Feeding Italy and Congressmen Amid World War Struggles
Roosevelt pushes for greater Italian civilian participation and higher wartime rations as Allied forces advance, facing delays from General Wilson and Stettinius while stockpiles emerge in unliberated northern Italy. The piece also notes poor pay for U.S. officials, Nazi prisoner coercion tricks, and a Britain-U.S. flagpole homage at Shugborough Park.
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Italy
Roosevelt
Greece
Rome
Athens
F.D.R
Quebec
Churchill
Germany
Wilson
United States
Henry Maitland Wilson
Stettinius
Notable Gusts of Gossip and Industry Shake Ups
An assorted roundup notes Greece's King George irked by public relations staff and his London stay, Batista to settle in Brazil, FTC probes celebrity product endorsements, New York butchers strike over high fines, Florida phone rackets to $500, books and crime plots in Cuba and Mexico, Sidney Kingsley paid $50,000 for a five page script, Libby Holman backing Broadway, John Kirby wins libel suit, Bernice Parks to decorate Life pages, Horace MacMahon promoting war bond speeches, Milton Berle feuding with Joe E Lewis over a song amid a Fight or Work decree.
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Washington
William Moultrie
U. S. Supreme Court
James Wilson
Pennsylvania
Edenton
N. C
John Rutledge
South Carolina
U. S
London
United States
Supreme Court
New York State
George
Greece
Athens
Cuba
Batista
Brazil
Florida
Mexico
Havana
Sidney Kingsley
Zanuck
Libby Holman
John Kirby
Pittsburgh
Canary Bernice Parks
the St. Regis
Life
Horace MacMahon
Milton Berle
Joe E. Lewis
Sam
Broadway Shows and Tax Fight Silence Tracks and Smear Campaigns
Washington grapevine cites a 10 percent mutuel tax as the main reason for track closures as owners resist the new levy. Broadway notes mark A Bell for Adano as the first hit to top amusement listings, while Angel Street remains an outlier. Hoovers critics and reformers in Indianapolis Erie and Buffalo attack G man Hoover with a nationwide smear. Brooks Atkinson, hospitalized, is praised for palace reports shaping U S policy in the Orient.
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Washington
Congress
Powers That Be
Adano
Angel Street
Indianapolis
Erie
Buffalo
G-man
Hoover
N. Y
Brooks Atkinson
China
U. S
Orient
Christmas Mass on Guadalcanal A One-Tune Service
A Guadalcanal Christmas service saw diverse faiths kneel together as Father Gehring led midnight Mass with Latin rites while a Jewish boy played a single tune, Yiddisher Mama, on an improvised organ. The scene illustrated unity despite limited musical offerings.
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Elisha A. King
William Hazlitt
Guadalcanal
Father Gehring
Gay Luncheon Cloth Curtains and Valance
Homemakers seek gay printed luncheon cloth curtains and valance in room colors. Instructions describe cutting a square cloth for sash curtains and a valance, finishing with a narrow hem, and facing tops with muslin if needed. Notes promote the Make Your Own Curtains booklet at 15 cents postpaid.
Money can’t buy aspirin faster acting than genuine
Ad touts a faster acting aspirin substitute claiming superiority over the famous St. Joseph Aspirin. It markets a 100 tablet size for 35 cents and contrasts it with the 10 cent price of the genuine product, urging buyers to pay less.
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St. Joseph
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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Raymond Scott
Eighth Air Force
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Strasbourg
Kenneth R. Martin
Kewanee
Ill
Donald E. Young
Blondie
Circle
Francis Gabresk
Oil City
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Berlin
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Julius C. Holmes
Holmes
Sicily
Sir Arthur Tedder
Ladies of Congress
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Woodhouse
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Emily Taft Douglas
Illinois
Helen Douglas
Max Schmabe
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Oklahoma
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Geoffrey Francis Fisher
Ruth Wyeth Spears
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