Hollywood notes on Currie and two screen giants
United Press notes veteran Scotland actor Finlay Currie finds Hollywood has finally embraced him after 53 years on stage and screen. Currie stars in Dr. Praetorius with Cary Grant and Jeanne Crain for 20th Century Fox as he recalls scaring audiences in Great Expectations and other roles. The piece also highlights Sally Forrest working with Charles Laughton and Boris Karloff in The Door, praising Laughton’s gentleness and Karloff’s Keats readings between dramatic scenes and a cheeky anecdote about a staged fall.
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Hollywood
Finlay Currie
England
Dr. Praetorius
Darryl F. Zanuck
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
20Th Century-Fox
Cary Grant
Jeanne Crain
Currie
Sally Forrest
Gwood
Charles Laughton
Boris Karloff
Universal - International
Robert Louis Stevenson
Miss Forrest
Laughton
Karloff
Mr. Laughton
How to Be a Hero Even to Your Wife
An illustrated booklet advertisement from a midtown New York City source promotes a guide titled How to Be a Hero Even to Your Wife. It references Grand Central Terminal and the Hotel Roosevelt as landmarks and offers the booklet on request via a NYC hotel or Hilton Hotel venue.
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Grand Central Terminal
Roosevelt
Madison Ave
45Th St
New York
Professor Surprised by Farewell Kisses in Class
In Tempe Arizona Professor John Pop Girdler aged 70 dismissed his first year English class ending term with Shakespeare's sorrow. Twenty six coeds greeted him with kisses in an unexpected sendoff. In a separate note the article cites federal prison numbers peak near 26 000 in 1932 and a drop of about 10000 after prohibition repeal.
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Tempe, Ariz
John
Girdler
United States
Lioness Shot Dead After Rifle Uproar in Pretoria
In Pretoria South Africa a lioness attacked two constables after they disturbed her near Kruger. Constable J Van Zyl allegedly jammed his rifle down the beast's throat, the lioness charged another officer, and after a third shot she collapsed at his feet.
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Pretoria
South Africa
Fark
Kruger
Ac K
Castaal J. van Zyl
Fan Zyl
Keeping Up With Joneses Triggers Neighborly Upswing
A trio visits a neighbor as the Joneses face rising costs and social pressure. After buying out the prior resident for cash, the new household quickly mirrors prior excess with a maid, a new car, and a renovated home prompting others to chase similar luxuries.
Fire destroys Harris barn as plane spots flames
Captain Danny Hass piloting a Lake Central flight to Chicago spotted flames and smoke at Joseph Harris barn in Kokomo Indiana. He alerted Kokomo municipal airport which then summoned a township firefighting unit to respond.
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Kokomo, Ind
Joseph Harris
Danny Hass
Lake Central
Chicago
Kokomo
East Providence nets profit from seized slot machines
East Providence spent 47.60 to destroy four slot machines seized in raids but found 58 in coin boxes, yielding a net profit of 16.98 for the town. In Columbia City Indiana police searched a drainage ditch after a call about a floating body but found a football tackling dummy.
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East Providence
R. I
Columbia City
Ind
Public Auction Foreclosure of High Point Property
Under power of sale in a deed of trust J B McDaniel’s property in High Point Township Guilford County will be sold at public auction June 30 1951 at 11 AM in front of the County Building South Main Street High Point. Lot Nos 92 and 93 Eastside Park No 1 as per Plat Book 13 page 93. H Willard trustee.
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J. B. McDaniel
Register of Deeds
Guilford County
County
South Main Street
High Point
N. Cox
Navy reports great progress on future super weapons
Naval officers describe rapid advances in jet tail landings, atomic submarines, fast guided torpedoes and long range missiles. Most weapons are years away with a long haul plan to keep sea lanes open while oil interests rise in global urgency.
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Dayton Moore
Washington
U.S
Lee
Russia
Navy
Adm
Forrest P. She
Candidate says loss sour, glad rival also defeated
In Muncie Indiana a municipal primary loser says he hated to lose but was glad to see another rival knocked out as well.
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Muncie, Ind
Indiana
Sub subs launch and naval armament notes
A recently launched submarine weighs 750 tons, about half the size of a fleet sub, with underwater detection gear and homing torpedoes. The Navy plans limited orders of two surface to air missiles Terrier and Mat nightignes. Adm H Cassady cites two promising proposals for a radical new jet fighter with a unique tail landing gear for vertical carrier takeoffs.
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Navy
H. Cassady
Air
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Hal Boyle
Smith
Brown
Nam Johnson
Jones
Johnson
Ci Son
Smi Brown
Jones Place
Ieee
Safedge
Charles EB. Sheloff
North Carolina
Bess Sideloff Gay Hensley
Dae
Daly
Harllee
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