Pastor Uses Ventriloquism to Draw Youths to Church
Rev. Willis P. Miller stars "Victor" the ventriloquist dummy in sermons at First Christian Church in Lynn. The responses replace plain Bible lessons with drama and humor, drawing daily afternoon crowds. Victor mocks and clarifies stories from David and Goliath to Joseph, while Miller cites Rotary aid and seminary antics to explain his craft.
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Charlie McCarthy
Victor
David and Goliath
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Goliath
Joseph
Rev. Miller
Rotary Club
Everett
Mass
Asbury Theological Seminary
Wilmore
Miller
Hollywood Scene on Mitchum Ogles and London-Lock Set
Hollywood reporters glimpse Mitchum ogling Jane Russell in Smiler With a Gun as Jane warbles Five Little Miles From San Berdoo while director John Farrow yells Print it. Mercedes McCambridge and Emlyn Williams rehearse a tense scene in The Dungeon under gloom signage. Evelyn Keyes boosts muscle as Cast of Life’s Stella scenes unfold with Van Heflin, Ann Sheridan, and Vic Mature on Fox lot. Ida Lupino’s mountain lodge in Mad With Much Heart features Bob Ryan Ward Bond and a blind Ida voicing prejudice against short actors.
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Jane Russell
RKO
Smiler
Jane
San Berdoo
Bob Mitchum
Bob
John Farrow
Mitchum
Emlyn Williams
Mercedes McCambridge
Motion Picture Center
I. G. Goldsmith
Mercedes
Cash
Connie
Williams
Los Angeles
E. A. Dupont
Mercede
Boris Karloff
Mack Sennett
Gal
Evelyn Keyes
van Heflin
Liv
Evelyn
Van
Joe Losey
Ann Sheridan
Vic Mature
Vic
C. B. DeMille
Bob Ryan
Ward Bond
Ida Lupino
Mountain Lodge
Sam Spade
Ida
He Rather Liked Being Ice Bound In Winter
An elderly Spokane man trapped by melted roof snow blocking both doors refused help. He told the fire department he could not get out and was too old to escape a window, and he jokingly declined a rescuer noting he did not want to go out in the weather anyway.
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Spokane
Wash
Fire Department
Jay Wallace
United Nations observers revise Kashmir setup for impartiality
In Srinagar Kashmir the United Nations military observers revise their deployment along the 700 mile Indo Pakistani line to speed communications. The establishment now includes Canadian Belgian US and Norwegian officers replacing separate control rooms with a centralized headquarters on the Indian side for six months then moving to Pakistan. Australia forms a naval unit of New Guinea natives.
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Srinagar
Kashmir
Organization of United Nations
United States
Pakistan
Glamourize Teacher Why Not Their Worthy Honor
ANGEL PATRI argues teachers deserve recognition beyond a bare subsistence and oblivion. He laments society’s celebration of entertainers and politicians while teachers endure neglect. He cites public indifference and urges readers to value educators as greatly as other prominent figures.
Boy Drivers Run Merry Go Round. Police Intervene
In Salem Oregon two 15 year old boys were arrested for dangerous teenhide driving. The driver and a passenger traded seats on a moving car at about 30 mph in a continuous running-board exchange. The youths were turned over to juvenile authorities.
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Salem
Ore
Siwa Horn Returns to Isle of Pate Celebrations
Anxious brides on Pate island await Siwa the 700 year old ivory horn returning from a colonial exhibition in England. The horn signals marriage readiness and is tied to the isle's history through secret making by Sheriff Jamail Lall and thefts and seizures linked to regional rulers.
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Pate
Kenya
Siwa
England
Mombasa
Jamail Lall
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