Picture Critics Name 1944 Best in Film Daily Polls
New York critics announce 1944 top performances with Bing Crosby and Jennifer Jones winning best lead honors. Other top actors include Spencer Tracy Gary Cooper Ingrid Bergman and Bette Davis while supporting and juvenile categories honor many names. Fire alarm incident and minor vehicle accident noted. note on the term bodega.
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New York
Bing Crosby
Jennifer Jones
Bernadette
Film Daily
Spencer Tracy
Guy
Joe
Gary Cooper
Dr. Wassell
Frederic March
Mark Twain
Claude Rains
Mr. Skeffington
Ingrid Bergman
Barry Fitzgerald
Walter Pidgeon
van Johnson
Monty Woolley
Keenan Wynn
Private Hargrove
Walter Huston
Aline McMahon
Ethel Barrymore
Miriam Hopkins
Dianna Lynn
Morgan's Creek
Angela Lansbury
Plans for Bong Vattendahl Wedding Await Return
Marjorie Vattendahl, pictured above, had planned to marry Maj. Richard S. Bong, the top U. S. combat air ace, in February. She said further plans would wait for Bong to return to Superior, Wisconsin, in the near future.
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Marjorie Vattendahl
Maj
Richard S. Bong
U. S
Major Bong
Superior
Wis
Courtney Jenkins Expires Aged 82 in Baltimore
Courtney Jenkins a former Maryland Senate engrossing clerk died at Mercy Hospital after a weeks long illness. A Catholic, he loved baseball dogs and horses and trained hundreds of dogs in his later years often accompanying him to the State House races and Oriole games. His merchant father Thomas Courtney Jenkins served as consul to British Guiana under President Buchanan.
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Baltimore
Courtney Jenkins
Maryland Senate
Mercy Hospital
Jenkins
State House
Oriole Ball Park
Thomas Courtney Tenkins
British Guiana
Bucharan
Nazi Ship Sinks After Explosion Off Denmark
STOCKHOLM Jan S A German ship believed to be the auxiliary cruiser Der Kaiser exploded Saturday off Kalundborg Fjord Denmark with possibly 1600 men aboard. Nearby residents on Sjaelland saw wreckage and bodies in the water after a heavy explosion around 5 am. Initial reports blamed a collision with a munitions vessel but later information amended this.
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Stockholm
Kalundborg Fjord
Denmark
Free Danish Press Service
Sjaelland
Menton Named VP On E I F A Board
Dr. James J. Ailinger of Buffalo was elected president of the Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association at its annual dinner in New York. Paul Menton of Baltimore was named vice president and S. L. Gilbert of Philadelphia secretary treasurer. Lou Little Asa S Bushnell and Steve Owen spoke.
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New York
James J. Ailinger
Buffalo
N. Y
Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association
McAlpin
Paul Menton
Baltimore
S. L. Gilbert
Philadelphia
Lou Little
Columbia University
Asa S. Bushnell
Steve Owen
New York Football Giants
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