Bob Hope at War Hospitals Shaping Spirits with Laughter
Excerpted slice depicts Bob Hope touring wartime hospitals aided by Frances Langford and troupe. Hope moves across posts delivering multiple shows daily, lifting wounded sailors and soldiers with caustic wit aimed at conditions, not people. The piece notes his relentless pace, personal sacrifice, and a contract to keep appearing, bringing morale to exhausted crews and hospital wards.
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Bob Hope
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Princesford
Greer Garson and Ney End Honeymoon Plan Wedding
Beverly Hills report says actress Greer Garson and Ensign Richard Ney of the U S Navy postponed their marriage until the war ends. They wed Saturday night at a Santa Monica Presbyterian church. Their 48 hour honeymoon ends today as Ney returns to duty.
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Richard Ney
U. S. Navy
Santa Monica
Calif
Presbyterian Church
Richard Irving
Nina Garson
Ney
One World Film to Be Produced in Nine Languages
20th Century Fox announced the sound jackknifed production of Wendell W. Whitman book One World in nine languages English Russian Chinese Turkish Arabic Spanish German Italian and French The plan includes showing the film in Axis territories and those remitted to the Axis as Allied forces occupy them
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Wendell Lwhkie
20Th Century-Fox Film Corporation
Gannett Calls Food Parley in Chicago
Frank Gannett announced a national food conference to be held in Chicago on September 9 and 10. He cited appeals from U S senators and agricultural leaders in 16 states and warned that government rationing and price controls are deteriorating. A separate brief notes a drowning near Bryan.
Women teachers form wartime helping group in Kalamazoo
Flashes of Life reports in Kalamazoo Michigan on the WOGE group, former women teachers returning to classrooms to aid in wartime shortages. They study refresher courses at Western Michigan College and plan to resume teaching. Mrs. Russell Hilbert leads, with members mostly wives and mothers of servicemen. The note mentions their slogan We Old Gals Survive and aims to charter their mission.
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Impure Foods Scored By Texas Legislators
Dallas July 26 a member of the legislatures Interim health committee charged that a Texas meat processor handled horse and other meats for rendering and dog food, slipping meat to hamburger and barbecue outlets. The inspector noted obliterated records at Fort Worth stockyards hindering ownership tracing while a firm supplying a major school system allegedly used spoiled eggs.
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Wheelele
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Dies Warns of Self-Interest Of Russia
Martin Dies argues that the Soviet Union acts from self interest, not socialist purity, citing Stalinist pragmatism from the Moscow manifesto. He criticizes liberal defense of Russia, calls alliance with Japan regrettable, and warns Americans to question Soviet aims and actions.
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Teasv
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Germany
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Pappy Blasts Labor Policies in Fort Worth Interview
Senator W. Lee O'Daniel rails at Washington labor rackets in an Aledo ranch interview. He says labor racketeers push for worn workers and GOP politicians accept donations, while Wallis vs Jones and tax hikes loom as Congress reconvenes. Birth notice ads appear at end with $1 charge.
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Texas
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Jones
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Notable Texas Deaths From Seguin Kerrville and San Antonio
Obituary notices list Mrs. Kate Moore mayor of Seguin's mother Mrs. Gue Schreiner wife of Kerrville capital pilot formerly Hulda Rummell of San Antonio Miss Emma Reich longtime Brueguin housekeeper for the Tips family for nearly six decades E P Lackey 81 pioneer ranchman of New Braunfels father of C Langsdorff and Mrs H B Anderson of San Antonio Herman Rudolph Hierholzer 72 of Jourdanton father of Mrs Emma Kellner and Walter and Benjim Hierholzer of San Antonio Ad copy urges mailing classified ads for special attention and return.
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Roger Moore
Seguin
Gue Schreiner
Kerrville
Hulda Rummell
San Antonio
Emma Reich
Charles Tips
Breguin
E. P. Lackey
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És. C. Langsdorff
H. B. Anderson
Herman Rudolph Hierholzer
Jourdanton
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Walter and
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Shotgun Slayer of 5 Awaits Trial
A mass shooting spree in Ogden Utah left five dead and two wounded as Austin Cox 38 surrendered at the police station after firing at the Stauffer home Mrs Turton and others. Cox faces multiple murder and shooting charges including the murder of District Court Judge Lewis Trueman. Prosecution says another blast killed Mrs Turton and Mrs Brooks’ husband. The case is described as Utah’s greatest mass shooting incident.
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