Movie Group Will Attend Inauguration
HOLLYWOOD AP There will be Hollywood glamour at President Truman's inauguration. Actor Melvyn Douglas heads a committee, at Washington officials request, to organize a sizeable movie industry delegation to the January 20 ceremonies in the capital. The group will span stars to labor leaders. Douglas' wife, Rep Helen Gahagan Douglas, was reelected on November 2.
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Hollywood
Truman
Melvyn Douglas
Washington
Capital
Douglas
Helen Gahagan Douglas
D-Cal
Former Actress and Jockey Tie in California Chapel
Vera Steadman, silent film actress, married Joseph Milt on Flynn, a 33 year old former jockey. The ceremony took place last Sunday in the chapel of Birmingham General Hospital where Flynn works. Steadman, 42, is noted to be on her third marriage.
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van Nuys
Calif
Vera Steadman
Joseph Milton Flynn
Birmingham General Hospital
Flynn
Miss Steadman
Templeton's Raz Mah Capsules Offer Breath Relief
An advertising note touts Templeton's Raz Mah Capsules for bronchial asthma relief. It claims the product eases breathing and reduces wheezing, urging readers to buy from Castell Drug.
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Templeton
Castell Drug
Hollywood Mob Scene Pay Dispute Sparks Studio Talks
Film producers and the ALF Screen Extras Guild clash over the $9.45 daily pay for mob scene extras. The guild reported 2,512 to 67 against the employer proposal and seeks a new offer while ready to bargain.
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Hollywood
ALF
Screen Extras Guild
Mob Scene Extra
Guild
Deer hunter fixes leg hinge at Michigan factory
An unidentified man, during Michigan's deer season, had a broken knee hinge on his wooden leg welded at a local factory, then resumed hunting. Producers warn that removing a $9.45 bracket would push the cost to $15.56 for the same service. In Portsmouth Virginia, two chimneys were struck by lightning within minutes on Wyoming Avenue.
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Munising, Mich
Michigan
Portsmouth
Wyoming Ave
Largest U S Christmas tree to crown Pershing Square
The Downtown Business Men's Association says the tree will be the largest ever cut in the United States and will be erected in Pershing Square. It will top the 80 foot Rockefeller Center tree from 1937. The U S Forest Service found a tree yesterday in Angeles National Forest about 50 miles away. The tree, over 80 feet high, was due here today for immediate trimming.
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U.S
Business Men's Association
Pershing Square
New York
Rockefeller Center
U.S. Forest Service
Angeles National Forest
Okay To Whip Crippled Kid Author Says
Chicago AP reports author Louise Baker, a crippled child herself, argued at a national convention that spanking a crippled child can be appropriate in certain cases. Baker, who lost a leg in a crash, described how spankings accompanied by her progress with crutches, skating and baseball shaped her adjustment. She urged caution and stressed not all crippled children need such discipline. A closing note mentions a snail's pace measure of 23 inches an hour.
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Chicago
Louise Baker
Miss Baker
National Society For Crippled Children
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