Crosby Hope clash over pennant future in baseball talk
The piece notes Bing Crosby and Bob Hope joining baseball chatter as they back their teams. Crosby has added Berg to the Pirates while Hope predicts Cleveland Indians advantage over Pittsburgh in the pennant race. Both stars, also golf and film figures, are eager to attend spring training and follow seasons of the Indians and Pirates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Pirates
Indians
Hope
Magnate Crosby
Crosby
Pitt
Greenberg
Bob Feller
Lou Boudreau
Joe Gordon
Joe
Boudreau
Gordon
Cleveland
Red Sox
Cardinal Dodgers
Bing
West Coast
Bob
Cardinals
Dodgers
Cubs
Braves
Phillies
Giants
Rees Ranked as Top British Golf Pro On Links
Dai Rees stands among the best golf professionals seen, capable of serious challenges to Hogan or Nelson on British courses. If Ryder Cup was played over seaside links the odds would be even, and the U S team faces a strong Walker Cup lineup while Britain retains a fair chance on home terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Great Britain
England
Scotland
Russia
France
Italy
China
Japan
Germany
Britain
Sweden
Finland
British Isles
U. S
Dai Rees
Rees
Hogan
Nelson
Report from Mars on Earths Chaos and Radio Obsession
A Martian scout reports chaotic Earth society with fights, many languages, and a radio driven culture. He notes large sums paid for trivia, educational hype, and piano color-count games, and calls for quarantine after observing human folly.
Grits at Stages Screens Radio features Robison
Virginia Vale Jalf reports Edward G Robinson enjoys a stimulating hour with radio guest spots and painting visits during a New York vacation after The Red House. He seeks more stage and screen challenges while co producing future projects. Katharine Hepburn plans theater work as a personal challenge, vacationing in Connecticut after Undercurrent and Sea of Grass preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jalf
Edward G. Robinson
New York
Red House
Katharine Hepburn
Robert Taylor
Spencer Tracy
Connecticut
Hollywood Personalities and Stage Plans Stir Talk
Barbara Britton moves toward stardom with a parade photo and Paramount auditions as she climbs from minor roles to leads opposite Ray Milland and a co star in Albuquerque with Randolph Scott. Groucho Marx weighs a NY stage run for The Middle Ages while Mercedes McCambridge quits radio. Katina Paxinou returns to film, Thelma Ritter boosts a scene, Dudley Nichols signs, and two radio children programs are run by childless men Robert Maxwell and Jack Barry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Britton
Paramount
Ray Milland
Randolph Scott
Albuquerque
Groucho Marx
New York
Hollywood
Norman Krasna
Robert Maxwell
Superman
Jack Barry
Maxwell
Barry
A Heavy Price for Down Pillows in Curious Exchange
A shopper asks about a costly baby pillow and a clerk notes that down prices are rising. The brief dialogue hints at inflation and consumer concern over pricy bedding items.
No Brains Anywhere
A terse exchange between spouses as a joke reveals disbelief in each other’s judgment. The husband accuses the wife of expecting stupidity, while she retorts that his own cluelessness was evident from the start.
Parson Brown Teases Sermon on The Status Quo
An old humorous exchange shows Parson Brown announcing next week's topic The Status Quo and Deacon Jones asking for its meaning. The parson replies that status quo is Latin for we are in a difficult fix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parson Brown
Parson
Deacon Jones
Englishman Outsmarts Gangster in Saloon Standoff
A gangster burst into a saloon firing at patrons crying for exit. All fled except one Englishman who remained steady at the bar and quipped that there were a lot of customers, highlighting the bold standoff.
