Broadway gossip and showbiz rumors sweep Winchell column
Walter Winchell’s Broadway diary notes secret remarriage rumors involving Joe Louis and Marva 1, shifts in Tommy Dorsey and Leo Carillo circles, Spike Jones wedding plans, Ruth’s hair loss recovery, Peggy Mann’s hotel mishap, Gloria Lind and Lawrence Schaffer ring shopping, and a wave of industry intrigue from New Haven to Los Angeles.
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Joe Louis
Marva
Tommy Dorseys
Spike Jones
Helen Greco
Babe Ruth
Peggy Mann
Gloria Lind
Femme Thrush
Lawrence Schaffer
New Haven
Leo Carillo
Don Marshall
Billboard
Iceland
Leo the Lion
Loew
Indiana Tax Hikes Push Smokers To Buy Ahead
Indianapolis smokers crowded cigarette counters to beat Tuesdays three cent per pack tax. Officials estimate the levy will raise about nine million dollars annually for the state.
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Indianapolis
INS
Indiana
Notice of Dissolution Hall Manufacturing Company
Notice states Hall Manufacturing Company Ionation was dissolved and its corporate termination occurred per Articles following a two thirds stockholder vote at an annual meeting held on DM MHbveaset Trewin Simmons Perrine & t.
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Hall Manufacturing Company
Ionation
U N Delegates Confer With Irgun Over Terrorism Pause
U N delegates met with Irgun in Tel Aviv within the last 24 hours as high ranking leaders attended the talks. Irgunists pledged to cease attacks if provocations stop. A UN delegate hailed the meeting as the end of terrorism though observers doubt Irgun will stay idle if death sentences for three youths are confirmed in Acre prison.
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Tel Aviv
Fort Dodge Power Plant to Be Flood Proofed
Fort Dodge's electric plant will be flood proofed to withstand Des Moines river flood waters two to three feet higher than last week's crest. C. P. Conrad of Rock Island Illinois Gas and Electric Company spoke to business leaders outlining flood resilience. The city will gain a high voltage link to Kansas City Des Moines and Davenport to maintain operations during outages and mobile generating units will be kept ready for hospitals refrigerators and essential industries.
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Fort Dodge
Des Moines
C. P. Conrad
Rock Island
Ill
Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Kansas City
Davenport
Conrad
Mysterious oval shaped aircraft sighted in San Francisco
Residents report a new aerial object resembling a flying saucer over San Francisco for the past week. Frank M. King of San Leandro and friends observed an oval shaped craft that echoed similar sightings across Pendleton Oregon Boise Idaho and Oklahoma City. A Lexington Kentucky physician and his mother also described a Martian like aircraft seen near the University of California during an atomic medicine class.
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San Francisco
Frank M. King
San Leandro
Calif
Semae
Ous King
Pendleton
Ore
Boise
Oklahoma City
Lexington, Ky
University of California
Leon Oetinger
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Peter Arno
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U. of Illinois
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Barbara
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N. Y. Musicians Union
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Nylons
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Runyon Cancer Fund
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Cleveland
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M. Fanning
Los Angeles
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Runyon
N. Y
Chicago
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Jimmy Stewart
Robert Walker
Flo Pritchett
Lucien Warner
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American Gem Society
Dissolution Hall Manufacturing Company
Simmons, Perrine & T
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Caltex
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Tabak
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Second Avenue
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