Propaganda and Politics in Warner Brothers Film
A critical reflection on Warner Brothers production Mission to Moscow based on Davies diary and papers. The piece accuses Hollywood of partisan propaganda, collusion with labor and capital interests, and undermining U.S. government credibility through films that justify Soviet actions and attack the American system. It cites Davies and Hull notes to argue for Hollywood’s influence and alleged treachery within the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Atiz
Warner Brothers
Moscow
Joseph E. Davies
Hollywood
Davies
Marrage
Stalin
Russia
Hull
Adolf Hitler
Fifth Column
United States
Boch
Troy High Council Officers Named and Letters Awarded
Troy High School held a student assembly as block letters were awarded in basketball and cheerleading. David Lent was named president and Arthur Backensta vice president of the Student Council. Edward C. Piclen awarded letters to George Collins, William Deegan, Walter Winney, Douglas Carey, Frank Hoenigsbaum, Daniel Pafundi, Casper Seibert, Frank Perfetti, Robert Bowser. Dudley Van Arnum announced manager. Cheerleading awards went to Mildred Guttbrodt, Claire Toolajian, Corinne Bridgeford, Elsie Harris, Doris Pickering, Nancy Soule, Rose Marie Breault, Robert McCarten, Emmett Keyes, and John Hart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy High School
David Lent
George W. Lent
South Lake Avenue
Arthur Backensta
Arthur B. Backensta
Rankin Avenue
Edward C. Piclen
George Collins
William Deegan
Walter Winney
Douglas Carey
Frank Hoenigsbaum
Daniel Pafundi
Casper Seibert
Frank Perfetti
Robert Bowser
Dudley P van Arnum
Mildred Guttbrodt
Claire Toolajian
Corinne Bridgeford
Elsie Harris
Doris Pickering
Nancy Soule
Rose Marie Breault
Robert McCarten
Emmett Keyes
John Hart
Troy Soldier Dies in Africa after Wounding
Private Lawrence W. Ryan, 33, son of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Ryan of 33T Congress Street, Troy, died in North Africa from wounds suffered in action after entering the Army a year ago. He served in Company A, 105th Infantry and was employed in shoe plants including Morris. Survived by his parents, two sisters, a grandfather, and a niece and nephew.
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War Department
James C. Ryan
Congress Street
Lawrence W. Ryan
North Africa
Ryan
Troy Fire Department
Pumper
Morris
U.S. Army
Eighth Army
Troy High School
Company A
105Th Infantry
Raymond Hickey
Eleanor Ryan
Lawrence H. Ryan
Marilyn and
Wilton Sailor Reported Prisoner of War
Elbert James Perry of Wilton Saratoga County, chief engineer aboard the U S S Tangier minesweeper, is cited by the Navy Department as a prisoner of war held by Japan after Tangier was sunk near Corregidor. Perry, a 1926 Saratoga High School graduate, served 15 years in the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert James Perry
William B. Perry
Wilton
Saratoga County
U.S .S. Tangier
Corregidor
Navy Department
Tangier
Perry
Saratoga Hgh School
Navy
Truck Hits Pole Injuring 13 Year Old Boy
Pusley, 13, of 561 River Street, is hospitalized at Leonard with a scalp laceration after a truck owned and driven by John L. Russell, 49 College Avenue, struck an electric high pole at Fifth Avenue and 10th Street Friday afternoon. He was treated by Dr Gilbert A. Clark then transported to hospital by Patrolmen John Christensen and John Hofbauer.
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Games Pusley
River Street
Leonard Hospital
John L. Russell
College Avenue
Fifth Avenue
10Th Street
Gilbert A. Clark
John Christensen
John Hofbauer
Fourth Precinct
Fragmentary Film Industry Remark Sparks Historic Debate
A critical, though incomplete, remark targets corruption in the New Deals union movement and cites Winston Churchill on enemy regimes. The misspelled quote references Davies Hollywood and Warners, questioning their perception of Americans during that era.
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Tomous
New Deals
Winston Churchill
Hitler
the Duce
Tojo
Davies
Hollywood
Warners
Hoosick Falls cleanup week joins salvage drive efforts
Hoosick Falls begins annual cleanup week merged with a spring salvage drive under Chairman Levine. Town and village will share a trucked operation with newspapers magazines scrap metal and trash kept separate. Local officials include Supervisor Baker Mayor Murphy and Highway Superintendent Boupton with Public Works Chief Cavanaugh directing.
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Ben Levine
Levinne
Levine
Bert Baker
John P. Murphy
Edward Boupton
Patrick Cavanaugh
Townsend Club Accepts Invitation to Friday Meeting
Townsend Club No 2 accepted an invitation at a Friday meeting in Diamond Rock Hall. Mrs Cora Traver, secretary, read communications from the national office and gave her report. Mrs Hattie L Bookmuller, assistant treasurer, presented the treasurer's report. Thomas J Ginnis, president, presided as members witnessed a brush demonstration and then enjoyed a social session.
