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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1945
Page
7
Allied strategists report Germany has 75 divisions on the western front, up from 65 on D-day, with total front strength near 6 million. Volksgrenadier units include youths and older men starting Sept 1, creating ferocious bursts but limited stamina.
Lint from a blue serge suit recalls Morton Downey performing for chiefs of staff in Washington before leaving for overseas. Gen Hap Arnold hosted the event. Tony Martin becomes a staff sergeant in France. Eileen Barton teams with Tad Bruce on radio tunes as reports cite a 400 million dollar 1944 radio take, a record. Wendell Corey appears in Gertrude Lawrence’s touring show and once acted as a sergeant in Follow the Girls. Margaret O’Brien seeks permission to host her own radio program. OPA notes 30 billion cigarettes in U S stores. John Kennedy praised for turning teletype reports into marching prose. Bill Downs praises Nazi captives as having the look of men caught stealing. The film The 7th Cross draws criticism for portraying good Germans. Helen Deutsch notes 1936 underground Germans and refugees Manns and Einsteins among the good. Pert Lee Carson fills Richard Treaskis’s war desk with the 1st Army. Richard Treaskis invalided home. Irving Berlin’s music publishes 700,000 copies of White Christmas and Always. H G Wells on moral indignation. Wilde misattribution of Experience. Musset on experience as folly or sorrow. Alan Gale questions Atlantic chatter. Bob Burns counsels audience on after-dinner speaking. Eggleston defines journalism as organized gossip.
A roundup of radio remarks praise for Roy Shields and Ethel Barrymore on air plus brief critiques of 1940s media. The column notes sugar and cigars shortages fading, cultural digs into talent careers, and wartime foresight from Drew Pearson and Ira Wolfert.
Administration leaders press E A Stephens of New Orleans to seek the mayoralty after a dinner with the President and Mrs. Roosevelt. Sen Claude Pepper invites by AMA subcommittee for wartime health and education to speak at the Chicago AMA convention in February. The Magic Lanterns film Winged Victory features B 29s and war drama celebrating air power while Hollywood Canteen showcases stars and entertainment.
VIRGINIA VALE notes Deanna Durbin stars in Can't Help Singing shot in technicolor amid Utah scenery including Navajo Lake. She sings with Kern and Harburg songs as Hollywood growing talent like Eden Nicholas and Robert Clarke appear in The Enchanted Cottage and G I Joe casting and screen tests spark new careers.
Larry Stevens, 21, who replaced Dennis Day on the Jack Benny program, is happy about his Universal contract because it allows him to marry his high school sweetheart Barbara Williams. Dick Haymes focuses on writing while juggling NBC air show and Diamond Horseshoe role.
Danny Kaye headlines his own CBS air show while Cornelia Otis Skinner and Roland Young may revive a radio duo like William and Mary. Archduke Felix of Austria praised Going My Way to Jean Fontaine. Judy Canova joins an NBC series. Talks stir about a Phil Baker show with Beetle and Bottle, featuring Ward Wilson and Harry McNaughton. No need to identify Phil Baker.
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