British Speed Making of Films to Meet Crisis
British film industry forecasts a shortage as Hollywood plans to boycott the British market and recall actors. Producers consider quickies and increased British production but admit limits in studios technicians and talent. Arthur Rank warns the crisis may yield a compromise or alternative financing schemes.
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Deborah Kery
Peggy Cummings
Phyliis Calvert
London
Arthur Rank
Atom Energy Plant Begun at Brookhaven National Lab
Ground breaking ceremony marks the start of the first peacetime atomic oven at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island. The graphite brick pile is to be in operation within a year, producing radioactive materials for study of life processes metals and diseases including cancer. Associated Universities Inc operates the site under a contract with the Atomic Energy Commission.
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Camp Upton
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New York City
Associated Universities, Inc
Eastern Universities
Atomic Energy Commission
Youth Shot Self During Russian Roulette Game
PORT HURON Mich Aug 21 A 18 year old Michael Edward Ernst shot and killed himself in a game of Russian roulette after bragging about safety. He and two friends watched as he loaded a .32 caliber revolver spun the cylinder and fired at his head. He died within the hour.
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Mich
Michael
Edward Ernst
Puti
Chicago Plans Odom Day for record flight
Bill Odom, flying the A-26 Bombshell, set a world solo flight record of 73 hours 5 minutes 11 seconds, covering 20,020 miles. Chicago planned a major celebration led by Mayor Marlin H. Kennelly while Odom recovers, with Bendix trophy races ahead and future polar route ambitions.
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Kennelly
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Rochelle
Ronnie
Pete
Los Angeles
Cleveland
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Wiley Post
Milton
Reynolds
Millonaire
Tex
Bill Lear
Grand Rapids
Mich
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Odam
Canadian Rockies
Anchorage
Alaska
Fargo
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Forest fires sweep seven Louisiana parishes during August
National Guard patrols scouted seven north Louisiana parishes to gauge fire spread as forestry crews, lumber workers, and volunteers battled blazes near Benton and Zwolle regions. State forester Nixon said about 11 500 acres burned with two new large fires spotted in Labine near Blue Lake and Big Wood.
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Labine Parrish
Blue Lake
Big Wood
Zwolle
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Hiroshima Plans Statue of Liberty Replica
Hiroshima peace society proposes erecting a replica of the Statue of Liberty on the site of Hiroshima Castle ruins. The group also considers establishing a peace award akin to the Nobel prize for notable contributions to world peace.
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Hiroshima
Japan
Peace Society
Cat Safe in Tree Jump
Smokey the gray cat leapt 75 feet from a palm tree top and was injured after being coaxed down by two tree climbers from an anti cruelty society. She had three newborn kittens who died after the fall. The cat was found at Mrs Gilbert Walters home with a injured left paw and scraped nose and mouth.
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Angeles
Smokey
Gilbert Walters
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