Wayward Headlines Stir New York Scene Says Winchell
Walter Winchell notes a broad daylight string of stickups near tracks, a shakeup at a major weekly, and a parade of cultural items. He mentions Navy nurse autographs on a hundred dollar bill and various show business scraps from Brooklyn to Broadway, with deaths, marriages, and theatre moves peppering the chatter.
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Pers
Brooklyn
Rmes
Murder, Inc
Antonio Rosario
Antonio
Roxy
Ormance
George Jean Nathan
Therese
Zola
Fred Allen
Rest and activity modernize convalescence in medical practice
A 1945 King Features Syndicate column explains how rest cure evolved into managed convalescence. Doctors like Dr. Silas Weir Mitchell and Dr. Frank H. Krusen advocate balanced physical and mental activity to shorten hospital stays and reduce recurrence, with examples from Air Forces hospitals.
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Silas Weir Mitchell
Philadelphia
Mitchell
Frank H. Krusen
Mayo Clinic
Air Forces
Scattered Notes and Oddities From Wartime Headlines
A collage of brief items covers foreign policy memory, industrial pressure, price shifts for uniformed workers, Marshall’s war book, a towering police officer, and popular culture quirks. It mentions a new nerve management book, The Ides earnings in Cleveland, Joan Crawford traffic impact, a Zanzibar bus boy profiting from art, a rare novelty typewriter, fashion hats, and a Pentagon book dispute. It notes prisoners giving blood to the armed forces during the war.
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46Th Street
Cleveland
the . S
New York
Joan’ Crawford
Zanzibar
News of Colored People Welfare Worker Speaks
John R. Larkins a North Carolina welfare consultant spoke at a First Baptist meeting on public welfare for Negroes outlining its scope in Guilford County and urging greater public interest. The program featured music and remarks from local officials and clergymen.
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John R. Larkins
North Carolina
O. E. Davis
Business Men's Civic Club
William Penn
Esther Walker
Camp Friend
M. B. Davis
E. G. Cobb
E. Burford
W. F. Elliott
W. S. McLeod
Welfare Department
Missionary Circle
Missionary Circle No. 2
First Baptist Church
Girl Scouts
Fairview Street School
Lucille Gilmore
Ramona Hines
Bernice Haizlip
Annie Jones
Mahaley Kelly
Annie Burton
Minnie Moose
Veatrice Robinson
Lillie Mae Coleman
Flossie Kinsler
A. G. Jones
Odd Fellows Hall
H. B. Torrence
Leonard Street
Ruth
Fred Miller
Darlington
S. C
Ella Miller
Concord
Harmony Choir
St. Stephens A. M. E. Zion Church
Hily
HI Y
Carl Chavis Memorial Ymca
Priscilla Barnette
Daniel Brooks
Margaret Shaver
Buffalo
N. Y
Thomas G. Wilson
United States
T. G. Wilson
Edna Staten
J. D. Wray
Fila
L. V. Ray
Pittsburgh
W. A. Wray
Raeford
Register Weapons Pittsburgh War Trophy Appeal
Internal Revenue Collector Stanley Grange urges veterans in Pittsburgh to register automatic weapons brought home as war trophies to comply with the 1954 National Firearms Act.
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Register Weapons
Pittsburgh
INS
Internal Revenue
Stanley Grange
Speed debates and political jockeying in wartime North Carolina district
Debates over raising the interstate speed limit from 35 to 50 miles per hour involve bus lines and trucking firms. Schedules and law enforcement responses vary by state. In politics, Major John Lang of Carthage considers a 8th district congressional run, while W E Mirror hopes, and Pat Taylor is seen as a strong potential rival, with others weighing next spring’s race.
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North Dakota
Garden
Tin Pan Alley
Benny Goodman
Columbia
Billy
East
Aew
Dixie Bus Terminal
New York
Betty Greene
Seaboard
Nantucket
Morton Downey
Vv la Branche
Hitler
North Carolina
Virginia
South Carolina
The
Utilities Commission
Lang
John
Carthage
Capitol Square
Congress
National Youth Administration Program
Army
W. O. Burgin
Sanford Herald
Scotland
Andon
Union
Pat) Taylor
John Lang
Indian Soldier Refuses to Feel Happy About Enlistment
David Sohappy of White Swan Washington, an American Indian recently inducted at Fort Lewis, says his name gave the wrong impression he was not happy about joining the armed forces.
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Fort Lewis, Wash
INS
David Sohappy
White Swan, Wash
Fort Lewis
Dog Cologne Hits Market For Fragrant Fido
Akron dispatch reports a new dog cologne marketed to hide canine odor. The scent promises as if Fido slept among flower beds or under a perpetually blooming orange tree, appealing to owners seeking a fresh doggy aroma.
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Akron. O
Fido
Fort Dix serves over 75000 meals daily for discharging soldiers
Major Roderick T. MacKenzie, Fort Dix Food Service Supervisor, says his unit serves more than 75,000 meals a day to high point soldiers awaiting discharge. He argues veterans should be well fed at the separation center.
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Fort DIX
N. J
INS
Roderick T. MacKenzie
High Point
Elsie the Cow to Star in New GE Peace Time Drink Ad
General Electric says Elsie the Cow and her barn yard set will be among the first to showcase upcoming peace time electrical products. A new electrical drink decor will soon be released to the market.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Ins
Elsie
General Electric
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Marinka
Third Avenue
Virginia Field
Hollywood
Xavier Cugat
Enric Madriguera
Berlin
Chicago
DAR
Cafe Society
Ursula Parrott
Conover
Universal Studios
Japan
Curtis LeMay
Yvonne Shelton
Shidehara
F. G. Sharp
Vers
Educational Fund For Children
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OWN Lumber CO
Wachovia Bank
Krusen
A. W
King Festures Syndicate, Inc
New England
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Billy Rose
Gen
Marshall
Gladys Glad Helinger
Doubleday Dolan’s
Vth Avenue
Chain of Command
Pentagon
Hazel Scott
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Bronx
Walgreen's
Mann's
Lynn Nisbet
Nature
Doan
Eady
Ashley
Automatic Wood Stove Company
Columbia, & C
SAVE
Silvertone
Dunlap Mechanics
Powermaster
AXE
Crystal
America’s Finest Tire
N. Main St
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Jack
Condy
Saarels
Bauer
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