Roddy McDowall Graduates Faces The Future Well Heeled
Roddy McDowall graduates from University High and plans a early career shift. The London born actor ends his film contract to seek broader roles and higher pay. He will pursue summer stock in Westport Connecticut then tour cities including Indianapolis Detroit Akron Canton Hartford Youngstown and perhaps York. He hopes to act in musical films and a good play before returning to Broadway.
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Roddy McDowall
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Huge Bank Notes in Circulation in Hungary
In Hungary a 10 quadrillion pengo bank note circulates amid inflation. Prewar values would equal about two trillion dollars, but now it is worth roughly 26 cents. Officials offer no immediate remedies but promise currency stabilization on August 1.
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Budapest
Moscow Papers Print Gromyko Plan Text
Moscow newspapers publish the full text of Gromyko's proposals on atomic energy control as presented to the United Nations. The dispatch summarizes U S Atomic Energy Commission proceedings and outlines the plan details and comments from the Soviet side.
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United Nations Organization
Gromyko
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
United Lists
Bidault Confident of New Government
Georges Bidault, the new French president, voiced confidence in forming a government after day of talks with political leaders. He met Communist leaders Maurice Thorez and Jacques Duclos and Radical-Socialist Edouard Herriot as discussions continued at the foreign office.
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Georges Bidault
Foreign Office
Bidault
Maurice Thorez
Jacques Duclos
Edouard Herriot
Suspension bridges and the Roeblings shaping American spans
A General Interest item recounts early rope and wire bridges and the careers of John Roebling and his son Col. Washington Roebling. It notes the 1866 opening of the Ohio Bridge linking Cincinnati and Kentucky, and the eventual completion of the Brooklyn Bridge with a central span of 1595 feet and a cost of 25 million dollars.
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Roebling
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Manhattan Island
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Brooklyn Bridge
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Mynele Ray Tomorrow Special Topic leaflet offer
A notice invites readers to obtain a free illustrated leaflet titled THE STORY OF CHINA by sending a self addressed stamped envelope to Uncle Ray in care of the newspaper.
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China
Uncle Ray
Institute closes after lively debates on education and society
The third annual Teachers College institute wrapped up with a morning of stimulating debates and sharp critique of public education. Panels included voices from business, labor, church groups, and politics on government, jobs, reading and arithmetic, with Dr. Brameld predicting a school year round and two years of post high school training.
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Theodore Brameild
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Wisconsin Bankers elect officers at 1946 convention
Wesley S. Goode elected president of the Wisconsin Bankers Association at the closing session. Officers named include R. A. Gruber as vice president Wall G. Coopman secretary H. L. vice president and cashier and executive council members R. F. Burmeister W. A. Canary O. K. Johnson G. A. MacClachlan and James L. Stone. R. B. Wood re elected Madison representative. Merryle Stanley Rukeyser urged broad political and economic changes ahead.
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Wesley S. Goode
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Menomee Falls
Wisconsin Bankers Association
R. A. Gruber
West Allis State
Wall G. Coapman
H. L
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Springreen
R. F. Burmeister
First National Bank
Monroe
W. A. Canary
Footville State Bank
O. K. Johnson
Whitefish Bay State Bank
G. A. MacClachlan
National Bank of la Crosse
James L. Stone
First National Bank of Ripon
Association
R. B. Wood
Madison
Merryle Stanley Rukeyser
United States
American Legion forms first all woman post in Philadelphia
The American Legion instituted its first all woman post, with members taking the oath in civvies. Chair Margaret M. Schafer noted dresses were chosen for size considerations, signaling a shift in post customs.
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Philadelphia
American Legion
Margaret M. Schafer
Post
Edinburg Junior Chamber Lawn Party at Courthouse
The Junior Chamber of Commerce hosts a lawn party at Hidalgo county courthouse inviting guests to bring lawnmowers clippers and rakes to tackle the shaggy courthouse lawn in Edinburg Texas.
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Edinburg
Tex
Chamber of Commerce
Hidalgo County
City Attorney Seeks Nylon Stockings for Injury Suit
Superior Wisconsin city officials face a routine settlement as City Attorney George Flynn tries to obtain nylon stockings for official use. The claim stems from a woman who alleges injuries after a sidewalk fall, with Flynn joking about standing in line for the needed nylons if a supply can be found.
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Superior
Wis
George Flynn
Flynn
OPA Raises Ceiling Price on Wheat Bran for Cereals
The Office of Price Administration hiked the ceiling price for wheat bran used in breakfast cereals by $10 per ton, effective immediately. The agency said the change had been omitted from a list last May 13, and it will not affect current retail ceilings.
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Washington
OPA
Chiang Extends Manchurian Truce in Eight Day Extension
Nanking reports Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek extended the Manchurian truce by eight days just before expiration. The move is seen as a concession to the Chinese Communists amid ongoing unification talks and renewed negotiations.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
Manchuria
New Surplus Store Incorporation Filed in Wisconsin
Articles of incorporation filed with the secretary of state declare Surplus Store Inc of La Crosse will deal in real estate. The firm lists 500 shares no par value. Signers include W. J. Thompson J. C. Bunge and Donald E. Reiland.
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Madison
Wis
Secretary of State Forces Surplus Store, Inc
W. J. Thompson
J. C. Bunge
Donald E. Reiland
Latin engineers tour U S plants in Chicago
Twenty one Latin American engineers and three others from China and India began a three day tour of Chicago area industrial plants to study American construction methods and equipment. They will visit Milwaukee Monday.
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China
India
Milwaukee
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