Hollywood Stars and Screens Update Across 1940s Notice
Virginia Vale notes Hollywood casting shifts with Gregory Peck Ingrid Bergman and Anne Gillis in major projects. Ingrid Bergman’s Oscar win stirs Swedish press. Carole Lombard’s successor Anne Gillis reshapes fame. Bill Goodwin moves to films, Ethel Barrymore eyed Miss Hargreaves role. James Melton travels by old car to catch airliners. Janet Blair Marc Platt lead Tars and Spars. Coast guard unit film planned with SPARs.
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Gregory Peck
Ingrid Bergman
Selznick
Ingrid
Janet Blair
Marc Platt
Columbia
Coast Guard
Spars
Army and Meat Shortage Hearing Highlights Washington Debates
Congress and the War Food Chief examined meat allocations for the army amid shortages. Maj Gen Carl Hardigg faced questions on why the army took less than its allocation in 1944 and whether cold storage could have reduced current demands. Testimony compared U S and Allied consumption abroad and at home.
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Clinton Anderson
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Carl Hardigg
Quartermaster Corps
Marvin Jones
Hardigg
Congress
U. S
United States
Jones
Kentucky
Vinson
Anderson
Albuquerque
Delmarva
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
War Food Administration
Relaxed Meat Inspection Sparks Debate in War Era
A proposal to end federal inspection for small local slaughterhouses faces opposition from War Food Chief Jones and War Mobilizer Vinson. Advocates note state inspections exist and inter state sales drive shortages, while critics urge maintaining federal oversight.
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War Food
Jones
War
Vinson
Postwar sports boom will boost play, not mirror Ruth era
Analyst argues the postwar sporting surge will differ from the Golden Age after World War I. Many stars lost to service will not reprise Ruth or Dempsey legends. instead the aim is a broad rise in average skill through Army and Navy coaching, training, and wide participation.
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Babe Ruth
Jack Dempsey
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Bill Tilden
Bill Johnston
Red Grange
Charlie Paddock
Bart Sande
Rogers Hornsby
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Hornsby
Pearl Harbor
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Pete
Army
Navy
Avy
Europe
Asia
Pacifica
United States
Postwar Football Pro Rule Faces Returning Servicemen Dilemma
The article discusses how returning servicemen with college eligibility may press into pro football before finishing degrees. It weighs keeping the prewar rule requiring graduation against the desire of players to turn pro, with colleges and coaches backing the current system.
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Pacific
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