Stamp of Will Hays Still Shapes Film Office
Will Hays who resigned as president remains a $100000-a-year consultant and his name lingers on the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America office. His self regulation program and the code era helped Hollywood avoid tougher censorship, with Warner Brothers recently rejoining the pact.
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Will Hays
Trudi McCullough
New York
Hays
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc
MPPDA
Hollwood
Indiana
Willaeee
Saas
Hays Office
Massachusetts
Hollywood
United Artists
Warner Brothers
Local Service Men Return From Abroad
Servicemen from High Point and vicinity listed as passengers on returning vessels. On the SS Joseph Gale due Newport News December 4: Eddie Joyner Thomasville. On the SS Johns Hopkins due Newport News December 3: Charlie Smith Thomasville, Warren H. Keys James town. On the USS Mexico City Victory due New York December 5: James L. Prevatt High Point, Cecil A. Wright Rim Point, Robert High Point, Boyd v. sak Thomasville. On the USS Texarkana Victory due New York December 5: Joseph F. Wood High Point, James W. Hutchens High Point aboard pelviae welch revogad the sane pro peller north of Bermuda.
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Joseph Gale
Newport News
Eddie Joyner
Thomasville
Johns Hopkins
Charlie Smith
Warren H. Keys
Jamestown
Mexico City
Cecil A. Wright
Rim Point
Robert High Point
Boyd v. Sak Thomasville
New York
Joseph F. Wood
James W. Hutchens
Pelviae Welch
Bermuda
George W. Hutchens
City Appliance Co Incorporation Filed In High Point
Certificates of incorporation filed in Raleigh list City Appliance company of High Point to deal in electrical appliances. Authorized capital stock $100,000, subscribed stock $300. Directors include E. G. Jarvis, Lois H. Jarvis, M. Hicks, all of High Point.
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Raleigh
City Appliance Company of
High Point
E. G. Jarvis
Lois H. Jarvis
M. Hicks
French Christmas Party Crowns Bean King and Queen
At a French Christmas gathering the guest who finds the hidden bean in a cake is named king for the night and will select his queen from the present girls. The pair then rule the remaining events of the evening.
Behind the Scenes Mollywood Highlights in 1947 Fashion and Film
Hollywood gossip centers on Gershwin’s unpublished scores valued at 150000 for two films, Bob Hope’s Europe footage being edited by Arthur Schmidt, and Dusty Anderson awaiting a California divorce decree. Red Skelton’s housing dispute, Cornel Wilde’s marriage, Jolson’s on set quip, and fashion trends in 1947 are noted alongside industry moves and personal headlines.
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Harrison Carroll
King Features Syndicate
Hollywood
George Gershwin
Bill Pertberg
Twentieth Century - Fox
Gershwin
George
Bob Hope
Hope
Europe
Bob
Arthur Schmidt
Monsieur Beaucaire
Short celebrity notes from Hollywood and music world
After a year Lizabeth Scott received a phone ten days before eviction. Lionel Hampton’s Swing is set for December 20. A Chicago fan sent Andy Russell a 180 pound bull mastiff named Uncle Arthur. Grace Fields saw Molly and Me in Rome with Italian subtitles. Janet Blair’s husband Lou Busch plays piano for Freddie Martin while her regular pianist is away. Peggy Ryan and Mel Torme renew a friendship at the Beverly Tropics. Jimmy McHugh and Harold Adamson employ two secretaries to answer songwriter letters. Athens director John Auer at the Colony House. Rags Ragland returns to MGM. Beutel hopes to exit Navy for the New York opening of The Outlaw after a city key and a rain-soaked room in San Francisco.
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Lionel Hampton
Chicago
Andy Russell
Arthur
Gracie Fields
Molly
Rome
Janet Blair
Lou Busch
Freddie Martin
Ddie
East
Martin
Busch
Great Notch
N. J
Peggy Ryan
Mel Torme
Beverly Tropics
Jimmy McHugh
Harold Adamson
Athens
John Auer
Colony House
Rags Ragland
M-G-M
Raga
Jack Beutel
Navy
New York
Beutel
San Francisco
Howard Hughes
Fairmont
Labor dispute updates reflect stalled wage talks and policy shifts
The Chrysler UAW talks extend amid a 30 percent demand while GM CIO Auto Workers resume negotiations after a postponement. Collet cites a 33 percent cost increase to frame wages and price ceilings, as Truman administration seeks a fast path to curtail strikes with a new labor bill. House hearings set for next week while AFL and CIO leaders resist the measure.
