Notes on a Not-So Innocent Bystander Broadway Gossip
Winchell surveys New York show life with James BakER in Boston, Ruth Draper and Make Mine Manhattan drawing praise, Hildegarde loses jewels, and reviews mix on The Exile Tycoon Beauty and the Beast High Wall Glamour Girl and Inner Sanctum praised while Time and Life errata noted. The Press Box hints at strategic hires and media politics as the buzz continues.
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Josephine Baker
Boston
Paris
Nitices
Oyly Carte Co
London
Gilbert & Sullivan
Ruth Draper
Manhattan
New Haven
Doug Fairbanks
Bob Taylor
Media gossip and recollections across postwar press
A stream of brief items and opinions on figures from New York journalism and entertainment. References include Will Lissner on Russian and American workers costs, a Mark Hellinger obituary note, Philip Wylie from the N Y Post, Drew Pearson becoming Liberty’s Washington observer, Mark Sullivan’s third party forecast, CBS correspondents departing, Willa Cather’s unpublished stories, Rudy Vallee and Mitzi Green, and quips about notable critics and personalities.
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the Intelligentsia
Philip Wylie
N. Y. Post
Drew Pearson
Liberty
Washington Observer
H. V. Kaltenborn
Bob Allen
Collier’s
Mark Sullivan
Wallace
M. S
Chris’ll Balt
Bill Henry
Joe McCaffrey
CBS Washington
Willa Cather
N. Y
Rudy Vallee
Mitzi Green
Valdes’ Rhumband
Colonial Inn
Kay Thompson
Chicago
Blackstone
Palmer House
Burns Mantle
Salt Boosts Beet Output For Farmers
Gene val N Y AP News reports Prof C B Sayre of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station finds salting table beets before growth raises yields up to 300 tons per acre with 500 pounds of salt per acre costing about 2 50 per acre. Salt provides sodium essential for max yields and helps small beets fetch premiums from canners.
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AP News
Geneva
N. Y
C. B. Sayre
New York State Agricultural Experiment Station
State Revenues Soar to Record Peak In December
North Carolina finance figures show December general fund receipts at 9.32 million, highway fund at 7.46 million, and license fund at 99,888. Six month totals reach 74.31 million, with income tax 4.40 million and sales tax 3.46 million. Governor Cherry has not seen the report amid calls for a special session to raise teacher and state employee salaries.
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Raleigh
Jan
North Carolina
Cherry
Cowboy officer rope dog in Missouri River rescue
Patrolman Jack Peterson spotted a collie swept by the Missouri River current. He ran to a nearby store, grabbed a lariat, and looped the dog’s head to pull it to shore, joking that he used to punch cows.
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Falls
Mont
Jack Peterson
Never Owned Car in North Bend Engineer Retires
North Bend Oregon retirement of Rube Cavanagh after 33 years as city engineer who never owned a car. He walked to work from his ranch home ten miles away and still hoofed it daily posting a 25 to 30 mile walking routine. He jokes about the expense of cars and recalls trying to catch a steer on his property but finding it too strenuous now.
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Magazoons
Time
Pepple
Jack Smith
Canaries
Smith
Life
Ezio Pinza
The
Met
Rosa Bok
Conrad Berens
Yurrop
Philip Wylie
North Bend
Ore
Rube Cavanagh
Cavanagh
Neight Cavanagh
Spanish Border Bars Are Based on Relaxed Restrictions
About 3 780 people crossed the Spain France frontier at Irun in November as restrictions eased though the border stays officially closed. Unofficial counts show 1 600 foreigners and 400 Spaniards entered France, and 1 400 foreigners and 380 Spaniards returned to Spain. Officials also arranged an exchange of ten Spanish railroad freight cars for ten French cars, idle since the border closure nearly two years ago.
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Irun
Spain
France
Philippine revenue climbs to record 1947 four-month total
The Philippines reports first four months revenue at 42.645 million dollars, up nearly 50 percent from the previous year, marking a record for the period. Italy’s June 1947 coal imports total six million long tons from the United States. Her coal needs are at least twice that amount.
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Manila
Philippine Rnment
Italy
U.S
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Mark Hellinger
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