Benson urges low income families to seek off farm work
Secretary Benson told the Tennessee Farmers Convention at the University of Tennessee that low income farm people should pursue off farm income opportunities. He cited benefits of earned income and highlighted the rural development program offering training, job information, and local industrial development support for those shifting to nonfarm employment.
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Benson
Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Farmers Convention
University of Tennessee
MGM Begins Filming New TV Series
MGM starts a new TV series on its Culver City lot with The Thin Man. Peter Lawford and Phyllis Kirk play Nick and Nora Charles, joined by Asta the dog in multiple dogs form. Bud Barry says MGM will stay in television as the medium grows.
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MGM
Bob Thoms
Hollywood
Bud Barry
NBC
Culver City
Peter Lawford
Phyllis Kirk
Nick
Nora Charles
William Powell
Myrna Loy
Asta
Company diversifies with film series and TV sales push
The firm plans a Min and Bill series with Peggy Wood and Chill Wills, a Goodbye Mr Chips remake, Northwest Passage and more as part of a diversification program led by president Joseph Voge. This shift has yielded 45 million dollars in sales of old movies to TV, stake interests in three stations and a TV commercial business valued at about 3 million in the last year. Rainfall in the Sahara Desert averages under eight inches annually.
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Mrs. North
Local tourist festival in Rothenburg dates to 1631 siege
Lydia Otto recounts visiting Rothenburg and Dinkelsbuhl during Pentecost, noting the 1631 festival tied to Tilly’s siege, the Meistertrunk draught ceremony, and a local wedding in Nuremberg's St. Lorenz Cathedral. She also observes Ansbach and military presence at a U.S. signal school.
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Europe
Lydia R. Otto
Germany
Rothenburg
Ansbach
Buergermeister
Tilly
Musch
Shepherds’ Guild
Dinkelsbuehl
Nurnberg
St. Lorenz Cathedral
Messner
Walter Koerner
Clara
Travelers' notes on cross country journey and plans
The writer records social exchanges during a journey including a Pennsylvanian speaker returning home for Christmas, an Ohioan awaiting departure, a Californian who praised a grandmother, and a visitor from Waverly. They plan to visit an army HQ, then head to Hamburg for rest before a safari to Italy.
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Waverly
Hamburg
Italy
Marne News Highlights Local Visits and Careers
MR and MRS Clarence Polkinghorn and Mrs D Polkinghorn returned from Denver to visit Elsie Jons who is hospitalized with a broken hip. Edwin Pardee and family left for Albuquerque after visiting his mother Mae Pardee. A G Holt of Centerville Calif visited at George Christensen’s. Virgil Peterson sailed to Rockford Ill to join Sunstand Machine Tool Co as engineers aid in aircraft division. On Friday Mr and Mrs E Peterson Mary Lou and Virgil visited George Drake at Jennie Edmundson hospital in Omaha. Admiral Byrd’s Antarctic flight pioneer Bernt Balchen was the first to fly over the South Pole with Byrd seated behind him.
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Marne
Clarence Polkinghorn
D. Polkinghorn
Denver
Colo
Elsie Jons
Edwin Pardee
Albuquerque
N. M
Mae Pardee
A. G. Holt
Centerville
Calif
George Christensen
Virgil Peterson
Rockford
Ill
Sunstand Machine Tool Co
E. Peterson
Mary Lou
Virgil
Omaha
George Drake
Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Young Actor Believes Stage Methods Are Outdated
Hollywood interview with John Sas savetes he dislikes stage methods and the Actor's Studio. He is a rising film actor making his first major studio movie a western with Robert Taylor and Julie London. Sas prefers TV work where he finds young directors and quicker results, and has never done a Broadway play.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
John Sassavetes
Robert Taylor
Julie
London
John
Unclear Guidance Amidst a Rapid Film Project Shift
The fragment hints at a director or producer urging self-reliance during unforeseen events in TV movie production. It emphasizes independence, problem solving, and handling sudden changes without outside assistance. The tone suggests a working process note or broadcast industry reflection.
Mrs Prudence Whitney Attends Granddaughter Graduation
Mrs Prudence Whitney traveled to Hazel Crest Illinois to join Gloria Whitney as she graduates eighth grade, daughter of the Earl Whitneys.
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Massena
Prudence Whitney
Hazel Crest, Il
Gloria Whitney
Earl Whitneys
GrIswold Notes On Education And Travel
Jerry Shellberg attends summer school at Iowa State and then joins a six week Wirt Civil Engineers camp in Minn. Beatrice Gittens returns home after visiting Mrs. G A Stevens in Sioux Falls. Drive slow at dusk to save lives.
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Nora
Me Antic Locker Service
U. S
Harvey Aluminum
Torrance
Westinghouse
Meadville
Sahara Desert
eLeTel
Eer Een
Angel Pink
Coronado
Wat
Biscount
Wey
U.S. Army
Boston
Frederick N Dearborn, Jr
White House
Eisenhower
Marne News
Admiral Byrd
Col Bernt Balchen
South Pole
Byrd
Balchen
Permaglas
Iowa Electric Light & Power CO
Illinois
Griswold News
Speas
Leef
Wonder
Brend
Wonder Bakers
Toney
Deep South
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