Dragnet star idea turns to sea tale in Kitty voyage
Erskine Johnson notes Sgt Joe Friday fame and Jack Webb interest in a big screen Dragnet. Colin Frost traces Ebenezer Shrub directing a film about a windjammer era spritsail barge the Kitty sailing for Ipswich with 100 tons of maize. The cast includes TV faces as they chronicle a fading seafaring life and rising motor barge competition.
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Erskine Johnson
NEA
Hollywood
Sgt
Joe Friday
Jack Webb
Target
Colin Frost
Warner Bros. London
Ebenezer Shrub
Shall
Ebble
Killy
Iit
Thames
Britain
Ebbie
Ipswich
John Burford
Jimmy Durante
Laura LA Plante
Hubby Irving Asher
Paramount
Laura
Hollywood Ghosts and Sailor Tales Across Page
A collage of Hollywood notes and maritime lore features guest stars, stage and screen memories, and small notices. References include Shelley Winters, Dorothy Dandridge, Laura La Plante, and Johnny Weissmuller sharing anecdotes, plus a shipboard tale with Seraiah Sleppy and wife selling land for 1500 dollars in Pine Township.
Porfirio Rubirosa sought Yvonne de Carlo before marriage
Yvonne de Carlo recalls meeting Porfirio Rubirosa at a London party a few months before his marriage to Barbara Hutton. He reportedly left another relationship to obtain her number, but she says he failed and he laughed at him, calling him a mess.
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Porfirio Rubirosa
Yvonne de Carlo
Barbara Hutton
London
Yvonne
Veterans and Korean GI Bill course start questions
A reader asks about when the Korean GI Bill correspondence course starts the official begin date being the first lesson transmitted by the school and about suspensions beyond 12 months and reentry conditions plus eligibility if discharged and needing to switch courses under VA guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lossie
Press Photog Car Burned In Lynchburg Fire
Tony Stein, a reporter photographer for the Lynchburg Daily Advance, called fire division headquarters for fire information. While he had just returned from a blaze, firemen told him his car was burning.
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Lynchburg, Va
Tony Stein
Lynchburg Daily Advance
Fire Division
Rand McNally Chairman Dies at 67 in Chicago
Andrew McNally III died after a brief illness. He was 67 and had led Rand McNally as chairman after serving as president from 1930 to 1948. He was a grandson of founder Andrew McNally and survived by his widow two other sons Frederick and Ward and a daughter.
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Chicago
Ward
McNally
Thousand Islands
N.Y
Pasadena
Calif
Pi Beta Phi Triumphs In Five Inning USC Benefit Game
Pi Beta Phi defeated Delta Gamma 6-4 in five innings at Bovard Field in Los Angeles yesterday. The charity event supported underprivileged children sent to camp in the San Bernardino mountains. Pi Beta Phi players wore green jerseys and trim while Delta Gamma wore blue and gold.
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University of Southern California
Bovard Field
Troy Camp
San Bernardino Mountains
Pi’ Beta Phi
Delta Gammas
Pi Phis
Nehru Endorses Air Transit Policy Amid Parliament Questioning
Indian Prime Minister Nehru stated his government does not oppose transit of Frenety wounded from Indochina provided the plates are unarmed and flying. He spoke alone in response to Communist questions in Parliament regarding the air move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Belht
India
Nehru
Erfiment
Indochina
Jover Mdiat Soile
Transfers in township tracts and small sums reported
Transfers flail f. Steel and wife, tract in Center Township to Myrtie K. Bowman for 5000 dollars. Laura Walker in Montgomery Township to Lelia Walker Dittman for one dollar and other considerations. John Stahl and others, tract in Conemaugh Township to R. N. Coleman for 100 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flail F. Steel and Wife
Center Township
Myrtie K. Bowman
Laura Walker
Montgomery Township
Lelia Walker Dittman
John Stahl
Conemaugh Township
R. N. Coleman
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Shelley Winters
Jimmy
Dorothy Dandridge
Esquire
Marilyn Monroe
Alan Dinehart, III
L. A. City College
Corinne Calvet
Denise Darcel
Lili Damita
James Farrell
Milo Frank
Sally Forrest
Hearth
Vanessa Brown
Broadway
Jim, Jr
Raven
Keith Andes
RKO
Johnny Weissmuller
San Diego Zoo
Lex Barker
Hernando Cortes
Mexico
The
U.S
Te Flore
New Engand
Ireland
Seraiah Sleppy
Pine Township
Isaac M. Sleppy
Albany
State Capitol
International Soundphoto
Stein
Vice
Los Angeles
Curves
Ln Lie Ed
Wertz
Mer
Phila
Famous Make
Bunny Bear
Troutman 'S
Gazette
Ae Ea
Peterson Hardware
Phila. St
Indiana, Pa
Troutman's
Mall
Ion
Germent
Prosisien Evian
Choise
Honer
Slane
Onfizen
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