Hollywood Plays It Smart Waiting Through Pioneer TV Days
NEA columnist Erskine Johnson reports Hollywood studios shifted from heavy film star payrolls to TV film work as sponsors demand quality, pushing unknowns to breaks on TV. The industry moves west, with movie players and technicians guiding hybrid productions, while New York vaudeville fades from TV.
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Hollywood
Tiere
NEEA
America
Erskine Johnson
NEA
Golden Spoons
New York
Garbos
Fie
Manhattan
Telvision
Red tape snarls U S rearmament production in Korea era
In Leslie Goulds fifth installment on why the United States fights today with yesterday's aircraft, the piece blames pervasive red tape for delaying arms production by months. It details cascading approvals from generals to captains, across all services and agencies, and argues this paper work throttles defense output more than battlefield shortages.
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Leslie Gould
United States
Korea
America
Air Force
Bennie
Myers
Wright Field
Herman Feldman
Army Quartermaster Corps
Army
James V. Hunt
Anl
National Production Authority
Munitions Board
General Accounting Office
White House
Cniine
Student Nurse Proves A Real Sailor Girl
PROVI DENCE Rhode Island a student nurse Shirley Whitcomb 22 sailed her 19 foot Sailboat 100 miles to a winter harbor in three days with different companions each day. She averaged nine knots on a 27 nautical mile leg and faced variable fall winds. The boat will be scraped and repainted in Providence.
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Providence
R. I
Shirley Whitcomb
Old Lyme
Conn
Jalopy Heaven Established On Small Island
Providence Rhode Island report describes Prudence Island as a retired car haven with driftways instead of roads. The piece notes no licenses or insurance, no state registration, and 30 resident cars plus 100 summer visitors using the driftways. Transport to the island costs about 7.50 per car, with few cars returning.
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Providence
Prudence Island
Narragansett Bay
Prudence
Rhode Island
Taft Seeks Minnesota Delegates Amid Stassen Clash
Senator Taft authorized Minnesota national committeeman Roy Dunn to campaign for Minnesota delegates at the 1952 GOP nominating convention. He challenged Harold Stassen's grip on Minnesota and signposted that his name may not appear on the March 18 presidential primary ballot. The piece notes the delegation split mechanics and hints Taft's reluctance for a draft Eisenhower coalition.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Vine
Cincinnati
Roy F. Dunn
Ohinaw
Stassen
Gov
Thomas
Dewey
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Punctual Ducks Over Mt Vernon Return Each Year
Ul.P- Those flat-billed ducks flew south over Southern Illinois on schedule again. R. A. Patrick Jr., keeper of the migration record, notes the ducks arrived on Oct 30 for the 12th year running, unable to determine why that date recurs.
UN civil aid ships 1609 uniforms to Korean nurses
The United Nations civil assistance command in Korea supplied 1,609 uniforms to South Korean nurses, nurses aides and midwives, aiding hospital staff and patient care across the region.
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United Nations Civil Assistance Command
Korea
Jacoby on Bridge Experts Beat Themselves In Tough Hand
In Detroit next week a national bridge tourney will draw about a thousand experts. Harry Fishbein recalls a hand shown to many players, where all experts are defeated by a clever defense that cancels their spade ruff plan and turns the tide with a heart through trick two.
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Harry Fishbein
Detroit
Fishbein
East
West
South
New York Quiet Under A Bomb Alarm, Hal Boyle Reports
New York residents behaved calmly when air raid sirens sounded, quickly using shelters and awaiting the all clear. The piece notes varied reactions from indifference to curiosity, compares morale to London’s blitz, and reflects on survival patterns and civilian resilience amid fear.
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New York
Earth
Civil Defense Organization
Tass
Moscow
London
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