Dolores Gray rises from unknown to star in London Annie Get Your Gun
Billy Rose recalls Helen Hayes critique of aspiring performers and narrates Dolores Gray s rapid ascent in the London production of Annie Get Your Gun. Tales of auditions, salary demands, billing, and first night reception illustrate her breakout and the rough path to show business success.
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Helen Hayes
New York Times
Helen
Dolores Gray
London
Lord Beaverbrook’s Express
Dolores
Dick Kollmar
Joe Louis
Eleanor
Emil
Cora Littler
Emi
Annie
Colosseum Theater
Miss Gray
Dolores Birthday Encore Dazzles British Audience
After a dinner party Dolores Delores and her brother Herbert visit. The phonograph session erupts into an Armistice Night style roar with 2,000 British fans rising for a Happy Birthday chorus. The cast then returns for a full-footlight encore.
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Herbert
Chow
Phonograph
al Jolson
Caruso
Okahoma
Dolores Gray
Annie
Dolores
Ethel Barrymore
Amarillo Globe News Publication Details and Rates
The Amarillo Globe and News presents its publishing info noting it is issued with The Amarillo Daily News on Sundays. Key staff include Gene Howe as Publisher and Wesley Izard as Editor in Chief. Subscription rates list daily and Sunday options with yearly, semiannual, quarterly, and monthly plans.
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo Texas i
Amarillo
Texas
Amarillo Daily News
Globe News Publishing Co
Sixth
Fillmore
Gene Howe
Wesley 5S
Izzard
Paul Allingham
Scceeserereererees
Guratit Garr
Cic
Globe and News
Amarillo City Platform Details Expansion At City Charter Meeting
The Globe outlines Amarillo platform goals including city charter reform for broader representation, possible tax rate increase, and annexation. build a coliseum and new city hall. improved traffic control. downtown cleanup. better sports facilities. park expansion with a pool. water study. more hospital facilities. English Field air terminal. support small industry. expand library and arts. enhance schools and teacher pay. bolster cultural welfare.
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GLOBE
Amarillo
City Commission
Arfa
O—Makf
Universal disarmament denounced by prominent Americans
Twenty distinguished Americans condemn universal military training and the President's advisory panel. They call acetime conscription outmoded and urge alternative steps like disarmament, stronger UN action, and domestic living standards while warning against Russia and the Soviet threat. The piece critiques Moscow's influence and argues for maintaining U S military strength until peace is pursued.
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United Nations
Russia
United States
America
Atomic Energy Control
Moscow
Uited
Commission
Mr. Truman
Europe
Best Fathers and the True Measure of Fatherhood
The writer argues that Edgar Hoover deserves inclusion as a best father despite being childless. He praises Hoover as a defender of youth and criticizes reliance on personal parenthood to judge fatherhood. He contends love for all children stems from a shared view that all children are God's children.
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American Mothers Committee
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Gov
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Mr. Hoover
Edgar Hoover
America
Fatcher
California
Alameda
Parent-Teacher Association
Susan Fenton
Mr. Soandso
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Intelligent management on coal miners and steel ties
George E. Sokolsky discusses the coal mining labor dispute, praising a new agreement with John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers. He argues mining must rise to industry standards to attract workers, noting the broader economic impact of strikes on steel and other basic industries.
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Little Steel Group
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Pennsylvania
Berkshires
NLRB
Polk Street Professor Features Billy Latham in Amarillo Visit
Joe Killough introduces Billy Latham a newcomer from Amarillo who shares gossip about his age in months his family home at 1717 Monroe and a fall from a car injuring his face. He recalls Sunday School with Miss Cox in Oklahoma City and a zoo owner Uncle Leo bringing a fawn to class. He has a sister under 16 months who speaks many words.
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Joe Killough
Amarillo
Billy Latham
Monroe
Billy
Sid
Cox
Oklahoma City
Leo
Polk Street
Crossword Puzzle Clue Grid From Historical Almanac
A scanned crossword puzzle lists across and down clues with mixed garbled text. Entries include names like Cleveland Indians owner and various abbreviations and broken words, plus numbers and partial phrases.
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Billy Rose
Lars
Seven Lively Arts
Dorothy Fields
Minnesota
Holy
Erich Brandeis
George E. Sokolsky
Indians
Cleveland Indians
Allowar
Ssue Ct
Dawn Goddess
Tom
Boudreau
Chance
Beadle
Vitcher
Bob
IFN
Cap'n Canyon
Shecks
Stevie
Jaybirds
MR. Pumphrey
Plushbottom
Miss.o Dane
Cleveland
Peady
Him
V. G. Martin
Optometrist
Zale
Southern Brokerage Co
Fisk
G. McClain
Phillips 66 Products
Georgia
SY Payments
Keeling
Johnson-Price CO
Butane
Propane
the Railroad Commission of Texas
Johnson-Price
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