Hollywood Notes describes legion band on La Marseillaise scene
Lucie Neville reports on Hollywood's American Legion Post 43 musicians who spent an eight hour shift playing La Marseillaise for a Hold Back the Dawn street scene. The article notes their ten years of film work, various films they appeared in, and humorous anecdotes about on set drinking substitutes and a Laugher-linked fan prize for Mrs. Bessie Smith.
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Lucie Neville
NEA
Hollywood
American Legion
Curt Bois
Lafayette
United States
American Legion Post 43
Legion
Aliens Too Must Choose In Draft Crisis
In a bid to Congress Secretary Hull proposes amending the Selective Service act to allow aliens called up after registration to seek exemption, while barring future citizenship. The piece argues aliens in the U S seeking citizenship should not be exempt and must share in national duties during the emergency.
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Hull
Congress
Germany
Britain
United States
Unitedtates
United Service Organizations Form National Defense Structure
The government creates the United Service Organizations for National Defense to pool efforts of preexisting groups. YMCA, National Catholic Community Service, Salvation Army, YWCA, Jewish Welfare Board, and Travelers' Aid join to run 839 service clubs in civilian operation. A drive aims to raise about $11,000,000 for the first year.
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United Service Organizations For National Defense, Inc
Y.M.C.A
National Catholic Community Service
Salvation Army
Y.W.C.A
Jewish Welfare Board
Travelers’ Aid Association
Opportunities to Serve in National Defense
Opportunities for service in national defense grow daily and seek volunteers. The latest call seeks half a million or more men and women to join an air raid observers corps. Civilians monitor skies, report enemy approaches instantly, aiding central headquarters with location and speed of attacking force.
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National Defense
Man About Manhattan and High Society Snippets
In New York Ben Bernie flies to Miami Beach after broadcasts, wagering on a horse Aerial Bomb that failed to explode, winning $20. Dick Merrill and Bernie joke midflight. A review notes Somerset Maugham's God-like calm in acting and a revised Sime Silverman biography. A lavish Fifth Avenue mansion with patched curtains is highlighted. Waldorf luncheon gathers top secretaries including Phyllis Moir, Churchill’s former secretary, and others from Willkie Hoover and LaGuardia. Moir is promoting her new book.
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New York
Ben Bernie
Miami Beach
Manhattan
Dick Merrill
Dayton Stoddardt
Sime Silverman
Broadway
Sime
the Waldorf
Winston Churchill
Phyllis Moir
Wendell Willkie
Herbert Hoover
LaGuardia
Miss Mair
Churchill
Words of the Wise on War and Industry Echo in Hemisphere
Statements from Breckinridge Long Sidney Hillman John D Biggers and Edmund A Walsh discuss labor management cooperation and wartime production. The quotes underscore urgency, effort, and the weight of logistics, with references to tank classifications and industrial leadership.
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Sidney Hillman
Labor
Office of Production Management
Little Kenneth central figure in adoption case
Kenneth Tangrady, four months old with blue eyes, sits at the center of a complex Chicago adoption dispute. His mother Frances used an assumed name and told hospital staff her husband was elsewhere. The father, Sergt. John W. Tangrady, seeks custody with a ruling due May 28 as legality of the adoption is questioned.
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Chicago
Kenneth Tangrady
Kenneth
Frances
Sergt
John W. Tancrady
Scott Field
Ill
Army Air Force
Mrs. Robins
South Dakota
Geore F
Keena
Tangrady
Seret
Koenas
Ior
Francis B. Allegretti
One Minute Speeches Show Congress Temper
Peter Edson notes that with over 400 representatives time limits curb speech. Members use one minute unanimous consent requests to air varied issues, revealing a ferment in Congress after Easter recess. Names include Lambertson, Rich, O'Brien, Coffee and Christoffel, reflecting disputes on labor, Nazis, and policy.
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Ashington
House of Representatives
Congress
House
William P. .Lambertson
Fairview
Kan
Hitler
Ludwig Aids U. S. Treasury Defense Campaign
Emil Ludwig, the German born writer, began work at the Treasury today to assist in boosting the defense savings campaign. He joins efforts aimed at increasing patriotic savings among citizens as the nation ramps up wartime finance.
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Washington
Emil Ludwig
The
Treasury
Telegram Intrigue Spurs Urgent Move in Hidden Plot
Carolyn seizes a telegram that shifts blame and clears moral doubt as Leana Sormi plots to outmaneuver rival Leana. In tense dialogue, plans form to move four leaden boxes of U-235 by freight car tonight, with guards loyal to Carolyn aiding the scheme.
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Carolyn
Leana Sorml
Bob
Leana
Leanna
Ken Palmer
Leana Sormi
Train Robbery Foils Secret Shipment to Blair
Dr Robert Hale plans a secret chemical shipment guarded by four men on a westbound freight. The caboose is attacked by two masked robbers. the heist alarms Carolyn Tyler who realizes the danger is real and that the shipment may be compromised while the crew is left in shock and pursuit begins.
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Schoenfeld Laboratory
Hale
Blair
Liz
Bob
Carolyn
Robert Hale
Leana Sorm
Leana
Carolyn Tyler
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