Kilgore Rangerettes Rise To National Fame Again
Kilgore College's Rangerettes enter their twelfth season under Gussie Nell Davis. The group, 53 members strong with a 40-step routine repertoire, tours widely for expenses only, while maintaining a strict two-year cap and a C average rule. Their history spans Rose Bowl appearances, Sugar Bowl invites, and endless requests for performances.
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Kilgore
Tex
Kilgore Rangerettes
Gussie Neil Davis
Kilgore College
Rangerettes
Rose
Miss Davis
Gus
Greenville High School
B. E. Masters
Greenville
Flaming Flashes
Earl Ford, Jr
Gussie Nell
Valleyville chase follows barroom clue in LaGrange murder tale
In a continuing noir episode, narrator pursues leads from World Wide News about Carl Prater and Frannie Martin while Star Williams remains under a cloud. Interviews with Brayton and Esplin yield no ties to a chorus girl, and a barroom scene reveals a warrant for Star’s arrest and a barroom confrontation as the pursuit continues.
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Frannie Martin
Abigail Granch
Nathaniel Grunch
Columbus
Ohio
Mabel
Star
Sonya
Waltz
Valleyville
Upstate
David D. Brayton
George Esplin
Paul Waltz
Carl Prater
Prater
Bidault Place
LaGrange
Barney Bidault
Barney
Mr. Brayton
Mr. Esplin
la Jolla
Fountain Parkway
Star 1
Prater Company
Meryle M. Sprague
Tracy OBrien Longtime Friends on The People vs O'Hara
Hollywood stars Spencer Tracy and Pat O'Brien joke about their youth on the MGM set. The two long time friends recall boyhood days and their first acting days in Baltimore stock in 1928. They say Tracy has not changed in 40 years and talk of early Hollywood hardships.
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Hollywood
NEA
Spencer Tracy
Pat O'Brien
MGM
The
O'Hara
Spencer
Pat
Baltimore
Costello and Abbott Barred From TV Until September
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were ordered to stay off NBC television until September when their contract allows. The move cost them a $20,000 salary. The item notes Hawaii’s roughly triangular shape.
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Hollywood
NEA
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Esther Williams Dances Through Dream Sequence in Texas Carnival
Esther Williams appears in a dream sequence for Texas Carnival where she swims around Howard Keel's bedroom while he snoozes. The scene plays on her ability to swim through odd spaces, echoing Fred Astaire style dream choreography.
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Hollywood
NEA
Fred Astaire
Heck
Esther Williams
Esther
Howard Keel
Oldest Republic Andorra Defines Tiny Pyrenees Territory
The world's oldest republic is Andorra a tiny 175 square mile territory with about 6000 residents located in the Pyrenees between France and Spain. The nation sits between two larger neighbors and maintains a unique cooperative system.
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Andorra
The
Pyrennes
France
Spain
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Buddy
Funny Papers
Tracy. O’brien
Costello
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Island
Hawaii
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Middletown, Ohio
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Midowen Journal
Montgomery Ward
Streifthau's
Sears, Roebuck & CO
Reed-Klopp CO. Knott's
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Tytus
Harry Benadum
Ford
Ross Motors, Inc
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