Peck Named Top Western Actor In Reno Award
Gregory Peck of 20th Century Fox won the Reno Silver Spurs Award as the outstanding western star of 1950 for The Gunfighter. Henry King will receive spurs at Reno May 18 19 20. An additional honor went to Broken Arrow for best western photography with Ernest Palmer receiving the spur award.
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James Stewart
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Chiang Pledges Aid to Army Training
In TArksH Formosa on May 2 Chiang Kai-shek pledged fullest cooperation to the U S Military Assistance Advisory Group MAAG. The promise followed his first meeting with Maj. Gen. William C Chase who arrived the previous day to strengthen and train the Chinese Nationalist armed forces.
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Kefauver changes Hollywood’s gangster archetypes
Senator Kefauver hearings reshaped public perception of real criminals, prompting Edmund Grainger to say film gangsters must reflect more plausible portrayals. He notes the public now recognizes gambling and corruption, pushing studios toward smarter, businesslike criminals rather than mugging thugs. Edward G Robinson era noted as fading.
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Tennessee
Hollywood
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Edward G. Robinson
Little Caesar
Key Largo
James Cagney
Public Enemy
Grainger
Johnston
Los Angeles
Hacker
California
Robert Mitchum
Robert Ryan
Times of Local Theaters Feature Diverse Evenings
A jumble of film titles and notes outlines showings from local theaters with mentions of classic gangland plots and star actors. References include James Cagney and Robert Mitchum in various roles, plus Kefauver hearings shaping potential projects and forewords.
Huntington Barge Breaks in Half
The fishing barge Elsie I capsized off Huntington Beach and split during salvage efforts. Half sank in deep water 3.32 miles from the pier as divers search for Wayne Showalter, 42, believed trapped. Divers had recovered Paul Alexander, 38, from Anaheim, drowned when his skiff overturned nearby.
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Shorty) Ingersoll
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Weather outlook shows cool West May. warm East overall
The Weather Bureau released a 30 day May outlook. Temperatures are expected below normal west of the Continental Divide and above normal in the eastern two thirds. Greatest negatives are in the southwest, positives in the upper Mississippi Valley. Rainfall above normal in most western areas, subnormal in the Pacific Northwest and Lake region. Near normal rainfall elsewhere east of the Mississippi.
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Lake
Mississippi
Democrats to Meet in Denver May 25 1952 Nomination Bid
The Democratic National Committee will convene in Denver on May 25 to schedule the 1952 presidential nominating convention. Chairman William M Boyle Jr. announced the session as six cities bid for the conventions, with Cairo and Philadelphia seen as strongest. Republicans plan to meet in Tulsa May 11-12 after the GOP ticket is named.
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Grain-for-India Plan Delayed to Next Week in House
The House postponed consideration of the Grain-for-India bill until next week to allow processing of interior appropriations. The measure, initially proposing a 75 million bushels gift at about $10 million, was modified to a straight loan to Nehru’s India. Opposition from Republicans and southern Democrats was anticipated as Nehru’s nonintervention policy drew scrutiny. Representative Verus, GOP foreign policy spokesman, predicted the bill would pass despite opposition.
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Mississippi Valley Flood Fears Rise As Rains Roar
Heavy rain swells rivers across the upper Mississippi River Valley threatening new floods in waterlogged towns. Levees strained at Muscatine Iowa and Oakville Missouri as guardsmen bolster patrols and repairs after levee breaches while Des Moines and Wichita faces overflow and round-the-clock security along banks.
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Police Chief in Somerset Slays Two Attackers
In Somerset Pennsylvania Police Chief Ned Hoyt, attacked outside the Dodds Hotel by four men, shot and killed Wallace Conway 56 and his son Donald Wayne Conway 30. State police say the attackers, including Robert Lytle 24 and Wallace Conway's youngest son Paul, appeared intoxicated.
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Rich Chinese Area Now Soviet Colony
TAIPEH Formosa May 2 UP China's Sinkiang Province is described as a Soviet colony. The fugitive Nationalist governor Yolbars Khan, who arrived yesterday, is called by the Soviet consul general at Tihwa the czar of the province. Sinkiang is vast, about twice the size of Texas.
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Tiger) Khan
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