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...days of bitter fighting, the men of the 3rd Marine Division (Major General Graves B. Erskine), the 4th (Major General Clifton B. Cates) and the 5th (Major General Keller E. Rockey) hold approximately 40% of Iwo Jima, including half of Airfield No. 2, the fighter field. This is almost in the exact geographical center of the island and is perhaps the key to the entire defense. Built on a high plateau, it is defended by hundreds of interlaced pillboxes and concrete casemated caves, apparently connected by labyrinthine tunnels which wind in & out of the cliffsides...
John M. Kolbjornsen, Staten Island, New York; Donald N. McElwain, Holyoke; John H. Marshall, chicago; Hugh C. Mason, Somerville; Clifton F. Mountain, Toledo; Burns Nugent, Burbank, California; Francis W. Peabody, Brookline; Paul M. Pearson, Washington, D. C.; James B. Petterson, Worcester...
...embattled Fourth District of Connecticut became well-known all over the U.S. for the first time this autumn, as the whole New Deal poured money and speakers into Fairfield County to try to defeat her. Henry Wallace, Harold Ickes, Orson Welles, Clifton Fadiman and members of what Mrs. Luce called "the whole Broadway-Browder Axis" were all guest stars in the anti-Luce show. The President, himself, asked for her defeat and on election night, when the first returns seemed to augur defeat for the Congresswoman from Connecticut, Franklin Roosevelt told his Hyde Park neighbors: "I think [that] would...
...Clifton Webb excels in the role of Mr. Laedecker, a gentleman who combines the virtues of Walter Winchell, Alexander Woolcott, and Tommy Manville. Miss Tierney turns in a good performance, mainly because her part calls for very few lines and many closeups. Vincent Price and Judith Anderson add to the general atmosphere and manage to get involved in the proceedings...
...plot also is double-barreled, making a mystery not only of the killer but of the killed. Told in a series of flash backs narrated by snub-nosed Clifton Webb, in his first picture since 1924, it gives ample scope for a display of his suavely comical talent and puts only a slight strain on Gene Tierney's acting...