The Archive · 1941

Harvey Raymond. Fred Keating

Sheik Billy Gilbert the dificult nature of the country 'Telephone Operator...... Lillian Porter hampers a swift employment of "Tin Pan Alley," now showing at mechanized forces at several points, the Grand, follows in the traditions Hitler Said Preparing In many' cases, enveloping move-of "Alexander's Rag Time Band," and ments are being carried out by in-British Uniforms may even be said to out-Alexander fantry clambering through rugged that picture, An exceedingly ce mountains and destroying roads and New York, Feb. 26. petent qast of music-hall artists is known to have manufac-bridges and attacking the Italians assembled for the film, and does it 700,000 British uniforms and from the rear, full justice. It abounds in jazz tunes Apart from retreat ug outpost n equ umber of parachutes for n body of Italians, so far and singers, and glorifies the street, the vasion of Britain, Mr. Louis e can be said to exist Tin Pan Alley, in which the major Johnson.

Former stant Secretary publishing houses which produce declared in a speech today. run approximately from Keren, where these tunes, have their offices, The s ready large quan-the cream of the white forces is being plot deals with the adventures of gases, he added—employed in en attempt to hold that couple of would-be publishers of jazz town at al] costs, southwards to Lake in their rise to fame and fortune on Tana and then to Debra, Marcos and Addis Ababa.—Reuter.

Broadway, They are ably assisted in their careers by Miss Alice Faye, who 1,000 Italian Planes Lost repeatedly sings their songs until they Indian Goy't. Places are sufficiently drummed into the ears of the public to be rated as "hits."

Huge War Orders Half of t line air Miss Betty Grable, attractive as ever, 1,000 planes. were destroyed in the New Delhi, Feb. 2u-has important part in the also an Mediter urea. Sir Achibald Orders to an approximate value of Henry alà Sinclair, British £61,000,000 have been placed by the in the parts of the musi-Secretary of Air. said yesterday.

Raj Government between September cal publishers, the former in one of Speaking at a luncheon of the 1, 1939 and Janus 15, 1941, it was English-speaking union, Sir Archi-his funny roles, which he makes very announced yesterday in the Council funny, bald also said 90 German dive bomb-of State—Reuter.

One of ers were destroyed in three days in the best cartoons seen in January when Germans launched a Shanghai recently precedes the main feature, It is entitled "Club Life in mass attack on Malta—United Press. the Stone Age." Disney has at last No War Materials for Italians Admit Setback met a rival in the producers of this

Rome. Feb. 26.

Japan from Britain Bri after a bitter all day ish forces.

London, Feb. 26. battle, crossed the Juba river in Juba-During the period of the war, no land, Italian Somaliland, and reached "The Thief of Baghdad" licences have been issued for exports some points on the left bank, the from Great Britain to Japan of war military headquarters communique said yesterday.

Abi: Saou Jattar.-. Conrad Veidt materials zs such, stated Captain German aerial formations attacked

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