Betty Garrett to star in Missing Wiress at Columbia
Hollywood report notes Betty Garrett returns to acting as lead in Missing Wiress a Cosmopolitan Magazine story by John and Ward Hawkins slated for July 9 at Columbia. The piece covers Laughton directing Goggle on Broadway Paul Gregory and Charles Laughton projects and Audie Murphy sailing to Tokyo for Joe Butterfly with IU head Ed Muhl arranging the later.
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Larry Parks
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Ejileene
Charles Laughton
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Paul Gregory
Charles
Goggle
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Gregory
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Waco
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Laughton
Burgess Meredyth
Baker
Berlin
George Nader
Ed Muhl
U I
George
Audie Murphy
Joe Butterfly
Audie
Aaron
Rosenberg
Jesse Hibbs
Postal Scheme To Locate Debtors Hit
The FTC cracked down on firms sending official looking letters from Washington titled United States Credit Control Bureau to trace debtors who moved. The letters promise a refund in return for information and the new address, a check often for 10 cents. The commission denied an appeal by Mitchell S. Mohr and S. Floersheim Sales Co.
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Federal Trade Commission
FTC
United States Credit Control Bureau
Mitchell S. Mohr
National Research Co
S. Floersheim Sales Co
Los Angeles
Mohr
Man who tried to rob bank with water bottle gets two years
Ellis Jackson Martin, 57, pleaded guilty to attempted bank robbery in Dallas suburb after claiming a bottle of water contained nitroglycerin. Judge T Whitfield Davidson sentenced him Friday to two years in prison for the April incident.
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Dallas
T. Whitfield Davidson
Ellis Jackson Martin
Diana Lynn ring linked to Mortimer Hall engagement gesture
Paul Francis Webster notes a star sapphire and diamond ring on Diana Lynn's engagement finger said to have been placed there by Mortimer Hall. Bill Morrow recalls Bing Crosby visiting Palm Springs despite 105 degree heat and planning to attend Lindsay Crosby's Lovola graduation from Pebble Beach.
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Diana Lynn
Mortimer Hall
Bill Morrow
Bing Crosby
Mary
Palm Springs
Bing
Pebble Beach
Lindsay
Lovola
Thrip Infestation Threatens Early Cotton Yield on South Plains
Thrips, from light to heavy, are reported across the South Plains cotton fields with early crop loss feared. Raymond King notes widespread damage from Tulsa to Lamesa, with 7 to 9 thrips per stalk in some fields. County agent Dave Sherrill reports meetings on thrip control and urges farmers to check fields and act promptly, warning that loss of the bottom crop could delay the season by 10 to 14 days. Aphids and spider mites are also present. the 1956 Cotton Insect Control Guide provides treatment guidance and is widely available.
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C. H. Courtney
Dave Sherrill
R. E. Paige
Rt. 6
Raymond King
South Plains
Tulsa
Lamesa
King
Sherrill
Deathbed Eye Donation Fulfills Mother’s Wish in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia, Rose Shanis 39, mother to a blind 12 year old, donated corneas after death. Two recipients, a 20 year old man and a 40 year old housewife, each received one cornea while her blind son remains unable to benefit from the transplant due to a cataract condition.
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Philadelphia
Rose Shanis
Daniel
Mrs. Moore, 78, Injured After Hit-and-Run Pedestrian Collision
Jackson Michigan reports Mrs. Mabel Moore, 78, suffered a broken right tibia following a fall on the sidewalk after colliding with a hit-and-run pedestrian incident.
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Jackson, Mich
Mabel Moore
Early Season Cotton Pest Control Promises Profit
A cotton farmer notes that paying cents per acre for ground rig equipment and applying early season control can pay off, with one boll set in 10 feet cited as the breakeven point.
Rites For Andrews Youth Slated Today
Funeral services are set for 15 year old Larry Lee Linn who died Friday morning in a Gladewater Texas high school gym following a heart attack. The Andrews native and freshman at Andrews High School will be laid to rest in Andrews Cemetery with burial by Singleton Funeral Home. Survivors include his parents a brother and his grandparents.
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Young Linn
Gladewater
Andrews High School
Donald Eugene
W. R. Linn
Grover Keys
Shidler
Okla
Astronomers Plan Optical Fences to Track Satellites
San Francisco June 9 astronomers will form observer posts to create wide angle sky fences for tracking artificial satellites. Teams will cover 20 degree by 104 degree strips along north south lines to observe satellites at 200 to 300 miles, with instruments designed to record motion when radio transmitters fail.
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Rennie Taylor San Jrancisco
Armand Spitz
Spitz
Smithsonian Institution
Loen Sal
Mrs. Williamson 80 Dies in Wolfforth
Mrs. Sally E. Williamson age 80 died at 1 p.m. Saturday at her daughter’s Wolfforth home after months of illness. She lived in Lubbock a decade before moving to Wolfforth a year ago. Services are incomplete. Survived by one daughter Mrs. Wibby two sons Thurman Williamson Denver City and Glenn Williamson Seminole three daughters Maude Jett Pearl Thompson Sulphur Springs Minnie Brown Houston a brother C. B. Williford Sulphur Springs three grandchildren and one great grandchild. Body to be moved from Sanders Funeral Home to Taft Funeral Home in Sulphur Springs Friday.
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Sally E. Williamson
QO. C. Wibby
Wolfforth
Williamson
Lubbock
Sanders Funeral Home
Taft Funeral Home
Sulphur Springs
Wibby
Thurman Williamson
Denver City
Glenn Williamson
Seminole
Maude Jett
Pearl Thompson
Minnie Brown
Houston
C. B. Williford
Roald Amundsen Reaches South Pole on December 14 1911
The explorer Roald Amundsen completed his polar voyage by reaching the South Pole on December 14, 1911, marking a historic milestone in exploration. Norwegian expedition team established first confirmed pole claim.
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Roald Amundsen
South Pole
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