Radio stars and film anniversaries in a busy 1940s digest
A collage notes Kate Smith's 15 years on CBS and Warner Bros 20th anniversary of talking pictures. It mentions Cecil Ray and the Korn Kobblers in Elizabethtown NJ, Evelyn Knight on Lanny Ross, Ralph Edwards and Buster Roos cancer fund drive, Gene Kelly with Emmett Kelly, and Metro cocktail party items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Warner Bros
Warner Theater
New York
Evelyn Knight
Lanny Ross
Brazil
Ralph Edwards
Buster Roos
Ralph
American Cancer Society
Columbia Pictures
Gene Kelly
Emmett Kelly
Metro
Kan Johanson
Fon
Janis Purge
Cast of Characters From New York Nightlife Narratives
A vivid mosaic of colorful urban figures including Midnight Susie the haunting hag on 3rd Avenue gin mills and 52nd Street bartenders with secrets. The piece catalogs performers, hustlers, poets, bookies, shoe-shine gals, hustlers, and a parade of fringe characters around Grand Central, Madison Avenue, and the East River. It weaves in anecdotes about Maurice Barrymore, Jack Haley, Bob Benchley, and satirical takes on political undercurrents in Madrid and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midnight Susie
Broadway
3Nd Avenue
Tin-Pan Alley
America
52Nd Street
Stork Club
Grand Central Station
Poisonous Frogs Change Color of Parrots in Brazil
The article describes a Brazilian practice where natives extract a deadly toxin from bright scarlet frogs to dye green Amazon parrots. Feathers are dyed by rubbing skin with a live frog, turning new plumage from green to bright yellow and increasing the bird’s value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Also Mentioned on This Page
Westwormmer Union
Mutual
Stan Pritte
Elizabeth
N. J
Cecil Ray
van Merriam
National Federation of Music Clubs
NBC
Kate Smith
Susan Turner
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie
N. C
Vassar
Szignelegice
Bernese Jura
Switzerland
Ada Rehan
Shanghai
San Francisco
New Orleans
Farmers Union Co-op
Alfred
John Menne
Floyd Johnston
Milt Holton
Eric Ziemann
Ta Montre County Farmers Union
Jimmy Fortnex
Spanish Fort
Texas
Panama
Enrique Jiminez
Antonio Pino
Union Square
Park Avenue
East River
New York Stock Exchange
Mulberry Street
Madison Ave
Ted Breton
Maurice Barrymore
Chicago
Maurice
George Castle
Jack Haley
Gromyka
U. No
Haley
Louella Parsons
Bob Benchley
Spain
Germany
Hitler
Madrid
Solder
Heywood Broun
Brown
H. L. Menck
Menck
Europe
LA Ask
Home Service Company
Wout Thiel Soc
Salt Lake City
Dich
U.S
Exis Amees
Colocada
Darvar
Cate
Mead Plant Farms
Overton
Neva
Stanley G, Robinson
Albany
Oregon
U. S
Van Sprag_ with Plc
Taf
Schenigal Corp, Incorporated
Louisville
WNU
Barden
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