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Townsend Club No 2
Diamond Rock Hall
Cora Traver
Hattie IL. Bookmuller
Thomas J. McGinnis
Rensselaer Boy's Suit Settled
Supreme Court Justice Francis Bergan approved a compromise settlement of the Pladell boy's personal injuries claim for 255 dollars. John and Mary Pladell of 71 Washington Street, Rensselaer, parent of John Pladell Jr., settle with Alexander DeJulio of Rensselaer. The case arose from the February 19 sleigh and automobile collision on Dupuyque Street in Rensselaer that led to medical expenses.
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Supreme Court
Francis Bergan
John J and
Mary Pladell
Washington Street
Rensselaer
John Pladell,Jr
Alexander DeJulio
Pladell
DeJulio
Dupuque Street
Local Soldier Casimir Jankowski Reported Killed in Action
Staff Sergeant Casimir W. Jankow ski of Schenectady is reported killed in action in North Africa. He is one of four brothers in service and was well known locally as a golfer. After enlisting, he won the amateur trophy in Hawaii in 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casimir W. Jankowski
Schenectady
North Africa
Jankowski
Hawaiian Islands
Committal Conducted as North Pownal Bearers Served
The committal proceeded with bearers from North Pownal including Ernest Wilcox Fred Ryan James Barry John Bechard Arthur Smith and Edward Champney. Meetings scheduled for today include the Young Woman's Club at the Presbyterian Church parlors the Social Workers at Mrs Clarence Myers Kelly Street and the Senior Betas at Mrs Anthony Pokines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Pownal
Ernest Wilcox
Fred Ryan
James Barry
John Bechard Arthur Smith
Edward Champney
Young Woman's Club
Presbyterian Church
Clarence Myers
Kelly Street
Anthony Pokines
City Council Meeting in Mechanicville Adopts Reports
A brief Mechanicville City Council session in the Municipal Building, led by Commissioner of Accounts John Moore, approved April reports from Police Chief Gustave Boucher, including 40 complaints, 6 open-dots, 5 fires, 2 auto accidents, 23 lodgers, and $23.36 net receipts for the city judge’s office. Notices include Walter Bellsworth accepted as a member of W L Howland Chemical Company, adjournment after bills and payroll audits, and local personal updates.
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John 3. Moore
Homer Eckerson
Gustave C. Boucher
New York State Electric & Gas Co Corp
Howard J. Reilly
W. L. Howjland Chemical Company
Walter Bellsworth
Grant Certificates and Local Notices from Saratoga Springs
War Price and Rationing Board grants certificates to residents including Brundige Havens DePaul Michele Iacobelli Marmillo and others for tires tubes and a car A Home Bureau meeting reports 12 members and a slip coverings lesson plus advisory council plans All dogs in the city now require licenses with a Saturday deadline School PTA plans Friday parties and awards A Boy Scout minstrel show is tonight at Parochial School Hall and an Eastern Star picnic is planned for July
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War Price and Rationing Board
Everett J. Norman
Andrew Borden
Ralph Havens
Mary Kenny
Salvadore DePaul
Angelo Michele
Anthony Iacobelli
Frank Marmillo
Edward Boucher
Leonard Desmond
John Tueillo
LEK Lines
James K. Stewart
Marshall Caldwell
Marion Gainski
Home Bureau
Mechan Coiile
Miss Jones
Saratoga Springs Methodist Church
John 8. Moore
School 4 Parent-Teacher Association
John Lilac
Albert Larson
St. Paul’s
Boy Scouts
Wil Hham Street
Star of Liberty
Order of Eastern Star
Crossword Puzzle From Roosevelt Era Clues
A playful list of crossword clues and answers ranging from famous names to everyday terms. Includes references to presidents dogs and various wordplay entries across categories like animals, geography, and common objects.
Pope Seeks Peace With Limits After War Ends
Vatican radio quoted Pope Pius XII saying peace must be sought with limits and safeguards. He urged that the settlement ensure freedom, personality, rights, and religion for every man and avoid laying groundwork for future wars while respecting God.
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New York
Vatican Radio
Pope Pius MII
Office of War Information
Ponti
God
Caesar
Warns war not won yet amid victory in Africa
Lord Simon, Britain’s Lord High Chancellor, told a Wing-for-Victory meeting on Saturday that it would be unwise to assume the war is near conclusion. He warned that the end may come sooner or later, and urged focus beyond Africa to Europe and Asia where Axis powers hold vast areas.
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London
Lord Simon
Britain
Africa
Europe
Asia
United Nations
Maloney Resigns City Position
Edward J. Maloney, deputy city comptroller for eleven years, submitted his resignation to Comptroller Edward J. Ronan. He leaves to take a position with a local industrial concern. the post pays $3,000 annually. Maloney lives at 184 Third Street and served six years under former Comptroller Collins and five years under Ronan.
