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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1950
Page
3
Practical guide for budget smart women to extend wardrobes by making accessories at home. Tips include remodeling old hats belts purses and gloves and creating new looks from existing dresses with simple fabric trims and clever stitching.
Beatty Colbert wins the popularity poll with Three Came Home as the top latest picture. June Allyson, Loretta Young and Olivia de Havilland hold high positions among women. Bing Crosby leads the men's list, with Spencer Tracy Cary Grant and Clark Gable also ranked. M G M will revive The Merry Widow in Technicolor starring Lana Turner and Ricardo Montalban.
Louis Calhern, after acclaimed stage portrayal of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in Magnificent Yankee, has arranged to bring the role to the screen with Metro.
Wally Butterworth receives a flood of spoofed names for his Voices that Live treasure hunt including Walla Walla Valley Water Works and Walter Warwurst. Ruth Roman endures a coffee gag during a Lightning Strikes Twice scene as director King Vidor theatrically forces a second take with alum in her mouth.
Miami police received misdirected orders via their radio system urging actions at Newport Harbor, Calif. The bizarre prank referenced actors John Garfield and Patricia Neal. The FCC intervened and Warner Bros. adjusted the frequency.
Jo Stafford now heard three times weekly on CBS and hosts a weekly half hour disc jockey show on Radio Luxembourg. Her England fan club is flourishing, signaling growing international recognition for the singer.
Eddie Albert produced the educational film Human Be ginnin s with 98.4 acceptance by parents and teachers nationwide. Helena Carter left movies after South Sea Sinner but won a role opposite James Cagney in Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye. Pia Tassinari and Ferrucio Taglivini spark interest for recording Lontano lontano. Mala Powers cast as Roxanne in Cyrano de Bergerac with Ida Lupino finding her first film. Jose Ferrer predicts Oscars for her in ten years. The General Federation of Women's Clubs plans to honor M G M for The Stratton Story while seeking different dramatic roles for the star. Sara Churchill, Winston's daughter, to debut in American film.
The 1950 Savings Bond Independence Drive uses 52 replicas of the Liberty Bell, shipped to all states plus DC and Hawaii, to symbolize thrift and freedom. The bells, exact copies with the crack indicated, tour nationwide until July 4, with a bell loaned to each state for permanent display after the drive.
The 52 bells on a treasury drive are paid for by the copper industry. Ford Motor Company will transport the bells from the Brooklyn Navy Yard to state capitals and Washington. Each bell weighs 2080 pounds, is over 85 percent copper, and was produced using the lost wax method.
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