The Late Watch and Show Biz Snippets
A collage of celebrity chatter from 1940s culture notes plans for uniforms, theater casts at the Met, radio and TV hosts, and political chatter. Highlights include Italy’s industrial czar Guallino in New York, FDR Jr. with Sally DeMarco, the Cardinals sale, Dorothy Fuldheim’s TV presence, and jokes about subway fares amid current events.
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Italy
U. S
Berkeley Hotel
Fdr Jr
Sally DeMarco
Seft
Bob Hannegan
Post Office
St. Louis Cardinals
al Horwitz
Met Opera
Aida Alvarez
Carmen
Aida
Milton Cross
Westminster Abbey
CBS
ABC
Dorothy Fuldheim
Studio One
Percy Faith
Jolson
Studio Deadheads
Groves outlines atomic war fear and army makeovers
Maj Gen Leslie Groves warns atomic bombs are a city destroying force and urges drastic postwar army and navy reorganization. He calls for dispersed units and bases, air-supplied forces, streamlined equipment, mobile atomic response teams, and a civilian trained reserve to run plants and battles. He downplays a super bomb and stresses counteroffense fear as defense.
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Washington
Leslie Groves
America
Minutemen
Groves
United States
Christmas Menu Advice for a Lighter Feast
The piece suggests a practical Christmas menu focusing on lighter dishes to avoid overindulgence. It recommends salads, vegetables with light sauces, smaller portions, tangy juices, and thoughtful portions for dessert. It lists beef, ham, pork, roast shoulder, and turkey as traditional options with guidance on keeping meals balanced.
Senator Bridges Quips On Postwar Austria Zonal Divide
While touring Europe with the appropriations committee, Sen Styles Bridges of New Hampshire asked Austria's foreign minister Karl Gruber how the Russian occupied zone compared with the U S British zone. Gruber replied that Russia controlled the agricultural lands key industrial cities and oil fields while the Americans and British had the scenery.
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Sen
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Europe
Appropriations Committee
Austria
Karl Gruber
U. S
Gruber
Russia
Bridges
Emperor Hirohito thanks Utah senator for palace safety
Unconfirmed wartime tale credits Sen. Elbert Thomas of Utah with preventing a bombing of the Japanese imperial palace after Roosevelt faced pressure from generals. Thomas, a former Mormon missionary to Japan, counseled against the strike, warning of embittering the Japanese and yielding no real gain. The emperor later expressed gratitude via an American envoy.
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Japan
Sen
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Imperial Palace
Tokyo
Roosevelt
Senator Thomas
Thomas
Hirohito
Democratic Leader Exit Named for DNC Director
The article notes Gael Sullivan will not remain as executive director of the Democratic National Committee, with Sen. Howard McGrath taking the chair and tensions cited between McGrath and Sullivan. It also includes unrelated cooking instructions for holiday stuffing and tarts.
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Gael Sullivan
Democratic National Committee
Sullivan
Sen
Howard McGrath
Bob Hannegan
McGrath
Rhode Island
National Committee
Jouett Shouse
Liberty
Holiday Dinner Menu Highlights
A traditional feast features hot spiced cider roast turkey with mushroom stuffing and fluffy mashed potatoes served with giblet gravy. Side dishes include turnips in thin cream red and green salad plus mincemeat tarts and hard sauce as garnish.
Christmas Dinner Hints and Menu from Lynn’s Guide
Practical table tips for carving and serving a Christmas dinner with a Lynn’s Menu including roast beef and pork recipes. The guide covers garnishes such as orange halves with cranberry sauce, fruit-jelly salads, cranberry star pineapple, apple cinnamon treats, eggnog ice cream, and prep steps for ahead chilling and serving. It notes a pineapple garnish for ham or pork and grape clusters dipped in sugar for decoration.
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Sasa AR Rees Areen
WNU
Fall and Winter FASHION pattern magazine offer
Pattern No 1706 lists sizes and yardage for a jumper blouse and jacket with short sleeves and overalls while Pattern No 8238 covers children's sizes. The ad invites sending twenty five cents for the complete Fall and Winter FASHION pattern magazine and to send orders to receive the free gift pattern printed inside the book.
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Complete Pattern Magazine
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GOP
White House
Reading
Dwight
United Nations World
Kremlin
Newsweek
Tennic Club
Palm Springs
San Jacinto Mountains
New York
N.Y
Eugene O'Neill
Roz Russell
Raymond Massey
Ray Bolger
Angel
Charley
Marlennah Deitrich
Zing Street
Fred MacMurrays
Congressman Feeney
Mona Paulee
Dean Holt
Metropolitan Museum
California
American Electric Motors Firm
L. A
Nikolai Bulganin
England
Meyers
Don Pallini
Battlefeld
O'Dwyer
Bill
Lynn
Lynn’s
Bam
Smith Brothers
St.Joseph
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago
Ill
Fleischmann
Admiral
Alnico
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