Tallulah Bankhead Sues Over Name in Radio Ad
New York March 16 Tallulah Bankhead sues for 1 million dollars alleging use of her first name in a radio jingle for soap by Proctor and Gamble NBC CBS and an ad agency. She seeks injunction and claims the name identity harms her public image and violates state civil rights law.
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New York
Tallulah Bankhead
Tallulah
Proctor and Gamble Company
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting
Bankhead
Proctor
Gamble
Donald R. Seawell
Miss Bankhead
Walter Barry
Seawell
Georgia
Tallulah Falls
State Supreme Court
Geominreal health tonic advertised for kidney relief
An advertisement promotes Geomineral as a guaranteed remedy for bowel and kidney issues. It claims elimination of waste through stool and urine and offers a money back guarantee. The product is priced at $1.10 per bottle or six for $6, with mail orders accepted.
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Nature
Hipocrates
Geo-Mineral
Wintergreen Leaves Source of Oil Described
The text identifies an oil derived from glossy wintergreen leaves of a small trailing shrub. It notes the plant’s low growth habit and the extraction of essential oil from its foliage.
Osteomyelitis treatment with penicillin shows rapid recovery
A 1949 syndicate article explains osteomyelitis infection of bone marrow often stems from dental or sinus infections. Penicillin cures many cases, typically within about 19 days, with 71 patients treated and all but one recovered. Abscesses may need drainage. bones are rarely operated on, casts used for leg cases, and outcomes hinge on germ type.
Giants and Braves pitchers tie for six homers in season
Hal Schumacher of the 1934 Giants and Jim Tobin of the 1942 Braves each hit six home runs in a single season. This rare feat marks pitchers delivering notable power. Both seasons highlighted by pitching strength and surprising offensive contribution from mound stars.
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Hal Schumacher
Giants
Jim Tobin
Braves
Trumanites and Southerners Tear at Democratic Unity
The piece argues the Senate and House split along Trumanite and Southern Democrat lines, hindering Wallgren’s NLRB nomination and the rent control program. It cites Byrd's vote with Republicans to block Wallgren and notes internal party divisions endangering civil rights goals and overall Truman agenda.
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Mon C. Wallgren
National Security Resources Board
House
Steve
Senate
American Labor Party
Wallgren
Byrd
Virginia
Walldren
Truman
Right and Left in Politics: A Cautionary Note
A note from science editor Howard Blakeslee argues that political terms left and right are misleading. He asserts Russia’s rulers are an extreme right aristocracy and that democracies on the left risk dilution of individual freedoms. He urges precise terms like democracy or absolutism.
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Howard Blakeslee
A. P
Blakeslee
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Europe
Russia’s Inventor Claims Fly From Moscow to New York
HAL BOYLE surveys Soviet boasts of early inventions, spoofing Tass and Pravda claims that Russia invented the telephone, radio, electric light, and other modern marvels centuries before the West. The piece quips about fake origins and questions why the Soviets shun practical progress.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Tom Swift
Swiftski
Tom
Siberian
General Electric Corporation
Soviet Russia
Tass
Pavel Schilling
Alexander Graham Bell
Schilling
Marconi
Thomas Edison
Benjamin Franklin
Wright Brothers
Pravda
Russia
Urals
Four Registrants Sought by Local Draft Board
Decatur area draft officials seek four registrants. Melvin, John D. Carmichael, Ottis Garner, William Gautney, and Nolan Hunter are listed with descriptions of eyes hair height and weight. If uncontacted by mail, their names may be turned over to the U S district attorney as delinquent registrants.
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Decatur
Melvin
John D. Carmichael
Somerville
Macon Ottis Garner
Hartselle
William Oliver Gautney
Nolan Hunter
Falkville 1
U. S
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Anderson
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Caddell Drug CO
Soz and Ave
Vecatur
Ala
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R. J. Scott
Laughing Jackass
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America
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Knox McRae Motor CO
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Star Gazer
Clay R Pollan
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