Television’s iron grip on the home and its social cost
An analysis of television’s rise in American households notes audiences grow glued to screens, reducing talk and social interaction. It highlights diverse programming, viewer obsession, and the shift from books and newspapers to showmanship driven entertainment, turning homes into arenas of constant spectacle.
Armour Company Abandons Preferred Dividend in Price Decline
The firm cites a 20 to 30 percent drop in meat prices and notes steaks and chops are worth little more than their weight in gold. It mentions Ford cars with new design but persistent strike conditions, referencing limited color options as dark blue.
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Armour and Co
Ford
Anessa Brown and Other Glamour Figures in 1940s Screen World
Vanessa Brown models the ideal young actress on screen and in radio, after finishing college and filming The Heiress with William Wyler. Joan Fontaine returns to REO in Bed of Roses, with her iron-willed heroine. John Millan leaves films for an avocado ranch, while Wendell Holmes earns fame as Scattergood Baines and Churchill imitator.
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Anessa Brown
Paramount
William Wyler
Vanessa
Alaska
Vaux Pop
Screen Guild
Tod
Joan Fontaine
Reo
Olivia de Haviland
Joan
John Millan
Vista
Calif
Mr. Howard
Mike
Dick Pownel
Evelyn Keyes Starrer
United Artists
Filmland
Glamour
Mutual
Valeria Learns Love’s Mirage at Newfane Ball
Valeria ends a brief fling with Eliot Warvey at Newfane Lake and attends a Country Club ball with Doug Metcalf. Eliot reappears in her arms, provoking jealousy and a sense of fatal detachment as she weighs a real connection against surface glamour.
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Aleria
Eliot Warvey
Eliot
Newfane Lake
Val
Doug Metcalf
Doug
Thor
Sheelah Jackson
Valeria
No Regrets and Iron Origins Intersect in a Tangled Evening
In a crowded party Valeria rebuffs Eliot after he drunkenly professes love and reveals his true weakness. She leaves to pursue dependable Doug, while a rapid aside notes early iron discovery and ancient production methods. The scene contrasts personal turmoil with a distant historical aside.
Crossword Puzzle Across Clues From a 1920s Page
A compact crossword style with across clues including Part of a check, aromatic spice, Trish Free State, King of Norway, seaweed, habit, furnished temporarily, negative reply, spawn of Ssh, river Spain, Board of Ordnance abbr, biblical city, plaster of Paris, kind of dance, Roman pound, perform, make hot, Native of Nevada, bitter vetch, Jewish month, benevolent, like a wing, A Crown bitter nut tvar, attractive collag, back of the foot, note.
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Trish Free State
Norway
Spain
Board of Ordnance
Plaster of Paris
Nevada
Tvar
Roosevelt Jr Wins NY Congressional Seat Amid Dynastic Hype
The New York race sees Franklin D Roosevelt Jr allying with Liberal and Four Freedoms tickets to win the Sol Bloom vacancy. Analysts hail a potential Roosevelt dynasty as Harlem and Albany focus rise. Barkley rejects Secret Service. he vows to stay a common man as Truman aides urged protection.
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Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
New York
Sol Bloom
Tammany
Champ
White House
Albany
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Four Freedoms
Marhattan
West Side
Congress
Kentucky
Alben W. Barkley
Barkley
Truman
Secret Service
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
J. Edgar Hoover
Senate
Berlin airlift hero receives flowers at Templehof
General Clay urges Germany readmission to democratic nations and warns the four power alliance must be restored. He cites Berlin airlift spirit and German constitutional democracy while criticizing Soviet aims. Early Berlin elections show anti police state sentiment and weak Communist performance.
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Joe Russo
U.S. Army Air Force
Templehof Airdrome
Berlin
Germany
Clay
Lucius D. Clay
United States
America
Washington
Truman
Community of Western Nations
Russia
House of Representatives
Senate
Western
England
France
Soviet
People’s Congress
Congress
Peoples’ Congress
Wild West showman defies Georgia driving laws
Col. Zach Miller of the 101 Ranch Wild West Show and his driver James Colbert were stopped in Georgia for speeding at 75 mph in a 55 zone and driving without a license. Troopers arrested Miller for permitting use of a vehicle by an unlicensed operator. Miller refused to stand trial, vowing to rot in jail before paying.
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Col
Zach Miller
Georgia
James Colbert
Colbert
Colonel Miller
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Arthur Godfrey
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