Maugham Says He Will Write Essays For Pleasure
W Somerset Maugham declared he will abandon novels and become an essayist, writing only what pleases him. The 75 year old author explained his change as a labor of love and noted he plans to tour and then return to the French Riviera after celebrating his January 25 birthday with friends in San Francisco.
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SAN Francisco
W. Somerset Maugham
Maugham
Newsmen
Bertram E. Alansons
French Riviera
Maugham Rejects Essay Assignment For Three Nations
In a brief exchange, the writer explains an illustrated weekly offered him a large sum for three essays on England France and America. He wonders where he would live after completing the pieces and notes his preference for writing about a Spanish painter he admires though not widely known.
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Maugham
Illustrated
England
France
America
Manhunt for alleged intruder after alleged attack on infant
Pittsburgh AP report describes a widespread manhunt for a Black man accused of entering a second floor apartment and harming two young children. A six month old was hurled to the floor, and three year old Virginia was endangered as Mildred Litsko fought the intruder. the suspect fled before her husband returned home.
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Pittsburgh
Mildred Litsko
J. J. Dolan
Carole Lee Kensinger
Dolan
Butler County Court Divorces and Estate Notices
A series of divorce petitions and estate announcements appear in Butler County Common Pleas Court. Mildred I Me lampy seeks divorce alimony and custody from Raymond Me lampy amid alleged neglect and an affair. Joan Garret sues Carl F Garrett seeking divorce and restoration of Adams maiden name. Eileen Orstad seeks divorce from James L Orstad and restoration of Ritter. Charles A Egelston sues Helen Egelston for divorce and child custody citing neglect. Ralph C Green and others named to administer the estate of Val L Green. Roberta L Shafer and Mary L Lewis appointed for Virgil C Shafer estate. Marriages cited include Oct 26 1946 in Middletown July 30 in Ludlow Ky and Jan 30 1948 Inglewood Cal.
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Mildred Irene Melampy
Monroe St
Middletown
Common ‘Pleas Court
Raymond Melampy
Betty Wilson
Ardmore Dr
Fae
Joan Garret
Common Pleas Court
Leona Adams
Fernwood St
Mayfield
Carl F. Garrett
Illinois Ave
Maple Park
Adams
Ludlow
Eileen Orstad
Manchester Ave
Common Pleas
James Lewis Orstad
Los Angeles
Cal
Ritter
Inglewood
Charles A. Egelston
Second Ave
Helen Egelston
Tytus Ave
Frenchburg
Ralph Clarence Green
Val L. Green
Liberty Township
Roberta Lee Shafer
Mary Lewis
Virgil C. Shafer
Palestine Issue Ready For Cabinet
London reports the British Labor cabinet will meet to defend Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin s Palestine policy amid a parliamentary offensive. Bevin is expected to address the shooting down of five British planes by Israelis ten days ago and to report on the U S view of the Palestine situation.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Palestine
Bevin
United States
Estate valued at 25 000 after death of owner
The estate was estimated at 5 000 in personal property and 20 000 in realty. He died December 22.
Ironworker Wage Contract Reached in Southern Ohio
Members of the AFL International Moulders and Foundry Workers Union and the Miami Valley Foundry Association, representing workers in Middletown and 11 other Southern Ohio cities, will sign a contract boosting Miami Valley ironworkers wages five cents an hour. The agreement, announced via Associated Press from Cincinnati, was reached yesterday by officers of the two groups with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service reporting.
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AFL International Moulders and Foundry Workers Union
Miami Valley Foundry Association
Middletown
Ohio
Miami Valley
Associated Press
Cincinnati
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Birth Control Is Rapped By Archbishop
Cincinnati Archbishop John T. McNicholas denounces Planned Parenthood as degrading and sinful in a letter read across 19 southwestern Ohio counties. He urges priests to warn Catholics against organizations promoting artificial birth control and reiterates that only birth control governed by virtue is permissible.
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Cincinnati
Planned Parenthood
John T. McNicholas
Ohio
Planned Parenthood Association
Nations
Federation of Churches
Planned Parenthood Association of Cincinnati
Henry Wise Hobson
Southern
Ohio Episcopal Diocese
James G. Heller
Ironworkers contract set four paid holidays yearly
Mediator James Wilson said about 7,000 other ironworkers will benefit from terms of the contract. The Miami association sets the pattern for the industry in southwestern Ohio, with voting members representing plants in Dayton, Hamilton, Miamisburg, Middletown, Cincinnati and Covington Ky. Foundry workers in Lima, Sidney, Troy, Springfield, Minster and Marysville would also be affected.
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James Wilson
Miami Association
Ohio
Dayton
Hamilton
Miamisburg
Middletown
Cincinnati
Covington
Wilson
Lima
Sidney
Troy
Springfield
Minster
Marysville
GI MARRIAGES TO BE STOPPED FRANKFURT
The U S Army halts large scale German girl marriages by GIs reversing prior policy. Sergeants may not marry frauleins except in special cases, and a six month waiting period replaces three before ceremony. Army cites concerns over marriages as tickets to leave Germany and protection for draftees.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. Army
Tionawafold
Tion
United States
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