Shivers Says Yarborough May Get Backing From Parr
Governor Allan Shivers accused Ralph Yarborough of possibly receiving financial help from South Texas figure George Parr as both announced candidacies. Yarborough fired back, while several other candidates filed for state offices. Republicans also listed several contenders in a historically rare Texas GOP primary.
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Vern Sanford Austin
iSpi
Allan Shivers
Ralph W. Yarborough
George Parr
South Texas Politico
Shivers
Yarborough
Parr
Alabama
Korea
Texas
J. J. Holmes
Austin
Arion Barton
Cyclone” Davis
Dallas
GOP
U. S
Carlos G. Watson
Brownsville
Willard T. Helland
Houston
Todd R. Adams
Crockett
Hal Foster life on television stage and beyond
In a New York Times style chat, the artist Hal Foster recalls his career from Prince Valiant to a four million movie. He describes his This Is Your Life episode, the backstage nerves, and his wary reaction to being profiled while noting his varied life experiences from boxing to boat sailing.
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New York
Hal Foster
Hal
Ivalinh
Twentieth Century-Fox
Val’ Deeda
Derring-Do
Foster
California
Milons
Earth
Sca
Prince Valiant
Dancing and moral panic across the iron curtain
An elderly observer contrasts Western dancing with Soviet and Polish censorship. The piece cites Katowice paper trying to link Western styles to hooliganism and capitalistic influence, noting Russia’s crackdown on jazz, literature, and bikinis as threats to virtue. It underscores youth adopting Western fashions worldwide amid state controls.
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Trybuna Robotnicza
Katowice
Poland
Imperialfet
Russia
Americans in Russia and the stage of our influence
A Nova Svoboda editorial mocks Soviet power while praising American cultural impact. It argues Russians brag about hydrogen bombs and armed forces but reveals insecurity, suggesting Americans should not fear Soviet boasts and that Russians overstate their influence. The piece uses irony to defend American confidence.
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Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Nova Svobods Printa
Indy
Smali
Along Broadway Mother and Son in All Summer Long
June Walker and John Kerr will star as mother and son in Robert Andersons new play All Summer Long for the Playwrights Company. Kerr leads male role as well. The drama opens September six in Washington, D C, then moves to Broadway the week of September twenty.
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Mother and Son
Robert Anderson
June Walker
John Kerr
Playwrights’ Company
Anderson
Young Kerr
Washington, D. C
Broadway
Dramatists’ Organization
Donald Wetzel
Young actor Clay Hall to headline Arena Stage revival role
By Jack Gaver,12 year old Clay Hall of Washington will originate the younger son part from Ovet American production by Arena Stage in January 1933. George Griazard, Arena Stage member for two years, will understudy Kerr. Alan Schneider repeats directing. The Teahouse of the August Moon sweeps awards including Pulitzer and critics’ citations. Leora Dana and Tad Andrews replace Mar garet Sullavan and Joseph Cotton in Sabrina Fair in May. John Cromwell to depart cast.
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Clay Hall
Washington
Arena Stage
Capital
George Griazard
Rale Kerr
Alan Schneider
Joan Patrick
Antoinetta Perry
New York Drama Critics’ Circle
The
Theater Club
Regia Theater Club
Leora Dana
Tad Andrews
Margaret Sullavan
Joseph Cotton
John Cromwell
Caat
Hla
Carradine alimony woes unravel in Chicago
Hollywood dateline reports John Carradine hides from California as alimony fights echo through his life. His wife No 2 claims a court release froze payments while he earns $750 weekly in Chicago. She says back taxes and storage bills drain their funds, leaving her with four cents. A visiting opera company and ten cats add to the strain.
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John Carradine
Chicago
Adene
Carradine
California
New York
Hollywood Hills Household Rehearsal Ends in Turbulent Meeting
A Los Angeles living room hosts a twice weekly singers rehearsal aiming to form the city’s first opera company. Amid laughing guests and a doorbell rush, actress Sonia Carradine shelters a blonde visitor and her baby while Teresa Tudor reveals her past and a troubled marriage unfolds. The scene mixes faith, art, and domestic chaos as the group plans a bold artistic future.
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Mrs. Carradine
Teresa Tudor
Sonia
Coffee Also Cheap Ethiopia is Place To Go For Beer Drinkers
Washington May 11. Harman W Nichols reports from an Ethiopian embassy official that living in Addis Ababa is inexpensive, with coffee for a penny and steak dinners under two dollars. The embassy secretary describes cheap food, coffee, and housing as Emperor Haile Selassie’s visit draws attention.
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Ethiopia
Harman W. Nichols
Washington
Kebbede Abbebe
Haile Selassie
Abbebe
Vik
Ross
Addis Ababa
Eisenhower
Quick Knowledge Quiz From a Curious Page
A collage of trivia and reader questions covers ancient stoics, comme il faut meaning, Pike's Peak terrain, ratification of the Constitution, and the president who married Lucretia Randolph. The page also lists birthday prompts, historical notes, and a biographical riddle about a Concord born woman and a Texas oilman parachuting era figure.
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Pike’s Peak
United States
Lucretia Rudolph
Truman Refuses Expensive Chrysler Gift at Seventieth Birthday
Washington Merry Go Round recalls Harry Truman declining a Chrysler Imperial or New Yorker offered by Chrysler executives in Bohemian Grove talks. Truman, now a private citizen, said he would pay for it and that the office of the presidency should not be exploited for publicity. The column also reports on McCarthy’s alleged plan to trap Army Counselor John Adams with a supposed legal ploy involving Swedish dextran patents and a misattributed lawyer.
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John C. White
Eisenhower
Texas
White
Dorothy
Dave
Nieman
Harvard
Oscar Unterberger
Alice Marble
Ping
Alice
Hal
Uke
Helen
Terry Moore
Hal Forter
Washington
Harry Truman
Chrysler
Drew Pearson
Pearson Non-Admiration Society
K. J. Keller
Chrysler Corp
Bohemian Grove
California
White House
Truman
General Motors
Keller
Kellar
Bohemian Club
McCarthy
Alden
Army
John G. Adams
Aneed Army
U.S.A
Pharmacia Company
United States
John G. Adama
Adams
Justice Department
Pharmacia
New York
Frank A. Bowers
Swedds
Bowers
Dextran
Stevens
Department of Justice
Joe McCarthy
Leivyer
Frank A. Barrows
Fish
Richardson
Neave
Sweden
John Adams
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Doug Crouch
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Robert B. Keenan
Gladewater
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George T. Hinson
Mineola
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Harry N. Graves
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Alan B. Haley
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Burger
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Iron Curtain
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Hollywood
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Oklahoma
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