First USO Troupe Heads To Korea With War Veterans
The first USO entertainment unit bound for Korea sails with eight performers including veteran drummer Jack Fowell. The troupe, built to endure heat and three months on duty, features Elaine Lee and two female roles, with plans for further troupes.
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Korea
Elizabeth Toumey
New York
Japan
India
France
Jack Fowell
Europe
Hawaii
London
Powell
Elaine Lee
England
Burma
China
Bridge caution and a risky double in a high stakes hand
In a hand from a bridge column, a player passes then doubles after an overcall, aiming to buy points. The piece warns that a double against a strong opponent contract can backfire, outlining the dangers of high cards on one side suit and the odds favoring the defender, with guidance on better decision making and a weekend question about the advantages of sound doubles versus continuing with partner’s bid.
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South
West
Daily Crossword Puzzle Clues and Scrambled Answers
A mixed set of crossword clues with partial letter patterns and garbled fragments. Includes across and down entries such as United Nations battle ground capital Egypt and various mis-spelled or corrupted terms. Likely a newspaper puzzle snapshot with shifted letters and incomplete lines.
Gas Main Explodes Under Car Damages Dallas Station
Motorist Kern Herris attempted to pass a shifting road when an eight inch gas pipeline burst under his car. The vehicle was thrown across 246 feet, crashed into a gas station, knocked over two pumps, and came to rest after skidding 38 feet. Herris escaped with only a slight arm injury.
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Dallas
Kern Herris
Shifi
Distant Guns Men Die But Spring's Endless Spell Returns
War correspondent William Chapman describes spring returning to a war zone in Korea. Soldiers move among battle debris as heat dust insects and polluted air affect civilians and troops. Despite harsh memories and lingering hardship, the season brings warmth and visible life with rice paddies and renewed activity. The piece notes ongoing challenges from dust and pests as summer approaches.
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Spring
Willias
Chapman Lesiatt
Waterex
Kansas
Harermers
Orient
New Movies Taste Bac The Studio Stand-In Has Peculiar Job
Hollywood feature on Billy Vernon a film taster who works as Ronett Young’s stand in by day and in Technicolor darkrooms by night. He tastes film color negatives to identify emulsion side and color tones. Vernon recounts working on reels for Half Breed Jet Pilot and Gone With the Wind noting the job’s odd, color driven challenges.
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Ronett Young
Tke
Buge Technicolor Giant
Hollywood
Vernon
Verneon
Young
REO
Technicolor
Wen
Betty Grable
Cecil B. Demille
Harth
MGM
Livestock Market Report From Fort Worth Area
USDA cattle prices show generally steady to strong trends week over week with high spots. Slaughter steers and yearlings reach 37. one lot of over 100 club yearlings at 35.25. Cows 28, bulls 29, stocker steer yearlings 36. calves mostly steady to strong with choice slaughter calves 33-35 and commercial end 26-32.50. medium to choice stocker calves 28-40, load 282 lbs at 41.50. Hogs up 25-50 on butcher hogs and sows. tops: butcher hogs 21, sows 14.50, feeder pigs 19.00.
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Fort Worth
USDA
James W. Cranford Home On Furlough
Private James W. Cranford, stationed at Fort Lewis Washington, is home on furlough to visit his parents Mrs Rosa Wilkins and Jim Cranford. Cranford had lived in Baytown for 12 years and enlisted October 11, 1950.
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Priiate
James W. Cranford
Fort Lewis
Washington
Rosa Wilkins
Busch Terrace
Jim Cranford
Ash
Cranford
Baytown
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