Broadway and Main Street Rose Sees Flying Saucers in Connecticut
Billy Rose recounts a moonless Newton Connecticut sighting of several large flying saucers on a Paul Osborne lawn with Paul Logan and John Hersey present. He describes searchlights, disc and jet-driven craft, and a belief the event involved top secret U.S. Navy and Air Force weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Rose
Newton
Conn
Paul Osborne
Paul
Josh Logan
John Hersey
Navy
Air Force
Henry J. Taylor
General Motors
ABC
Taylor
Hollywood Awards and Radio Mania of 1950s Stars
The piece surveys popularity polls and career moves: Laurette Colbert tops a Woman's Home Companion poll with Three Came Home, June Allyson and Loretta Young follow, Bing Crosby leads the men’s list, and Cary Grant Clark Gable appear high. It notes Lana Turner and Richardo Montalban in a Technicolor Merry Widow revival, Louis Calhern’s film ascent, and Ed Gardner’s The Man with My Face project. It also mentions quirky misaddressed fan mail to Walla Walla and other name mixups, Pia Tassinari and Ferrucio Taglivini, and Mala Powers in Cyrano de Bergerac with Ida Lupino’s discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laudette Colbert
Woman’s Home Companion
June Allyson
Stratton Story
Loretta Young
Olivia de Havilland
Bing Crosby
Spencer Tracy
Adam’s
Cary Grant
Clark Gable
Jeanne Crain
Pinky
Ingrid Bergman
Irene Dunne
Bette Davis
The Captioned Fable of Jud and Kate at the Office
In a fiction corner tale Jud Essex pursues a stenography job after meeting a redheaded girl in Mrs Jones outer office. He learns she plans to marry him, but reveals she is Mr Jones daughter and soon both are employed. A twist ends with Jones doubling Juds salary and Kate reconsidering marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
U.S
Moscow
Ynd
Jud
Mr. Jones
Jud Essex
Kate
Censorship Is Dangerous to the Public Trust
This opinion piece argues that censorship operates subtly through requests to omit facts in public matters and private disputes alike. It warns editors possess critical judgment to weigh public right against private rights and urges restraint against coercive pressure.
Savings Bond Drive Uses Liberty Bell Symbol
A 1950 Savings Bonds Independence Drive centers on the Liberty Bell emblem. Secretary Snyder taps the cracked bell during a nationwide kickoff as Americans recall the bell's history from 1752 and its last full toll in 1846.
Replica Liberty Bells Tour Boosts Savings Bond Drive
A tour of fifty two replicas of the Liberty Bell travels the nation to promote savings bonds. The bells, exact copies with the crack indicated, were cast in France and will be lent to states for permanent exhibit after the bond drive ends on July 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savings Bond
District of Columbia
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Philadelphia
George. Paccard
Annecy-le-Vieux
France
Arthur L. Bigelow
Princeton University
Andrew J. Dunn
U. S. Savings Bonds Division
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Secretary of the Treasury
CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS AND DOWN LISTING
A scanned crossword clues page with many across and down entries. It presents a mix of names, terms, and miscellaneous hints such as One of Israel's great kings and Girl's name, along with several unspecified lengths and intersecting word ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Doan
Last Week's 37 By Way Of Dickens Pen Old Cup Metal
Tricky crossword clue set offers four entries: 37 refers to last week, 38 hints at Dickens authorial phrase, 39 describes an antique cup, and 40 clues a common metal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickens
Copper industry donates 52 Liberty Bell replicas
The treasury drives a bond campaign funded by copper producers. Ford Motor Co transports 2080 pound bells from Brooklyn Navy Yard to state capitals and Washington. Each bell is a precise 85 percent copper duplicate made by the lost wax method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
America
Ford Motor Company
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Washington
Modern Coffee Table With Simple Lines
A Modern Coffee Table measures 19 by 30 inches and features a shelf open on both sides. Its simple lines suit strictly modern settings and pair well with Early American pieces for versatile harmony.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Broadway
Main Street
Rose
Wwe
Henry J
Inez Gerhard
M-G-M
Lana Turner
Richardo Montalban
John Gilbert
May Murray
Maurice Chevalier
Jeanette MacDonald
Louis Calhern
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes
Metro
Wally Lutterworth
Walla Walla
Valley
Pia Tassinari
Ferrucio Taglivini
Duffy
Gardner
Man With My Face
Miami
Fla
Newport Harbor
Calif
John Garfield
Patricia Neal
Federal Communications Commission
Warner Bros
Stanley Kramer
Mala Powers
Roxanne
Ida Lupino
Howard Hughes
Jose Ferrer
the Fiction Corner
William R. Nelson
Assembly of
Colony of
Pennsylvania
Isaac Norris
London
Tower of Independence’ Hall
Delaware River
Treasury
John W. Snyder
New York
Snyder
John Marshall
Europe
Atlantic
Pacific
San Francisco
Bennie Ray Wagner, Jr
Pfc
Bennie Ray Wagner
Luzon
Independence
Symbol of Freedom
Golden Gate
Independence Hall
Egypt
Russ
Turk
Bedford Hills
Kellogg's
Aduipt
Wm. RogeraMfg.Co
Meriden
Kellogg’s
Riety
Ketsea
Wellington
Connecticut
U. S
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Calox Tooth
Powde
McKesson & Robbins Inc
Bridgeport, Cons
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