Word: gene
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Carole Landis denied reports that she was planning to marry Lieut. Commander Gene Markey, ex-husband of Hedy Lamarr...
With him was Radioman Gene Aldrich, 22, a husky, gabby, self-confident Missouri farm boy, and Ordnanceman Tony Pastula, shy, dreamy, sandy-haired son of Polish immigrants. After CCC camps in the West, they had both joined the Navy to see the world. But with 41-year-old Dixon, whose first hitch began in 1919, the Navy was a business. He took charge as soon as his beloved bomber sank from sight...
...Rhythm (Metronome All-Star Leaders; Columbia). A lustrous team: Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, "Count" Basic, John Kirby, Alvino Rey, "Cootie" Williams, Charlie Barnet, Jay C. Higginbotham, Benny Carter. Rhythm very good, but Gershwin gets lost in the stomping...
...Gene Raymond, actor husband of Cinesinger Jeanette MacDonald, was commissioned first lieutenant in the Army Air Corps. Said Jeanette: "For Gene's sake I am happy. . . . But I do get heartsick packing his things away...
...other U.S. men's activities were so well organized. In Seattle, Leader Gene Mahoney of the Home Defense Infantry Regiment had appointed captains, majors, lieutenants with no advice from the military. In Mound City, Mo., Legionnaires were training with bow & arrow. In Omaha, stylish horsemen set themselves up as "Paul Reveres." In Louisville, Ky., the Legionnaires started to conduct a city-wide registration in competition with local authorities, were...