Bing Crosby Tops Box Office Again in Fifth Year
Hollywood reports Bing Crosby wins the Motion Picture Herald poll for the fifth consecutive year as top box office draw. Greta Garbo is runner up, with Grable sixth and Abbott and Costello third. The British list also places Crosby among leading internationals alongside Lockwood and Wilding.
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Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Heald
Crosby
Ted
Gretta
Gorgeous Grable
Abbott and Costello
Gary Cooper
Bob’ Hope
Humphrey Bogart
Clark Gable
Cary Grant
Spencer ‘Tracy
Ingrid Bergman
Roy Rogers
Gene Autry
Bull George
Gabby” Hayes
Hopalong Cassidy
Boyd
Charles Barrett
Tim Holt
Johnny Mack Brown
Andy Devine
Anna Margaret Lockwood
Michael Wilding
Pree Hope
Danny Kaye
Myrna Loy
Gregory Peck
Boy hit as shot scatters from old shotgun
Don Reynolds an 11 year old boy was struck by shotgun pellets when an old 12 gauge layin in his relatives home discharged after 13 year old Bill and Don found the gun. Mr. Reynolds a city fireman said the shots came from a wasp nest that plugged the barrel and the blast caused only minor injuries.
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Don Reynolds
Ant
Lloyd Reynolds
North
Houston
Reynolds
Reyret
Mr. Reynolds
Carson Hurt In Vaudeville Act
Cincinnati report says actor Jack Carson sustained a broken blood vessel in his left arm during a rough and tumble routine at the Albee Theater. Dr. William Riddle treated him and noted Carson refused surgery, opting for frequent compresses to reduce swelling.
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Carson Hurt
Cincinnati
Jack Carson
Albee Theater
William Riddle
Carn
Carson
Rob
Russians Exceed Production Goals in 1948 Industrial Gains
Metallurgical Minister Ivan Teresyan told Stalin that Soviet steel output in 1948 rose 27 percent from 1947 and pig iron up 22 percent. Output of rolled metal rose 28 percent and pipe output 39 percent with iron ore mining up 20 percent. Oil, chemical industry, and overall production also surged as the Soviet press lauded the year’s accomplishments.
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Ivan T. Teresyan
Stalin
Russia
Britain
Statesman
Tevesyan
Oil Industry
Chemical Industry
Pay Hike on Posts Now Open
Tay announced pay increases for Government Printing Office proofreaders in Washington DC from 2.12 to 238 an hour. Applicants must pass a written test with five years proofreader or printer plus two years proofreader experience. Jan 3 deadline. Also openings for training specialist and training facilities specialist at annual salaries 3721 to 4479 with Veterans Administration postings in Texas Louisiana Mississippi. Contact H M Timmons for blanks.
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Tay
Washington
Veterans Administrtion
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
H. M. Timmons
Civil Service Service
Army Navy and Marine Corps recruit offices consolidate
In January the Army Navy and Marine recruiting stations in the Panhandle region will merge into a single office under a new unification policy. Capt John Tilton Amarillo states the consolidation will begin after the first of the month with joint office space facilities medical exam facilities and forms standardization to process enlistment applications across branches. A Defense Secretary Forrestal directive orders the consolidation.
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Army
Navy
Marine Corps
John Tilton
Amarillo
Tilton
Haverely
Defense
James Forrestal
Panhandle
Russia Slash Yugoslavia Trade in 1949 Pact
Russia says trade with Yugoslavia will fall to one eighth of 1948 levels in 1949 due to Tito government hostility. The Tass distributed pact notes reduced turnover and cites Yugoslavia’s unfriendly policy toward the Soviet Union.
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Apoe
Russia
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Soviet Union
Ministry of Foreign Trade
Ussr
Tass
Tito
Britain
Italy
Switzerland
Sweden
US State Department
Railways Win Temporary Fare Increase Across Regions
The ICC approved temporary fare rises averaging just over 5 percent on railways, expected to raise about 425 million dollars annually. In the eastern and southern territories the increase peaks at six percent, with varied boosts in Western zones including Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota as hearings proceed for a permanent adjustment.
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ICC
Mississippi River
Western Trunk-Line
Dlown
Wisconsin
Minnesota
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News-Globe
Polily
Terry
Marine Grill
Terry Lomax
West 10Th Bivins
Bors S
Services
Kay Carter and His
Mellow Makers
NAT
NAT Cafe
Reese Ee
Dallas
Tomare Western University
Thomas Row
Tenness
See and Metzger Dairies
Dallas Dairies
Ann Sothern
Tim Most
Nan Leslie
Iso
Liberty
Wagon Gap
Kirby Grant
Theater
Leon
Sarong
Star
Avalon
Billy Briggs
XIT Boys
Howard Harvey & His Boys
Nite Club
Bonnie Lee
West Texas
Jack Vallee
Gay
CLUB
Victoria
N.E
Mighty Mouse
3 Stooges Comedy
Square Heads of the Round Table
Popeye
Jon Hall
James Fenimore Cooper's
Last OF the Red Man
Leon Star
Rex
Skelton
Fuller Brush Man
Dennis
Tan
Walt Disney
Bambi
PrieRd
UC le
Edmond O’brien
Te Robert Stack
Dan Dailey
Esquire
Cornel Wilde
Celeste Holm
Richard Widmark
Smiley Starrett Sumer
Kantor
Ond
Pye
Pera Rey
Terete
Tou Yastun
Wexican Spite
Coun Oeler NE Ene
Dick Morton and His
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