Anecdotes and Snippets From a Prewar Celebrity World
A collage of rapid-fire anecdotes features Francis X. Bushman posing for a Nathan Hale statue, Cleopatra with a Jimmy Durante nose, and Marie Antoinette seeking hairdresser permission before the guillotine. It traces legends from Churchill to Capote, Brando, and Lord Nelson, with quips on actors, diplomats, and pioneers like Ralph Schneider and Disraeli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis X. Bushman
Nathan Hale
New York City
Cleopatra
Caesar
Marie Antoinette
Winston Churchill
Graham seeks halt to North Carolina write-in governor bid
Frank Porter Graham appeals for immediate end to a write-in campaign for governor. Graham, a United Nations mediator and former UNC president, opposes the movement and backs the Democratic ticket. Leaflets attack Dan ap and appeal to voters who supported L Richardson Preyer in the primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Graham
End
Chapel Hill
N.C
Frank Porter Graham
University of North Carolina
North Carolina
Graham
United Nations
Dan
L. Richardson Preyer
Luthuli Abandons Hope Of NYC Nobel Dinner Attendance
Albert Luthuli winner of the 1960 Nobel Peace Prize has given up hope of attending a New York City awards dinner. Friends say no reply yet from the South African government to permission to leave the country. He was to travel today to reach the dinner of the Protestant Council of the City of New York. Luthuli, a Negro, has opposed apartheid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
Albert Luthuli
New York City
Luthuli
United States
Protestant Council
New York
Luhuli
Cooley Proposes Tobacco Sales To Red Countries
Rep Harold Cooley of North Carolina urged selling surplus tobacco to Iron Curtain nations to cut government loan program holdings. He cited Poland among possible buyers and said talks with several countries slowed by various factors. He noted such sales could reduce surplus without halting future acreage cuts and stated he seeks re election on November 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambrose B. Dudley
Associated Press
Raleigh
N. C
Harold Cooley
D-N.c
Iron Curtain
Cooley
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W. Winchell
Ethel
Lionel
John Barrymore
Casanova
Walter Raleigh
Truman Capote
New Yorker Magazine
Paddy Chayefsky
Marlon Brando
Best's Dept Store
Suh Avenue
Nyc
Eddie Arcaro
Barry Goldwater
Phoenix
J. F. Ken
Henry Ford
Braddock
Lord Nelson
Sears
GOP
Dean Burch
San Francisco
Burch
Dean Acheson
Dept. of State
Acheson
Norman Vincent Peale
Walt Kid
Mickey
U.S
Grant
Chase Geek
Mamie Bionhow
White House
Warren Beatty
Hollywood
Debbie Reynolds
Debbie
Barbra Streisand
Afce Lance Saenenneninienen Nvy
Ter
England
Lord Ponsonby
Britain
Turkey
Ponsonby
Duke” Ellington
Ralph E. Schneier
Manhattan
Disraeli
Washington
Tiesin
Sefferson
San Sunul Eau
Sosnik’s Furniture Fair
Waughtown Street
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Louisville
Columbus
Cincinnati
Norfolk
Knoxville
Charlotte
Piedmont Airlines
Byron Haworth
High Point Municipal Court
Haworth
Worthmore Candies
Harvest MIX
Barry
Mott’s Rich Apple
A&p
Hallowe’en Party
Trick
Jane Parker
Jane Parker White Enriched
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