Broderick Crawford Proposes Split Budget For Movies And TV
Hollywood star Broderick Crawford argues for the industry to shift films: low budget movies for television and high budget productions for theaters. He cites All the King’s Men as proof, notes the craft comes from quick, scriptless shoots, and says studios should improve products to lure paying audiences. He recalls wartime service and recalls wartime buddies as percent of memory, and comments on Hollywood praise.
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Huey Long
Broderick
Robert Rossen
Stockton
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Belgium
My Doctor and the First Baby Decision
In a reflective essay, Evelyn Barkins recounts her illness and recovery with husband John as they confront the idea of starting a family. They weigh timing, finances, and life plans while debating marriage norms and the pull toward parenthood.
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Evelyn Barkins
KE Stavics
IHC
Thoroughly Irresponsible Plan To Hinder Telephones
An article warns against CIO leader Philip Murray backing a plan urged by CWA president Joseph Beirne for 6 million CIO members to overuse telephones during a strike. It argues such a tactic would overload systems, disrupt vital services, and endanger public health, urging Murray to reject the plan.
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Joseph Beirne
The
Communications Workers of America
CIO
Beirne
Philip Murray
Murray
Communications Union
Government price support pots up potatoes for export only
The Commodity Credit Corporation runs export price subsidies that allow the government to sell potatoes at 100 pounds for 1 cent while American shoppers pay 3.50 to 4 per bag. Ball notes similar deals apply to canned meat eggs edible beans and flaxseed, with domestic use restricted.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington Post
John W. Ball
Commodity Credit Corporation
Uncle Sam
Ball
Washington
Truman Trusts Common Sense in Hydrogen Bomb Debate
A syndicated column argues President Truman, a Missouri farmer type, should be trusted with H bomb decisions. It cites scientists and statesmen backing the weapon while invoking moral common sense and Hebrews 2 11, urging unity and brotherhood as guiding principles.
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Harold C. Urey
Bernard M. Baruch
U.S
Truman
Missouri
White House
America
Harry Truman
Romance rises as census shows more wives and fewer singles
The Census Bureau notes more women married between 1945 and 1949, reducing single women aged 14 to 65 from 13 935 000 in 1940 to 11 174 000 in 1949 while the overall civilian population remains majority married. It links postwar marriages to the end of the depression era low birth trend and explains younger women now most often wed older men.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
U. S
Locks Fail To Shield Brink’s Offices In Big Heist
Boston police and the FBI express horror as a lock picker bypassed six impregnable Brink’s doors with nail files and penknives. The incident recalls a prior boast about breaking through supposedly pick-proof Justice Department doors, a claim the defender reportedly proved. The piece questions whether defenses outpace offense in the lock trade.
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Boston
FBI
Brink’s, Inc
Justice Department
BAL the British anti Lewisite protects against heavy metal poisoning
Doctor Edwin P. Jordan outlines BAL, a sulfur containing treatment initially developed to counter Lewisite gas. BAL neutralizes arsenic and protects against blistering from exposure while also counteracting arsenic toxins in lab animals. The drug shows promise against mercury and gold effects and is justified for peacetime medical use.
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Edwin P. Jordan
The Prunes of Outer Wrappers and Inner Worth
A columnist muses on outward packaging versus inner character using prunes as a metaphor. Fancy wrappers may mislead but true value lies in the soul and deeds, not appearances. He cites Einstein and a church anecdote to stress inner virtue over surface image.
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Einstein
Judas
John
Satan
Christ
Cleopatra the crocodile recovers after bottle purge at Cincinnati Zoo
Cleopatra the zoo's $5000 bottle swallowing crocodile has recovered from surgery. Three days of treatment followed to put the reptile to sleep and remove six bottles, 39 rocks, a bullet and two toys from her stomach two weeks ago. Once restrained, she moved to her pool and slid into cold water, a sign zoo officials call a well crocodile.
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Cincinnati
Cleopatra
Cleo
Quiz Hall Puzzles Readers With Mixed Cues and Codes
The item presents a quiz by Wilton E. Hall with ten questions for men women and teens, noting point values and scoring. It includes wordplay on sports terms, geography, calory counts, religions, and airlines, followed by a long unreadable answer garble and a closing quote about democracy and individual dignity by William Allen White.
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William Allen White
Barn Fire Delays Report as Party Line Hinders Call
Farmer William Yahn pleaded to party line users to let him report a blaze. A woman refused and the delay cost time as flames leveled two barns before firefighters arrived.
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Rush, N. Y
William Yahn
Yahn
Kentucky Lockmaster Announces Retirement
MAYSVILLE Kentucky Harley W Sprague lockmaster at U S lock and dam 33 will retire March 1 after 15 years in the post He will be succeeded by Hubert Hall assistant lockmaster at U S lock and dam 31 west of Portsmouth Sprague 61 began government work in 1916 at dam 37 Fernbank Ohio
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Harley W. Sprague
U. S. Lock and Dam
Hubert Hall
U.S. Lock and Dam
Portsmouth
Sprague
Fernbank
Ohio
Radio Listings for WKC-WLW and Nearby Stations
A dense schedule page lists Cincinnati Columbus Huntington and Parkersburg stations with 700 1230 930 1460 580 1450 610 and 1400 kcs. It shows Friday February 3 evening and Saturday February 4 daytime programming including News Sinatra Show Jack Smith Show News Broadcast Life of Riley Jimmy Durante and many other shows across CBS NBC ABC and local networks.
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WSAZ
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CBS
WBNS
WCHS
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WPAR
Parkersburg
MBS
WHKC
WMOA
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Abe
Cbs Network
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Mbs-East
Mba-Weat
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Ecbs
Frank Sinatra
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Jimmy Durante
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Riley
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