Broadway with Walter Winchell Snapshot of New York Street Life
A vivid catalog of midtown and downtown New York scenes from Sixth Avenue to Fifty-seventh Street. It sketches colorful figures and places including beer trucks, barmaids, a doorways culture, the Waldorf, a Potter’s Field burial drift, street signs, service men canteens, and the Museum of Modern Art garden.
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Sixth Avenue
the Waldorf
East River
Potter’s Field
Broadway
Bowery
Fifth Avenue
Pierre
Fifty-ninth
Midtown
Columm
Chinatown
Radio City
Museum of Modern Art
Family Court
E. Fifty-seventh Street
Robinson Failed in Escape Attempt at Jefferson County Jail
Thomas H. Robinson Jr a convicted kidnapper from Louisville was moved to Milan Michigan federal prison after an unsuccessful jailbreak attempt at Jefferson County Jail. He and three other inmates overpowered a guard but failed when the guard lacked outer door keys according to U S Marshal L E Cranor.
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Louisville, Ky
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Alice Speed Stoll
Louisville
Federal Correctional Institution
Milan
Mich
Jefferson County
United States
L. E. Cranor
Robinson
Theater Timings Show Busy Tue at Local Theaters
The Gazette lists Paramount Madame Curie and various shorts with showings at 11:36 and other times. IOWA presents Tarzan's Desert Mystery and Pistol Packin Mama with afternoon and evening showings. Palace and Rialto feature Wintertime Hitler's Madman Shantytown and Riders of the Rio Grande at multiple times. The national committee offers conservation of manpower in war industries for plant safety programs.
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National Committee For Conservation of
Four-Point Plan Aims Trailer Fire Legislation
State Fire Marshal John Strohm and Linn county safety committee approved a four point plan to pursue laws eliminating trailer fire hazards. The plan calls for extinguishers in every trailer, removal of non removable windows, a second mandatory door, and trailer camp spacing rules.
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John Strohm
Linn County Safety Commission
Strohm
Midwest
Cedar Rapids
Hollywood Writers Craft Unique Script With Bromfield Mann
Louella Parsons reports Louis Bromfield and Thomas Mann collaborate with Maximillian Jlyin on a film titled The Woman of the 100 Faces. Each author will tell his own version in separate episodes about a famous woman whose identity remains secret until the script is finished. The concept stems from Paris painters depicting one woman through many impressions. The project marks Mann’s first film writing.
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L Joux Woop
INS
Louis Bromfield
Thomas Mann
Maximillian Jlyin
Hyin
Bromfield
Mann
Paris
War Bonds Savings Tip Amid Family Budgets
A wartime guidance note suggests that about half of families have at least two workers and invites readers to calculate how much beyond 10 percent of their income they can invest in War Bonds from each payday.
Close Books on Freak Death of Otto Schaedlick
The death of 58 year old Otto Schaedlick of Amana was ruled accidental and closed. His body was found on highway 149 six miles west of Cedar Rapids on Nov 28, about 18 feet from his car with a flat tire and torn bumper. Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon stated no signs of violence were found. The investigator suspected a blowout caused the car to leave the road.
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Otto Schaedlick
Amana
Cedar Rapids
Larry Condon
Schaedlick
Condon
Schachlick
Backward car theory cited in Schaedlick death
Schaedlick is believed to have been crushed as a car in reverse circled him twice and knocked him face down into grass. Immediate cause of death was suffocation. Condon noted witnesses saw the car move backward with no evidence of foul play while commenting on rising industrial accidents linked to young and elderly workers.
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Schaedlick
Condon
McCormack says Stalin not accused in Teheran banquet tale
Rep. McCormack cites President Roosevelt denying a vodka bottle incident involving Marshal Semeon Timoshenko at Teheran. Roosevelt reportedly said there was no foundation for the tale and that Timoshenko was not present at the banquet.
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Washington
Rep
McCormack
D-Mass
Roosevelt
Josef Stalin
Semeon Timoshenko
Teheran
White House
House
Timoshenko
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