Television Growing Pains Offer Amusing Hollywood Anecdotes
Hollywood notes recount a string of lighthearted TV misadventures and industry quips. Tales include washed out tennis broadcasts at Pan Pacific Auditorium, fog from a studio window, and a title card washed by a wringer.
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Six Arrests In Hillsboro Area
State traffic police arrested six logging truck drivers near Hillsboro for overweight loads. Some trucks carried four times the legal limit. Each driver was fined 12.50 dollars and required to buy a license in Hillsboro justice court.
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Hillsboro
Wis
Landlords Plan Meeting At City Hall
The landlords association will hold a 7 30 p m meeting Tuesday in the council room of city hall. Charles J Lang, president, announced the gathering to discuss current landlord problems and urged all interested parties to attend.
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Landlords’ Association
Charles J. Lang
Organizaon
Rooney Stars In New CBS Drama Shorty Bell
CBS announces the Mickey Rooney series Shorty Bell joining Sunday nights at 9:30 starting March 28. The show models a newspaper reporter’s experiences in straight drama. Frankie Carle replaces Phil Spitalny’s orchestra on May 2 for summer programming.
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New York
Mickey Rooney
CBS
Star Theater
Shorty Bell
Rooney
Frankie Carle
Phil Spitalny Girls
MBS
Ancame
Encore Theater
Special Agent
Bing Crosby
ABC
Federal VA contract positions offered in Chicago
The Veterans Administration seeks applicants for contract officer and supervisor roles with salaries from 4149 to 4902 yearly. No written exam. selection based on education and experience. Successful appointees will negotiate education contracts with universities and colleges for veterans training. Apply at branch office seven 17 North Dearborn Street Chicago 2 Illinois.
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Ill
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Veterans Administration
North Dearborn Street
Chicago 2
Stoddard Fire Causes Loss for Local Family
Correction reports Stoddard blaze Saturday morning was not insured as earlier stated. Tenants Toney Galthney and wife with three children lost most clothing in the Albert Krick house known as the Margaret Davis home around 10 a m. Fire department extinguished the flames. potential spark from a defective stove pipe. Venezuela now takes about half of oil firms profits in taxes.
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Wis
the Tribune
Toney Galthney
Albert Krick
Margaret Davis
Radio Spotlight Profiles Pli en Swallow and Others
Radio spotlight highlights Pli en Swallow one of America’s early women scientists as the Cavalcade of America dramatization airs on WKBH NBC at 7 p m. Christopher Lynch tenor performs Ave Maria on WEBH NBC at 7 30 p m. Jussi Bidling Swedish tenor makes first Telephone Hour appearance on WKBH NBC at 8 p m. Tom Waring conducts on Fred Waring show at 9 30 p m. Lacrosse Diocese outlines auditorium issue tonight at 10 15 p m on WKBH with Msgr Hammes.
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Boston Symphony
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Studio One
Rob Hope
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Red Skelton
Cedric Adams
George Orim
Joe Hasel
Solitude
Thoughts In Solitude Dance Orchestra
Palton Lewis,Jr
del Courtney
T. Carlyn
Man on the Street: Lum and Abner with Lowell Thomas
Local feature captures interviewer Eric Severied sampling street views as Lum and Abner fans mingle with Lowell Thomas in a civilian chorus. Classic radio figures react to everyday city life, offering nostalgic snippets.
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Abner
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Spain Sets Daily Currency Quota for Visitors
Spain imposes a daily peseta quota for all foreign visitors entry to Spain must exchange prescribed amounts of foreign currency or letters of credit. Visitors receive the official rate of 16.40 pesetas per dollar with scales by stay length from 200 to 100 pesetas per day. Receipts must be shown on departure to prove peseta purchases at the official rate.
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Spain
Kappa Delta Pi Unit Hosts Founders Day Banquet
The Beta Tau chapter of Kappa Delta Pi held its 15th Founders Day banquet at the Cargill home with about 80 principals teachers alumni and others in attendance. Charles B Walden state curriculum coordinator spoke on Education in Wisconsin Past and Future tracing a century of reforms and expansion. Everett L Walters received the society emblem and 36 active members plus 11 pledges were named.
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Charles B. Walden
Wisconsin
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Everett L. Walters
Cora Forbush
Everett Berg
Kenneth Fish
Onalaska
Lorena Curtis
Manston
Marjorie Erickson
Shorewood
Colleen Flaig
Leonald Schmitz
la Crosse
Orma Groetsch
Stoddard
Valeria Kedzierski
South Milwaukee
Patrick McGlynn
Cazenovia
Warren Miller
West Salem
Alvin Willers
Slinger
University of Illinois
Too Many Relatives Husband Kills Wife
Chicago police say Ray Luttow 30 confessed to strangling his wife in bed early yesterday. The body was found in the couple's flat on Shakespeare Avenue as their two children slept nearby. Luttow blamed persistent meddling by relatives for the quarrel.
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Chicago
Arthur Boysen
Ray Luttow
Shakespeare Avenue
Josephine Ann
Joseph
Boysen
Lutzow
Hold Gunman For Ambush Slaying
Boston police and New York detectives captured Santo Bretagna in a downtown cafe on a warrant charging him with the ambush killing of Benjamin Weiner, a former associate of the Murder, Inc. mob, in a January 13 slaying.
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Santo Bretagna
Murder, Inc
James Neylon
New York
Francis J. Hennessy
Bretagna
Benjamin
Chippy) Weiner
Mrs Hugh Richards Buys Sparta Dress Shop
Mrs Hugh Richards buys Adelyn's Dress Shop in Sparta from Mrs Matt Gassen and her daughter Adelyn. Richards takes possession today in a local business transfer reported from Sparta.
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Sparta
Wis
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Bill
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Adelyn
Matt Gassen
Richards
Population Loss in France After World War II
Between 1939 and 1946 France experienced a population decline of about one million men and half a million women due to the war and its aftermath.
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France
City Composer's Works to Be Played at PTA Meeting
Logan high school instrumental group will perform two Norris A. Pynn compositions at the La Crosse Council of Parents and Teachers centennial program at the Vocational school. Reminiscence and Meditation will be played in transcription by the composer.
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Logan
la Crosse
Norris A. Pynn
H. C. Amundson
Logan String Quartet
Pynn
William Mortenson
Jane Ellis
Grabs and Holds Runaway Airplane in Cleveland Tie
A 27 year old man grabbed a runaway plane by its tail in Cleveland today. Edward Heller, 59, chief engineer of the Ohio Tool Co., received deep cuts to his left side when the plane moved forward after he swung the propeller. He told hospital staff he thought he had turned off the ignition.
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Cleveland Air
Edward Heller
Ohio Tool Co
Heller
Smoking Matches Spark Large House Fire
A residential blaze started by smoking matches caused significant damage and prompted an emergency response. Investigators noted the fire originated in a living area, with flames spreading to adjacent rooms before being contained. No serious injuries reported. damage assessment underway.
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