Fun in the Sun Miami Prepares Gala Fete For 50th Anniversary Year
Miami marks its 50th anniversary with a festive season titled Fun in the Sun. After wartime restrictions ease, the city plans expanded attractions, enhanced transport, more overseas trips, and a November 24 opening featuring a Bayfront Park exhibition. The Orange Bowl, horse and dog racing, jai alai, and a Miami Open golf tourney anchor a broad fall winter sports lineup.
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Number of Veterans Passes Seventeen Million Mark
A Veterans Administration survey shows 17,499,000 veterans in the United States. World War II veterans comprise about four of every five. The last war accounts for 13,538,000 veterans.
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United States
Veterans Administration
Policemen Find Lion of Stuffed Variety
In San Antonio Texas a lion at large was reported on Broadway in the 1300 block. Officer Charles Weibacker arrived and found a stuffed lion displayed on a taxidermist lawn becoming a curious local scene.
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Women Not Recognized as Veterans Face Job Barriers
Former service women say the public fails to regard them as war veterans. A Veterans Administration survey of 1,800 former servicewomen found two of five used skills from service in work, with technical roles like radio operators least successful. Half applied for unemployment, 16 percent drew benefits for over 10 weeks.
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Washington
Veterans’ Administration
Calumet County Organizes Youth Career Initiative
Calumet county residents and leaders form Interlakes Opportunities Unlimited to show youths a future at home. The group will tour farms and plants, host UW speakers in high schools, and hold rallies to emphasize local business, industry, and farm opportunities under E. A. Longenecker’s chairmanship.
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Scenic Flight Marks Rocky Mountain Aviation History
An outstanding aviation event in the Colorado Rockies October 12 16 was a scenic flight sponsored by the Civil Air Patrol Rocky Mountain wing. Twenty experienced mountain pilots guided a trip past Corona Pass Grand Mesa Cumbres Pass and the Sangre de Cristo range with a Grand Junction barbecue as a highlight. The report notes another frontier style feat as an aerial cowboy roundup traveled 30 miles driving horses.
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Stubborn Indian Squaw Leaves $500000 Estate to Four Heirs
Con he i sen ney Oklahoma Indian grandmother known as Grand ma Tiger died at 88 after refusing a government allotment earlier in life. Four 40 acre tracts given without highway access yielded oil on three tracts, producing a $500000 fortune. Federal inheritance taxes will take about $125000.
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Oklahoma
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Crying Room Ends Youngsters Wails in Ashland
In Ashland Wisconsin Mrs. Dave Mackie has installed a crying room in her home for the small child of her two married sons. The room provides isolated space for a child to cry without interruption while the parent reassures it and closes the door. The setup claims to reduce persistent wailing as a matter of scientific handling.
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Streamliner Bursts Sacks Dumping Twenty Dollar Bills
A Louisville and Nashville streamliner sped through Madisonville Tennessee sending a sack of mail from a Knoxville bank. Hundreds of twenty dollar bills spilled from the sack and fluttered toward the rails and bushes. Postal Inspector Hornsby said about 70 percent were recovered with local high school students assisting in the search.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad
R. C. Hornsby
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Justice Too Slow Cows Can't Wait on Milking Time
In Morgan county Ohio a grand juror went home to milk his cows delaying a case and forcing the jury to reconvene to sign records. The dairy farmer mindset takes precedence over judicial speed in this report.
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Morgan County
New Luscombe Silvaire Flies At 125 Plus MPH
The 1947 Luscombe Silvaire, an 85 horsepower light plane with all metal stressed skin wing, has passed all CAA tests and is in limited production.
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State aid buoys California airport planning drive
California cities gain from state aid in the federal airport construction program. The state airport planning staff coordinates planning phase standards construction and regulations. Special federal state matching allocations may add 10 to 13 million dollars to California airport construction within seven years.
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Stages Screensradio Features Stars and Show Biz Moves
Western Newspaper Union notes on actors and creators moving through film radio and stage. Bob Hope and Bing Crosby help Signe Hasso and Joan Caulfield learn golf on sound stages while Virginia Mayo contends with weight and sleep during The Best Years of Our Lives. William Bendix adds What a revoltin development and Digger O Dell catchphrases. Metropolitan Opera stars Merrill Melton and Munsel headline Sunday NBC programs.
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Bing
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James Melton
Patrice Munsel
Ruby Dandridge to play Lillian Russell's maid in My Wild Irish Rose
Ruby Dandridge, Judy Canova’s radio maid, will appear as Lillian Russell's maid in My Wild Irish Rose starring Dennis Morgan. She has played maid roles in 15 consecutive pictures. Paul Lavalle, an organizer of various orchestras, plans a tin pan band. Friday's Highways in Melody, with the New York Children's Aid Society, will form an orchestra of youngsters four to eight learning rhythm by banging tin pans and kettles.
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Kelly and Allyson in Metro's Cabbages and Kings
Gene Kelly and June Allyson star in Metro's Cabbages and Kings a modern Alice in Wonderland tale. Kelly plays a Coney Island sideshow barker who falls for Allyson's character.
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Boxed movie notes and TV host bets star in radio show
Victor Slezak co stars in Sinbad the Sailor for RKO. Dennis Morgan builds a brick barbecue awaiting meat. Benny Goodman of The Victor Borge Show judges a nationwide amateur song contest tied to Duel in the Sun. Jimmy Walkington notes about 150000 radio shows past. Marlena Dietrich to be featured in Golden Barrin not a sien.
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