Broadway Shows Backed by Chicago Racket-Coins
Stage Door notes rival Broadway hits backed by Chicago money with M Gordon anxious over flops and a $500,000 advance sale claimed for M Tods As the Girls Go. Nellie Lutcher's Real Gone Gal is praised, Kiss Me Kate's Bianca described, and Ila Doll replaces Gay Orlova amid ticket woes. Critics discuss superstition and early reviews of The Young and Fair and The Silver Whistle with Ferrer acclaimed.
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Chicago
Gordon
M. Todd
Nellie Lutcher
Ellectricity
Cole Porter
Dhune
Kate
Bianca
Gay Orlova
Broadway
Ila Doll
Playbill
Eugene Burr
Jackson
Broadway chit chat and film notes from a busy cinema week
Between the Acts gossip links Indian millionaire Ali Khan with Rita Hayworth and quips about Orson Welles. Betty Grable headlines When My Baby Smiles at Me while Dan Dailey supports her. Also mentions Miss Tatlock's Millions Monty Woolley Blanche Fury A Southern Yankee Hills of Home and Behind Locked Doors with light critiques and star turns.
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Ali Kahn
Rita Hayworth
Arthur Murray
Orson
Betty Grable
Dan Dailey
Miss Tatlock
Pixie
Monty Woolley
John Lund
Blanche Fury
Theatre musings and media notes echo early 20th century tastes
A compact column cites theater ethics from Poe to Dumas and riffs on 1940s film deals and TV. It recalls Schopenhauer on theater, Zanuck versus Fox, Mr. and Mrs North, Gabe Heatter, George Gallup on Mutual, and historical music pushing rhythm through Sacasas and Corwin critiques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
20Th Century-Fox
Darryl F. Zanuck
Mrs. North
Gabe Heatter
Geo. Gallup
George
Ackbelly
Sarah Bernhardt
Sacasas
Victor
Music Business Mag
Norman Corwin
Mr. Corwin
Farm Price Supports Debate Shapes Next Congress
The piece traces a shift toward a rigid price support plan for crops, noting growing farmer and big farm group support despite objections from Brannon and urban opponents. It cites 652 million dollars in crop loans outstanding and predicts a new rigid program will replace the flexible Aiken bill amid election results and political battles.
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Aiken-Hope
Charles F. Brannon
Congress
Weather prophets and the rise of paid forecasts
An article reviews the growth of paid weather forecasting services led by John E. Wallace, claiming a booming industry selling detailed forecasts to railways, airlines, and businesses. It notes the novelty and marketing hype around predicting rain or snow and compares it to traditional bureaus.
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John E. Wallace
Army Air Forces
Washington Weather Bureau
Reclamation Plan Aims for West Through 1954
Secretary Krug unveils a long range reclamation program for western states extending to 1954. It envisions spending nearly four billion dollars to reclaim and irrigate thousands of acres, attract 100000 settlers, lift crop values by about three billion dollars, and boost hydroelectric revenue by 64000000 annually. The new Congress may also repeal Interior Department funding that led to the firing of Commissioner Michael W. Strauss.
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United States Senate
Senate
Commodity Credit Corporation
Secretary of the Interior
J. A. Krug
Congress
Interior Department
Reclamation
Michael W. Strauss
Grandfather Frog Plans To Enter The Great World
Grandfather Frog, long wary of Farmer Brown's Boy, resolves to leave the Smiling Pool and explore the Great World after a quarrel with his cousin Mr. Toad. Jerry Muskrat warns him, but the old frog insists on going to learn what lies beyond his home.
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Randfather Frog
Grandfather Frog
Mr. Toad
Smiling Pool
Farmer Brown
Green Meadows
Mr. Thad
Jerry Muskrat
Associated Newspapers
WNN
Knitted Wool Baby Set Pattern No 5804 Adorable Bonnet
A kitten soft blue wool baby bonnet with pale pink pompons and matching thumbless mittens trimmed with tiny pompons. Simple knitting suitable for beginners. For complete instructions and switch illustrations send 20 cents, your name, address, and pattern number 5804.
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Cain
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Notes of A
New Yorker
Wm. Hawkins
Minority Report
Thirthr Guild
Jose Ferrer
Chapman
Ferrer
Edger A. Poe
Schopenhauer
Dumas
Ashington
Raymond Baldwin
Conn
National Association of Manufacturers
Will Hays
GOP
Ng A Phillips
Washington
Cinema Review
Bosley Crowther
Charles Bracket
Howard Barnes
Edwin G. Nourse
Nourse
Thornton W. Birgess
Chagarum
Sewing Circle
South Wells St
H. Bull
W. Hl
Bull's Herbs
Lydia Eg. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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