13 Feb 1947
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1947
Page
1
A self teaching guide promotes touch typing for busy offices. It offers a chart of keys, instructions, and exercises for home lessons plus rules for typing letters and figures. Send 25 cents to Weekly Newspaper Service at 247 West 17th Street New York.
Edward G Robinson enjoys a New York break after The Red House while awaiting a new script. Katharine Hepburn seeks challenging theater work, Barbara Britten rises from minor roles to leads, and Groucho Marx weighs a possible stage run and long Hollywood absence. Mercedes McCambridge quits radio to settle in the West Indies with family. Katina Paxman returns in Mourning Becomes Electra and Thelma Ritter’s role expands after a successful TV scene. Dudley Nichols and Katina Paxman projects loom, while radio kids programs are led by childless hosts.
In a rural town during World War I Jill McFarlane grows from a college girl into a devoted woman as she and Spang Gordon navigate love, duty, and a future of war. Jill faces social pressures, family pride, and the pull of a life woven with Army service and uncertain hopes.
The piece weighs future fates of the Cleveland Indians and Pittsburgh Pirates, noting Bob Hope and Bing Crosby as enthusiastic fans and investors in the race. It highlights core players Lou Boudreau, Joe Gordon, and a strengthened Pirates roster including Berg. It also contrasts U S and British golf competition, praising England and Scotland as potential Ryder Cup foes and Walker Cup prospects.
Independence Hall in Philadelphia tolling for Chief Justice John Marshall interrupted when the Liberty Bell cracked on July 4 1835 as his body was being moved from Philadelphia to Virginia his native state after his death on July 6
Brazilwood varieties yield a bright red dye. Originating in India Sumatra and Ceylon the dye later spread to Europe and the Americas through cultivation of a medium sized redwood tree used for coloring.
A Southern newspaper began as a box car shop and grew into a roaming publication that wandered the region from 1682 to 1845. Despite being homeless, it maintained daily morning issues each day.
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