Hollywood Film News and Star Moves in New Projects
A stream of Hollywood updates covers John Dall joining Warner Bros opposite Bette Davis in The Corn Is Green, Edwin Jerome’s FBI office scenes for Now It Can Be Told, and Sam Katzman’s High School Kids series. Herbert Marshall’s daughter Ann may choose her own middle name, while Ingrid Bergman and Bing Crosby are featured in an Emmy-like Oscar retrospective. Basil Rathbone hosts servicemen weekends in Bel Air as Bogart and others pursue roles and contracts in recent studio activity.
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Sherlock Holmes
Eden Emerges as Mediator in San Francisco Talks
In San Francisco the diplomacy game centers on Anthony Eden who positions Britain as a swing power between Stalin and Roosevelt. The piece traces the shifting roles from Roosevelt to Eden, noting Churchill's historic stance against Russia and the late war conferences Teheran and Yalta.
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Manchuria
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Iran
Gulf of Persia
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Yalta
Teheran - Yalta
Franklin Roosevelt
Teheran
Balkans
France
Europe
Marshal
Tilbuster
Berlin
Stettinius
Stetlus
Anthony Edem
Eden
Happy Chandler Faces Postwar Baseball's Hardest Job
The piece profiles Happy Chandler as new baseball commissioner and a strong but tested leader. It notes the upcoming postwar challenges, including player contracts, owner pressure, and the need to support players over club profits, with examples from the Cardinals and Cooper brothers.
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Judge Landis
Hank Greenberg
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Navy
Cardinals
Sam Breadon
Redbirds
Cooper Brothers
Walker Cooper
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Giants
Tigers
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New York
Detroit
Brooklyn
Chicago
Happy Chandler
Ruady
Happye
Black Sox scandal recalled in 26 year-old recollections
Earl Greasy Neale reflects on the 1919 World Series with the Reds, saying players had no idea the series was fixed. He mentions Chick Gandil Joe Jackson and Buck Weaver as rumored crooks, noting Gandil's hit in one game sparked widespread rumors.
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Black Sox
Earl Greasy Neale
Reds
Greasy
Chick Gandil
Joe Jackson
Buck Weaver
Gandil
Standard gauge adoption unifies US rail network
By 1886 American railroads adopted the world standard gauge after 23 earlier gauges. This enabled a carload of freight to reach any point without unloading en route, making the United States the first country with seamless nationwide freight transit.
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