Blondes Take Lead in 1946 Film Plans and Fashion Notes
Western Newspaper Union previews 1940s cinema trends with John Gilbert and Rudolph Valentino teased as classic idols giving way to blond stars. Paramount casts Sterling Hayden Sonny Tufts William Holden William Bendix Howard da Silva Johnny Sands in Blaze of Noon while planes from WWI feature as action props. Lucille Ball fronts a polka dot feather hat fashion by Elvis Jennsen for Personal Column. Dane Clark’s smoldering screen persona touted in Deep Valley. Milo Boulton discusses We the People narration. Robert Merrill rides an elevator to NBC’s 6th floor. Sinatra’s club seen with Cole Porter era limits. James Stewart discussed Bomber pilot lore for It’s a Wonderful Life. Cass Daley buys a 165 acre ranch near Hollywood. Professor Quiz stumbles on animal questions. Joseph Cotten signs autographs for Hallmark Reader’s Digest, finds a love letter among papers. Elena Warner decorates George Hayes’ Palm Springs home. Ken Niles bows out as Affairs of Ann Scotland announcer. Olivia de Havilland reshuffles staff with Marcus Goodrich. Ann Sargent’s Right to Happiness highlighted as fashion sports girl in playful games.
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Virginia Valence
John Gilbert
Rudolph Valentino
Paramount
Sterling Hayden
Sonny Tufts
William Holden
William Bendix
Howard da Silva
Johnny Sands
Elena Warrner
RKO
Trail Street
George “Gebby” Hayes
Palm Springs
Ken Niles
Bins
Arlene Franseis
Ann Scotland
Knox Manning
Olivia de Havilland
Marcus Goodrich
Ann Sargent
Power
Weeping Sides BytM Egbert and Kinross Timber Saga
Mark Darrell, a young American lumberman, falls for Madame Madeleine Kinross owner of a Canadian timberland near St Victor. Her suitor Borace Broussac offers 15 000 to drop him. The priest warns Mark that Madame Kinross is not for him as she believes her husband alive.
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Mark Darrell
Miah
St. Victor
Canada
Nat Page
Mark
Madeleine Kinross
Borace Broussac
Broussac
Madeleine
Eric Kinto
Madame Kinross
Lovers at a Fork in the St Lawrence Mystery
Mark and Madeleine declare love as Andre Galipeault and secrecy trap them. Madeleine fears her alive husband, refuse to reveal truth due to confessional secrets, Mark vows separation and protection. Night ambush by Andre and two men ends with Mark knocked unconscious in the mist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark
Madeleine
Andre Galipeault
Father Lacombe
Andre
Hector Mackintosh
Alphonse Vitard
Lower St. Lawrence
Mark Trapped in Flaming Cabin as Trial Looms
Mark awakens bound in his burning cabin with ropes tight about his limbs. Flames and smoke surge toward the bridge while he struggles to free himself, fearing discovery of his lease surrender and the fate of Madeleine and Broussac. Meanwhile Nat Page witnesses the encroaching mist as Alphonse Vizard, Hector Mackintosh, and Andre Galipeault debate their grim orders under fevered fear of disclosure.
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Mark
St. Victor
Broussac
Madeleine
St.’ Victor
St. Lawrence
Nat
Andre Galipeault
Andre
Seigniery
Father Lacombe
Alphonse Vizard
Hector Mackintosh
Monsieur Darrell
Monsieur Broussac
France
Three Men Eat Fear in Quebec Seigneury Mystery
Three men in a tense confrontation discuss a blazed hut, a missing American, and a perilous cover up. They debate who among them bears guilt, a pirate Horace Broussac, and the fate of a girl as Horace evades pursuit aboard his yacht. Conflicted vows hint at a larger seigneur plot and impending danger.
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Alphonse Wizard
Andre
Hector Mackintosh
Father Lacombe
Mackintosh
Horace Broussac
Horace
Alphonse Vitard
History of New Year facts from ancient to modern times
A festive list tracing New Year dates from 452 B C to the formation of the Commonwealth of Australia and beyond. Notable entries include Betsy Ross born 1752, the first Union flag raised in 1776, Lincoln's 1863 emancipation, 1942 United Nations signatory, and universal greetings in many languages.
