Hollywood Notes on Radio and Film Stars of wartime era
A collage of industry updates notes chaperons for Blind Date at the Stork Club, a runaway horse incident, and plans for annual Sensations productions led by Eleanor Powell. It covers casting shifts at Warner Bros and Paramount, RKO contracts for Craig Reynolds, and Dennis Morgan’s return with Ida Lupino.
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Blue Network
Veronica
Lake
Stork
Warner Bros
Dennis Morgan
Ida Lupino
Irene Manning
Army Wives Influence on Promotions Sparks Debate
Historic debate over female influence in promotions resurges with Col Alfred Jewett asserting air force efficiency reports are affected by officers wives activity in Gulfport Miss. He warns officers wives must join the Women's club or risk penalized evaluations.
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Argufiser
Gulfport Field Women’s Club
Jewett
Arnold
Women's Club
Air Forces
Cleanliness Next to Godliness in War Memoir
Lieut Col Jimmy Roosevelt recalls war tales from Guadalcanal. He says after battles sailors preferred baths over meals and jokes about exhausting ship larder with soap and water. Also notes Allied staff face citrus harvest shortages in Sicily and Italy. American Zionists cite Palestine's wartime contributions.
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Jimmy Roosevelt
Jimmy
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
CHAFF
AMG
Sicily
Ialy
Italy
Palestine
Near East
Notifying the Next of Kin Troop Casualty Reports Begin
A messenger boy delivers a telegram to a father informing that his son, a soldier, has been wounded overseas. At the front lines casualty reporting starts as medical evacuation personnel tag wounded. Casualty reports from each division adjutant are sent to headquarters.
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Pvt
Zenon E. Trasewick
Henry Pu Yi Turns 38 In Wartime China Era
Henry Pu Yi, the puppet emperor of Manchukuo, marks his 38th birthday as historians debate his decade in office. Meanwhile Major General Norman T. Kirk reports wartime wounded survival improves to 93 percent, with 3 percent dying now. Budenny, famed Soviet general, is highlighted for his long service, awards, and dramatic life from peasant to hero with a second wife and a town named after him.
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York
Henry Pu-yi
Manchukuo
Okyo
Prince Chun Wang
Kwang Sung
Henry
China
Werpise bin
Marshal Feng
Peking
Peiping
Marshalls
Norman T. Kirk
Army
State University of Maryland
Russia
Ing Marshal
Budenny
Bolshee
Moscow
Order of the Red Star
Greatest catchers debate spans Buck Ewing to Bill Dickey
A 1943 Baseball Writers' Association gathering sparked a lively debate on the greatest catcher. Names like Buck Ewing Bill Bergen Roger Bresnahan Johnny Kling Ray Schalk Billy Sullivan Gabby Harriett Mickey Cochrane and Bill Dickey were cited as among the era’s best. John Montgomery Ward recalled Buck Ewing’s fierce play and Bresnahan’s mastery while praising Kling and noting Ty Cobb’s era.
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Buck Ewing
Bill Dickey
Baseball Writers
Bill Bergen
Roger Bresnahan
Johnny Kling
Ray Schalk
Billy Sullivan
Gabby Harriett
Mickey Cochrane
John Montgomery Ward
Ward
Buck
Cubs
Ty Cobb
McGraw
Bresnahan
Memoir of Catchers and a Yankee Legend Bill Dickey
Former players recall Gabby Hartnett Mickey Cochrane and Bill Dickey as the era’s top catchers. The piece highlights Dickey’s pioneering seasons and clutch handling of pitchers. It notes Dickey’s 1928 29 rise, 13 year 100 game streaks, and long winning stretches with rookie pitchers.
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Joe McCarthy
McCarthy
Gabby Hartnett
Bill Dickey
Florida
Yankee
Hartnett
Mickey Cochrane
Arkansas
Atley Donald
Dickey
Bill
Yankees
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Mort Cooper
Veteran billiard great Slosson backs Blosson vote
Charles Peterson, famed trick shot artist, casts his ballot for George Blosson as veterans’ top choice. Peterson recalls Slosson’s exhibitions for Gen. Grant and Adelina Patti and notes his enduring skill at age 91, spanning over seven decades in billiards.
Modern adaptations of period curtain in the sha type
Note indicates this is the second in a ten booklet sewing series. It mentions Book 5 covering a curtain style and offers 15 cents for a copy sent directly. The fragment implies a promotional insert within a home sewing publication.
Hull First Cabinet Member To Address Joint Congress
Cordell Hull became the first cabinet member to address a joint meeting of Congress marking a historic moment in the legislative process. Hull’s address highlighted key policy aims and underscored his role in shaping early New Deal-era diplomacy.
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Hull
Cordell Hull
Congress
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Ray Milland
Craig Reynolds
Hollywood
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Sherry Hall
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Frank Mayo
Larry Wheat
Jason Robards
Chester Care Usle
Wheaton Chambers
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Alec Templeton
Navy Department
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Dickie Moore
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Francis Warren
Wyoming
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Petticoat School
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Abury
J. P. Morgan
Weeks
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West Point
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Harold Meckulch
Youngstown
Ohio
Washington
Bernice Webb
Calloway
International Red Cross
Who's News
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WIN
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William
Bevurte
Bevada Otty California
Teider
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Putea
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Adam Brothers
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