Davidson Lions Club Plans Charter Night Celebration
Davidson is staging charter night Friday April 26 at 8:00 p.m. in the chambers banquet hall on the Davidson College campus to mark the club’s promotion from the cub stage. Lions from Charlotte and district officers will attend, with Governor Edward H. McMahan presiding and James V. Lore delivering the acceptance speech.
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John L. Payne
Dean C. K. Brown
Edward H. McMahan
Lion
North Carolina
Governor McMahan
Davidson Club
James V. Lore
Gall Bladder Sufferers Offered New Bile-Boosting Remedy
A health notice proclaims GALLUSIN as a remarkable preparation to stimulate liver bile flow and relieve gallbladder distress. The ad asserts strong relief from colic and stomach discomfort, touts a full money back guarantee by Cecil's Drug Store on North Main Street, with a claim of low cost per dose.
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Cecil’s Drug Store
North Main
Hughes Files Big Suit Against MPA Over The Outlaw Ad Ban
Howard Hughes sues the Motion Picture Association of America alleging damages up to five million dollars after its rejection of ads for The Outlaw. The complaint seeks treble damages with one claim for a million and another potentially five million. Hughes resigned hours before a scheduled MPA hearing on whether his promotional material breached standards. Eric Johnston defends the association’s taste norms and calls the group a boycott and restraint of trade violation.
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Howard Hughes
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Hays Office
Old GI Bill Opens GI Education to Correspondence Schools
Veterans may now use correspondence courses under the GI Bill if the school is on the approved list and has a VA contract. The VA will cover up to 50 dollars total for such courses, with one quarter of study time charged against the veteran’s eligibility. Forms VA 1950 and 1950s are required, and not all correspondence schools will be approved.
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Illinois to Build 15000-Seat Coliseum at State Fairgrounds
Reconstruction of the Illinois state fairgrounds advances with plans for a 15000 seat coliseum to host year round entertainment. Illinois State Fair manager William V. Ward says the project will cost between 1.5 and 1.75 million dollars as soon as materials are available.
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Garden Tips Grow Cucumbers In Hills
Garden advice explains vegetables like cucumbers thrive when seed is sown in hills rather than rows. Form 5 to 6 inch high centers with a 1 foot diameter, plant a dozen seeds per hill, water gently at first and more later, and label hills with vegetable name and planting date.
Notes of an Innocent Bystander on Broadway Talk
A lively roundup notes Ralph Bellamy’s involvement in Woman Bites Dog and its demise after five performances. Emmett Lavery campaigns for Congress. Shootin’ Star faces cast turmoil as newcomers clash. May 8 opening at Granada with Dick Ballou back from the wars. Critics roast Maurice Barrymore vaudeville stint. jokes target Gromyko and Louella Parsons. Reviews praise Call Me Mister and Danny Kaye’s The Kid from Brooklyn. other features span From This Day Forward, A Yank in London, Make Mine Music, and Frontier Gunsaw. Television and radio riffs include Franco critiques and Benny Colman quips.
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London
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John Bull
Walter’ Winchell
Commentary on Politics and Culture Across Nations
A rambling critique mixes editorials and literary news. It notes Nazi scientists in Spain and Franco's deportation pressures while lampooning editors and discussing new books, authors, and media figures with satirical asides on American politics and international affairs.
500000 In sems Raffles Customs Men
Vancouver April 23 Customs officials face disposal of more than a half million dollars in oriental gems and art treasures belonging to French banker Henri Bar who disappeared from a freighter after six days at sea. His friend Charles Claudon French consul said Bar was a widower with no heirs and his collection is among the finest in the world. The treasure will be kept under bond as the missing man is presumed dead.
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Trainman Spare That Horse Please
A small Negro boy leading a tired horse wedged its leg between ties on a Spring Creek trestle. Neighbors and crewmen pulled the horse free after flagging a near train. The boy explained he was taking the animal to a rendering company to be ground into fertilizer. A supplementary statistic notes that over 35 percent of world coal comes from the Great Appalachian and interior U.S. coal fields.
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Heavy Overhead Lowers The Ceiling
In Johnstown Pennsylvania a landlord from Altoona seeks eviction of a floor tenant due to a 400 pound occupant and a ceiling that cannot bear the weight. Area Rent Director Leo Akers says the OPA has no remedy for the situation.
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