Young debuts in Out of This World and George White's Scandals of 1945.
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Faye Emerson Roosevelt
Selznick International
Dore Schary
Roosevelt
Warner Studio
Joseph Cotten
Ginger Rogers
Shirley Temple
RKO
Dorothy McGuire
Robert Young
Warner Bros
Janie
Dan Duryea
Franchot Tone
Cornell
Audrey Young
Stage
Paramount
George White
Celebrity Stars Highlight Studio News And Contracts
Ginny Simms asked for a fur coat at rehearsal while filming Johnny Presents. Bob Hope signs a ten year radio contract believed to be the largest single deal for talent. Rudy Vallee returns to the screen in People Are Funny. Eddie Bracken gets his own radio show February 14 following Charlie McCarthy.
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Ginny Simms
Johnny Presents
Johnny
Bob Hope
Bob
Rudy Vallee
Eddie Bracken
Charlie McCarthy
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