Veilted Notes of a New Yorker 4 and Broadway Fantasies
A collage of entertainment gossip cites Paramount paying $199000 for film rights to For Whom the Bell Tolls and notes on Elmer Rice, Margie Hart, Myrna Ley, and stars like Barrymore. Stories mention studio shifts, theater derision, political probes, and clashes at night spots, with pungent quips about agents, editors, and industry wits amid a chaotic New York show world.
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Hemingway
Paramount
Sedler
Sealy
Diescal
Wind Street
Hubert's Museum
Elmer Rice
Robert
Stown
Pancha
Arjgenting
Myrna Ley
Consul Inc. A
A. Wright Jr
Duce's Gamble and Greek Breakthroughs in Albania
Edward Wayne notes Mussolini's Balkan gamble faltering as Greeks push into Albania and Badoglio resigns. Nazi pressure grows in Romania while U S aid remains vital to British victory. Berlin delays full rescue, Mussolini replaces generals, and Italian lines suffer from mountain terrain and logistics as Mediterranean naval action escalates with British forces asserting control.
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Albania
Rumania
U. S
Duce
Athens
Legation
Italy
Berlin
Axia
Indica
Germany
Mussolini
Hitler
Teader
Pietro Badoglia
Rome
Greece
Badoglio
England's Crisis Plans Food and Planes Amid Bombings
The piece outlines Britain's wartime strain as Hitler seeks to cripple production, with blitzes on Coventry Birmingham Bristol and Liverpool and tighter rationing while U boat activity threatens sea lifelines. It notes American aircraft aid and speculative production boosts into 1942 amid global Nazi influence in Romania and Romania's internal strife.
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Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Coventry
Birmingham
Bristol
Liverpool
Arthur Greenwood
Commons
Britain
United States
U.S
Nomura Named Japanese Ambassador to United States
Navy veteran Admiral Nomura 62 a Annapolis graduate 1893 named ambassador to the United States as Tokyo seeks to ease strain with Washington. He served as naval attaché in World War II era and this move marks a pro American posture in diplomacy. Tara Harmon a 1930s football star reveals aim to become a sports radio announcer rather than coach after a radio program selection.
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Bevoy
Japan
United States
Act
Tikai Kichisaburo Nomura
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Uoon
Admiral Nomura
Washington
Tara Harmon
Racio
Bram
Lura
Girl Wins Major Prize at 41st International Livestock Expo
Evelyn Asay of Mt Carroll Michigan won the junior steer event at the Chicago expo with Hereford Sargo. Sargo was named Grand Champion steer, later sold to Firestone Tire for 3.30 per pound, funding a farm down payment. Iowa State led collegiate judging with 4496 points. Texas A&M second, Iowa State third.
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Chicago
Evelyn Asay
Mt Carroll
Asay
Sargo
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Anirea
Evelyn
Towa State University
Texas A. & M. College
Ae State University
Siam at War Alludes to New Invasion Threats
The piece links Siam to Allied efforts in World War II and discusses alleged plans involving French Indo China and Singapore. It notes Siamese and Japanese coordination, the French garrison split between Vichy and De Gaulle, and Washington’s view of Singapore as a restraining factor. The article also mentions a new $50 million loan to the Chinese Nationalist government and further aid.
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Siam
Thailand
France
Paris
Indo-China
Vichy
de Gaulle
Japan
Prasmier
Laung Bhul Songgram
Singapore
Far East
Indo China
Washington
Not Fit to Fight: 15 Percent Rejected After Draft
About 15 percent of the 300 men who answered the initial selective service summons were rejected as substandard by army physicians. Previously passed by local boards, the men failed army exams due to teeth and eyesight. The higher-than-expected rejection led to extra enlistment steps from draft boards.
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Fest L
Amy
Army
Major airline disaster in Chicago claims eight
A United Air Lines passenger jet crashed near Chicago while approaching Midway Airport. The plane was five seconds from landing when engines stalled and it fell, hitting a power line and electric fixtures. Preliminary reports point to possible ice on the wings as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United Air Lines
Minnicipad
Hese, & Gataze
British Invasion in Washington Shows Vast Diplomatic Footprint
The article details a large British presence in Washington with 430 officials including embassy staff and air and purchasing commissions. It notes expansion into multiple buildings and adds that New York hosts about 2,000 purchasing commission staff plus 500 inspectors touring the U.S. for goods from ships to aircraft.
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Washington
D. C
British Purchasing Commission
British Air Commission
Engdah
Office of Economic Warfare
Hibbs
Willard Hotel
Adams
Andreow Mellon
Massachusetts Avenue
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New Yorker
Queens
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Dave
Iere
Minsiel
Hla Logan
Margie Hart
Hollywood
John Barrymore
Diana
Deb
Nathan Hale
Frank Gervazi
Collier's
Toving
Puerto Rico
Uncle Sam
South America
Time
Myron Weiss
Jesse Livermore
Gov't
Stera
East Side
Marshall Field
J.P. Kennedy
England
Joan Drakeford
Ming
Hines
Stark Club
By Edward ¢. Wayne
Ugo Cavalero
Ialian
East
Africa
Sght
Mediterranean
Sardinia
Benito Mussolini
Belgium
Teague
Archangel Michael
Iron Guard
Bis
Orster
Carel
Corneliu Zelea Combesne
Carol
Leon
George Argesanto
Condreanu
Bucharest
Ton Antonescu
Tite
Tron Guardista
Entler
Antonescu
Linte Pauline Tropp
Nove
New York
London
Congress
National Defense Commission
The
Défense Commission
Jesse Jones
Commission
Defense Commission
DuPont
Goodyear
Goenaien
Dutch East Indies
Stettinius
White House
Jesse
Moover
Capital
Herbert Moover
Hoover
Sub Qasa
William Jr. Castle
Neaver Crent
Castle
Europe
Capital Chapp
Louise Atwill
Douglas MacArthur
Lionel Atwill
Herbert Hoover
Edgar Hoover
Group Ce
Jace
San Francisco
Cronin
Salt Lake's
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