Pitching Horseshoes A tale from Jim Lacey’s life
A rambling first person reminiscence follows a mail carrier’s stop near the Lacey farm and the legends of Jim Lacey. He recalls Jim’s pranks and stunts from church socials to wartime antics, ending with the grim note of Ben Morton’s injuries at Anzio.
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Lacey
Ben Morton
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Tick
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Leroy
Morten
Anzio
Million-Dollar Stage Play Buy Shocks Hollywood
Hollywood reports Bil Goetz paid one million dollars for Frank Fay’s stage play Harvey for Universal International. Joan Beck named producer, Chase to adapt the script for screen. Merle Oberon signs with RKO for a yearly movie, while Dana Andrews and other stars are courted. Berlin Express to be shot partly in Germany with U.S. Army cooperation. Jacques Tourneur involved in a related project.
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Frank Fay
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Chase
Denver
Dore Schary
Emery
Levi
Merle Oberon
RKO
Bore
Dana Andrews
Sam Goldwyn
Merle
Germany
United States Army
Jacques Tourneur
Radio Fragram Highlights From Five Local Stations
The Gazette selects today’s notable radio listings across WGEV WCES WMON and others. Highlights include Kate Smith Queen for a Day at 1 00 pm Arthur Godfrey interview Veterans segment and various music and news programs across channels and times.
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Wgev Wir
Kate Smith
Stowham
Arthur Godfrey
Brooklyn-N. V. C
Weawao
Mutual
Montgomery Miysic Box Hens
Florence Sisunten
Bsss
Navatime
Tilo
Hos Harrigas
Har
Tom Mix
Stubby Maurice
Hollywood
Victor Borce
Vieter
Rishine
Hunting
Howe
Sammy Kaye
Melody Date Music Masterworks
Rustic Cabins
Music Masterworks
Rustic Cabing
Benny Goodman
Tony Pastor
Franke Nusters
Gene Kruns
Navy tennis finals set for Saturday at Naval Academy
The all Navy tournament continues with Wednesday and Thursday play and finals on Saturday. Art Hendrix notes baitings in both sections by unseeded Arai. The field includes officers and enlisted men from fleet stations and Annapolis. Twenty two of the fleet’s ablest players compete on Naval Academy courts as eliminations begin in the afternoon.
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Art Hendrix
Annapolis
Fleet
United States
I Fleet
Naval Academy
Army
Navy
Arlington
Elston Wyatt
San Diego
Hollywood Notes and Such At Local Theaters
A collage of film listings at Locat Theaters includes titles like The Best Years of Our Lives and Stagecoach with noted stars, plus news on Esther Williams’ DC-6 flight from Mexico and possible family ties among industry figures. Also mentions industry gossip on Kay Williams, George Burns, and Charlie Binfeld’s edited ending for The Other Love. The piece closes noting U.S. upholstery leather use during the pre war era.
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Esther Williams
Mexico
Ben Gage
Esther
Neptune
Jack Cuttings
Hope Hampton
Barbara Hulton
Hope
Youksa Troubetzkoy
Count Igo
Troubetzkoy
George
Sen
Ronnie
Christopher Blake
Charlie Binfeld
Barbara Stanwyck
Charlie
New Yor
Japanese Cabinet Split on Coal Nationalization
Tokyo reports a split in the Conservative Democratic cabinet as two ministers oppose Socialist Premier Tetsu Kalayama ahead of a planned Diet presentation. The rift leaves the cabinet without a decision on coal nationalization while Democrats and Socialists hold key portfolios and the People’s Cooperative party wields influence.
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Today
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Pan
Diet
Democrats
People's Cooperative Party
Katayarta
Vand
Jajbor
ChesQuake and Ohio Railway pays out 8700 in four months
Kenneth M. Robertson, manager, announced the suggestion system paid 8700 to 539 suggestions in four months. About one third of the 30,000 employees contributed ideas to improve service and operations. Two top awards of 130 each went to EB Guinn, a Huntington shop machinist, and Fred Flymale, a Huntington yard conductor.
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Kenneth ‘M. Robertson
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Huntington
Fred Flymale
Avenger Upsets in Paris Grand Prix Win
Avenger a 3 year old owned by Prince Afi Kham scored a 33 to 1 upset in the Grand Prix de Paris at Longchamp defeating favored entries Tournament and Giafar. Ridden by C Smirke, the chestnut stallion earned 4,000,000 francs about $40,000 while a 100,000 crowd watched.
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Baron Godefray Waldner
Giafar
Marcel Boussac
Weldner
Boussac
Peart Diver
Baron Wald
A&a
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Bois Des Bourgene
Brooklyn Versus New York Baseball Lineup Note
Fragmentary box score text lists players, positions, and line score details for a Brooklyn and New York game. Names such as Robins Furilla Kerr Jorgensen Walker Taylor Trinkle appear among batters and pitchers, with partial totals and substitutions noted. The fragment preserves team names and several individual performances, though many lines are garbled.
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Cooper
Greyhound Bus Drivers Wanted In Kalamazoo
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