Hollywood Radio and Film Notes From a Busy Week
Western Newspaper Union reports on Lady in the Dark and No Time for Love as top dreamlike works, mentions cast changes at Warner Bros and key players like Betty Davis and Douglas Drake. It notes Broadway service men queuing for Destination Tokyo and Mare Island hospital screenings, plus Bernadette and Casanova Brown projects and radio programs Your America and The Star and the Story with stars such as Gary Cooper and Teresa Wright.
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Tokyo
Mare Island Naval Hospital
San Francisco
REO
New International Pictures, Inc
Hollywood
Gary Cooper
Sonja Henie
Edward G. Robinson
Teresa Wright
Dinah Shore
Frank Morgan
Casanova Brown
Washington Food and War Mobilization Clash Over Farm Policy
A Washington meeting of the War Mobilization committee discussed food supply for 1944. Marvin Jones faced sharp questions from Donal Nelson Guebly and Undersecretary Patterson on farm machinery and deferments, while hog farmers and price controls sparked broader reporting on wartime shortages and shifting directives.
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Jimmy Byrnes
War Mobilization—committee
Marvin Jones
Genial Oe Jones
Donal Nelson Guebly
Nelson
Jones
Patterson
Washington
Jean
War Food Administration
Girl Harvesters Save the Syrup in War Effort
Photos show University of New Hampshire coeds gathering sap on the Samuel Smith farm in Gilford New Hampshire. Smith and his nine children plus thirteen grandchildren form the core of the cooperative sap harvesters. It takes forty gallons of sap to produce one gallon of syrup. New Hampshire ranked sixth in maple syrup production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of New Hampshire
Samuel Smith
Gilford
H. Farmer Smith
Hampshire
Roosevelt’s New Bill of Rights sparks debate on federal duties
The piece argues the proposed Second Bill of Rights would expand federal roles in jobs wages farm prices housing medical care and education. It warns such centralization could threaten democracy and individual freedom, noting the need to fund new programs via taxes and the soldier vote context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Stimson
Navy
Knox
Mr. Roosevelt
Army
Notre Dame Greats Face Off in Historic Coaching Debate
In a letter from 1943 Notre Dame debate, George E Heiser argues the 1930 Knute Rockne era team surpasses Frank Leahy's 1940s squad, praising Rock's coaching, the line, and stars like Bert Metzger Carideo and Joe Kurth. Heiser asserts Rock’s influence would tilt any matchup.
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Four Horsemen
Rockne
Frank Leshy
Bertelli
Grant
N. Damers
Rock
Frank Leahy
Notre Dees
Amertos
Bert Metzger
Can‘non
Tommy Yarr
Joe Kurth
Harris
Philadelphia
Tom Conley
Frank Carideo
Marty Brill
Earl Brittain
Illinois
Joe Savoldi
Marchy Schwarz
Chuck Jackwich
Bucky O'Connor
Moon Mullins
Angelo
George E. Heiser
Notre Dame vs Army clash and 1940s comparisons
A football debate contrasts Notre Dame and Army teams from the 1930s and 1940s. It praises Bertelli’s Notre Dame backfield and 1943 speed, notes Army coach Red Blaik’s claims, and argues Notre Dame could have beaten Army 40 to 0 with Bertelli. It highlights line size, speed, T formation effectiveness, and key players like Miller Bykovich Mello Kelly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertelli
Notre Dame
Army
Wavy
Georgia Tech
Bill Alexander
Billek Whelchel
Rockne
Red Blaik
Creighton Miller
Bykovich
Mello
Kelly
Bertelli’s 1943 Notre Dame Seen as Superior to Early Teams
The author argues Bertelli, Notre Dame 1943 quarterback, was more dangerous than Carideo and would have beaten the 1830 squad by two or three touchdowns. He claims Bertelli’s power deception and passing would subdue the Four Horsemen and that pro teams were unlikely to defeat the 1943 squad during Bertelli’s era.
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Bertelli
Notre Dame
Carideo
Collegians
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Johnny Mitchell
Mr. Skeffington
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Donald Crisp
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America
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Washington-real
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State Department
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Maine
Girl Harvesters
Save the
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Western Newspaper Union
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