Fair And Warmer Comes To Decatur In Civic Drama
The Civic Drama Guild presents Fair And Warmer at Riverside auditorium Saturday night under Jaycee sponsorship with a New York cast. Cast members include Robert Paquin as Billy, Kathleen Claypool as Blanny, Frederic Meyer as Jack, Irving Karesh as Philip Evans, Peggy Deane as Laura, and Ruth Elliot as Tessie, all with prior stage and screen credits.
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Blanny
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John Loder
Irving Karesh
Philip Evans
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Therese
John
Mary
Martha’s Vineyard
Mass
Berwyn
Penna
Karesh
Charleston
S. C
Dock Street
Peggy Deane
Laura
Northwestern University
Highland Park
Lake Zurich
Putnam County
WBK
Dumont
ABT
Ruth Elliot
Tessie
Curry College
Boston
The
Valley Players
Keene, N. H
Kraft Television
Studio One
Stalin Thanks Attlee for Birthday Wishes
Prime Minister Stalin thanked Attlee for birthday greetings as Stalin turned 70 on December 21. Attlee led congratulations when he sent good wishes, and Stalin replied with thanks. The exchange also notes Attlee’s own birthday had occurred the day before, making him 87.
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Attlee
London
Stalin
Spartanburg beauty crowned maid of cotton in Memphis
Elizabeth A. McGee of Spartanburg wins the 1950 Maid of Cotton title in Memphis defeating 20 rivals from 12 cotton belt states. She will serve as King Cotton’s goodwill ambassador for six months, touring 40 cities and visiting England and France.
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Tenn
South Carolina
Elizabeth A. McGee
Spartanbore
Cotton Belt
George Ann Hicks
Edmond
Okla
Emma Cain
Nashville
Elizabeth
Holton Arms Junior College
Washington, D. C
King Cotton
England
France
Cotton
Sue Howell
Bakersfield
Calif
New York City
Sparkman Seeks Early Hearings On Housing Plan
Senator John J. Sparkman says he hopes to obtain President Truman's housing program in time to begin committee hearings next week. He met with the President, accompanied by Senator Maybank and Chairman Spence, to discuss rent and housing legislation and a bill backing expanded government insurance on loans for families earning 2000 to 4500 dollars a year. The plan aims to ease home access and expects hearings to start around April 1 as current rent control ends June 30.
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John J. Sparkman
Sparkman
Congress
Barkley opens Senate with bride in gallery
Vice President Barkley presided over the Senate opening as his bride of six weeks, the former Mrs. Carleton S. Hadley of St. Louis, watched from the gallery in a black broadtail coat and white sailor hat. He said he hoped he would not be nervous with her present.
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Barkley
Senate
Carleton S. Hadley
St. Louis
Congress
Truman's State of the Union and Budget Outlook Ahead
Washington report outlines President Truman's State of the Union address economic and budget messages. It notes Democrats will praise Congress while Republicans criticize amid election year politics. The piece suggests tax talk and spending battles will shape votes through November.
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Truman
Congress
Trumanites
Wards and Cats Presented Cup for Valor in San Francisco
The Angus Wards and their four cats received an 18 inch loving cup for bravery after returning from Red China. The event followed Conor's Northern California championship cat show, with unclear who earned the honor. Cats named Saihan Jeep Sake and Ranger accompanied the Ward family.
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Red China
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California
China
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Jeep
Sake
Ranger
Vladivostok
Stars Settle Salary Rows
Hollywood reporters say Victor Mature and Dorothy Lamour reached settlements with RKO after salary disputes. Mature, suspended December 13 by 20th Century Fox for refusing an loan out to RKO, will be paid 2750 dollars weekly with script changes. Lamour’s $1400 weekly checks stopped after announcing pregnancy. settlement amount undisclosed, with reports ranging from 100000 to 299000 dollars.
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Hollywood
Howard Hughes
RKO
Victor Mature
20Th Century-Fox
Dorothy Lamour
William R. Howard
Faster Pace in Jobs Needed as Growth Outpaces Employment
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer warned the nation’s job creation lagged population growth in 1949. He noted average employment at about 58.7 million, with 3.4 million unemployed, up from 2.1 million in 1947 and 1948. Census figures for December showed non farm payrolls up 143,000 while total unemployed reached 3.489 million.
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Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Census Bureau
Private Joe Lane Serving in Japan
Private Joe C. Lane of Lester Alabama serves as a cook in battery B 99th field artillery battalion 1st cavalry division in Japan. He recently returned from a two week field maneuver on Mt Fujiyama with units of the 8th cavalry regiment training in combat tactics. He entered the regular Army in December 1948 after basic at Fort Jackson and embarked from Fort Lawton to Japan aboard the transport Sergeant David C. Shanks.
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Lester
Alabama
99Th Field Artillery Battalion
1St Cavalry Division
Lane
Mt. Fujiyama
99Th Field Artillery
8Th Cavalry Regiment
Fort Jackson
South Carolina
Fort Lawton
Washington
Japan
U. S. Army
David C. Shanks
Jackson Lad Dies On Way To Hospital
Scottsboro Alabama youth Raymond Lowery aged 16 died yesterday in an ambulance en route to Birmingham General Hospital where he was to be admitted for a brain tumor. His father Robert Lowery was with him. He was to be sponsored by the Alabama Light Conservation Association.
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Jackson Lad
Birmingham
Raymond Lowery
Scottsboro
Ala
Jefferson-Hillman Hospital
Robert Lowery
Lowery
Alabama Light Conservation Association
Suit Seeking to Recover Taxes Is Filed by Home Co
The Home Oil Co of Detatur filed in U S district court for recovery of 127195.64 dollars as overpayment of federal taxes for 1946 and 1947. The petition argues the revenue was used for religious educational and charitable purposes and should be exempt. The suit was filed against the collector of internal revenue and trustees of the company.
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Birmingham
Home Oil Co
Detatur
U. S. District Court
Comny
Collector of Internal Revenue
Saipan to Arrive in Pensacola for Landing Tests
The USS Saipan is scheduled to arrive in Pensacola on January 17 to assist pilots in carrier landing qualification tests. It will relieve the USS Cabot, which has served in this role at the naval air basic training command for the past year. The Cabot departed yesterday for Key West for routine overhaul.
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Pensacola
Fla
Saipan
Naval Air Basic Training Command
Key West
W R Spight Trust Faces Tax Refund Litigation
Similar suits have been filed by the company for income taxes in prior years. Refunds were awarded in two cases while a third remains undecided.
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W. R. Spight Religious and Charitable Trust
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