The Ride to Boston and a Weekend in Jeopardy
Ted, a sales driver with a policy of steady focus, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker named Spencer after leaving a prison town. The stranger urges Ted toward a Boston lift while recounting a shaky past and a possible job, only to uncover a payday crime when a police stop leads to a demanded bribe. Ted faces a conflict between helping a troubled man and facing consequences at home with Kay and the kids.
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Spencer
Kay
Boston
Tet
Ted
Moran
Fisher
Warden
Brother
Ace
She Married A Bellboy
Gladys George, a 42 year old blonde stage and screen actress, reveals she married Kenneth Bradley, a 27 year old hotel bellboy in Los Angeles several days ago. He is her fourth husband.
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Gladys George
Kenneth Bradley
Los Angeles
Autographs and stamps highlight famed signatures
Anthony Eden owns a specially bound edition of Churchill war speeches with a brief dedication Journey's End. Winston Churchill presented to Eden when the Coalition dissolved. A Newfoundland Halifax art stamp overprint upside down fetched £160 ($480) at a London auction.
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Anthony Eden
Churchill
Lord
Winston
Eden
London
Halifax
Newfoundland
Morley Sees Turmoil in Canadian Writing
Christopher Morley, a Toronto observer and judge for Book of the Month Club, noted great turmoil and ferment in Canadian literature. He expressed disappointment at the lack of Canadian writing and hoped for more strong works in coming years. He cited Hugh MacLennan and Two Solitudes as early influential pieces and warned war-time shifts take time to emerge in fiction.
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Canada
Toronto
Christopher Morley
Hugh MacLennan
Morley
Kitty Foyle
Home Town Paper and a Merchant’s Quiet Return
A well to do merchant returns home from business as sparks fly from a streetcar. He reads a small country sheet with pride, glimpsing mentions of Tom Jones, Solon Huddleston, Aunty Shapkins, Ab Bailey and hometown folks. The scene echoes nostalgia for the village that shaped his boyhood and the quiet links to home amid city life.
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Tom Jones
Solon Huddleston
Great Possibilities Expansion Of Mining Fish And Fur In Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan natural resources minister J. L. Phelps after a 1600 mile air tour of northern settlements sees tremendous expansion potential in mining fish and fur. The six day trip included talks with Indian chiefs and mixed white and Indian fur trapper groups about a new dominion provincial fur conservation program at historic trading posts.
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Saskatchewan
J. L. Phelps
Akatchewan
Grape-Nuts Flakes Cookie Recipe Mentioned in Farewell Note
A fragmentary piece mentions Grape-Nuts Flakes as a tempting, malty nut sweet breakfast cereal. The speaker asks forgiveness for not returning home, praises the cereal for energy and nutrition, and contemplates baking cookies from the package recipe to ease digestion.
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Hubert
Bature
Smiles and Snippets from a Witty Exchange Page
A collage of brief jokes and quips mingles voices of amateur performers tourists and locals. Lines touch on money food class fashion and mischief with punchy punchlines and everyday irony. The fragment shows a lively troupe of characters trading light banter amid a bustling town scene.
Chariton hamlet homes to be torn for Brabazon I runway
Farms and cottages in the Chariton hamlet near Bristol will be demolished to construct a second runway for the 110 ton Brabazon I airliner. Villagers will be moved two miles to new homes provided by the British government.
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Chariton
Bristol
England
Britain
Printing press origins and Star Chamber control
A brief note traces the press freedom fight to England around 1176 AD when printing was introduced and placed under Star Chamber licensing, a body controlled by the King, marking the start of press regulation and oversight.
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England
Star Chamber
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Dana Cae
Winnires
Edgety
Portamouth
Tna
Home Town Paper
Bow
Sin Nen
Macdonald’s
Canadas Standard
George
Jack
Tower of London
Sue Vattincdng
Cat Fier Hin Acer
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