Hollywood Notes and Nightlife Scribbles from Broadway
A collage of celebrity buzz and nightlife gossip touches on Seattle authorship, a Garbo joke, and a cocktail gala for debut novelists Kyle Crichton and Robert Glasener. It flags President Coolidge’s era friction, Berlin's England visit, and Harlin’s army outreach. Also covers Tarawa journalism, Sherrod’s book, Shearer's film comeback, Werfel, O'Hara, Hoover praise for Mexican authorities, FBI draft investigations, and quotable writers.
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War Veterans Farm Development Plan Sparks Debate
Washington debated turning army and navy camps into veteran farm developments after the war. Marvin Jones and Hancock argue such land could help veterans rejoin farming, while Will Clayton favors selling land back to former owners who could buy it, avoiding concentration of estates. A wider clash over deferments and industrial output also features in the wartime policy dispute.
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Clayton Taughing
Marvin Jones
Army
Navy
Franklin W Hancock
Congressen
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Clayton
Jesse Jones
Hancock
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Farm Leaders Meet With GOP Group Outline Rural Economy
Farm leaders met with a GOP group to outline principles for the rural economy and employment showing greater stability. The briefing emphasized farm policy, labor needs, and regional development, reflecting drive to bolster agricultural sectors amid shifting markets.
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Balkan
Postwar agricultural policy outlined by farm groups in Chicago
Meeting of Republican subcommittees in Chicago produced farm leaders guiding postwar policy. Edward A Neal urged mandatory price supports and a bipartite board for export trade. A Goss backed a two-price system with surplus sales abroad. John Brandt favored selective commodity imports. Patton and Edmonds pressed subsidies, price controls, and incentives for staples. WFA set aside grain stocks to aid industrial users.
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Natons Milk Producers Association
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James G Patton
National Farmers Union
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National Council of Farm Cooperatives
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Allies Redouble Bombing on Axis in Balkans and Europe
Allied air forces in Britain and Italy hammered targets across Europe as ground troops clashed near Rome. The Eighth Air Force led raids hitting rail networks and factories in Hungary Austria and Czechs. March missions totaled 23 heavy bombings with about 12 000 aircraft involved.
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Italy
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Germany
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Austrie
Global War Updates From World Fronts and Soviet Aid
Allied forces strike the Carole Islands and Hollandia in New Guinea while Japanese advances press India and Burma. Russian and Romanian fronts widen as Finland hints peace terms and U S lend lease aid to the Soviets climbs with planes tanks trucks jeeps and food supplies totaling vast tonnages and assets.
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India
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Palau
Hollandia
New Guinea
Joseph Sillwella
Burma
Manpower push plans shift 4F draftees to war work
Manpower Commissioner Paul McNutt reported greater stability in employment in 1944, with 1000004F nonessential workers eyed to move to war work or face drafting into military labor battalions. He noted gains in munitions despite layoffs in explosives and small arms factories due to overproduction.
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Record aircraft output hits new March peak at 9118
American aircraft industry reaches a record 9118 planes in March, weighing 109 400000 pounds, surpassing February’s 8760 peak by 1 percent, and exceeding border quotas by 5 percent. Most are bombers and transports. rapid military tech changes prevent standardization.
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Urethral Penicillin Drying and Leather Industry Notes
Fragmentary report discusses drying and dehydration in penicillin preparation and fruit juice processing, with mentions of low vacuum crystallization and a shift from solution to crystal stage. It also references military leather production, rotations, and scales for half soles with cost figures, dated 1944 era.
Supreme Court rules Negroes may vote in Texas primaries
In an eight to one decision the Supreme Court reversed a 1933 ruling and declared that Negroes are entitled to vote in Democratic primaries in Texas. The court held that when organizational activities affect constitutional rights the state must protect the public interest. Justice Roberts dissented, warning the reversal could sow confusion about institutions. The majority asserted the court's prerogative to review past errors.
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New U S Treasury War Loan Drive Opens June 12
The U S Treasury announced the Fifth War Loan Drive will begin June 12 aiming to raise 16 billion dollars from individuals. It seeks 6 billion from individuals plus 700 million more than the Fourth. the total is 16 billion, 2 billion above the Fourth’s quota but 730 million below actual calls. The Treasury will reveal only the total personal sales for the drive's first half.
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Treasury
Army Medicine Fewer Deaths From War Wounds
Developments in medical treatment since World War I cut disease deaths from 196 per 10000 to current rates, with 17 of 100 wounded saved in hospitals. Air evacuation, plasma, and sulfa drugs are key life savers. Pneumonia death rate dropped from 28 to 7. Tuberculosis deaths fell from 73 to 8 percent. General disease admissions down to one third of WWI rate.
This Is London Report on a Narrow Bomb Escape
In London the account describes Harry Woods miraculously escaping death after his home was bombed. He says he prays every night and believes divine protection saved him, noting he might have been in the parlor one moment and amid ruins the next.
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Watera Edge
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London
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Siberia diplomacy and border tensions in Far East
Russia escalates diplomacy over Sakhalin and oil seizures while Japan seeks compensation. The Soviet Union demands $950000 for property losses and equipment as 50000 tons of goods are pledged annually to Japan for five years after the war. Moscow accuses Chinese troops in the far northwest border area of violating Mongolia’s border, a dispute rooted in earlier Soviet-Chinese shifts and border realignments.
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New Process Converts Vegetables to Liquid Fuel
Carnegie Institute of Technology scientist from the United States reports a jet fuel process turning plant matter into hydrocarbon liquids. He states the method could yield thousands of gallons of crude oil equivalent from sugar cane and other biomass, including gasoline like products and lubricants, offering a visual estimate of large outputs.
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Roosevelt Soldier Vote Battle Shapes Governors Stance
Roosevelt pressed governors over soldier voting rights and campaign restrictions, aiming to rally support through state ballots. Governors signaled plans to allow soldier ballots if military distribution cooperates, while congressional leaders delayed the bill, leaving the outcome uncertain.
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South
Italy
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Shelves of Spoole For Your Trinkets Pattern No 255
An ad describes corner spool shelves ten by eleven inches with a weighty capacity for trinkets and a doll head. It details new glue methods and a hanging wire, noting Mia Spears designed patterns with complete cutting and cross patterns for three grace fully curved shelves and a larger set, asking readers to enclose 15 cents for pattern No 255.
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