Parlor vs Bleachers Sparks in a TV Driven Era
A columnist analyzes the pressure of television on attendance and finances in sports, noting Big Nine crowd trends and rare sellout games. He recalls boxers like Firpo, Dempsey, Tunney, and modern fighters who saved money, contrasted with the era’s evolving money management and televised sport dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grantland Ries
Big Nine
Los Angeles
Luis Angel Firpo
Pampas
Pirpa
Bill Brennan
Jack Dempsey
Firpo
Buenos Aires
Dempsey
Frank Gotch
Mauler
Manassa
Gene Tunney
Tunney
Ray Robinson
Jake LaMatla
Eddie Eagan
United Defense Fund Organization Formed to Aid Welfare Services
United Defense Fund Inc formed to finance national health and welfare services for defense needs. It appealed to Community Chests in over 1200 cities for funds to support a 1931 program. The federation brings national agencies and local interests together for a single package appeal to finance civilian and military health and welfare efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Defense Fund, Inc
National Emergency Services
Community Chests and Councils of America, Inc
National Social Welfare Assembly, Inc
E. A. Roberts
Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company
Philadelphia
New York City
Charles H. Watts
Beneficial Management Corporation
Newark
N. J
William H. Bulkeley
Kellogg and Bulkeley, Lithographic Division
Connecticut Printers Incorporated
Hartford, Conn
American Social Hygiene Association
Jewish Welfare Board
National Catholic Community Services
YMCA
National Recreation Association
National Travelers’ Aid Association
W.C.A
Child Welfare League of America
National Organization For Public Health Nursing
National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers
National Urban League
National Catholic Community Service
United Campaign
National Quota Committee
National Budget Committee
Mr Music and United Defense Fund Highlight Movie and Fund Drive
The era’s stars and a national aid effort mingle in a review of Mr Music directed by Crosby with Ruth Hussey and Charles Coburn leading a strong cast. The article shifts to the United Defense Fund formed by Community Chests to finance emergency services with a 1951 goal of 7.9 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez G
Crosby
Ruth Hussey
Charles Coburn
Dorothy Kirsten
Groucho Marx
Peggy Lee
Nancy Olson
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues Mixed In Fragment
A jumbled list of crossword clues across and down with numbers and partial words. Entries include references to Norse war flags and heraldry terms, river names, and common puzzle items plus scattered partial phrases. The text reads as a fragmented clue grid unlikely to form full entries without missing letters or grid structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebrides
British Water Islands Island
Black C. Seat
Boxes Smith’s
Astaire
Safeguards
S.looks
Germany
Bargeman
Last Week's Clues Solve a Puzzle Crossword Style
A compact word puzzle item lists clues and answers from a past week puzzle. Entries include vessel, edible fish, withered poet, great quantity, fuel manner, Hawaiian patlands, vase for flowers, barium symbol, land, Odessa native, USSR, small mountain lake, an attack, a kind of chisel, real, and measure of land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barium
Sym
Odessa
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Rooms for Rent Epone and a Currier and Ives Dream
Dick Shipley quarrels with finances over summer rooms in their old country house. Margaret negotiates a rental with Mr. Frost from Big Rapids after using a clever newspaper ad line. Frost pays, noting the ad’s psychological appeal while Dick realizes his wife’s marketing snag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Shipley
Margaret
Shipley
Mr. Frost
Big Rapids
Ice
Richard Shipley
Stanley Road
Weehagen
Michigan
Jolson Helps Hotel Clerk’s Wife Retrieve Lost Bet
Al Jolson helps a hotel desk clerk and wife after the husband stole from a safe. Jolson takes them to a dog track and nets $3,000 from a win while teaching a lesson about gambling. The tale recalls a past fan’s college fund aided by Jolson’s generosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hialeah
Jolson
Sonny Boy
Hackie
Miami
New York
Dolphin Eye Shape Reveals Heart Like Pupil
The article describes the dolphin eye featuring a heart shaped pupil. It notes the unusual geometry and suggests it may relate to sensory or visual adaptations in the species.
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GAR
Andy Pafko
Cacago Cubs
Frank Branch
Mississippi State
Grantland Rice
Flora
Fighters In the Black
Tunney and Others
United Defense Fund
GRE
Ralph Edwards
Cbs-Tv
NBC
Margaret Truman
Lauren Bacall
Humphrey Bogart
20Th Century-Fox
Bogart
Europe
Katherine Hepburn
Bing Crosby
HAROLD _ARNETT
Fiction
Broadway
Main Street
Dar
Mr. Jolson
Billy Rose
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