Gambling law reform in Nevada exposed by Kefauver
United States Senator Estes Kefauver reports on the Senate Crime Committee tour of Nevada finding that legalized gambling fails to deter crime and enriches mobsters. He links Bugsy Siegel Benny Binion and Clifford Jones to casino influence while noting licensing pitfalls and violent organized crime tied to Las Vegas gambling. He warns reform may protect illicit interests.
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America
Estes Kefauver
United States
Nevada
Senate Crime Committee
Las Vegas
Reno
Bugsy Siegel
New York
Murder, Inc
California
Lester
Benny) Binion
Dallas
Binion
Texas
Harold Noble
The
Noble
Lester C. Hunt
Wyoming
Nevada State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
William J. Moore
Last Frontier
Moore
Charles W. Tobey
New Hampshire
Race News
Life Blood of Gambling
Clifford Aaron Jones
Pioneer Club
Golden Nugget
Jones
Robert E. Jones
Siegel
Lucky Luciano
Frank Costello
Joe Adonis
Flamingo Hotel
Moe Sedway
Nevada Wire Service
Fischetti Brothers
Chicago - Capone Syndicate
Frank Erickson
Detroit
Bugsy
Virginia Hill
Flamingo
Morris Rosen
Stearns Brothers
Santa Anita Club
Frontier Club
Blood Donation Sought for Army Needs
Health adults between 21 and 59 are urged to donate blood as vital support for the Korean War effort.
Plasma Mix Needed To Save Battle Injured
Blood plasma must be mixed with sterile water before injection into human veins to treat wounded soldiers on the battlefield.
Morals index ties scandals to national ethics challenge
Dr Oliver C Carmichael president of the Carnegie Foundation warns that collegiate sports scandals gambling and municipal corruption threaten US morals. In his 46th annual report he says the exposure should awaken Americans and notes that while many innocents are swept up in loyalty probes those guilty deserve no sympathy.
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New York
Oliver C. Carmichael
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
Classic film and radio stars headline 1950s entertainment notes
The piece highlights 18 year old jazz discovery at Saint Mary's College leading to 1936 Fox musicals and Burns and Allen radio spot, Denise Darcel signed for The Sourdoughs opposite Abbott and Costello, and cast notes from Across the Wide Missouri Detective Story Los Alamos and Treasury Men in Action.
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Martin
Saint Mary’s College
Moraga
Calif
20Th Century-Fox
CBS Radio
Denise Darcel
Universal-International
Abbott and Costello
Missouri
Clark Gable
Adolphe Menjou
John Hodiak
Frankie Darro
St. Paul
Shubert Stock Co
Minneapolis
Walter Greaza
Treasury Men In Action
NBCTV
Steve Wilson
NBC Radio
Dinah Shore Sings New Song Tied to Bing Crosby
Tom London of High Noon fame says he can shoot his own age at golf and claims to be 71 while noting a 46 year film career. Dinah Shore promotes a new song recorded by Crosby asserting cross star interest.
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Dinah Shore
Bing Crosby
Tom London
Gary Cooper
London
Actress declines 50 000 a year radio job over family life
Charlotte Manson star of NBC daytime serial Kings Row and her husband Dick Brown of Stop the Music fame turned down a midnight to four AM seven nights a week DJ job at a premier New York nightclub citing potential disruption to family life.
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Charlotte Manson
King’s Row
Dick Brown
Fame
New York
NBC Director Archie Scott breaks hand rehersal cue saved
Archie Scott NBC director of The Halls of Ivy fell in studio and had his hand set then returned to rehearsal. Ronald Colman remarked he did not miss a cue. Rumor says Jack Benny may work in television regularly next year. Vaughn Monroe's troupe plans California winter stay.
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Archie Scott
NBC
Ivy
Ronald Colman
Jack Benny
Vaughn Monroe
California
Entire Family Helps With Preparations For the Holiday
A guide to involving every family member in Christmas preparation. Assign tree picking to youngsters, decorate homes and bedsides, plan a party with games and carols, arrange gift exchanges, add extra entertainment, and end with each member writing what Christmas means in 25 words or fewer.
Handy Painted Toys and Apron Gifts for Young Crafters
Old toys with a fresh coat of paint can become charming gifts for very young children. An attractive apron made from a feed or flour sack suits a young housekeeper and makes a thoughtful, affordable present.
How Old Is Santa Claus The 88 Year Legend
The article explains Santa’s age as 88 at this Christmas, tracing origins to St Nicholas and European legends. It notes Thomas Nast popularized the plump jolly image in 1863 for a Christmas poetry book by J M Gregory, marking a turning point in Santa’s American depiction.
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Santa Claus
Santa
Europe
St. Nicholas
Myra
Thomas Nast
J. M. Gregory
Early Puritans Frowned On Christmas Festivities
In 1659 the Massachusetts General Court decreed by fine five shillings for any observance of Christmas Day through abstinence from labor feasting or any other form. The Puritans favored Thanksgiving instead shaping colonial practice and law in New England.
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General Court of
Massachusetts
America
The Old and the New Jerusalem Visited by Traveler
A visitor contrasts two Jerusalems in one region near Tel Aviv. Modern Tel Aviv features streetcars hotels and cars while the ancient walled city preserves narrow passages archways and stone steps. Donkeys and camels remain common transport echoing biblical times. Life appears much the same.
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Mediterranean
Tel Aviv
Jerusalems
Old Walled City
Christ
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