Hollywood Gossip Sparks Tales Of Stars And Scandals
Jimmie Fidler recalls an idolized actor deterring a drunken stranger in a parking lot and notes a flood of similar anecdotes among stars. He cites Basil Rathbone Loretta Young Rita Hayworth Rita Haywood and Rita Cansino as part of a broader Hollywood image debate.
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Hollywood
Filmville
Rita Hayworth
Rita Haywood
Miss Hayworth
Rita
Rita Cansino
Rita Judson
Rita Welles
Paramount One More Tomorrow and Several Film Showings
The calendar lists Paramount One More Tomorrow with Ann Sheridan and Dennis Morgan through Saturday. State presents Murder in the Music Hall with Vera Hruba Ralston and William Marshall. Capitol shows Three Strangers with Geraldine Fitzgerald, Sydney Greenstreet. Rialto screens Song of Arizona with Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. Leon features Mom and Dad with a lecturer and juvenile delinquency road show. Texas shows Up Goes Maisie with Ann Sothern and George Murphy. Victory presents River Gang with Gloria Jean and John Qualen and Yellow Rose of Texas with Roy Rogers. Rex shows Gun Smoke with Johnny Mack Brown and Adventures of Rusty with Ted Donaldson and Margaret Lindsay. Tar presents Lone Texas Ranger with Wild Bill Elliott, plus Radio Stars on Parade with Wally Brown and Alan Carney. Mayfair notes The Texas Wanderers furnishing the music. Old Tascosa has Bob Sylvester and his seven piece orchestra with Eloise as featured vocalist. The Nat is open every night except Sunday with Dick Stevenson and his band. Rainbow Gardens open Monday through Saturday with Sons of the Est. Aviatrix open nightly with Carlton Scales Band. Mexican Inn features Dick Miles and his trio from Shreveport for dinner and dancing nightly.
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Ann Sheridan
Dennis Morgan
State
Music Hall
Vera Hruba Ralston
William Marshall
Capitol
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Sydney Greenstreet
Rialto
Arizona
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Leon
Texas
Maisie
Ann Sothern
George Murphy
Victory
Gloria Jean
John Qualen
REX
Johnny Mack Brown
Rusty
Ted Donaldson
Margaret Lindsay
TAR
Wild Bill Elliott
Parade
Wally Brown
Alan Carney
Mayfair
Texas Wanderers
Bob Sylvester
Eloise
THE
NAT
Dick Stevenson
Rainbow Gardens
Sons of the Est
Aviatrix
Carlton Scales
Dick Miles
Shreveport
State Theater
U. S. Employment Service
Joan Fontaine
Mark Stevens
Stevens
Bronx
Music
Peter Lorre
George Gabby Hayes
Rialto Theater
Hayes
Gabby
Rogers
Miss Evans
Leon Theater
Melody Ranch
Gene Autry
Ann Miller
Jimmy Durante
Texas Theater
Victory Theater
River Gang
Raymond Hatton
Rex Theater
Star Theater
Federal Airport Building Delayed Under New Act
Charles B. Donaldson warned there will be no substantial construction this year under the federal airport bill. He cited lack of funds and said larger class 4 and 5 airports need Congress approval, delaying projects to 1947. The act authorizes 500 million dollars over seven years with matching funds but does not appropriate.
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Charles B. Donaldson
Civil Aeronautics Administrator
Congress
Donaldson
House Commerce
CAA
Homespun fare and more at the State and other theaters
Alexis Smith Anne Sheridan Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson star in One More Tomorrow at Paramount Theaters with a love triangle set around a radical boss wedding and a Reno escape The State Theater opens Prom This Day Forward a wartime story starring Joan Fontaine and Mark Stevens Also showing Murder in the Music Hall Three Strangers and Roy Rogers musical numbers at Rialto and other venues including Mom and Dad Melody Ranch Up Goes Maisie River Gang Yellow Rose of Texas Gun Smoke Adventures of Rusty Lone Texas Ranger and Radio Stars on Parade at local theaters through today and tomorrow
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Anne Sheridan
Dennis Morgan
Jack Carson
Paramount Theater
Miss Sheridan
Morgan
Joan Fontaine
Mark Stevens
State Theater
Congress to face plane noise issue in future
June 6 report notes air plane noise protests across the country and a Supreme Court ruling that flying below 500 feet deprives nearby landowners of property. Justice Black urges Congress to legislate a solution, while a minority calls for action by lawmakers.
