Fishermen warned as wives push to protect piers
A Rhode Island incident sparks talk of a Fishermen's Protective Association after a wife shoved her husband from a pier. The piece riffs on postwar shortages, with notices of war production shifts and a comic road sign about Weeds. It references Elmer Twitchell organizing rules for fishing couples and casually mentions wartime homefront quirks.
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Rhode Island
Fishermen's Protective Association
Elmer
Hollywood aging chimp Cheta replaced for Tarzan film
A crisis in Hollywood as the original chimp Cheta cannot work due to old age. Johnny Weismuller approves the new Cheta found in Hollywood, and their rapport with Brenda Joyce as Tarzan's mate is a point of interest. Betty Hutton learns a former classmate prisoner wrote to her from a German camp. Alan Marshal leaves The Enchanted Cottage due to nervous exhaustion amid war duties. Ted Malone earns a five year NBC contract for postwar broadcasting. Bettejane Greer debuts in two RKO films requiring busy travel between stages. Paper Troopers is approved as the waste paper drive song. Roy Acuff and others to appear in a war army camp film. The Great Gildersleeve gains a film role. Dickie Jones, star of The Aldrich Family, lands major film work at 17 after early radio exposure.
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Virginia Vale
Union
HOUGH
Hollywood
Cheta
Brenda Joyce
Tarzan
Alan Marshal
David Selznick
RKO
Dorothy McGuire
Herbert Marshall
Marshal
Dickie Jones
Aldrich
Texas
Shirley Temple
Annie Rooney
Ameche and Shepherd Star in Big Sister Radio Return
Lum and Abner coin flip settles seating on train trip set in a 12 year old dispute. Bette Davis sets Broadway record with 14 weeks for Mr Skeffington. Arturo de Cordova has worked with five female stars Ingrid Bergman Luise Rainer Joan Fontaine Betty Hutton Dorothy Lamour.
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Ameche
Ann
Joyce Jordan
Shepherd
Laoy
Chicago
Lum
Abner
Mr. Skeffington
Bette Davis
Arturo de Cordova
Ingrid Bergman
Luise Rainer
Joan Fontaine
Betty Hutton
Dorothy Lamour
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Dean Jones Mfg. CO
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