Oscar Awards Gather for 1944 Ceremony at Grauman’s Chinese
Miss Jones wins for The Song of Bernadette as Coburn takes best supporting actor for The More the Merrier. Paxinou earns best supporting actress for For Whom the Bell Tolls. Curtiz gets best director for Casablanca while Wallis wins for production quality. Oscars show Warner Brothers dominance with eight awards. Fox and MGM follow, Saroyan’s The Human Comedy a notable loss for MGMs. Hay Kyser band performance interrupts ceremony amid sailors and marines stage backdrop.
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Chi Atera
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Pilar
Miss Paxinou
Royal Theater of
Athens
Michael Curtiz
Hal B. Wallis
Miss Jones
Warner Brothers
20Th Century-Fox
Metro - Goldwin- Mayer
William Saroyan
Hay Kyser
Lag in Burma Drive Delays U S Officials
Washington officials pressed for a reopening of overland supply routes into China as Burma campaign plans faced delays. Mountbatten resisted major operations due to shipping shortages while British naval shifts from the Mediterranean slowed. Public ceremonies mark the era as political figures mourn a recent pass.
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Marc Ak Pal
Tadhay
Laois Mountbatten
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Asa
Burma
Roose
Mountbatten
Mediterranean
Mountbattens
Bish
Promoted to Captain Peter E Hopkins Jr
Peter E Hopkins Jr of Sedgwick Drive, a B 25 Liberator group pilot in the A A F, was promoted to captain and serves as assistant operations officer. A graduate of Christian Brothers Academy, he attended Syracuse University and St Michael's College in Toronto, Canada, and has previously earned the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters.
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Peter E. Hopkins, Jr
Peter E. Hopkins
Sedgwick Drive
Capt. Hopkins
Christian Brothers Academy
Syracuse University
St. Michael's College
Toronto
Canada
Oregon to honor Senator McNary at funeral today
Oregon paid final homage to Charles Linga LeNary, Senate minority leader, with funeral services in Salem. Twenty two Senators and representatives attended the tribute today.
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McNary
Salem
Ore
Charles Linga LeNary
Senate
Representa
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