Gene Autry Runs a Vast Web of Ventures and Hotels
The article profiles Gene Autry as a business powerhouse with holdings in sports teams, radio and television stations, music publishing, hotels, cattle ranches, and oil ventures. It notes he plans more hotels, reflects on his shift from show business to sidelines, and credits oil and other ventures for his fortune.
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Gene Autry
Hollywood
Bank of America
Gene
Bel-Air
Beverly Hills
Los Angeles Angels
Los Angeles
KOOL
Phoenix
KOLD
Tucson
KMPC
KSFO
San Francisco
KVL
Seattle
Roy Rogers
Autry
Texas
Valachi to Be Key Senate Informer in McClellan Probe
Joseph Valachi, the mobster turned informer, will testify in a public Senate Investigations subcommittee hearing led by Senator John L. McClellan. The Justice Department will secure Valachi’s appearance though he remains in federal custody amid revelations of Cosa Nostra ties and named bosses Vito Genovese and other top mobsters.
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Washington (Ap
Joseph Valachi
Senate
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Justice Department
Valachi
McClellan
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
New York
Law
Cosa Nostra
Vito Genovese
Women Jurors Debate Finalizing Jury Duty Rules
Alabama activists argue bills would make jury service permissive for women rather than mandatory. Jane Culbreth of Leeds says the measure allows exemptions by notifying courts within 15 days after juror lists are drawn, with default mandatory service if she does not respond.
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Alabama
Hit Parade and Radio Schedule Fragments
Fragmentary listing shows radio station call letters and times from WMSL WHOS WAJF WJMW WJCF and others. It mixes show names like You Don’t Say Match Game Edge of Night and Divorce Court with scheduled hours and alarmingly vague references to enemy attack drills.
Tallahassee Shops To Hire Negroes
Twenty four stores in Tallahassee have agreed to employ at least one Black salesperson by September 3, via a NAACP job committee deal with white merchants. The agreement covers major dry goods, department and variety stores.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
NAACP
David Brooks
Vague Hiring Plans and Menu Idea Surface
A note discusses choosing between hiring a Negro sales clerk or upgrading existing staff. It also mentions serving broiled fish with a barbecue sauce as a suggested dish.
From Rags to Riches to Riches in Hollywood Fun
Hollywood AP report notes a one year old starlet Lesley Glaser rose from a New Jersey school student to Mercury Records hitmaker with It’s My Party and Judy’s Turn to Cry. A TV title tale shows Dan Duryea mishearing Route 66 script name as The dog’s in the refrigerator.
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Hollywood
Lesley
Dwight School For
Portant
Glaser
Mercury Records
Judy
Dan Duryea
Julie Andrews over My Fair Lady not fatal blow
Julie Andrews moved on from missing the film role of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady and found Mary Poppins. Frank Capra jokes about language with Spaniards while John Wayne asks about Italian. Louis Armstrong marks 50 years in show business and serves as a US ambassador with a simple credo about honest playing.
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James Bacon
Hollywood
Julie Andrews
Eliza Doolittle
New York
London
Walt Disney
Professor Higgins
Audrey Hepburn
Julie
Hollywood (Ap
Frank Capra
Spain
John Wayne
Capra
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Mr. ED A
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Miss Merry
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Perry Mason
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Highway Patrol
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Thailand
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