Hollywood Chatter Sparks Skewed Studio Bets
Erskine Johnson surveys Hollywood rumors noting Gail Robbins rising after Fox dropped her and Martha Stewart’s replacement, a plan to cast a future star, and jokes about title changes. He also mentions premieres for Ma and Pa Kettle, Eagles in Exile delays, Fred Allen’s memoir, and vaudeville’s British revival rumor.
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Erskine Johnson
NEA
Hollywood
Gail Robbins
20Th Century- Fox
Martha Stewart
Fox
UI Publicity Department
U. S
Kettle
Eagles
Ohn Wayne
Republic
Herb Yates
Fred Allen
Jack Benny
Danny Kaye
Betty Hutton
London
European Traffic System Is Planned
European traffic experts propose a uniform system with same signals and colors across Europe under the Economic Commission for Europe. Recommendations aim to standardize police signals and warning signs, with triangle warning signs, circular mandatory signs, and rectangular informative signs to reduce cross border confusion.
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Geneva
Europe
Economic Commission For Europe
One and a Half Million Tons of Relief Sent to Greece
Athens reports that 1,529,611 tons of relief and aid goods were imported under the American mission and European Recovery programs from August 21, 1947 to October 31, 1948. The cargo includes military goods, foodstuffs, coal, petroleum, agricultural materials, industrial inputs, sanitation gear, medical supplies, construction equipment, and automotive tools.
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Athens
Greece
Economic Cooperation Administration
Safe theft from Decatur ends with empty pockets
Thieves steal a Decatur safe, haul it 70 miles to Peoria Illinois. The container held only records and papers, yielding no money. The burglars did substantial labor but gained nothing tangible.
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Decatur
Geggs
Peoria
Memory Training Made Janis Paige Hollywood Asset
Actress Janis Paige credits memory training as her key asset in Hollywood. A $50 course helped her remember names of people met from 1944 to present, boosting selling power with customers and aiding service members during the war. Her knack earned numerous nicknames and fans across Navy and Army units.
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Patricia Clary
United Press
Hollywood
Janis Paige
Miss Paige
Warner’s
Hollywood Canteen
Tacoma
Wash
Hollyvwood
Illinois journalism school tests radio facsimile paper
The University of Illinois School of Journalism conducts experiments in producing a newspaper by radio. The program uses a sender and two receivers to simulate a facsimile edition.
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Champaign
Ill
U.P
University of Illinois School of Journalism
This Week's Film Menu Highlights a Wide Screen Lineup
The listings cover daily film menus from Lindsey Wallace to Chief and others. Notable titles include A Date With Judy, Julia Misbehaves, Road House, Blood on the Moon, Paleface, Station West, Sutter's Gold, Green Hell, Apartment for Peggy, Beyond Glory, Rachel and the Stranger, Emperor Waltz, The Dude Goes West, The Big Clock, Night Song, Tarzan and the Mermaids, Bambi, The Fighting 69th, Fun and Fancy Free, Getting Gertie's Garter, Little Giant, Return of Wild Fire, 13 Lead Soldiers, Sheriff of Medicine Bow, Frontier Agent, Neath Canadian Skies, The Long Night, The Crimson Trail, Treasure of Sierra Madre, Mother Wore Tights, Lone Star Pioneer, Saddle Mountain Round-up, Old Texas Trail, Return of the Lash, Sky Bandits, Son of Roaring Dan, West of Sonora, Lady from Shanthai, and Race Street.
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Range Busters
Oklahoma Raiders
Big Caliber
Bob Steele
Saddle Mountain
Rod Cameron
al LaRue
Sky Bandits
James Newell
Roaring Dan
Johnny Mack Brown
Sonora
Charles Starrett
Father Takes Son's Work With Juveniles
In Indianapolis a 73 year old Louis H. Reynolds volunteers at the Marion County Juvenile Center after inspiration from his late son. Police Capt. Golden A. Reynolds had led him to help in the juvenile court probation department. Judge Hoffman and Probation Chief Boswell praise mature adult contact for delinquents. Reynolds hopes to help straighten out troubled youths.
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Indianapolis
Louis H. Reynolds
Golden A. Reynolds
Marion County
Joseph O. Hoffman
Charles Boswell
Reynolds
Golden
New Cotton Farms Rise on Hungry Steppe Banks
Dawn of the Fast reports collective farms sprouting on the Hungry Steppe, with settlers from the Fergansk Valley and nearby regions moving into new cotton farms along the Kirov Canal and its branches. The crops include some of the best cotton in the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Fergansk Valley
Kirov
Soviet Union
Movie Spotlight at Bendix Theater This Week
Marilyn Maxwell Bendsib Bendix presents two nights of Up In Central Park with stars Marilyn Maxwell Thursday and Friday. Saturday features Arkansas Swing with Hoosier Hotshots plus Suspense featuring Bonita Granville and Dick Haymes.
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Bendix
Marilyn Maxwell
Central Park
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