Las Vegas Opens Flamingo Amid Westward Glamour
Las Vegas debuts the Flamingo as a glittering modern Barbary Coast with Hollywood money and star guests. Xavier Cugat tops the show while Jimmy Durante entertains. El Rancho Vegas also reports star-studded acts and packed dining rooms. A remark on west coast entertainment contrasts with freight airline growth from twelve major U.S. carriers.
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Lon McAllister
George Sanders
Sonny Tufts
Charles Coburn
Vivian Blaine
George Raft
Eleanor Parker
George Jessel
Xavier Cugat
Jimmy Durante
Rose Marie
Tommy Onder
el Rancho Vegas
Ritz Brothers
Peggy Lee
Hollywood
Frontier
Hypnotic Language Experiment Overshadows Sports Page
A New York set of hypnotic musings disrupts the sports section as a narrator attempts to hypnotize readers through typewriter prose. The piece critiques media influence and political promises while weaving dizzying stream of consciousness and fragmented phrases.
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New York
Eve
First Public Junior College Began in Joliet 1902
The nation’s first public junior college opened in Joliet Illinois in 1902 marking a landmark in higher education. Joliet Normal School later evolved into a state-supported junior college system.
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Joliet, NL
World Calendar group laments midweek holidays wrecking year end
The World Calendar association criticized Christmas and New Year as midweek events wrecking two weeks of business. Officials argued holidays should fall on Mondays to create long weekends, reducing disruption and helping citizens recover from holiday celebrations.
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New York
World Calendar Association
Westy
Edgmont
Tell Cuts In Whiskey Price
New York liquor retailers announced price cuts on Scotch bonded bourbons and rye whiskies with industry sources predicting a nationwide trend. Analysts note no drops yet in blended neutral spirits and holiday liquor sales remain about 20 percent below last year. Distillers report inventories rising in bonded warehouses and controls on corn consumption ending may allow capacity production but barrels remain scarce.
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New York
Indictment for Expatriate Newsmen in Nazi Berlin Broadcasts
A federal grand jury indicted Doug las Chandler and Robert Best, two expatriate American newspapermen, on treason charges for allegedly acting as Nazi mouthpieces over Berlin radio during the war.
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Boston
Douglas Chandler
Robert Best
Berlin
New Zealand Population Described as British Stock Ninety-One Percent
A historical report states that ninety-one percent of New Zealanders are of British stock reflecting strong colonial settlement patterns and linguistic ties to Britain.
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New Zealand
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