Signe Hasso Stars In Assignment in Brittany and More
A roundup highlights Signe Hasso as a beauty and talent in Assignment in Brittany with co stars Margaret Wycherly and Richard Whorf. Christine Gordon debuts in I Walked With a Zombie where she plays the zombie. Carlton Morse works on United Artists projects including Stage Door Canteen on multiple fronts. Lum and Abner pursue another film as Bashful Bachelor and Two Weeks to Live circulate. War time prints of Edge of Darkness are rushed for King Haakon of Norway with Ann Sheridan Errol Flynn in a Norwegian resistance tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metro
Brittany
Margaret Wycherly
Richard Whorf
John Emery
George Coulouris
Christine Gordon
RKO
Czechoslovakia
Miss Gordon
United Artists
Lum
Abner
Haakon of
Norway
Warner Bros
Lisbon
Clipper
London
Ann Sheridan
Errol Flynn
Walter Huston
Judith Anderson
Ruth Gordon
Morris Carnovsky
Gloria Blondell
Joan
Victor Borge
Edy Lamarr
Pierre Aumont
Hollywood
Ralph Edwards
Yas
Humbert
Daly
Mussolini Etthe Humbert
Russia
Marie Jose
Belgium
Martinique appeasement and other wartime notes
A column recalls U S appeasement talks over Martinique gold and warships with Admiral Robert and Sam Reber, Mrs Roosevelt’s discreet Red Cross donation, Boeing snowbound pay debates, and upcoming film and broadcasting updates. It notes diplomatic rank changes for Central American envoys, and war front casualties and coverage including Truk revelations by Willard Price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinique
Panama Canal
State Department
Sam Reber
Treasury Department
Reber
Vichy
Robert
Treasury
Leas
France
Rober
United States
Vu. S. Department
Honduras
Costa Rica
Salvador
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Australia
Canada
New Zealand
Ned Dearborn
National Safety Council
General Montgomery
Truk
Willard Price
Japan
Pacific
Synthetic bombing training speeds up bombardier course
At Midland Texas the world’s largest bombardier school developed synthetic bombing using ground level models to teach bomb loading trajectory and sight operation. Ex university professors and the ground school faculty lead cadets through enlarged parts of the U S bombsight to gain practical experience without live explosions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Bombardier
Midland
Texas
U. S
Bombardier School
West Texas Bombardier College
Midland Aaf
Notable U S Figures and International Outlook in Brief
A feature portrait of Chester C. Davis and his path from Iowa roots to roles in agriculture and the Federal Reserve. It also surveys views on Japan's Hideki Tojo and European leaders Humbert and Mussolini, with reflections on boxing promoter Keo Kearns and fighters including Dempsey and Greb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W York
Chester C. Davis
Davis
Iowa
Little Grinnell
Clemson
South Carolina
South Dakota
Montana
Illinois
Grain Marketing Association
Cornstalks
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Federal Reserve System
Reserve Bank
St. Louis
Japan
Hideki Tojo
Tokyo
Pacific
Economic Council
Dempsey
Kearns
Derape
Ballyhoo
Dempaty
Harry Greseters
Gank
Dempecy
Tes Greb
Amwinn
Tiger
Bengsey
Aimee
Joe Lentster
Toledo
Yesandin
Vite
Ghia
Pound for pound stars and boxers weigh-ins debate
The article features quotes from Kearns and others on pound for pound greatness. It cites Johnson Langford and Blackburn, compares Greb Ketchel Fitzsimmons Walker Louis Dempsey, and recalls a San Francisco barroom anecdote about Dempsey. It notes recent weight variances among Pep Greco Bean Jack Zivio and others as promoters focus on crowd appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Greb
Stanley Ketchel
Kearns
Greb
Gene Tunney
Tom Gibbons
Ketchel
Bob Fitzsimmons
Mickey Walker
Fitz
Corbett
Joe Louis
Dempsey
Jack
Willie Pep
Johnny Greco
Bean Jack
Fritsie Zivio
Mike Jacobs
Fragmentary OCR News Item
Fragmented readable phrases mention names and places but lack a clear event. The text hints at people, possibly a local notice or brief item, with no coherent action or outcome to report.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Virginia
Releas
Western Newspaper Union
Signe Hasso
England
Carlton Morse
Washington, DC
RED Cross
War Production Board
Seattle
Boeing Aircraft
Boeing
Washington
Madame Perkins
War Department
Adolphe Menjou
Veree Teasdale
Ann Shirley
Walter Reed
Brian Foy
Dawn O’day
Merry
RAF Bombardier School
Who’s News
Delps
Wheeler Lovelace
Consolidated Features
WIN
Yellow Peril
Tojo
Far East
Dutch Schultz
Razor Brains
Jase
Tong
Doc
Kreemer
Jack Jotnson
Johnson
Sam Langford
Langford Abese
Langford
Jack Blackhburn
Sam
Blackburn
Johason
San Francisco
Hansen
Neel
Sete
Er Ine
aNton
Potiow
Dan
Wartyinak Oh
Doans
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