Walter Winchell in New York headlines and showbiz notes
A dense miscellany of Hollywood chatter and media quotes centered on Walter Winchell and Baruch testimony, with gossip on Capchart broadcasters, Sonny Tufts, Garbo, Crosby, and others. It also references Runyon Fund drives, Miss Maine, and fashion, theater, and music industry items across New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baruch
Fulbright
Senators
Wall Street Giants
N. Y. Times
Sonny Tufts
Variety
H. Bone
New Haven
Joanne Gilbert
Mamie
Rosetta Tharpe
B. Crosby
Ell
Fitzgerald
Chamberlain Brown
Broadway
Rosoff's
Miss Garbo
Luigi Cagnani
Grand Central Station
Zone
Milton
Christine
Philly
Queenwich Willitch
Lower East Side
Mickey Rooney
Ag Tye
Jeanne Williams
Carol Channing
Delilah
Dinah Shore
Lola
Phil Foster
Pat Ward
Deadly long range planes a lesson from America
The Yalta documents reveal a 1944 plan to train Soviet crews with US heavy bombers to form a Soviet strategic air force for the Far East. Roosevelt Stalin and Churchill discussed B24 deployment and training, but the plan was abandoned amid delivery issues and postwar shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elton C. Fay
United States
Russia
Yalta
Japan
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
John R. Deane
U.S
Moscow
W. Averell Harriman
Eee
Centen Yani
Deane
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
North Pacific
Soviet Union
Germany
Harriman
Far East
Joint Chiefs
Europe
Southwest Pacific
Air Force
Mariana
Siberia
TV4
Murder in Hotel Lobby Sparks Detective Work
A gambler named Blackie King lies dead in a shabby hotel lobby after a 2 a.m. shooting. Three men Baker, Kline, and Winters recount their movements, with Baker and Kline admitting minor gambling ties to King. A detective questions who bore the killer’s grudge, hinting at a suspect among the trio based on their statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tod
Blackie King
Pete Baker
Marty Kline
Ted Winters
Kline
Baker
Winters
Surplus Farms Grow as U S Embraces Tech Advances
The Census Bureau notes 1950 data showing 55 percent of farms produced most market goods while 45 percent produced little. Big farms gain productivity from advances in machinery and science, reducing manpower and farm counts while acreage per farm rises. Surpluses and price issues follow, prompting government controls and price supports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovid A. Martin Washington
Mar
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
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Walter Winchell IN
New York
Richard Collette
Collette
Pao
City Center
Sweden
Steel
Britain
Carol
Maney
Peter Arnell
Farbara
Jane Robin
Mary McCoy
Sen
P. J. Moriarity
Howie
Moriarity
Rlyn
L. Liebowit
Missouri
American Airlines
Marilyn
Ringling
Grace Kelly
Souseby
Mickey Ey
Miami Beach
L. Q
Paramount
Criterion
Shelley
Vittorio
Billy Daniels
Stage Coach Inn
Spindletop
Grace Appel
Myrtle Daniels
Katherine Lewis
Mfg. Co
Singer Sewing Center
N. Main
Orton Plantation
Wilmington
Virginia Phillips
Southport
Orton House
Cape Fear
America
DY A.C. Gordon
Bad Lands
Ith
Dakota
Orkin
Pai
Cal
Maytag
Central Appliance CO
North Main
Better Life
Rose Bush Sale
Amel
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