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Capricornus
Janus
B.C
Paul Revere
Betsy Ross
George Washington
Kentucky
Great Britain and Ireland
Jackson
New Orleans
Lincoln
Greece
Turkey
New York City
Commonwealth of Australia
U. S
Republic of China
Ussr
William Murphy slips on juice. toddler breaks leg
William Murphy, 18 months old, in Huntington, slips on watermelon juice while learning to walk and breaks his left leg. Hospital treatment followed.
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Huntington
W. Va
William Murphy
Government to eradicate sea lampreys in Great Lakes
Washington plans a $100,000 program to eradicate sea lampreys, eel-like fish menacing the Great Lakes fishing industry. The initiative seeks to protect fisheries and stabilize local employment and commerce impacted by the invasive species.
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Washington
Great Lakes
Bridegroom's Shirt Overshadows Gown
In Lancaster Pennsylvania a recent wedding of Anabelle Russell and James F Geldbach drew attention to the bridegroom's attire. The report noted the groom wore the same shirt as the bride's father and three brothers at their weddings, amid shortages and the old tradition of something old and something blue.
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Lancaster
Anabelle Russell
James F. Geldbach
Cincinnati founded wine industry by Nicholas Longworth
The American grape growing and wine industry began in Cincinnati under Nicholas Longworth in 1823. Seventeen years later vineyards sprang up on Lake Erie islands and nearby shores, proving superior to earlier southern plantings.
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Cincinnati
Nicholas Longworth
Lake Erie Islands
Debate on Solar Years Versus Calendar Years
The article discusses the solar year length and the need for leap years. It notes the earth’s orbit, the Gregorian reform of 1582, and the rule that years divisible by four have 366 days, excluding centurial years.
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Gregory XIII
Calendar Shift to Gregorian New Year Began in 1582
A papal proclamation by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 moved New Year's Day to January 1 and started the Gregorian calendar. It realigned the Julian calendar with the solar year, reducing error to about one day every 3,323 years. Protestant states gradually adopted it, with Russia and Balkan nations following in the 20th century.
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Gregory XIII
Gregory
Russia
Balkan States
Scotch Gift Day Traditions After New Year’s Day
The Monday after New Year’s is the traditional big day for Scotch boys and girls. Families and friends gather to share a cup of kindness and celebrate with feasting and gaiety as they sing Auld Lang Syne.
New Year’s First Hanson Island Hails 1947
Hanson Island, a small British colony in the Chathama, 414 miles southeast of Wellington, New Zealand, will be the first to greet 1947 just east of the international date line where time is reckoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanson Island
Chathama
Wellington
New Zealand
Early Scots Used Bible for Fortunes
The article describes how early Scots sought fortunes by random Bible readings. A person would place a finger on a page after opening the text to a chapter and read it aloud, believing the passage foretold the reader’s future happiness or misery.
Scientists fool bees with sugar syrup in red clover fields
Maryland farmers use a method developed by Agriculture Department scientists to coax bees to pollinate red clover by applying concentrated sugar syrup in the fields. This technique leverages bees’ nectar-foraging behavior to improve clover yields while other nearby crops attract their attention.
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Fool Bees
College Park
Maryland
Department of Agriculture
Fingerprints Used To Diagnose Health
Boston based criminologist Esta Barr claims fingerprints reveal health status. She says microscopic fingerprint lines indicate conditions from arthritis to poliomyelitis and envisions mass fingerprinting to detect and treat polio early.
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Boston
Esta Barr
Testing Atomic Medicine Carbon 14 Released for Hospital Tests
Atomic medicine carbon 14 produced at regular army atomic laboratories has been released to hospitals for tests in treating goiter diabetes cancer and other diseases.
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Regular
Army Atomic Laboratories
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Western Newspaper Union
Lucille Ball
Hunt Stromberg
Elvis Jennsen
Stromberg
Hedy Lamarr
Warner Bros
Dane Clark
Milo Boulton
We the People
New York
Detroit
Robert Merrill
RCA Victor
NBC
Sinatra
Perry Como
James Stewart
Frank Capra
Donna Reed
Todd Karns
Cass Daley
Hollywood
Professor Quiz
Joseph Cotten
CBS
Dane Clare
Tm. Egbert
Chapter
Quebec
Jandary
Caldwell
BMWA
FORD
Pacific Engine Precision CO
Los Angeles
Celt
Pullman
Fleischer & Schmid Corporation Dept
Colombes, Nebr
Bishop
A. Weber
Sioux City
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