Berle Dominates TV as Mr. Television and Sultan of Swipe
NEA profiles Milton Berle as the central force of his show guiding guests, routines, music, and set design. He claims the secret is variety and improvisation, while his ad libbed humor and onstage pranks keep audiences engaged.
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Morgan the Cigar Store Indian Talks in Radio Portrait
New Yorker Henry Morgan born 1915 in New York blends humor and dialect in radio sketches. He lampoons radio culture from a cigar store corner, rivals soap operas and sports commentators, and hints at a future TV shift amid a long career in AM broadcasting.
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Local wage law largely excluding small retailers and service firms
Raleigh February 4. North Carolina labor commissioner Forrest H. Shuford says federal wage and hour rules do not apply to most local service and retail workers including dry cleaning plants laundries and small shops. He notes many workers mistakenly expect 75 cents hourly minimum and overtime pay but state and federal law provide no coverage for these local employees. The article cites complaints from a North Carolina dry cleaning firm and clarifies that only interstate commerce connected workers fall under federal rules and that local government workers are also exempt.
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Raleigh
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Lambeau Seeks Isbell To Coach Chicago Backs
Early Curly Lambeau, new head coach of the Chicago Cardinals, aims to hire Cecil Isbell as backfield coach. Lambeau, famed for 31 seasons with the Green Bay Packers, signed a two year Cardinals deal believed near $30 000 per year. He said Isbell, who left Baltimore, would make a good backfield mentor.
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Chicago
Curly) Lambeau
Chicago Cardinals
Cecil Isbell
Lambeau
Green Bay Packers
Cardinals
Ray C. Bennigsen
Cardinal
Green Bay
Isbell
Baltimore
Durante Nose Takes Center Stage In New York Feature
New Yorker Jimmy Durante remains a top entertainer at 56, famed for his schnoz and wit. The piece traces his career from barber shop origins to Broadway, radio, and Hollywood, noting his live appeal, prankish humor, and the team around him.
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Richard Kleiner
NEA
New York
Jimmy Durante
Durante
Jimmy
James Durante
Coney Island
Eddie Cantor
Eddie Jackson
Lou
Clayton
Jackson
Broadsway
Hollywood
Afernoon
Japan Seeks Russian Gold Hoard Off Sasebo
Tokyo reports a salvage company and navy search for 16 cases of gold ingots said by fisherman Katsujiro Matsuo to have been dumped from a surrendering Russian ship near Sasebo during the Russo Japanese war. Estimated value around 140 million dollars.
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Tokyo
Katsujiro Matsuo
Sasebo
Japan
Matsuo
Nippon Shinkai Industrial Company
Sabet
Former Bank of England Governor Norman Dies at 78
Norman Montagu Collet, longtime governor of the Bank of England and a leading figure in world finance, died at his London home at age 78. Named a peer in 1944 on Churchill government’s advice, he led Britain’s central bank through wartime and postwar years.
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London
Norman
Bank of England
Fle
Montagu Collet
King George
Winston Churchill
Britain
Boys raise small sum for elderly neighbor
In Bloomington Illinois John Branaman aged 80 who lived alone in a shack endured a fire that left him with only the clothes on his back. Three local boys went from house to house collecting a purse totaling nearly fourteen dollars to help him.
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Bloomington
Ill
John Branaman
John
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