1947 Salary List Reveals Top Earners and Figures
The 1947 earnings report shows Leo McCarey at the top with about $1 million yearly from films, while Charlie Skouras leads as the highest paid executive of National Theatres Amusement and Fox West Coast. Betty Grable tops female earners at $208,000, a drop from the prior year, as stars fall short of the top ten. Other high earners include Preston Sturges, E H Little, A A Somerville, R T Vanderbilt, Seton Porter, William Randolph Hearst, Theodore Seltzer, Eugene G Grace, and G A Bryant.
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Treasury
Leo McCarey
America
Aplove
Miss Grable
Skouenusene
Riggio
Ponto American Tobacco Co
Preston Sturges
Twentieth Century- Fox Film Corp
E. H. Little
Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Co
A. A. Somerville
R. T. Vanderbilt Co
Seton Porter
National Distillers Products Corp
William Randolph Hearst
Theodore Seltzer
Pres. Inc
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel
G. A. Bryant
The
Austin
Illinois approves cooling off period for divorces
The Illinois Senate backed a bill 44 to 0 authorizing a 60 day notice of intention to file divorce. The measure, sent to Governor Stevenson, aims to curb hasty divorces by enforcing a mandatory cooling off period statewide.
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Springfield
Illinois
State Supreme Court
Senate
Stevenson
Mine supply denial cited as Shanghai shipping blocks
Both British and American sources stated they had never supplied Chinese nationalists with maritime mines. Regardless, the nationalists have kept world shipping out of Shanghai for four days.
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Shanghai
Albany Cafe Change Hands in Local Sale
Miss Elsie Gillette and Mrs Alvin Peterson operate the Albany Cafe today. Pier Mick of Richland Center had purchased the restaurant more than two months ago.
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Albany Cafe
Albany
Elsie Gillette
Alvin Peterson
Pier Mick
Richland Center
Farm Boy Drowns In Baraboo River
Baraboo mourns as 16 year old Lyle Schmietke drowns while swimming with companions in the Baraboo river. His body was recovered about two hours after the accident.
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Baraboo
Lyle Schmietke
Baraboo River
Here
Film Writers Lose in Contempt Appeals
Washington reports the U S court of appeals upheld contempt convictions of screenwriters John Howard Lawson and Dalton Trumbo for refusing to answer questions from the House Un American Activities Committee during its investigation. Each was sentenced to one year in prison and a $1000 fine. they remain on bond as the case likely heads to the supreme court.
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Washington
U. S. Court of Appeals
Congress
John Howard Lawson
Dalton Trumb
Hollywood
House un-American Activities Committee
Lawson
Trumbo
Coe
Supreme Court
Major John Seatvet Returns for New Duty
Major John Seatvet, son of Mrs. Anna Seatvet of Argyle, returns to reassignment after a two year tour in the Philippines. He and his wife and 18 year old son Lloyd report to Fort Mason California for new duty at the Philippines command ordinance depot in Central Luzon.
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Argyle
John Seatvet
Anna Seatvet
United States
U. S. Army
Philippines
Seatvet
Lloyd
Ft. Mason
Calif
Philippines Command Ordinance Depot
Luzon
College graduates named in Northfield and Platteville notices
Miss Helene Rossing daughter of Mr and Mrs A H Rossing received her bachelor’s degree from St Olaf College in Northfield Minnesota Beatta Andrews and Marie Splinter completed the three year elementary course at Platteville State Teachers College
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Argyle
Helene Rossing
A. H. Rossing
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
Beatta Andrews
Marie Splinter
Platteville State Teachers College
Schacht Freed After Long Legal Battle In Germany
The German denazification court nullified an eight year labor camp sentence for Dr. Hjalmar Schacht former Reichsbank president and economics minister. Schacht, living in Bleckede near Lueneburg, had endured two years of trials retrials and appeals. He was first freed by the Nuremberg tribunal on October 1 1946.
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Suttgart
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Schacht
Hitler
Economics
Bleckede
Lueneburg
International Military Tribunal
Nuernberg
Acheson weighs German trip to confer with leaders
Secretary of State Dean Acheson is reported to be considering a journey to Germany to meet German political figures. He would be following former secretary Byrnes, who visited Stuttgart in 1946 and set forth a key American policy statement.
