Mitsui House Dissolution Announced by Mitsui Council
The Mitsui family council led by Baron Takakimi Mitsui announced the dissolution of the Mitsui house, once the backbone of Japan’s sprawling industrial empire valued at over seven billion yen. MacArthur’s HQ said no official notice yet. it remains unclear if holdings will be surrendered. The 1722 will governed intermarriage and education among 11 related branches and the family holding company.
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Dennis Morgan sings Olcott songs in new film release
Dorothy Manners reports Morgan may have avoided ear injury worries as he performs ten of Chauncey Olcott’s best loved numbers in a film tied to New York production, with Alexis Smith starring opposite. The piece also notes Hollywood shorts, a Canyon Passage premiere in Portland, a torchlight parade in Oregon, and various party highlights from Beverly Hills to the Mocambo.
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Marine Vet To Get Chair For Rape Slaying of Girl
Washington reports Marine veteran Earl McFarland will be executed by electric chair Friday for the rape and murder of Dorothy Berrum, a young government worker from Chippewa Falls. District Judge Pine denied a last stay after rejecting a mental-examination plea, noting President Truman had refused clemency. McFarland, a Knoxville, Tennessee native, killed Berrum after assaulting her on a lonely promontory by the Potomac River.
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Atom Scientist Warns of City Defense Needs
Washington AP reports William Higinbotham, head of the Federation of American Scientists, warned that without world control of atomic energy, cities face defense and decentralization measures. He predicted metropolitan real estate values could topple as people recognize dangers of living in exposed cities within years. He said other powers could produce atom bombs in four years unless global controls are established.
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Bad Bascomb Film Review Ranks Unimpressive
Carl Kane reviews the State Theatre showing Bad Bascomb starring Wallace Beery and Margaret O'Brien. He derides the film as a bust, criticizing Beery and O'Brien’s performances and the love affair plot, while noting a Utah wagon caravan and an Indian raid climax. A brief prelude of shorts, including Little Lulu, rounds out the program.
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Theater Timetable Announces Evening Screenings
The Gazette lists Paramount Smoky at 1 30 3 35 5 40 7 45 9 55 IOWA A Stolen Life 12 45 3 45 6 50 9 55 The Phantom Thief 2 35 5 40 8 45 STATE Bad Bascomb 12 15 2 35 5 7 20 9 45 a sub jects 2 05 4 25 6 50 9 1 Palace They Wereable 2 5 35 9 10 Marry the Boss Daughter 1 4 35 8 10 Rialto Sons of the Desert 1 3 40 6 25 9 10 Kid Ranger 2 20 5 7 45 10 25 Strand Pillow to Post 17 20 Salty O Rourke 8 57 Times River Gang 3 5 55
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Sing Your Way Home and In Fast Company Clips
Ambiguous program notes list times and titles including Sing Your Way Home at 8:55 and In Fast Company at 9:50 with venue or channel clues. Other entries show numbers 4110 7510 10:10 and MARION reference for a Letter for Evie.
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Fast Company
Negro Enlistment Suspended After Overwhelming Response
The War Department suspended enlistment of Black soldiers in the regular army except as specialists citing an overwhelming recruitment surge. Since last fall about 140,000 Negroes had enlisted at roughly one for every five recruits, with policy aiming to limit Black enlistments to one in ten of the civilian population.
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