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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1949
Page
6
New York press agent Bob Sayre staged a stunt involving glass diamonds in a Rope of Sand publicity setup. He and his wife distributed envelopes to reveal the fake gems. A real diamond in his wife’s engagement ring went missing, likely swapped by someone during the publicity ploy. The incident costs Sayre his bonus and damages the stunt’s success.
Henk, 26, a Dutch ship’s navigator, and Riet Thuysen, 25, wed by proxy while he was in Durban and she in Arnhem. He met her in Singapore during a honeymoon trip and plans to live together in about a year and a half as married officers rotate every two years.
The program features Victor McLaglen and Marjorie Woodworth with Dennis O Keefe and Ray Whitley. Also included are two color cartoons and a musical interlude in the Saturday program.
Review of Capitol-Telefunken release by Eugen Jochum with the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam. The old recording offers a flawed performance of Mozart's G minor symphony, a beloved peak of his output, with better versions available elsewhere.
Frank Sinatra with Axel Stor dah! Orchestra and Quinten presents a Columbia album C-185 The Voice waxes old favorites and some less familiar numbers including Body and Soul Fools Rush In and Laura The reviewer says every side in the book is well done perhaps the best of the four Sinatra albums issued so far.
Bill Farrell, age twenty, leads the Bill Farrell and Orchestra under conductor Earle Hagen on MGM 10488. A Cleveland born singer bootblack who rose to radio stardom with Bob Hope, his earnest baritone draws comparisons to Sinatra and Eckstine and signals a rising musical horizon.
Review notes Haymes with Gordon Jenkins and Orchestra on Decca 24650. In Because he blends with orchestra and vocal group for a strong effect while in Spring he stays away from the baritone department.
A brief music note highlights Ben Light on piano with Herb Kern organ Lloyd Sloop on Novachord and Bill Markas on drums. Tempo 622 credits a rapid high piano with light rhythmic drive creating a surprising and wonderful twist on old favorites.
Charlie Barnet and Orchestra present a Capitol release as a complete resume of the Ellington style. Edward Kennedy Ellington is depicted from all angles in a frank natural light, showing admiration from one of Duke Ellington’s greatest supporters.
The week’s chart shows Drinkin Wine at number one followed by Some Enchanted Evening and Roomful of Roses. Other entries include I Don’t See Me In Your Eyes Anymore Baby It’s Cold Outside Bali Ha i The Four Winds and the Seven Seas Tell Me So Orchids in the Moonlight and Riders in the Sky.
New York Aug 5 General health conditions in the United States improved in the first half of 1949 based on Metropolitan Life Insurance Company mortality data. The six month death rate was 6.7 per 1000, 3.3 percent below 1948. Declines appeared in influenza pneumonia tuberculosis and other illnesses, while cancer rose due to aging policyholders.
Tasmanians in Mountain River fearing a phantom beast that roams the hills at night. A 20 man posse searches the region as dogs balk and a bushman recalls a large head and broad white chest. Some theorize a Tasmanian tiger may be involved, though the species is believed extinct.
In 1587 Raleigh first colonists landed and found scuppernong grape vines here. Five of the ancient vines remain alive with trunks so large a man cannot span them.
A casserole combines cooked green lima beans with frankfurter slices and tomato sauce. Top with buttered crumbs and bake in a moderate oven until heated through and golden.
The text discusses uses for waxed moisture resistant paper bags for picnic lunches refrigerator storage and kitchen waste. It also provides a recipe for egg nogs with beaten eggs salt milk sugar vanilla or orange rind and serving with straws.
Roger Kirk, 19, son of the U S ambassador, comes to Moscow to learn the language. After initial failure with private teachers he joins an embassy work group performing moving, repair, maintenance and supply tasks to immerse in daily speech.
Dimitry Krassovsky of UCLA library says complete Russian bibliographies may not be exported from Russia and new Russian books are hard to find. He notes propaganda pamphlets are the one readily available type.
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