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Paris
Dean Acheson
Germany
James F. Byrnes
Stuttgart
Mrs. Maria Waite Dies at Brooklyn 91
Mrs. Maria Waite nee Lessig died at 91 in a Madison hospital after illness. Born in Pennsylvania, she married George Waite in 1893 and farmed in Iowa and near Milford before moving to the Austin Melvin farm at Brooklyn. Survivors include children and stepchildren across Wisconsin and D C, with seven grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral at Brooklyn Community Methodist Church with Rev. Snow. Burial Mt Hope Cemetery Brooklyn. Body at Booth funeral home Oregon.
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Brooklyn
Maria Waite
Madison
Maria Lessig
Pennsylvania
Iowa
George Waite
Milford
Austin Melvin
Waite
Paul
Edwin
Washington, D. C
John
Waukesha
Aa Waite
Brooklyn Community Methodist Church
W. C. Snow
Donald Sery Receives Northwestern Degree
Mr and Mrs Ed Sery attend graduation exercises at Evanston yesterday where their grandson Donald Sery received his commercial degree at Northwestern University The Monroe Serys met their son Ralph and family at Evanston and accompanied them to Muskegon Michigan Another son Daniel is graduating this week from junior college at Muskegon The Ralph Serys are former Monroe residents and Donald and Daniel attended local schools Their father formerly worked with United Telephone Co and is now with a telephone firm in Muskegon
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Ed Sery
Evanston
Donald Sery
Northwestern University
Monroe Serys
Ralph
Muskegon
Mich
Ralph Serys
Daniel
Monroe
Donald
United Telephone Co
Mrs Susan Harrison 88 Dies at Darlington
Mrs Susan Harrison age 88 dies at her Darlington home after a long illness. Born Willow Springs she is survived by sons Perry Seattle Washington Walter Janesville a daughter Alice Richmond Indiana and sister Bella Proctor Darlington. Funeral services set for 2 pm Thursday at Nelson Sharer funeral home with burial in Union Grove Cemetery.
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Darlington
Susan Harrison
Willow Springs
Perry
Seattle
Wash
Walter
Janesville
Alice
Richmond
Ind
Bella Proctor
Nelson- Sharer Funeral Home
Union Grove Cemetery
Churchill Invasion Debate and the Normandy Decision
In memory of the D day anniversary debates in supreme circles over where to strike first. Stalin urged a French invasion while Churchill favored the Mediter ranean soft underbelly approach. He argued for political as well as military aims, but the Normandy assault prevailed and ach ieved victory.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
New York
Europe
Normandy
Stalin
France
Winston Churchill
Mediterranean
Churchill
Italy
Balkans
Central
Russia
Stettir
Adriatic
Moscow
Germany
Austria
United Nations
Fane
The American Antiquarian Society Library Highlight
The American Antiquarian Society in Worcester Massachusetts houses one of the nation’s largest reference libraries on American history and printing, spanning 11 miles of shelving.
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The
American Antiquarian Society
Worcester
Mass
Standard of California Loses in Trust Appeal
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that Standard Oil Co of California violated federal antitrust laws by compelling independent dealers to buy all fuel from Standard. The decision said the contracts reduced competition in interstate and intrastate commerce.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Standard Oil Co
California
Standard
Standard Oil
Mass Burial Scheduled for 248 Serpens Sailors
Washington reports group burial services planned for 248 service men killed when the cargo ship Serpens exploded off Guadalcanal after an ammunition explosion near Lunga Beach. Services will be held tomorrow at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
Arlington National Cemetery
Lunga Beach
Brine Shrimp Reproduction by Unfertilized Eggs Explained
The brine shrimp species reproduce asexually through unfertilized eggs, a method observed across oceans and seas worldwide. This parthenogenetic process allows populations to grow rapidly in diverse saline habitats.
Cranor resigns as Cook County jail warden after 35 days
John R. Cranor, 64, who was appointed warden of the Cook County jail 35 days ago, resigns to take a higher paying post as warden of Washington State penitentiary at Walla Walla. He informed Sheriff Elmer M. Walsh of his decision.
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Chicago
John R. Cranor
Cook County
Cranor
Elmer M. Walsh
Washington State
Walla Walla
Brooklyn GI Sentenced to Eight Months in U S Jail
Frankfurt reports Daniel F. Mc Carthy a Brooklyn born ex GI who urged renunciation of American citizenship and a German naturalization was sentenced to eight months in jail to be served in the United States.
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U. S
Frankfurt
Daniel F. McCarthy
Brooklyn
G. I
United States
Brand marks on goods echo ancient civilization
The text notes that branding artifacts date back to early civilizations with excavations revealing bricks marked by manufacturers and workers. It highlights that branding predates modern commerce as a practice and reflects the long history of labeling products and labor.
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