Youthful Chillicothe Singer Becomes Nation's TV Opera Star
Chet Allen a 12 year old from Chillicothe Ohio rises as one of the nations first televised opera stars His rise began in Columbus with the Boychoir under Herbert Hoffman and led to the NBC premier of Amahl And The Night Visitors The young performer attracts praise from Toscanini and critics while balancing school and local life
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Chillicothe
Ohio
Chet Allen
Columbus
Chet
Arturo Toscanini
Gian-Carlo Menotti
Boychoir
National Broadcasting Company
Menotti
Bethlehem
New York
Rehersal
Toscanini
NBC
Hoffman
RCA Victor
Allen
Rosemary Kuhlman
Double Mistake in the Wilderness Honeymoon
Martha and Larry marry for money and travel to a remote Adirondack cabin. Larry pushes Martha into the woods for a shared passion she learns to love, forging a new start as she discovers joy in life and reconciling their strained marriage.
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Martha Sidney
Larry
Dorrce Merton
Dorice
Matt
Martha
Long Island
Albany
Hudson
Balance Sheet Lesson from St Paul on March 9 1952
A sermon compares life to a balance sheet usingPaul in prison as the counterpoint. It notes his hardships including imprisonment hunger and travel and his lasting credits such as faith and mission. The piece emphasizes Christendom’s early figure as a model of prioritized values.
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Paul
Charity of Friends
Rome
Christ
Cadillac
Christendom
God
O Farroll to Sing Telephone Hour on St Patrick's Day
Inez Gerhard O Farrell named perfect soloist for a Carnegie Hall broadcast of the Telephone Hour on St Patrick's Day. Daughter of Irish vaudeville performers she remains devoted to home life with husband Robert Reagan and son Robert Reagan Jr. The recent Muscular Dystrophy appeal by Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis drew over 7000 responses and letters from sufferers.
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Eleen O’farrell
St. Patrick's Day
Carnegie Hall
O’farrells
Robert Reagan
Robert Reagan, Jr
Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Grassroots: Hoover Talks Draw Nation to Radio and TV
The piece notes Herbert Hoover's January 2 appearance on radio and television drawing broad, cross party attention. It highlights 7,000 handwritten letters from American homes praising Hoover's defense stance and economy focus, plus endorsements from army, navy, and diplomatic leaders.
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Herbert Hoover
America
Hoover
Army
Albert W. Wedemeyer
Leslie B. Groves
Harold L. George
Hugh Knerr
Brice
Chile
Mexico
Belgium
Italy
William R. Castle
European Division
Department of State
Japan
Hugh Gibson
Spruille Braden
Argentine
Columbia
Cuba
Joseph A. Kennedy
Great Britain
Arthur Bliss Lane
Estonia
Latvia
Poland
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Russia
Europe
Boy Bounces from Fifth Floor Window
New York authorities report seven year old Albert Magee was bouncing on a bed when he fell from a fifth story window. He survived the drop and walked away unharmed after landing on soft dirt as rain dampened the ground.
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New York
Albert Magee
Albert
Meditations on Life and Focus by James and Gladden
A pithy reflection contrasts seeing with speaking and urges living for lasting purposes. It cites William James on spending life for a durable end and Washington Gladden on committing to one clear task rather than many scattered efforts.
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Washington Gladden
Perry Iowa housewife wins blue ribbon at state fair
Mrs. Roscoe Hall of Perry Iowa won a blue ribbon in her first state fair cooking contest last year. She relies on Fleischmanns Active Dry Yeast for fast rising reliable results and plans to exhibit more of her dishes.
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Roscoe Hall
Perry
Iowa
Hall
Fleischmann
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the Fiction Corner
Fis
Richard Hill Wilkinson
Saranac
Dr. Foreman
Philippians
Jerusalem
Caesarea
Inez Gerhard
Eileen O’farrell
All America
By Wright A. Patterson
Truman
National Democratic Woman’s Club
Washington
Congress
Taft
Kenneth J
II Corinthians
I Corinthians
King George VI
William James
Carol Curtis
Mission Street
San Francisco
California
Kellogg's
Aran
Teemilla
the Mint
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