Broadway Stars and Showbiz Scraps in New York
In a bustling Broadway scene, Maggie OBrien sips a Coke at Whalen's on 50th and 7th while Yvonne Vallee and Mary Martin loom in street chatter. Ferenc Molnar debuts at Chez Cub. La Hobson cheers film plans as Zanuck stands for Zanuck. Barbara Perry sails to a top UK show. A backstage mishap near the Empire State Building touches Steve Allison’s near-fatal dive. Roadway side show at Alzenas siblings and a crowd-pleasing rope walk thrills. Wireless buzz on Tommy Dorsey, Nancy Carroll, and a Runyon Fund salute. Henry Luce editor mystery deepens. Eddie Maher launches United States Journal. An MGM Boys Town tale mislabels a Jewish tailor, a key player in Father Flanagan’s refuge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie O’brien
Whalen
Yvonne Vallee
Mons
Chevalier
Mary Martin
5Th Avenue
Shimage
Ferencs Molnar
Chez Cub
la Hobson
20Th
Zanuck
Barbara Perry
Mauretania
Mgr
Mister
Steve Allison
Dove
The
Empire
New York
MGM
Father Flanagan
Padre
Notable Interlocks of Power and Culture Across Careers
A compact survey recalls a figure who helped found Boys Town and served on its board, shaping legal matters and fundraising. It notes his quiet influence with presidents, diverse faith leaders, and B'nai B'rith, alongside a sprawling mosaic of 1940s-50s cultural happenings from broadcasts to nightclub scenes and celebrity links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boys Town
National Catholic Welfare Conference
B’nai B'rith
Henry Monsky
Dentition Theories And Immediate Dentures Debate
William Brady describes Dr Bunting’s theory on tooth decay and lactic bacilli, contrasts diet to limit bacteria, and weighs immediate denture service versus traditional tooth extraction delays. He notes rich milk and starch diets in Tristan da Cunha and questions decay expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunting
University of Michigan Dental School
Tristan da Cunha
South Atlantic
WANT ADS RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS 2A
Lost and Found items listed include a coin purse with a sold watch heirloom a red cocker spaniel named Rusty and a Sheaffer gold trimmed pen set with initials V H various ads offer rewards and contact numbers for each item plus several service offers and local business promotions from Rapids Chevrolet Co Katz Jewelry Probasco Jewelry Co and more with notices about maternity homes and charity rummage sales
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Melvin Durland
Atkins
Iowa
V. H
I Ave
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Menshine
Marbles
Billy Riley
Ellis Boulevard
City Marbles
Jackstone
Searles
ICE Box Raiders
S I Sealies Pioneer Dair
APPLE
Betty
HILEX
Monarch Pimiento
Kraft Offensane
Labas
Kraft
Walter Baker
rYrurey
Sunshine Market
First Avenue
Fifteenth St. SE
Rinso
Tootsie
Gazette
Jane Wright
J Avenue NE
Garfield
the Plaza
Jane
Ruth Radloff
Bever Avenue
Nancy Shearer
Walter Winchell
Alzenas
England
Mrs. Alzanas, Jr
Mutual
Tommy Dorsey
ABC
Paul Whiteman
Nancy Carroll
GaGuardia
Vals
James Cannon
Arcaro
Love
Shirley O’hara
New Repub
Joan Bennett
Evrabody
Henry Luce
Eddie Maher
Liberty
