West Point and Annapolis athletic leaders shaped war-time roles
The piece honors three West Point and Navy figures General Fleming General Devers and Colonel Hibbs for building athletic programs and facilities and for later wartime leadership. It credits Fleming with expanding athletics at West Point and Hibbs with public relations strengths while Devers oversaw fieldhouse expansion and later Europe commands.
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West Point
Annapolis
Jake Devers
Phil Fleming
Louis Hibbs
Fleming
Ray McCarthy
War Department
Colonel Koehler
Michie
Mississippi
Passamaquoddy
Alaska
General Devers
Hudson
Dodgers
General Fleming
Fort Knox
General Andrews
Europe
Devers
Hibbs
Army
Academy
Fleming, Devers and Hibbs
Katharine Hepburn to star in Without Love for MGM
Hollywood gossip notes Katharine Hepburn will headline the MGM film Without Love based on Philip Barry's stage hit as part of a new long term contract. Dick Haymes rising star status may lead him to sign with a major studio after his successful nightclub and record run.
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Katharine Hepburn
M-G-M
Philip Barry
Philadelphia Story
Dick Haymes
Benny Goodman
Tommy Dorsey
Dorsey
Metro
DuBarry
RKO Radio
Edward Small
Unified Artists
Tony Devlin
Los Angeles
Myrna Loy
Wm. Powell
MGM
Errol Flynn
Ida Lupino
Ann Sheridan
Mexico
Robert Donat
Algeria
BBC
Sicily
Gen. Arnold
Major Seversky
Barbara Brewster
A. Bloomingdale
U. S
I. R. Kaufman
Edith Gwynn
Boxing era moods spark golf charity match plan
Bob Harlow former PGA touring manager talks about boxing legends Louis and Conn and proposes a Patty Berg versus Babe Didrikson charity match. He suggests a three-course best two out of three and offers to name 111 possible participants to support a war fund.
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Louis
Conn
Gunder Hagg
Bob Harlow
PGA
Patty Berg
Babe Didrikson
Rationing Comedy Teams Beery Main In Metro Film
Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main reteam for a Metro comedy titled Rationing. Johnny Gart shares a method for writing a hit song. Gary Cooper, famed for Montana roots, plays poker for two days in Saratoga Trunk. The War Shipping Board uses Action in the North Atlantic as a training film.
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Wallace Beery
Marjorie Main
Johnny Gart
Montana
Gary Cooper
Saratoga
War Shipping Board
North Atlantic
Making Gunpowder Dangerous Yet Safer Than Bathing
A southern Appalachian smokeless powder plant uses strict safety, multiple containment units, and rapid exit chutes to limit explosions. Workers are searched on entry, with suspensions for matches, and signs remind of eternity as nitro cellulose slurry forms from cotton through steps that turn it into macaroni-like strands for different shell calibers.
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Appalachian Mountains
Notes on For Whom the Bell Tolls and Hollywood Voices
A lively capsule review of the film and Hemingway adaptation contrasts Ingrid Bergman Gary Cooper and Katina Paxinou with the source story noting the Franco critique. It surveys cinema commentary in Sicily broadcasts and media figures from Liberty Collier's to Beverly Hills n ovelette and studio chatter with names like Goebbels Gunther Willkie and Stewart echoed through wartime media.
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Katina Paxinou
Pilar
Ingrid Bergman
Gary Cooper
Katina Paxmou
Hemingway
Franco
Allen Chase
Greer Garson
Mme. Curie
Mervyn LeRoy
Chaplins
Beverly Hills
New York
Sophie Tucker
Jimmy Stewart
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1796 B for girls sizes 6 8 10 12 14
Sewing Circle UT lists Barbara Bell Pattern No 1796 B designed for sizes 6 8 10 12 and 14 years. Size 8 uses 21 1/2 yards of 35 inch material.
Home Craft Tips From an Old Time Page
Advice on jelly making with paraffin seals jars as hot jelly melts and rises to the top. A worn crosscut saw handle can be bolted temporarily. Aluminum screened doors allow visibility out but hinder seeing in during daylight. Geraniums need daily fresh air, consistent moisture, commercial fertilizer, and ample sun.
Housewives Urged to Turn in Waste Fats for War Needs
Donald M. Nelson of the WPB warns of the acute need for fats and greases. Though 60 percent of women save fats, only 30 percent deliver to meat dealers. Housewives are instructed to strain fats into a clean can and drop it off at a meat dealer or frozen food locker as soon as full.
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Donald M. Nelson
WPB
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