May 22, 1944

America is waiting breathlessly for the impending invasion of Europe. In Dallas, churches promised to ring their bells and open their sanctuaries for prayer as soon as the invasion was announced.

With the South hit by flooding and late rains, many fields were filled with water. In Georgia, a correspondent writes: “White women for the first time in my memory are working in the fields in large numbers.”

The movie of the week is “Gaslight,” which stars Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman. At right, the Broadway cast of “Angel Street” with Vincent Price and Judith Evelyn.

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