Word: janes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...editorial page. They abound with insidious feature material to imply that because Mayris Chaney has danced in night clubs she is unfit for civilian defense, that because Melvyn Douglas is a Hollywood box-office star we must discount his impressive record as administrator and youth-sponsor, that because Jane Seaver is an acquaintance of Eleanor Roosevelt she is incapable of work in national morale...
...busy to be feminine, she thinks nothing of advocating (by radio) the abolition of baseball for the duration of the war. She is promptly dusted off by another columnist: Sam Craig (Mr. Tracy), sportswriter, of her own paper. The tone of his piece, which calls her "the Calamity Jane of the fast international set," is less politely echoed by one of his colleagues: "Women should be kept illiterate and clean, like canaries...
...capacity of a student political organ the magazine contains many relevant articles on the active role of the student in war. An excellent summary of possible contributions to Civilian Defense is donated by Jane Seaver, co-director of O. C. D.'s youth division, who also includes an estimate on the proper balance of educational and defense activities in war time. Accounts of activities of the major student groups are written for Threshold by members of the organizations concerned, while Joseph Lash edits a column of ISS Notes. Also of fundamental interest of students is the description...
...insure understanding of current college situations arising from the war program, James Ward, of Peano, Illinois, a collegian fresh from the campus, has been appointed Co-ordinator of college activities for the Division of Youth Activities of the Office of Civilian Defense, Gilbert Harrison and Jane Seaver, Co-Directors, announced today through the Regional Information Office, OEM, 17 Court Street, Boston. Mr. Ward, now working out of the Washington Headquarters of OCD, is former editor of "Northwestern Daily" at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois...
Died. Cinemactress Carole Lombard, 32; in a plane crash near Las Vegas, Nev. A high-strung, energetic blonde with a charmer's face and a talent for comedy, she had been a cinemactress since childhood. Born Jane Peters in Fort Wayne, Ind., she moved to Los Angeles at seven, made her cinedebut at eleven. She went into Mack Sennett comedies after an auto crash scarred her face, a few years later began appearing in romantic roles, emerged in recent years as an outstanding comedienne (My Man Godfrey, Nothing Sacred, Mr. and Mrs. Smith). Married to William Powell...