Soviets Readied Bigtime Show for Brussels World Fair
Hollywood figures urge larger U S funding as George Murphy reports Russia will outspend the United States on the Brussels exposition. Murphy says Russia will send Bolshoi Ballet and a circus, while the U S program lags after cuts. He cites plans to enlist Crosby, Sinatra, Como and others to boost American entertainment at the fair opening in April for six months with about four million visitors expected.
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Hollywood
United States
Russia
Sam
George Murphy
Washington Brass
Murphy
Reds
U.S
MGM
Robert Montgomery
State Department
John Foster Dulles
Brussels
Red China
Peiping
American National Theater Academy of New York
Walt Disney
Crosby
Sinatra
Como
Back Benny
Bob’ Hope
Danny
Funeral Rites for George L Page's Mother and Baby Service
Mrs James D Page of Stillwater dies at 61 after moving from Westerville Ohio to Wagoner Indian Territory in 1900 Her son George L Page district manager of Southwestern Bell Telephone Co and daughter in law Mrs John R Sage survive Funeral services set for 10 am Wednesday at Hershman Wagoner and burial in Wagoner cemetery A second service at Ritter Funeral Home chapel for 11 month old Kathy Sue Riley daughter of Forest E Riley and his wife in Lawton with Rev Henry Wall officiating and burial at Fort Sill Post Cemetery
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George L. Page
Birch
Southwestern Bel Telephone Co
James D. Page
Stillwater
Page
John R. Sage
Westerville
Ohio
Wagoner
Indian Territory
Charles,m
Ritter Funeral Home
Kathy Sue Riley
Forest E. Riley
McKinley
Lawson Hospital
Henry Wall
Calvary Baptist Church
Jan Post
Fort Sill
Life Insurance Ad for Final Expenses Deal
An ad targets people aged 50 to 80 offering a $1000 life policy to cover final expenses. It claims no family burden, no calls, and allows mail-only handling via Old American Insurance Co. in Kansas City. Tear out and mail name, address, and age to the listed Missouri address.
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OLD American of
Kansas City
Old American Insurance Co
West 9Th
Dept
Boy Scout Search Enters Fourth Day
Wilows California search for 12 year old Boy Scout Dennis Wurschmidt entered its fourth day with no trace in Mendocino National Forest. Dennis and 11 other Scouts were playing capture the flag when Dennis reportedly slipped on a log and disappeared after a chase. A storm left three feet of snow and bloodhounds have been unable to locate him.
Lead Poisoning Reported From City Dump Edge
Six Halifax families near the city dump are being treated for lead poisoning. Health Commissioner Dr A R Morton cites exposure from burning old automobile batteries or fumes and contact with battery materials as the suspected cause.
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Halifax
N.S
A. R. Morton
F City
Hayworth to Wed Movie Producer in tentative plans
Rita Hayworth and James Hill obtained a marriage license in Santa Monica California. The couple said the ceremony would be in early next month. Hayworth has been married four times previously to Ed Judson Orson Welles Aly Khan and Dick Haymes.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Rita Hayworth
James Hill
Hil
Miss Hayworth
Ed Judson
Orson Welles
Prince Aly Khan
Dick Haymes
Plastic Balloon To Be Farm House
EAST LANSING Michigan. Disposable farm buildings of plastic may become common in a few years says Lee McConnell of an electrical firm. He told farmers at Michigan State University that the farmstead of the future may be a few paved lots surrounded by plastic balloons held up by air pressure. The idea could extend to the farm home, citing a Wright designed full sized dwelling recently demonstrated.
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East Lansing
Mich
Lee McConnell
Michigan State University
Frank Lloyd Wright
Why Do People Want To Reach The South Pole
DOC QUIGG reports on the allure of the South Pole for explorers like Dr. Vivid Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary. The piece notes the thrill of a man against nature, the choice of a hard route over flying in, and odd reflections on time zones and standing at a pole where all directions are north. The answer to why go is not merely science but the romance of conquest and geographic mystery.
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Doc Quigg
United Press
New York
Vivid Fuchs
Antarctic
South Pole
Fuchs
Sir Edmund Hillary
U.S
Pole
Hillary
Dr. Fuchs
New Zealand
Hayden Planetarian
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