Parting on the friendliest terms satire raises divorces
A long column criticizes the trend of amicable separations in Hollywood and society, laments the lack of dramatic divorces, and urges stronger moral standards. It notes Art Whitaker's Sonja Honie wedding, Disney rights to Freud, and a Peruviat mummy exhibit as contemporary curiosities.
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Gwan
Art Whitaker
Sonja Honie
Sonja
McGrath
Walt Disney
Sigmund Freud
PF. A. Sancindti
Freud
Ernie Bevin
America
Broadway
Rodgers & Hammerstein
Gertrude Berg marks TV era with The Goldbergs return
In 20 years Gertrude Berg has made The Goldbergs a beloved family on radio and TV now returning to CBS Friday nights. Berg writes and rehearses by day while spending evenings with family. Susan Hayward’s star rise continues with a $5,000 weekly pay as 20th Century-Fox buys her contract and Paramount links its stars to a new radio interview series. Vaughn Monroe and Ella Raines plan a color movie to be released by Republic, and Burns family business expands with Willie Burns producing.
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Gertrude Berg
Goldbergs
Molly Goldberg
Mrs. Berg
CBS
Susan Hayward
New York
Paramount
Susan
20Th Century- Fox
Wanger
Vaughn Monroe
Ella Raines
Republic
Monroe
Hollywood
Minute Fiction Ties Love, Crime, and Escape in Chicago
Andy Sumner, a police detective in disguise, woos Pamela, Tony Quarles’s girlfriend, to gain a break in the Quarles case. As the plan unfolds, Pamela’s fear and Tony’s looming presence drive tension. Randy fears exposure and disaster as the payoff nears.
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Andy Sumner
Tony Quarles
Chicago
Tony
Randy
Pamela
Ryegate
Ocean Bluffs
Michigan
Randy’s Girl and a Fatal Confrontation at Seaside
Randy confronts Lancey and Pamela at the Seaside. Tony Quarles sits reading as Randy, driven by jealousy, pulls a gun and shoots before Tony can react. The incident ends with Quarles felled as bystanders react to the sudden violence.
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Randy
Lancey
Tom Lancey
Pamela
Tony Quarles
Tony
Gangster Falls as Randy Seeks to Flee with Girl
Richard H. Wilkinson portrays a tense scene as Randy kills a gangster and, seeking to protect a woman, discovers the awe struck girl to be not a copper nor Tony Quarles’s lover but someone who told the truth. Tony recovers and grins at the revelation.
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Randy
Tony Quarles
Tony
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues Mixed
A compact grid style crossword with across and down hints spanning diverse categories. Clues include retired glen precious stone Amazon porpoise masculine lost color Jason ship biblical character fascinated peddlers breezy French novelist fastener part of to be former governor mass teized byway hatred fawn upon gumbo poker stake genuine malt beverage goddess of the moon bequeath as a fund recline etc.
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Jason
Mass
U S Motorists Learn to Drive More Slowly
Chicago report notes 1948 traffic volume at a record high with 8 percent more miles driven than 1947. Despite the surge, the mileage death rate fell to a record low of 8.0 per 100 million vehicle miles, 30 percent below the World War I era average. If the rate had matched the WWI average, about 14,000 more lives would have been lost.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Corn Cob Potholder Pattern Request
To obtain complete knitting instructions stitch illustrations material requirements and finishing directions send 20 cents in coin your name address and pattern number to the stated pattern service.
Plumbing advice on clogged drains and vents
A reader asks about frequent clogs despite rooter work. The answer suggests the horizontal soil pipe may have insufficient pitch causing grease and sediment to congeal, possibly requiring re laying. It doubts a clogged vent and recommends installing a grease trap from the kitchen sink with periodic cleaning.
Home Accident Deaths Top 35000 in 1948
Chicago reports 35000 home accident deaths in 1948 making homes the leading source of fatalities. Falls caused 18200 deaths, burns and explosions 6000, mechanical suffocation 1800. Special studies show over a quarter of fatal home accidents happen in bedrooms with bedrooms the riskiest room. The yard and kitchen follow as next hazards.
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Chicago
America
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