Telegram Era Transforms Hollywood Hiring Parties and Hello
Hollywood telegraphs rewrite movieland rules as stars, agents, and studios use telegrams to hire, fire, invite, and coordinate. Lana Turner, Lana Turner and Bob Topping parties, Sam Goldwyn quips, and a diamond ring order via telegram illustrate the rapid, unavoidable wire era shaping film business and social life.
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Aline Mosby
Hollywood
Movieland
Plaster City
Harry Gans
Western Union
Beverly Hills
Gans
Lana Turner
Bob Topping
Warrers
Joan Crawford
Sam Goldwyn
Teresa Wright
Sher Lock Holmes Radio Serial and Local Programs Tonight
Advertisement notes the first of three broadcasts of The Adventures Of The Elusive Agent on KCRG KCRK at 730 PM. Also announces CRK Dollar Dealer first evening appearance on air tonight between 730 and 8. STRAIGHT ARROW at 7 PM and Fishing and Hunting Club of the Air at 830 PM on the same station.
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Agent
KCRG
KCRK
CRK
Wading Bird Puzzle Clue List From Historical Page
A fragmented OCR list presents clues for a word puzzle with hints spanning geography anatomy and astronomy. Entries include directions abbreviations and terms such as NE and Os, plus scattered letter sequences and stray characters.
Fragmented OCR Extract Ends
Obscure list of partial clues and garbled phrases. Appears as a damaged newspaper OCR section with scattered words and numbers lacking coherent narrative or identifiable entities.
Winter Lingerings by Edgar A. Guest
Poem verse reflecting on King Winter lingering past his time, yearning for the blossoms and daffodils remembered by Wordsworth. It contrasts winter’s tyranny with nature’s revival and hints at spring’s welcome amid lingering cold.
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King Winter
Schedule fragment shows 1950s radio programs and hosts
A fragmented listing of radio and TV programs with times and host names such as Straight Arrow, Captain Midnight, Gabriel Heatter, Eddy Duchin, and Henry, plus various show titles and channels. The page captures a midsection of a broadcast schedule with many unreadable items.
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Telco
Falton Lewis
MBS
Eddy Duchin O
Quick Legislation Needed To Avert Halt In Aid Plan
U.S. officials warn the European recovery program ERP will halt in two weeks without new legislation. ECA has spent 4.6369 billion of 4.95 billion this year. 311.138 million remains to be committed by April 3. A $5.98 billion authorization could trigger RF C assistance of 750 million. England and France lead ERP recipients with Britain at 1.2293 billion.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Paul G. Hoffman
ECA
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Europe
England
France
Britain
Best Dressed Women Lead Rockefeller in Fashion Awards
New York reports Mrs. Winthrop Rockefeller tops the Fashion Academy list of best dressed American women for 1948, with 14 categories honoring style. The former Barbara Sears married Valentine’s Day 1948 in a simple linen dress, joining an elite roster that includes Helen Gahagan Douglas Lauren Bacall Perle Mesta and others in society and entertainment.
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New York
Winthrojp Rockefeller
Fashion Academy
Rockefeller
Barbara “Bobo” Sears
Academy
Lsted
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Helen Gahagan Douglas
D-Calif
Public Life
Lauren Bacall
Humphrey Bogart
Perle Mesta
Washington
Eetheart Taylor
Glenn Davis
Jane Pickens
Mona Paulee
Mrg
Jerome K. Ohrbach
Wendy Burden
Patricia Mortson
Leon Mandel
International Trade Totals by Country Reach New Highs
The report shows Italy and Holland following with 532.968 million and 384.948 million, while the figure for France remains unclear. The total reaches 1.065537 billion, highlighting dominant economic activity among major nations.
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Italy
Holland
France
Suit for Wrong Diagnosis Lost in London Appeal
James Forbes Whiteford an American engineer lost his damage suit against British surgeon Dr John Bowman Hunter after an appeals court reversed a lower court award of £6,300. Whiteford claimed a cancer diagnosis in 1942 forced him to liquidate assets and return to the United States where an American physician later said he did not have cancer. The court ruled the doctor could not be held negligent for a mistaken diagnosis.
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London
James Forbes Whiteford
Whiteford
United States
John Bowman Hunter Whiteford
Movie Show Schedules and Matinee Times Across Theaters
The gates list theater times for Memorial Coliseum Paramount Iowa State Town Palace Times Strand and Marion venues. Schedules include titles like Ice Vogues of 1949 Command Decision Shockproof Slightly French The Search The Girl from Manhattan The Crusades Meet Me at Dawn Henry V Good Sam French Leave Key Largo Blondies Anniversary Trigger Fingers The Man from Colorado In This Corner with various matinee and evening slots.
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Manhattan
Mother of Four Wins Stop the Music Prize in San Francisco
Lorraine Koehler correctly named Paramount on Parade as the mystery song on Stop the Music and won 14 500 in prizes. She delayed plans to attend the St Patrick’s day parade because her youngest child Judy 11 was ill. Prizes included a new automobile a 3000 diamond ring 1500 in clothes 1000 bedroom set a television set and two chinchillas valued at 1000.
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Ins
Lorraine Koehler
Paramount
Sradio
St. Patrick's
Judy
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