Sorrowful Jones at Paramount Promises Quick Laughs
Bob Hope headlines Sorrowful Jones at the Paramount with a midnight show Saturday. He parodies Damon Runyon bookies and even ferries a race horse through a hospital foyer, joking about a brother headed to the psychiatrist. Lou Novy books more theaters to seat the anticipated crowd.
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Bob Hope
Damon Runyon
Hope
Paramount
Lou Novy
Navy
Capitol Theater
Casablanca
Vaudeville to Tour as Palace Forges Ahead in Film News
Sam Perkins previews vaudeville on a 13 city tour starting with Cleveland and headed by Pat Rooney Sr for a 70th birthday celebration. Meanwhile Fred Astaire Betty Hutton film Let's Dance and Erich von Stroheim return to Sunset Boulevard with plans and publicity antics ripple through Hollywood. Numerous actor notes cover Kirkwood Mitchum Flynn and Tehuacan park gifting by RKO.
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Palace Theater
Palace
US Mint
Pat Rooney Sr
Cleveland
Rooney
Austin
Capitol Theater
Fred Astaire
Betty Hutton
Paramount
Astaire
Erich van Stroheim
Stroheim
Germany
Jack Kirkwood
Bob Hope
Barry Fitzgerald
Hope
Kirkwood
Humphrey Bogart
Hollywood
Petrified Forest
Aber
Robert Mitchum
RKO
Tehuacan
Mexico
Beverly Hills
Errol Flynn
Flynn
Erroll
Montana
Area Boy Scouts Plan Encampment In New Mexico
Austin area Scouts join 15 county Capitol Area Council for a five week encampment at Camp Tom Wooten. The group will travel to Philmont Ranch in New Mexico for a July 4 to August stay, with 500 scouts and leaders from many towns. Scoutmasters and rosters are listed with names from Austin and neighboring communities.
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Boy Scouts
New Mexico
Philmont
Austin
Central Texas
Capitol Area Council
Camp Tom Wooten
Luther Boysen
Cuero
Charles Eissler
Yoakum
Boy Scouts of America
E. W. Cartwright
John Daley
Skippy Bohn
Don Hart
Tom Harris
Jack Kidd
Bob Mayes
Noel Roebuck
Richie Brandt
Ralph Warren
Bob Cromack
Henry McCown
Warren Cross
George Zivley
Dick Williams
la Grange
Kert Goode
Bertram
Tom Wooten
Eugene Linden
James McFarland
Lee A. Phillips
Jerry Adams
Donald Beck
Dean Bloodgood
Everett Bryant
Alton Courtney
Gail Davis
Roger Franks
Donald E. Lee
Joe E. Lee
Carl Musick
Earl Perry
Jim Phillips
Joseph Rosentritt
Sid D. Rich
Jerry Salcher
Richard Schroeter
Gene Stubbs
Frank Sykes
Carl Taylor
Wayne Voigt
John Watson
W. H. White
Leonard Woolsey
Wesley Wyman
Will Wyman
Kenneth West
Jess Hall
Gene Childers
Jerry Andrews
Bobby Reed
Jerry Buttrey
Scott Cook
John Donovan
Bobby Huston
Bruce Motheral
Robert Motheral
Coke Dilworth
Don Kobe
Fred M. Weber
Lockhart
Billy Alexander
Robert Blanton
Billy Clark
Milton Cardwell
Tommy Chustz
Howard Grantham
Donald Griffith
Bob Harris
Danny Hewlett
Bill Huskey
Jimmy Ingram
C. T. Kirksey
Norman Glosserman
Charley Mohle
Ronnie Seeliger
Jon Swartz
Gerald Wallace
Lan Hewlett
Taylor
Charles Bittle
Schulenberg
James Antosh
Erwin J. Hass
Jimmie Harrington
Earl Hertel
Bobby Holmes
Harvey E. Holub
Lawrence Klesel
Lawson
Lilienthal Says 37 AEC Workers Fired After FBI Investigations
Chairman David E. Lilienthal of the Atomic Energy Commission disclosed that 37 atomic workers were fired after FBI findings deemed them to have derogatory backgrounds. The cases included one with Communist fringe ties found in a son and only one case with strong evidence of party membership. most involved character deficiencies such as alcoholism or misconduct.
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Washington
David E. Lilienthal
The
Atomic Energy Commission
FBI
Lilienthal
Senate House Atomic “Watchdog” Committee
AEC
Communist Party
McMahon
D-Conn
Senator Hickenlooper
Iowa
Commission
Hickenlooper
Truman
Lillienthal
Senate House Committee
How To Hold FALSE TEETH
How To Hold FALSE TEETH explains a powder product to stop dentures from slipping while eating, laughing, or talking. It promotes FASTEETH as an alkaline non acid powder that keeps teeth firm and comfortable with no gummy taste and helps curb denture odor. PASTEETH is advertised in drug stores.
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Washington Park Race Riot Averted by Police
Park police in Washington halted a potential race riot after segregation end. About 1,000 people crowded the park as 70 plus Negro youths entered the swimming pool area first. Three men were arrested and three youths, including a girl, were lightly injured in scuffles.
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Washington
Washington Park
District of Columbia
H. M. Raspberry
Divorcee Shot By Ex Husband In Oakland Home Invasion
Oakland reports a divorced mother of a two year old Linda wounded twice when ex husband Michael W. Garland 28 fired seven shots into her residence Wednesday. She was treated for arm and leg wounds. Garland surrendered the pistol and is jailed on assault with a deadly weapon charge.
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Oakland
Kathryn Garland
Michael W. Garland
Garland
Linda
Changed Home Ulysses S Grant Baptismal Name
A historical note states that Ulysses S Grant was baptized under the name Hiram Ulysses. The missive details a change of given name after enrollment and how the future Civil War general became known by his middle name.
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Ulysses S. Grant
Hiram Ulysses
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