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Edward J. Maloney
Edward J. Ronan
Maloney
Ronan
Lawrence J. Collins
Third Street
Collins
Community Recreation meeting at Baptist Church today
A meeting at the Baptist Church in Stillwater is scheduled for 3 p m led by Edward Wachter Troy recreation director to discuss Community Recreation. Members of other churches are invited. Pvt John Mohan at Camp Upton spends weekend home. Mrs Ivan Campbell leaves Friday for Nebraska to join her husband stationed there.
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Church of Christ, Disciples
Joseph W. Cotrell
Allison H. Ives
Dorothy G
Marjorie H
Ruth £. Ives
Bertha Mackey
Baptist Church
Edward Wachter
Troy
Pvt
John Mohan
Camp Upton
Ivan Campbell
Nebraska
Home Bureau Unit Meeting At Averill Park
Several Rensselaer County Home Bureau units met at Averill Park Fire House hosted by Averill Park to learn sewing machine maintenance. Cornell University engineer E S Shephardson led demonstrations on dismantling and reassembling machines, stressing care, with Miss Mabel Milhan and Miss Dorothy Bradley assisting. Units from Averill Park Clinton Heights Melrose Whiteview Syeaway Troy and Poestenkill attended, each bringing a machine.
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Averill Park
Rensselaer County Home Bureau
E.S. Shephardson
Cornell University
Home Bureau
Shephardson
Mabel A. Milhan
Rensselaer County
Mayor's Wife to Work in Linden GM Plant
Elizabeth New Jersey Mrs James T Kirk plans to work in General Motors Linden plant Eastern aircraft division on the production line within a week after filing her application The mayor of Elizabeth is related to the applicant and this entry notes a wartime work move for a civic figure
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Elizabeth
N. J
INS
James T. Kirk
Eastern Aircraft
General Motors
Linden
Name Sought For WAACs Enlisted in Troy
The WAAC Recruiting Drive Committee seeks a name for Troy's auxiliary group to be recruited before July 1. The winner will sit on the reviewing stand at the Memorial Day parade. Submit suggestions with name and address to Lieut Judith Reilly at the Army Recruiting Station in Troy.
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WAAC
Troy
Judith Reilly
Army
Amsterdam Man Cited For Valor
Pvt. First Class Joseph A. Bucci, 29, of Amsterdam, son of Charles Bucci, is among seven Marine Corps servicemen honored for heroism along the Matanikau River on Guadalcanal. They faced superior enemy forces, held their line under heavy fire, and inflicted heavy casualties during the Oct 8 1942 engagement.
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Joseph A. Bucci
Charles Bucci
Lark Street
Amsterdam
Marine Corps
Matanikau River
Solomon
Marine Corps Headquarters
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
Wounded Soldier From North Africa Recovers at Sixth Avenue
Pvt. Howard G. Dinehart, brother of Mrs. Marie Tomlinson of 128 Sixth Avenue, is recovering from wounds received in North Africa and at White Sulphur Springs, Va. He joined the Army over a year ago and served with the First Armored Division.
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Howard G. Dinehart
Mra
Marie Tomlinson
North Africa
Sixth Avenue
White Sulphur Springs
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Westbrook Pegler
Troy High Council
Fulton ST
Virginia N. Simpson
H. Simpson
Carolyn Hourigan
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Carolyn Cavanaugh
Clarence H. Lewis
John A. Rescott
Lois E. Rescott
Hoosick Falls
Albert Simon
Adams
Mass
Justice of the Peace Grant
D. Smith
W. A Nennsteil
State Police
Alice Doyle
St. Mary's Auxiliary
Immaculate Conception
Harold B. Tilton
Sampson
Harold Tilton
Main Street
G. & T. Stewart
Visi
Muriel] Stewart
Baltimore
Virgina Stewart
Fort Bragg
N. C
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Frank Mulvimit
Henry Crayon
Vincent Hayden
Hoosick Falls High School
Jack Griffin
Andy Christensen
Clark Thorpe
Wayne Roberts
Lyle Scott
Oscar Christof
Paul Graney
Ann Brown
Charles Fabiano
Bob McMartin
Polly Smith
Eleanor Leary
Walter D. Kring
Mohican Council
Glens Falls
Michael Furlong
Mahar
Church of the Immaculate Conception
George C. Egan
James B. Muray
St. Francis de Sales’ Church
Bennington
Phyllis White
St. Mary's Cemetery
Father Ngan
Townsend Club
Rensselaer Boy
Mechanicville
James Grimley
the Leonard Hospital
Sylvester Blair
Edward Crawford
Cohoes
Josephine Delli Veneri
Miami
Fla
Theresa Panza
Floyd W. Wood
Coast Guard
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Arthur J. Hebert
Anna Hebert
Frank Brundige
Saratoga Springs
Revious Puzeee
Roosevelt
Air Arm
Bishop
Prench Seaport
Pole Atar
Simon
Stillwater
Waacs
Grafton Home Bureau
James O’donnell
Leslie Hope
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Symansky Bros
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Hudson Valley Agency
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