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In 1944 in Print — Walter Winchell vs. Rep. Martin Dies

Posted on March 27, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 27, 1944 Rep. Martin Dies (D-Texas), the head of the House un-American Activities Committee, goes on the radio to accuse Walter Winchell of being used by “one of the most sinister forces this nation ever faced.” Dies called this … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 25, 1955

Posted on March 25, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 25, 1944 A Broadwayite in Italy Mel Diamond files this report from Italy: Ernie Pyle was with us for about six weeks and a simpler and more unpretentious celebrity I have never known. In fact, if you didn’t happen … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 24, 1944

Posted on March 24, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 24, 1944 Soldiers of the Press Under fire from some members of Congress, Walter Winchell says: Every crusading newspaperman has discovered that his life is just a bed of thorns. Truth is as a red flag to the bull … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — The Lyons Den, March 23, 1944

Posted on March 23, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 23, 1944 When Walter Winchell didn’t file a column, the St. Petersburg Times ran Leonard Lyons’ “The Lyons Den” instead. All of which will be explained in a few days. At Mrs. Evelyn Walsh McLean’s party in Washington, Rep. … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 22, 1944

Posted on March 22, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 22, 1944 Man About Town Lyle Talbot is getting used to civilian life with Judy Cook … Vaughn Paul, the ex of Deanna Durbin, is trying to make Joy Barlow his next … The Humphrey Bogarts are gunning for … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 21, 1944

Posted on March 21, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 21, 1944 Notes of an Innocent Bystander The Wireless: Cong. Dies, who riles easy, is demagoging at a couple of news broadcasters. Now he intends to ask the stations, he says, if they are willing “to afford maligned persons … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 20, 1944

Posted on March 20, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 20, 1944 Portraits of Patriots Jerome Hartman: 44-year-old lieutenant commander U.S.N… Hails from Dayton, Ohio … When World War I was over, he became a resident M.D. at the veterans’ hospital in Ohio. For five years, he devoted himself … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 18, 1944

Posted on March 18, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 18, 1944 Broadway Ballad Novelette: Irving Berlin arrived the other day from England with messages for kin and loved ones of members of “This Is the Army.” Berlin phoned parents, wives, sweethearts and pals, and took down messages to … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 17, 1944

Posted on March 17, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 17, 1944: New York Newsreel Faces About Town: Capt. Clark Gable and pretty Virginia Grey. Their chums say, “This is it!” … Lovely Ann Mace, Billy Rose’s tallest showgirl. Her groom, Lt. Al Downs of Westchester, has the miseries … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 16, 1944

Posted on March 16, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 16, 1944 Notes of a Newspaperman A newspaperman and radio reporter is as much a part of our political scheme as the statesman, politician and the dime-a-dozen misfits who make the news … As such the reporter should be … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 15, 1944

Posted on March 15, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 15, 1944 Man About Town Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt (newspaper row hears) is fed up with the way some syndicate clients chop her column to appease local subscribers … Drew Pearson made the identical squawk. Pearson’s beef was that some … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 14, 1944

Posted on March 14, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 14, 1944 Notes of an Innocent Bystander The First Nights: Of which the week had none. The current season is one of the wackiest on record, crazier than some of the shows, but not much. There are 30 attractions … Continue reading →

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Walter Winchell, Drew Pearson Accused of ‘Smear Campaign,’ March 14, 1944

Posted on March 14, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 14, 1944 As you may have noticed, Walter Winchell has been taking frequent blasts at Congress. Now the legislators have fired back. In an AP story from Washington, Republican Rep. Clare Hoffman of Michigan charges that union leaders, Communists … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 13, 1944

Posted on March 13, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 13, 1944 Memos of a First Nighter One of the strange quirks about the acting profession is that anecdotes about stars are remembered long after their most thrilling performances are forgotten … Theatrical historians have devoted more space to … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 11, 1944

Posted on March 11, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 11, 1944 Lint From a Blue Serge Suit Dinah Shore’s headache: Her great arranger has been drafted … Barbara Stanwyck’s next film will be her 50th. Just finished Warners’ “My Reputation.” All those long-distance calls for starlet Gail Russell … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 9, 1944

Posted on March 9, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 9, 1944 Things I Never Knew ‘Til Now (About Canada’s War Effort) Canada is the only one of America’s Allies which has not used Lease-Lend help … Most of her money payments to the Allies have been outright gifts … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 8, 1944

Posted on March 8, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 8, 1944 Man About Town Adelaide Norris is crowding Cholly McCarthy off Edgar Bergen’s spacious lap … Those 31 persons rounded up Saturday by the G-Men (for allegedly peddling illegal railway reservations in Florida) tittered at the warning here … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — Walter Winchell on Broadway, March 6, 1944

Posted on March 6, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 6, 1944 Broadway Ballad The Orchid Garden: Zanuck’s newest click, “The Purple Heart.” The author is listed as Melville Crossman. That’s Zanuck … Editorial Dept. Novelette: It happened in the city room of one of the Big Town gazettes … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — ‘Walter Winchell on Broadway,’ March 4, 1944

Posted on March 4, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 4, 1944 The Berlin-Madrid-Buenos Aires Axis Today, Winchell blasts the Franco regime in Spain: “The British and American embassies in Madrid may have a right to adopt whatever attitude they wish toward the Fascist murderers; but they have absolutely … Continue reading →

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1944 in Print — ‘Walter Winchell on Broadway,’ March 2, 1944

Posted on March 2, 2014 by lmharnisch

March 2, 1944 Spy Stuff This is how the Nazis trust each other: The Gestapo spies on the German army and the German army spies on the Gestapo … Himmler has every newsreel that depicts an assassination. He runs them … Continue reading →

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