Marguery Hotel sale nets half million after raze plan
Walter Winchell reports crowd chatter on New York showbiz from Langford murder mystery to Marguery Hotel razing for a modern office block. The property sold for about a half million profit amid a flurry of celebrity rumors and industry intrigue.
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Marguery Hotel
Yawny News
Marguery
Lenore Lemmon
Kenneth Stewart
Washington
Stassen
U. S. Senate
Shipstead
Quentin Reynolds
Royay
Ducks' Status Looked Upon As Hopeful
Norfolk report quotes state game warden Roland Halstead on 7 000 to 8 000 ducks and 5 000 geese in Back Bay with improving food and easing military activity. He notes season depends on the eastern flyway and mentions Virginia and North Carolina hunting rules and rest days. He cites 110 000 000 ducks across three continental flights and predicts a decent season if the eastern flight arrives.
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Norfolk
Back Bay
Roland Halstead
Ucks
Virginia
Halstead
Currituck Sound
North Carolina
Mississippi
Radar device aided Allied bombing by detecting elevations
Camden based RCA helped develop a secret radar system used by Allied bombers for night missions in Germany. The equipment reduced reliance on ground observation by detecting fixed obstacles like mountains and using downward pulses to provide accurate elevation data.
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Camden
N. J
Ins
Germany
Radio Corporation of America
Patch-Work Method Used To Settle Wage Disputes
Washington reports that lacking a wage dispute policy the government relies on patchwork. The piece outlines the wartime wage price rule, employer limits, and the friction between wage demands and living costs, with hints of potential reforms and a looming labor management conference.
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Washington
Beause
Truman
War Labor Board
Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach
Memree Ae
Schwelenbach
White House
Labor Management Conference
Patton Considered for U S House Seat in California
Los Angeles reports Republican leaders floated General George S. Patton Jr as a possible candidate to oppose Democrat Jerry Voorhis in California’s 12th district. Organizers note Patton’s San Marino residence and a veteran political stance while his sister says he has never aligned with a party.
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Los Angeles
George S. Patton, Jr
U. S. 3Rd Army
Congress
Leo Anson
Republican State Central Committee
Sidney Hatch
Jerry Voorhis
Gen. Patton
San Marino
Anne Patton
15Th Army
Germany
Steamed dumplings added to vegetable soup dinner plan
Supplement this steaming soup with delicious hamburger patty crisp celery and hot rolls or crackers. Warm apple pie with cheese makes a finale for this dinner. Light dumplings are favorites with men. Steam dumplings on top of soup as an accompaniment replacing crackers.
Praise the Lord Atkinson minister’s patched gasoline tank
In Atkinson Nebraska on October 11 1944 the Rev W C Birmingham reveals his car’s gasoline tank has been repaired with chewing gum corn cob and baling wire since April 1944. Sgt Dale Stevens a former Army mechanic has agreed to assist with repairs.
Sisters waive hospital bill for triplets birth
In Springfield on October 11, the Sisters of St. Francis informed Mrs Wayne Edwards that her hospital bill at St John's Hospital would be paid in full since her three boys are the first triplets born there in 21 years.
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Marinka
Jerry Wayne
Thrush
Luba Malina
Leslie Berger
Clymas
Jatin Quarter
Prudence Edgar
Ziegfeld
Landon
N. Y
Sonja Henie
Springfield
Ill
St. John's Hospital
Sisters of St. Francis
Wayne Edwards
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92Nd Street
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Center Theatre
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International Soundphoto
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High Point
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Ballard
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