Universal's Phantom Lady lauded by critics and stars
Virginia Vale reports on Phantom Lady with Ella Raines and Frankh ot Tone leading cast, praising photography and performances. The piece also notes Ella Raines' career and marriage, plus industry tidbits about Universal, RKO, NBC, and several stars and projects in early 1940s cinema and radio culture.
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Ella Raines
Frankhot Tone
Alan Curtis
Thomas Gomez
Andrew Tombs
Eliga Cook Jr
Truman committee to push civilian production revival report
The Truman committee plans a report urging the War Production Board to resume limited civilian goods production. It cites cancelled war contracts, large steel stockpiles, and slow civilian recovery, plus a call to target a few essential items.
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War Department
Navy
Roosevelt
Norman Littell
Littell
England
U. S
Mead
New York
Kilgore
West Virginia
Wallgren
Washington
Ickes 12 trillion dollars not wealth in ground profits
Harold Ickes claims the nation sits on 12 trillion dollars in ore and minerals. The author counters wealth is value from profits and tax revenue, not ore, urging profits for all to fund the war debt. He argues regulation and high taxes dampen profits and wage security, linking prosperity to productive enterprise.
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Harold Ickes
Croesus
Ickes
Interior Department
Aganda
General Motors
Treasury
United States
Dempsey Firpo Fight Recalled In War Bond Roundup
Letters from servicemen recall the Dempsey Firpo bout as war bonds and Red Cross drives spark discussion. Tex Rickard feared a first round finish while Dempsey aimed for a decisive second bout. Firpo’s power and the crowd’s roar shaped a historic four minutes, with no rematch arranged.
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Red Cross
Tex Rickard
Dempsey
Firpo
Rickard
Garry Firpo
Bob Edgren
Bill Brennant
Jack Lawrence
Jack
Kearns
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