MTB Voyage to Mindanao Ended With Narrow Escape
In dawn to dusk maneuvers, Bulkeley and General MacArthur escape pursuit by a Japanese cruiser, using MTB formations and a secret plan involving a submarine rendezvous. The 32 boat mutinying captain abandons plan and reaches Australia via Corregidor, while the fleet threads through reefs and shoals under storms toward Mindanao Sea.
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Bulkeley
Sissman Cove
41 Boat
General MacArthur
Cuyo Islands
Kelly
Australia
Rockwell
Mindanao
Eral
Toilo
Panay
Cagayan
Schumacher
Corregidor
MacArthur
Sajjhol
Hollywood Eyewitness Talk on Stars and War Maps
Virginia Vale reports on film behind the scenes with stars like James Cagney and Paulette Goddard. She notes elaborate sets for The More the Merrier, Bataan cast wives, and Walt Disney’s Victory Through Air Power mapping sequence.
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Walt Disney
Radio and Film Gossipy Tangle of Stars and Titles
Producer Vick Knight announces engagement as star of an air series. Mark Hellinger plans star billing in The Widow Wouldn t Weep originally meant for Jack Benny. Martha Raye visits Let's Face It set to counsel Bob Hope on overseas trip. Jack Benny to star in The Horn Blows at Midnight set in Heavens and New York. The Pentacle renamed Conflict. Five Graves to Cairo remains puzzling. Metro lot Stage 29 dubbed Ratoffgrad by Russia crew.
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Jack Carson
Vick Knight
Mark Hellinger
Jack Benny
Martha Raye
Bob Hope
Heavens
New York
Cairo
Metro Lot
Gregory Ratoff
Russia
Embroidery and Piecing Appears in Jo Yo Group Craft Notice
A study invites embroidery applique and piecing with hot iron transfer 29542 priced at 15 cents. The notice requests readers to send their orders to a listed contact for motifs for the panholder group.
Celt Yard Funny Exchange About Presidency
A humorous dialogue features Bobby declining the presidency while suggesting a pause until conditions calm, as a teacher asks if he would like the role and he replies with hesitation and a preference to wait.
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Bobby
Stubbs Tries to Stumble to Stove in Dark
In the dim houseStubbs trips over a coal scuttle. Mrs Stubbs says he needs what they have on all the battleships a range finder. He grumbles and rubs his shin in reply.
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Stubbs
John
Mismatched Farming Wisdom and A Round Earth Tale
A crop advisor mocks an old farmer saying methods are outdated and ten pounds of apples are unlikely. The farmer insists the tree is a peach. A schoolmaster asks if one can walk round the earth, and a boy named Thomas cites a twisted ankle from baseball as the reason.
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Thomas
Mrs Tiltsnoot and Nora Debate Departure
A playful exchange shows Mrs Tiltsnoot asking Nora why she leaves. Nora responds with a philanthropic motive to give someone else a chance at life’s joys.
Gandhi’s Past as a Lawyer Noted by Two Lawyers
An English lawyer entertaining a New York lawyer in the United States army recalls Gandhi’s former profession. The Englishman shows a picture of Gandhi from an illustrated paper and notes Gandhi was a lawyer, provoking the joke that Gandhi appeared more like a client than a lawyer to the American.
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Columbia
Jean Arthur
Joel McCrea
Charles Coburn
New York
United States Army
Gandhi
Long-Lived Creatures Tops List With Carp At 300 Years
A table of living creatures lists the carp as the oldest on record at 300 years, followed by the tortoise at 250 and the elephant at 170. Human age is given as 157 years for Zara Agha, with many age claims for whales and toads dismissed as unauthenticated.
Nicknames for Jeeps From Allies Call Them Kozils Cucarachas
Allies assign nicknames to Jeeps with meaning goats for Russians cockroaches for Mexicans and a Chinese symbol signifying little tough guys. The report notes how such terms reflect cultural perceptions tied to the vehicle.
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Tropics
Mindanao Sea
Negros
Virginia Vale
Western Newspaper Union
James Cagney
Johnny Come
Marjorie Lord
Marjorie
Bataan
Allstar
Barbara Stanwyck
Joan Crawford
Lucille Ball
Jennifer Jones
Bernadette
Robert Walker
Jimmy Stewart
Gary Cooper
Freddie Bartholomew
Army’ Air Corps
Miles Mander
Freddie
Five Graves
Mander
Dick Stark
Abie
Babyface
Paramount
Alan Ladd
Ladd
Butterworth
Brian Donlevy
America
Paulette Goddard
Sonny Tufts
Charles Martin
CBS Playhouse
Sonny
Things Jo, YO ’ Mo Jr
Celt Pyard
Kansas City
James Monroe
Tennyson
Washington
Henry Kaiser
Sir Launchalot
Bellana
Sioux City
Bill” Wachter
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