Radio's Van Heflin breaks mold on path to stardom
In a radio era note, Van Heflin, famed for playing Phillip Marlowe on Bob Hope's summer show, rose from 1930s New York microphone records to Broadway and film. The piece also lists other radio and music programs and schedules, including Romberg, Carle, and daily listings. The Armed Services Committee session turns open briefly as Maj. Gen Lauris Norstad and Vice Admiral Forrest Sherman attend.
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van Heflin
Phillip Marlowe
Bob Hope
WHIS
Broadway
New York
Armed Services Committee
Sudddenly
Lauris Norstad
Forrest Sherman
Bluefield Graduates At VPI Among Virginia Tech's Largest Class
Bluefield produced several graduates in Virginia Tech's large 75th year class. Ernest Saunders David Horner Jackson Joseph Preston Ruddell Fred Lee Troy Edwin C Wade Jr earned B S degrees in chemical and electrical and mechanical engineering plus accounting. Worth Bositure Jr Frank Turpin Jr earned M S degrees in chemical engineering. Brig Gen James A Anderson urged graduates to stay in Virginia as 475 B S and 43 M S candidates received diplomas from Acting President Walter S Newman.
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David Horner Jackson
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Fred Lee Troy
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Bill Blair Greever
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Jack Freeman
William Bositure, Jr
Frank George Turpin, Jr
James A. Anderson
Virginia
M.S
VPI
Walter S. Newman
Westbrook Pegler Reflects On Sects And Quack Spiritualists
The column recalls old debates among religious groups and mocks fringe healers. Pegler contrasts human striving for truth with the ease of labeling dissenters as frauds while noting the heated language used by various sects and the insult of calling someone a quack spiritualist.
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