Subversive Kiss Scene Tops Hollywood Gossip Roundup
Hollywood notes survey Wilder's A Foreign Affair gag with John Lund and Jean Arthur as a Republican congresswoman as they discuss subversive kissing. Babe Ruth films for The Babe Ruth Story while Ruth praises Bill Bendix. Headlines span Letter to Five Wives rename, Stanislavski plans, and Betty Hutton future projects.
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Hollywood Romance Rumors and Studio Grist Mill
Joyce Matthews plans remarriage. Joan Davis eyes Broadway with her daughter. Henry Fonda seeks Joshua Logan’s judgment on Appointment in Samara and is drawn to Mr. Roberts. A red haired starlet faces a lease break rumor to marry. Irving Reis enjoys night life with Shelley Winters and Ava Gardner. Shelley in remake talks at M G M while Ava draws praise. Howard Hughes buys RKO prompting a quip. Arthur Murray to introduce Dale Evans Rodeo Rhumba. Martha Scott linked with Charles Boyer in Bastille producer Walter Wanger. Marilyn Maxwell debuts a new suede bathing suit despite censor concerns.
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Spain’s growers forecast 12 million bitter oranges harvest
Spanish growers anticipate collecting about 12,000,000 bitter oranges this year, aiming for strong demand in sweet and bitter markets.
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VA Tightens Control of GI Bill Tuition Rates For Private Schools
The Veterans Administration announced new contract rules to curb excessive GI bill tuition at private schools. Effective July 1948, the policy requires schools to prove charges are not excessive, allows limited advertising costs, and caps profit at ten percent. Schools enrolling mostly veterans and founded since the GI bill began must renegotiate with VA before payments resume.
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Berry Picking Jobs Available in La Crosse Area
N E Schulze manager of the Wisconsin state employment service in La Crosse says hundreds of summer berry picking jobs will be offered for ages 15 to 18 and for older workers on local fruit farms. Buses may operate to pick up and drop off workers at set locations to keep evenings free. Some employers will hire for part day or part week only and interested youths should register at 203 Fifth Avenue South. growers may contact the office for referrals.
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Egyptians Ban Alien Marriages To Officers in War Time
Cairo reports a new law bans marriages between foreigners and officers of the Egyptian Services or National Defense Ministry. In war time, officers face imprisonment and fines up to 1200 dollars, plus cashiering and loss of pension. peacetime penalties are lighter.
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Summer Jobs For Women Physical Education Students At State College
State Teachers College announces multiple women physical education students will take summer placements nationwide. Names include Jean May Milwaukee. Phyllis De Petro Nashwauk. Nancy Chase Janesville. Kate Dorow Menasha. Ruth Huebner La Crosse. Veronica Janecek Richland Center. Catherine Porter Janesville. Rosemarie Walsh Antigo. Virginia Frank Milwaukee. Lorena Hoesly New Glarus. Jane Devlin Sheboygan. and many others working at camps playgrounds waterfront and schools across Wisconsin Illinois and New York.
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Television on National Scale A Tough Guess
Opinion splits on coast to coast television timing with estimates ranging 1950 to 1953 or later. NBC executive Sidney N. Strotz predicts 1953 as plausible as technical hurdles and coast to coast circuits slow progress. Also notes radio relay as alternative and upcoming Truman speeches plus evening network programs and Ed Murrow’s Dewey interviews schedule.
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Britain unveils fast military transport plane for heavies
London reports a four engined monoplane able to carry 70 ton payload including bulldozers and trucks, or 50 airborne troops. It features a top speed of 354 mph, 27 000 foot ceiling and a 3260 mile range. Roles include freighter para troop carrier ambulance and supplies dropping aircraft.
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Radio Spotlight Highlights Gladys Swarthout Opera aria
Gladys Swarthout to sing I Am the Humble Servant of the Creator on the Telephone Hour at 8 00 pm and other selections include contemporary American songs and Scottish ballads. Fred Waring adds eleven weeks of NBC broadcasts from Shawnee on Delaware with a choral workshop for educators. AFL Leaders host a WKBH NBC program on inflation. Cavalcade of America from WKBH features Frederic Remington tale with Ray Milland. Jan Peerce guest soloist on Voice of Firestone at 7 30 pm singing East of the Sun and West of the Moon and more.
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Ambidextrous Rules Detroit Fourteen Nations Driving Side
A review of global traffic laws shows that 101 nations require driving on the right side of the road. The report surveys rules and adherence across continents, noting shifts toward standardization in vehicle regulations and road usage.
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