Sherry Aims to Persuade Bette Davis to End Divorce
William Grant Sherry said he would do anything to have actress Bette Davis drop her divorce suit and blamed his temper on the surprise filing. He seeks a psychiatrist and recalls his Navy service and war-era temper as the cause of marital strain, noting his wife’s wish for a solution. The piece also notes his postwar art work and a Java population fact.
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Laguna Beach
Cal
William Grant Sherry
Bette Davis
Vis
Barbara
Sherry
Bette
Atlantic
Pacific
San Diego Naval Hospital
Twain Heiress Sues Columbia Over Jumping Frog Claim
Clara Clemens Samossoud, Mark Twain’s daughter, sues Columbia Pictures for 300000 alleging the film Best Man Wins defames Twain by linking it to the jumping frog of Calaveras and seeks an injunction to remove references to the connection. The case also asserts Twain’s works remain protected by copyright.
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Clara Clemens Samossoud
Mark Twain
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Twain
Samuel Clemens
Military College Qualifies For 50 Million Dollar Bequest
Jefferson Military College qualifies for a bequest exceeding 50 million dollars from A J Armstrong. He would supply mineral rights and 42 000 acres across three Mississippi counties plus 26 000 acres to the school. Conditions require exclusion of known Communists and non Anglo Saxon or Latin origin instructors and a curriculum emphasizing Christianity and racial hierarchy.
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Military College
Ww. Ington
Jefferson Military College
A. J. Armstrong
George Armstrong
Armstrong
Mississippi
McQueen Fined For Disorderly Conduct In Municipal Court
Fred McQueen aged 24 of 307 Cooper Alley was fined $10 and sentenced to 30 days in jail suspended on disorderly conduct charges. He was arraigned yesterday before Judge Alton H. Combs after arrest in a Cooper Alley cutting tray incident, police said.
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Fred McQueen
Cooper Alley
Alton H. Combs
McQueen
Woman Finds Unusual Car Noise Prompting Return of Manhole Cover
Mrs Fred Browne in Ottawa heard a clanging under her new car and stopped to inspect. She loaded the mysterious large steel disk into the trunk and drove home to show her husband. He advised returning the object to the city works department after confirming it was a manhole cover.
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Ottawa
Canada
Fred Browne
City Works Department
Prominent Philadelphian Placed on Probation for Larceny
Winthrop Lee Biddle 53 heir to a Philadelphia family sits on probation after a two to four year state prison sentence for larceny. Judge Percy T. Clarke suspended the term requiring restitution of 1107 dollars in goods and treatment for a mental condition at Togas Veterans Hospital. Biddle, a World War veteran and son of the late Edward Biddle, has remained jailed since July for petty larceny, with earlier Yorkshire Municipal Court sentence to be disregarded.
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Alfred Me
Winthrop Lee Biddle
Philadelphia
Superior Court
Percy T. Clarke
Biddle
Togas Veterans’ Administration Hospital
Edward Biddle
Yorkshire Municipal Court
Clarke
Kittery Point
Mary G. S. Thaxter
Rosamond Thaxter
New England
Celia Thaxter
Mining Strike Strikes Park City Utah Amid Mine Closures
Park City Utah home to 3700 people faces a harsh winter as three big mines halt operations since July 1. Only about 250 of 900 miners remain working while others rely on unemployment checks or savings. Merchants report sales down at least half and workers have begun leaving for other cities.
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Park City
Utah
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Said
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Schramm Rawr
N. Clark ST
New Zealand
Los Angeles
Calaveras County
California
Justice Court
Anna Newbauer
Deccas
Charles S. Newbauer
G. W. A. Wilmer
Upsala
Walker
Junior Chamber OF Commerce
Ars
Cadillac
Heber Jones, Inc
N. Verity Pkwy
Middletown, Ohio
Dillard Asor
Eighth Ave
Ulrich Dry Cleaning
Lloyd D. Miller
Ross
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