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Congress
U. S. Supreme Court
Hugo Black
Black
Lon McCallister Chooses Air Transport Over Cars
Lon McCallister plans to buy a Cub plane a flying jeep or a helicopter after a Hollywood weekend trip. He felt train sick en route and on the return trip four tire incidents left him stranded seeking help most of Sunday night.
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Lon McCallister
Hollywood
Kilmer's Swamp Root Promises Relief From Uric Discomfort
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root for excess acidity in the urine and frequent nightly urges to pass water. It claims 16 herbs and roots in a careful blend, not habit forming, with nationwide druggist availability.
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DR. Kilmer
Reese Enters Race for Deaf Smith County Sheriff
J C Reese resigns after eight years with the Texas Highway Patrol to run for sheriff of Deaf Smith County. He previously served in Hereford after assignments in Amarillo and Pampa. Reese cites law enforcement experience and jury presentation training as qualifications and notes strong local police connections. He is married with three children and owns a home in Hereford.
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J. C. Reese
Texas Highway Patrol
Deaf Smith County
Trol
Reese
Amarillo
Pampa
Highway Patrol
Grand Jury
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Sheriff’s Office
Mr. Reese
Rural Hospital Bill Advances for Texas Funding
The rural hospital bill, backed by major medical groups, advances toward floor debate. It would commit 75 million dollars yearly for five years, with Texas receiving about 5.24 million and 61 percent federal funding, to aid counties lacking doctors.
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Leslie Carpenter
Sarah McClendon
Daily News
Washington
Texas
Congress
Senate
House
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Percy Priest
Tennessee
Rail unions helped Truman rise from Missouri senator
A. F. Whitney of the Brotherhoods attacks Truman with new angles yet notes their pivotal role six years earlier. TheRailroad Brotherhoods backed Truman in 1940 aiding his campaign with the union press and 300000 extra copies of the Labor publication sent to Missouri. Their support followed by his lead on the Senate Interstate Commerce subcommittee and the wartime spending probe that launched his rise to the White House.
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Bascom N. Timmons
Washington
The
Daily News
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Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Truman
Ana U
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White House
Missouri
Lloyd Stark
Maurice Mulligan
Tom Pendergast
Kansas City
Senate Interstate Commerce
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Labor
Brotherhood
Brotherhoods
Stark
Pink Elephant and Giraffe Enter Empty Bar Scene
A Hollywood bartender polishes glasses at opening time when a pink elephant a green giraffe and three white mice stroll in. The barkeep calmly says they’re early and the man they’re waiting for hasn’t arrived yet.
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Hollywood
Jane Withers Victimized By Mistaken Identity
Hollywood's Jane Withers encounters a sailor who mistakes her for another star Deanna Durbin. He dances with her and boasts of telling his shipmates about dancing with the famous actress before returning her to the table.
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Jane Withers
Hollywood
Jane
Deanna Durbin
Laziest Gardener Rosemary De Camp Shocks Hollywood
Rosemary De Camp earns the nickname laziest gardener in Hollywood for tending 150 rosebushes on her estate. Each plant has its own sprinkler system managed by two push buttons in her boudoir one for gentle irrigation and the other for a forceful aphid spray.
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Rosemary de Camp
Hollywood
Miss de Camp
Lucy Ball Returns to School for Farm Studies
Lucille Ball resumes education after an extension course at UC on horticulture. She plans further study in crop rotation soil care and chicken breeding after completing her current film, while managing the ranch with Desi Arnaz.
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Lucille Ball
Bouncing Redhead
Desi Arnaz
University of California
Hollywood Star Stand-In Helps Debutant on Set
Helene Nielsen makes her film debut in the air epic Gallant Journey with Veronica Lake serving as her stand-in. Lake, one of Hollywood's most famous stars and Nielsen's cousin, volunteered on set to ensure a smooth start for the new actress.
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Hollywood
Helene Nielsen
Veronica Lake
Veronica
Helene
The Runaround Kiss Scene Wins On-Set Mishap
The swim pool kiss between Ella Raines and Rod Cameron in The Runaround slipped into the final cut after a spill into the water. Cameron at six four toppled Raines who is described as petite, creating a comic dunk kept in the film. Michele Morgan will star with Robert Cummings in The Chase.
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Ella Raines
Rod Cameron
Rod
Ella
Michele Morgan
Robert Cummings
Zachary Scott Touted for Lead in The Embezzler
Zachary Scott is tentatively cast for the leading role in The Embezzler based on James M. Cain’s novel. The film adaptation aims to bring Cain’s thriller to the screen with Scott starring.
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Zachary Scott
James M. Cain
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