Epidemic Halts Hollywood Productions and Stars
Illness sweeps through film sets delaying or stopping multiple productions. Stars like Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell fall ill as Twentieth Century Fox suspends three pictures including Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Henry Koster and Henry Hathaway contract flu, disrupting The Robe and Dangerous Crossing. Cast and crew, from Alan Young to Debra Paget, miss work as studios scramble to resume filming amid the outbreak.
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Twentieth Century Fox Studio
Monroe
Beye
Hills Hove
Jane Russell
Fox
Henry Koster
Jeanne Crain
Henry Hathaway
Robert Cummings
Hawthorne
Garet Whiting
Cocoaniy Grove
Missy Madies
Debra Paget
Jean Peters
Jane Greer
Miles Grear
Grads to More Money Than Before and Hiring Trends
Fragmented OCR notes discuss graduates earning more and hiring patterns. The text references college men, personnel, percent figures, and changes in wages, with unclear cohesion and several garbled phrases.
New Hartford Visitor Claims Identity Of Collector
A stranger in Hartford asks a clerk at the Internal Revenue office for the collector's office and claims to be the new examiner James J. Graham. The brief exchange unravels amid a day that mixes routine and a hint of misidentity in the bustling federal office district.
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Hartford
Conn
Internal Revenue Office
James J. Graham
Pittsburgh collector gathers 300 Stardust versions
Jack Beile of Pittsburgh has amassed over 300 distinct recordings of Hoagy Carmichael’s Stardust including foreign versions, long plays, and custom waxings. He even shares a piano rendition and notes the melody’s relaxing draw. Beile retrieves rarities by contacting fellow collectors and dealers, with the rare Cab Calloway disc costing up to $40.
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Pittsburgh
Stiarnestoft
Polvo de Estrellas
Jack Beile
Hoagy Carmichael
Beile
New Orleans
Ciheagg
Richmond
Carmichael
Davé Appellon
Larry Adler
Anita Louise
Harpo Marx
Mailmen Are Given The Bird
Burlington post office received a small package addressed to Mr and Mrs Hungry Bird Suslington. Inside the package sent by GI and second grades of Shiremanstown PA, birdfood was divided by Postmaster John J Burns among rural carriers for distribution. Luke Easter a Cleveland Indians first baseman is in the sausage business in the off season and runs the Ray Sausage Company with his brother Ray.
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Burlington
Hungry Bird
Suslington
Shiremanstown
Hood
Birdfood
John J. Burns
Easter Sausage
Cleveland
Luke Easter
Cleveland Indians
Ray Sausage Company
Ray
Shrimp Hunter Dexter Maps Primitive Fairy Shrimp
Prof Ralph W Dexter a Kent State biologist doubles as shrimp identifier for the US National Museum. He notes fairy shrimp are primitive and largely unsuitable for eating. In this region he found specimens of three dozen species in about one in nineteen ponds and creeks.
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Ohio
Akron
Ralph W. Dexter
Dexter
Kent Siatersity
US National Museum
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