Sun Praises A Pat On The Back Editorials
The Sun salutes the weekly Baytown feature A Pat on the Back created by Hugh Echols and Syd Gould. The editorial acknowledges the Citizens National Bank and Trust Co ad highlighting commendable local efforts, praising Baytown's community achievements and the duo behind the idea. Also notes the hot dog’s place in American culture with a large consumption figure.
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Baytown
Hugh Behols Jr
Syd Gould
Citizens National Bank and Trust Co
the Sun
Citizens Bank
The
Sun
Hugh Echols
Harris County
My New York New York and the Lombardo quarrel afterglow
In a Roosevelt Grill corner scene a narrator debates Guy Lombardo’s reign as the piano bar magnet. A rival publicist Shefrin pressures, while a Louis Armstrong letter extols Lombardo’s timing and tone, shattering the speaker’s idols and leaving him in tears.
World Calendar Idea Faces Public Skepticism
A columnist recalls World Calendar Association plans to push via the United Nations ECOSOC for a fixed four-quarter year with New Year's Eve as a global peace day. The writer recalls prior pitches, noting sentimental appeal and doubts about uniform 30 day months and shifting oyster seasons.
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World Calendar Association
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Association
Holdiday
A Call for Peace Beyond Calendar Days
By Erich Brandeis argues that calendar length matters little to peace and urges action beyond dates. He criticizes hollow holidays and Memoris Day rituals while insisting real peace comes from concrete deeds and united effort, not grand proposals.
Bruce returns to Mrs. Simpson in Pat Jory on Broadway
London correspondent notes Carol Bruce as Mrs. Simpson in Pat Jory. The American singer credits summer stock for the revived Rodgers Hart show that led to her Broadway turn. Bruce recalls first meeting the role in summer stock during a later revival by Gus Schirmer Jr. Vivienne Segal created the original and later joined the Broadway revival.
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London
Carol Bruce
Mrs. Simpson
Pat Jory
Misa Bruce
Rodgers-Hart
Gus Schirm
Er Jr
Vivienne Segal
Rolling Stone
Moss
Miss Bruce
Stage notes by Jack Gaver reveal 1948 Julie role return
The report recalls a star resuming Helen Morgan's Julie in Show Boat in New York for over a year in 1948. It also notes The Ensemble selecting Shakespeare's Simon of Athens as the third play of its season to open in October, following A Moon for the Misbegotten and My Heart's in the Highlands. Lloyd Bridges replaces Franchot Tone as star of Oh, Men Oh, Women at the Henry Miller Theatre. Tone spends the summer camping with his sons in Canada after a brief return in December.
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Helen Morgan
Julie
New York
Simon
Athens
Shakespeare
Eugene O'Neill
William Saroyan
Highlands
Lloyp Bridges
Hollywood
Franchot Tone
Henry Miller Theater
Tone
Canada
Bridges
Cinderella Picture That Almost Missed The High and the Mighty
Hollywood stars rejected key roles in The High and the Mighty as William Wellman fought to make a film about a plane trip. Spencer Tracy backed out over doubts. John Wayne finally took a major part, transforming a near shelf project into a hit with strong box office and reviews.
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Hollywood
Wiliam Wellman
Joan Crawford
Ida Lupino
Barbara Janwyck
Ginger Rogers
Dorothy McGuire
Spencer Tracy
Wellman
John Wayne
Bob Fellows
Batjac Productions
Ripally Wayne
Director Wellman Renounces Big Stars For Competent Cast
Director Wellman rejects top names and assembles a new squad of actors including Lorraine Day Robert Newton Julie Bishop Sydney Blackmer Robert Stack Jan Sterling and Claire Trevor. He lauds Trevor as a possibly greatest actress and commends Sterling for taking a bold tramp role over glamour queens. He notes Barbara Stanwyck declined a small part in Executive Suite and would repeat the fatal self-destruction trope.
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Tracy
Wellman
Lorraine Day
Robert Newton
Julie Bishop
Sydney Blackmer
Robert Stack
Jan Sterling
Claire Trevor
Stanwyck
Telling Me What to Call a War Rhetoric
Quips on the Guatemalan revolution described as a phoney war and its swift finish. Florence Chadwick plans marriage next autumn after a swimming bid. An eclipse reappears in 2144. Chou Enlai returns from Geneva, Bern, and New Delhi. Astronomers locate water areas on Venus, prompting playful questions.
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Florence Chadwick
English Channel
Red
China
Chou Enlai
Geneva
Switzerland
New Delhi
India
Venus
Housing Big Problem- Men Come First With Gen Hungry Bates
Br Harman W Nichols Chanute AFB Illinois July 12 UP The general ignores risks with Congress to feed and house his enlisted men Maj Gen B E Gates known as Hungry is pushing a housing plan for base personnel and some civilians Hugo Schneider a Springfield builder will construct homes near the base priced at 300 down total 6000 with two 40 monthly payments with 100 profit per house 80 homes expected by Thanksgiving The general cites 10000 men on base many lack quarters and rent outside at over 100 a month He asked for 500 down payment checks but urged men to first view model homes and decide on living space near base schools churches and stores He was swamped by demand.
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Defense
Franklin G. Florie
House Armed Forces Committee
Words of Famous People Excerpt in Apparel Parable
An excerpt echoes a critique of excess image culture with moral framing. The text notes the vanity of clothing and states excess attire burdens the world, implying a call to simplicity and inner virtue.
Quick Knowledge Challenge From a Vintage Page
Answers: 1 tornado winds peak in a tornado. 2 1912. 3 We the people of the United States. 4 The Lamentations of J C? f h. The play’s boy’s dress was worn by Malvolio in Twelfth Night. The Burns, statues, and birthdays list various historic figures. Grey. The featured names include Praxiteles, Cor nelius Be Ryan, and Swift quotes.
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United States
Tornado
Jeremiah
Malvolio
Washington Knowland loyalty and the 1952 nomination lure
Drew Pearson profiles Sen. William Knowland of California as loyal and diligent, notes his near‑nomination path in 1952 with Taft, contrasts him with Nixon, and explains how Knowland’s China focus and push for Nationalist China could clash with U.S. ties to Europe and the UN. He is described as relentless on policy but lacking humor.
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Washington
William Knowland
California
Eisenhower
Joe McCarthy
Bill Knowland
Knowland
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United States
Chicago
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Taft
Earl Warren
Nixon
Ike
China
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Oakland
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Bank of China
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Tokyo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Formosa
Wixon
Louey Kung
Chiang
England
France
Europe
United Nations
Fianra
Germany
Formova
Senatark
Lyndon Johnson
John Foster Dulles
Herlin
Dulles
Jentless
Indo-China
Geneva
Bil Knowland
Frisco the stuttering comic teased about hermit life
The story portrays Frisco in a humorous exchange about finances and shelter. A friend questions his productivity while Frisco quips about living as a hermit and selling caves. The jungle of wordplay underlines the comedian's awkward charm and lingering scarcity.
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Frisco
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