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Kesmen
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler-Uaw
Washington
Decoe
John C. Collet
Collet
Truman
OPA
General Motors Corporation
Cio-Auto
House
Norton
D-Nj
Labor Committee
Dga
Ramspeck
Congress
Sandey Ramspeck
William Green
American Federation of Labor
CIO
Philip Suarey
Strike Prevention Bill Opens Senate Consideration
The strike prevention legislation, triggering a rift between the Truman administration and organized labor, enters its formal introduction and moves into congressional debate as of December 6. The measure aims to curb labor stoppages and shape bargaining rules amid national unrest.
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Washington
Truman
Organized Labor
Congress
Last of Old Big Four Vittorio Orlando at Versailles
Vittorio Orlando 86 former Italian premier pauses for the camera during the Versailles cabinet crisis. He consults Prince Umberto as he and leaders Woodrow Wilson Lloyd George and Clemenceau draft peace terms with Germany at the conference.
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Vittorio Orlando
Italy
Prince Umberto
America
Woodrow Wilson
Britain
Lloyd George
France
Clemenceau
Geremans
Versailles
Market Reaches 15 Year Average High
The stock market rose to a 15 year average high with active opening gains led by U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler General Motors Union Pacific Southern Railway Southern Pacific United Aircraft Boeing Allied Chemical Western Union A International Telephone. Notable losers included Standard Oil NJ Santa Fe Jones Manville and Goodyear.
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U. S, Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
General Motors
Union Pacific
Southern Railway
Southern Pacific
United Aircraft
Boeing
Allied Chemical
Western Union
International Telephone
Standard Oil
Santa Fe
Jones-Manville
Goodyear
Textile markets show December output strong though prints scarce
New York reports broad labor demand across cotton textile builds while December production runs high and converters expect more supply for year end. Washington industry groups push for a 10 percent ceiling raise to offset rayon lining output. Chicago hogs and cattle markets move lower on light weight hogs and steady to firm cattle as buyers clear supplies.
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New York
Washington
Chicago
USDA
Debates Settle Little As England Faces Two Factions
The Commons clash frames a struggle between two opposing creeds the socialists and the conservatives with Oliver Lyttelton leading a censure move while Churchill and Cripps exchange sharp barbs and Morrison and Churchill clash ahead of the debate’s close. Christmas Eve in Cuba features lavish dinners of barbequed pig beans rice and sweets.
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Lyttelton
Morocco
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Board of Trade
Herbert Morrison
House of Commons
Commons
War warning faults cited before Pearl Harbor probe
Marshall told a congressional committee that the navy lacked torpedo defenses at Pearl Harbor and Honolulu planes were outdated, urging top flight aircraft and two active defense areas. General Gerow accepted War Plans Division responsibility for possible prewar warnings, while Miles and Miles former intel chief called Short’s reply inadequate.
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Pearl Harbor
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Howarshall
U. S
War Department
War Plans Division
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Calif
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Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Army
Unemployment Groups Shrink in Reported Areas
The census style briefing notes fewer significant changes in joblessness across 11 regions, with Grand Rapids showing a peacetime reconversion upturn. Group one areas drop from 13 to 7, while 48 areas are in balance and 67 show surpluses. The national unemployment estimate stands at 1.52 million for mid October. The piece also mentions the Swedish origin of the yule log tradition.
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Mich
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Salt Lake City
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Tehran center of Anglo American Russian talks examined
The testimony described the Tehran discussions and their framing in law as senators questioned how it connected to Acheson. Navy undersecretary Artemus Gates visited the president after returning from China but declined to discuss the conference. Senator Bridges pressed three questions about Brig. Gen. Hurley’s resignation as ambassador, alleging subordinates sabotaged him in Chungking and Washington.
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R-Nh
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Chungking
Washington
New Englander
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Byrnes
U S Envoy Aide Atcheson Responds To Hurley Claims
George Atcheson Jr. says he will issue a statement Friday after Hurley charged him with advocating lend lease to Chinese Communists. Atcheson, former counselor at Chungking and now MacArthur’s diplomatic adviser, declined to comment immediately on the accusations.
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Tokyo
George Atcheson, Jr
U. S
Patrick Hurley
United States
Atcheson
Chungking
Hurley
Gen
MacArthur
Washington
Senate
Foregin Relations Committee
Bridges presses for state department answers in Hurley case
Bridges urged disclosure on why subordinates undermined Hurley work and why postaliers remain in diplomacy. Hurley summoned for more testimony as Byrnes prepares to present the state department side in the China envoy dispute. Cha Connally pressed for a public statement as Hurley alleged government pussyfooting amid claims subordinates favored the communists.
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State Department
General Hurley
Hurley
Byrnes
China
Cha Connally
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