Yanks and Merchants in Big League Race Promises Fun
A veteran fan quarters a playful analysis of a topsy turvy baseball season pitting Yanks against beer oils cigarettes and other sponsors. The piece blends sport chatter with light questions to a boy and features jokes about advertisements and radio.
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Elmer Twitchell
Screen rown-haired star Marta Toren rises at last in Sword in the Desert
Stockholm discovery at the Royal Dramatic Academy leads to a Hollywood breakthrough as Universal International signs Marta Toren after a positive screen test. Sword in the Desert features Dana Andrews and Stephen McNally and marks her star status. The piece notes her early ballet study, a detour to secretarial work, then dramatic school before fame. It highlights NBC Cavalcade of America with Irene Dunne and Raymond Massey, plus Lloyd Bridges’ long road to his first big break and later roles.
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Marta Toren
Royal Dramatic Academy
Stockholm
Greta Garbo
Ingrid Bergman
Universal-International
Pears
Dana Andrews
Stephen McNally
Cavalcade of America
NBC
Mikes
Irene Dunne
Raymond Massey
Charlies Soyer
Dorothy McGuire
Lloyd Bridges
Hollywood
The
Brave
Eagle-Lion
Mr. Bridges
River Rescue Amid Wildfire Fire Keeps Langford's Cabin in Jeopardy
Langford races through a forest fire toward the river to save Anne and Bobby. He finds a fragile raft makes from a hen coop and drifts to shore with his family and belongings, discovering Anne misjudged as helpless before the peril.
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Langford
Anne
Bobby
Tkseeee
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues Listed
A dense set of crossword clues across and down covering topics from metal circlets to provinces and animals. Clue numbers range across and down with numerous compact hints and partial answers.
Great Golfers Dread Short Putts and .300 Hitter Trend
A veteran writer reflects on the cost of short putts in golf, recounting Ben Hogan and Sammy Snead near-misses on majors, and notes a .300 hitter surge in baseball with 11 players at or above .300 in each league and several near the threshold led by Jackie Robinson.
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Johnny Farrell
Grantland Rice
Ben Hogan
Sammy Snead
Cary Middlecoff
Hogan
Canterbury
Cleveland
Ben
Sam
Snead
Jackie Robinson
Red Schoendienst
Cardinals
Marshall
Thompson
Lockman
Musial
Hodges
Kiner
Gordon
Stan
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Yanks and Tobacco
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England
Willis
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Ness
Grace Noll Crowell
Inez Gerard
Palestine
Fiction
Or Nay
Province Household
India
Partico
Gr. Arch
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Netone
Thomas
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St. Louis
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Tom O'Shanter
St. Pete
Harold Arnett