Television as a Change in Show Business
A columnist fears TV will reshape merchandising and public life but won’t erase human nature. He foresees TV altering theater, sports, movies, radio, and advertising while keeping major stars and vaudeville’s spark, with performers adapting to the new visual medium.
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MBX
Ciga
Rette Boys
Bob Hopes
Bing Crosbys
Walter Winchells
Fannie Brices
Broadway
Main Street
Bobby Clark
Bert Lahr
Ethel Merman
Gertrude Lawrence
Willie Howard
Maurice Chevalier
Crime Viewed as Hidden Tax on Public Costs
In Tulsa, Dr. James M. Hepbron, a criminologist from Baltimore, stated that crime acts as a hidden tax on the public as petty thefts are included in product pricing. He cited hotels adding charges for lost towels and similar items, and said deterrence relies on the certainty of being caught and punished.
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Tulsa
Okla
James M. Hepbron
Hepbron
Wong New Takes Honorable Way Out
Wong Kwee New, awaiting life for murder, chose suicide in New York. His associates in Chester said Oriental philosophy justified his act as the honorable alternative after his sentence was reversed by the State Supreme Court.
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Chester, Pa
Ulp
Wong Kwee New
Wong
State Supreme Court
New York
Joe McEvoy Finds Life in a Wheelchair and Hope
EBENSBURG Pa UP Joe McEvoy who developed arthritis six years ago resigned himself to being an invalid. Friends urged him to try a wheelchair and now he rolls ten pin balls at a local alley almost nightly. He joins in dances parties and sports and hopes to attend major league baseball events this year.
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Ebensburg
Joe McEvoy
Joe
Show business unlikely to worry, heavy female vote noted
A 1947 Billy Rose column argues show business unlikely to be disrupted by TV and theatre, noting many voters are women and politics will hinge on women’s choices. He mentions summer stock wages and skepticism toward certain media trends while joking about candidate appeal and fashion.
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Oritz
Johnny
Taft
Eegar Bergen
Billy Rose
Ebensburg man finds purpose in office job restart
A fragment describes Joe shedding his self doubt and taking a new path in an Ebensburg garage office setting. The quote indicates the change makes him feel alive as he embraces the relocation and new role.
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Joe
Ebensburg
Teaching Fun to Ber Brownington, VI
Miss Elsie Skinner completes her 50th consecutive year as a Vermont grade school teacher. "I've enjoyed every minute of it," she says.
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Ber Brownington
Elsie Skinner
Aew
Vermont
Minnesota high court rules city vehicles taxed for gasoline
The Minnesota supreme court holds that municipalities are not exempt from the four cent state tax on gasoline used by city owned and operated vehicles despite blank et exemptions in many states.
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Chicago
Minnesota Supreme Court
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