Notable Film and Theatre Highlights Across Canada Italy and Hollywood
Recent reports rank The Adventures of Oxzie and Harriet fourth in Canadian listener popularity. Burt Lancaster first spoke lines on stage during Stars and Gripes in Italy in the war. Rosalind Russell stars in her first Independent Artists production Madly in Love written by her and Dudley Nichols. William Holden enjoys skiing with a friend towing him over rough terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxzie and Harriet
Canada
Burt Lancaster
Italy
Rosalind Russell
Independent Artists
Miss Russell
Dudley Nichols
William Holden
Classifieds haul heavy gear and vehicles for sale in the West
An array of classified listings details tires, mining and logging gear, metalworking equipment on a Studebaker truck, a 100 ton hydraulic press, welding and metalizing tools, Jot less price offers, and a Hercules engine parts stock. Items include a 2.2 ton GMC truck with a garbage loader, Twin City Garbage Service contact in Pasco Washington, and Campbell Farming Corporation in Hardin Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Studebaker
Schramm
Bartlow Auto and Implement CO
Pomeroy, Wash
Twin City
Pasco
Washington
Varied Trade Ads and Equipment Listings Across the West
A compilation of classified business notices and equipment listings from Montana to Washington. Items include firearm alterations and repairs, welding gear, a Bishop alaciaon hand mention, a Lincoln 200 amp shield welder, Gar Wood dump body hoist, and used fire bricks. Also clock repairs guaranteed for six months, Kwik-Thaw windshield treatment, and dry cleaning equipment for sale with delivery options. Includes addresses in Billings, Laurel, Denver, Sheridan, Spokane, and Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Farmers Union Central Orange Laurel
Montana
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Lion
Mopsy
Gladys Parker
By C. Kessler
HI Phillips
Frank Adams
Mars
Xygox 367
Earth
Mint
Butte
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Battleship Maine
Yankee Magazine
John Ford
Harry Truman
U.N
Kaiser-Frazer Company
Abbott and Costello
Tom Watson
Ridgewood
Ridgewood Herald
Western Newspaper Union
Virginia Vale
Mercedes McCambridge
the Thin Man
West Indies
William Fifield
John
Katina Paxnou
Raymond Massey
RKO
Eugene O'Neill
Thelma Ritter
Bernice
McGarry and His Mouse
Maureen O'Hara
Edmund Gwenn
Wally
Billings
Great Falls
Mont
Hercules Engine
Hercules
G. I
Pp. J
Oldershaw, Inc
Division St
Spokane
Wash
Broadway
Campbell Farming Corporation
Hardin
Business & Invest
OPPOR
Lower Twin Lake
Idaho
Adams & Son
N. 4Th St. - Coeur d'Alene
Automobile Agency
N. 4Th St. - Coeur d’Alene
Invenory Onn Trides
Carl R. Tifft
Sandpoint, Idaho
H. V. Smith
Williston
N. D
J. H. Saling
Eureka
Best Street
Tacoma
Eckrom
F. Mason Co., Inc
Bankers Trust Bldg
Mexico
Crichet Boot Company
el Paso 17
Texas
Works
Sheridan
Wyoming
Baneha
Pttce
Greening Chevrolet
Laurel, Mont
Delco Light Plant
Watt James Burnet
Luther
Farm Machinery & Equip
Western Rep
Cedar Ene
Bonner Cedan, CO
Holt
Fred Bloom
Buffalo
Bishop Alacin
Fisher Billings
Barnhill. Industries, Inc
Denver
Colorado
T Western Clock CO
W. Brundage St
L & K Machinery Service, Inc
Washington - Spokane
Broad
Roycroft Merkel
Seattle
Army Bank
F. E. B. Butte
Shiner’s
Charles M, Smith
Thermopolis
Wye
Allied Development&Co., Inc
2Nd W
Salt Lake City
Utah
George Foreman
San Jose
California
Western Aircraft
Hawthorne
Macdonald’s Farmers Almanacs
Atlas Printing Co
Binghamton, N
Oregon
Tualatin Valley
Sherwood
Red Lodge
First Ave
Christie
Filer, Ydahe
Chrysler
Plymouth
Peter Rowan
Met
Rowan Motor CO
3Rd Ave. N
30Th St
Masonic
Helena
Ford
W. Gearhart
Home Furnishings & Appli, Billings Plumbing & Heating CO
Billings, Mont
Sheridan Livestock Commission
Sheridan Wyoming
W.L. Clark
Rosebud Rt
Forsyth, Mont
Choice
Forrow
Hereford Ranch
C. A. Warner - Box
Dayton Film
Hepburn
Dayton
Ohio
Real Estate
MISC
Theie
Bony Resus
the Gorder Company
Aberdeen
Ry Sale
America
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