Washington
United States Journal
Qualo
Indlen’s, Vairy Locally Owned and Operated
Rior L Pat Ote
America
Wm. Tehel Bottling Co
Cedar Rapids
Urtain
NBC
Phil Brito
Prof. Morales
Art Ford
N. Y
Dialicious
Gordon MacRae
Peg O' My Heart
3 Suns
Eddie Condon
Eddy Howard
Majestic
Louis Prima
Commodore
Arthur Blake
G’wich Village Inn
M. Valdez
Havad
Yank Sing
Case Society
Singapore
Reuben’s
Bilbo
Winchell
the Stork
Maestro
Cameron Mitchell
Van*Johnson
Col. Winn
Damon
Riviera
Jackie Miles
Clare, Sheridan
Winston Churchill
Herbert Bayard Swope
Swope
William Brady, M
Rapids Chevrolet Co
1St Ave
Deane
Ciicutta
Katz Jewelry
Ben Tompkins
Lathe
Sophrone
Meeker
Tompkins
Sam
Elmira) Meeker
Wit
Tin) Soth
Ellis T Dickens
East High Street
Toledo
Ginsberg
2Nd Street
Probasco Jewelry CO
Eastside Maternity Hospital
Confidentia
Kansas
Hertz
Buresh Motors, Inc
3Rd St
Dini
Rosen Tailor Shop
4Th St. S
Vincents Jewelry Store
3Rd Street
Bulova, Elgin and
Hamilton
Parker
Kansas City
Ehea
Tucson
Arizona
Lloy Lyons
Vinton
Sunshine Mission Im
Hayes School P.T.A
J. Smith
Merchants National Bank
Dial
Kenwood Transfer Home Service
Zipper Hospital
Los Angeles
Ki Man's Notions Dept
Sands Printing
Alcoholics Anonymous
P.O
3Rd
Jim Reeder
Ts OI
PBL
Hnair
North 3Rd Street
Art W. Reynolds
Iowa Theater Beauty Shop
Gladys Perry
Jesse Nerison
Helen Dailey
Barbara Jandl
Paris Academy of Beauty Culture
Mae’s Beauty Shop
6Th St
CE Mar
Warren Rambo
TOWA
Don Strickland
Mal Dunn
Z.c.bj
Bonham Grill
West Side
Hi-Way Gardens
Stanwood
Stan Stanley
Dan
Cusack Electric Service
Shires
15Th St
Marion
Persiston
Marston
Hatch & Brookmann
W. Kendall Windowshade
1St “St. NW
Vernon Floor Finishing Co
Virgil Horak
Chris Anderson
Seneral
Lcht
Aranor
Minott Goren
Henderson
Mar
Davies
E Ave
Chas Lebeda
Jess
Newmans
Go Richards Laboratories
Mullin
TAREE
Drive Yourself Inc
Carl G. Stark
Bulle Ing
2Nd St. SW
McArtor
Wason
Leo J Smith & Son
Cashman
Reliable Man
Kirkpatrick
Sam Noble
Butters
Ray Leever Boqekeep
Iowa Theater
Harvey Booth É& Son
Henry Hewitt
Ford Tractor
J.P. Nelson
Chris
Donahue
K . W. Joe Kadera
Lligth St
W. J. Akers
Roy M. Rice
Patring
Carl Claude
Don Ackerman
IWALL
Pho Forbes
A. Blood
1St Ave. NW
Marlon
Cliff Rogers
Hennessey Bros
Lear Repair Shop
Center Point Road
Kutchera Sodding 6 Fuel Co
Stock, Communications Engineering CO
ABRAM
Morris Fur Shop
Granby
R Kennedy
Davis
Household Service Co
W. A. Kendall Window Shade Hospital
1St Street
Lee
Lyouna
Poston
Will Gare
R H. Burns
Nes
3Rd Ave
State Theater
MR. Kinkead
Fuhrman
Richard V. Nelson
Hotel Roosevelt
May Balesman
United Laboratories, Inc
Cleveland
Ohio
Duster's
Montgomery Ward Co
Iowa City
Guernsey
Chas
Palatine
Rusco
Waterloo
Victor Mueller
Lone Tree
Brookfield Farms
Ions
West Union
Becker
ACME
Harry Simonsen
Witwer Farms
Noge
Mr. Moore
Rialto Theatre
West Witwer Farm
Willard Haak
Merchants’ National Bank
L. A. McDermott
1St St
Iowa-Illinois, Gas and Electric Co
Underwood Standard Service
Worthington Farmers Creamery Co
Worthington
2Nd Ave. SE
Leffert
Smulekoff
Mbin
17Th St. NE
Bezdek
S. Marion
James McCormick
Fairfax
Mee
iGregor Hdwe. Co
McGregor
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