Hollywood Censored For Scalping Injun Braves
A new National Film Committee of the Association on American Indian Affairs reviews Hollywood westerns to curb stereotypes. They advise deleting scalping lines and other clichés, promoting accurate depictions of Indian culture and roles. The group includes A B Guthrie Jr and other experts who audit scripts with tribal authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Kleiner
NEA
NEW York
Hollywood
National Film Committee
The
Association On American Indian Affairs
A. B. Guthrie, Jr
Marie Vauchief
Quincy Howe
America
Bonors
Plains
Head Of Indian Girl Brought Here From Central America
An account describes a 25 year old Indian girl's head brought from Guatemala by Sgt. R F Endsley and discusses alleged head shrinking practices among Indigenous peoples. The report notes a Denver museum reportedly houses similar heads and hints at ongoing demand.
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Central America
Oland Silk
of the World
Uncle John
Aunt Mary
R. FE. Endsley
North Fourth Street
West Monroe
Guatemala
Set
Endsley
Brazil
United States
Denver
Colo
Monroe to Welcome KLIC New Station This Month
After 22 years of effort Dr. F P Cerniglia will launch KLIC the goodwill station serving Monroe and West Monroe on 1230 kilocycles with 250 watts. The Mutual affiliated outlet will air local programs and national network shows from downtown Strauss Building offices with tests under way and opening ceremonies planned for June 18 pending FCC approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Reynolds
The
World
Monroe
KLIC
West Monroe
Louisiana
F. P. Cerniglia
Winnsboro Road
Strauss Building
St. Paul
Minn
Wisconsin
John Zapffe
Cerniglia
Federal Communications Commission
F.C. C
Twin Cities
Mutual Broadcasting System
Zapffee
KBS
Dallas
Tex
KYBS
South
New Enterprise
Collins
RCA
Merle Saxon
San Marcos
William Ellis
WFAA
Cake Baked 50 Years Ago Eaten By Couple
WARREN Me June 10 A cake baked fifty years earlier was eaten today by Mr and Mrs Charles F Dillaway and wedding anniversary guests. The fruit cake made in East Boston in 1900 for a sons wedding at a local Congregational Church was sealed in an air tight can and opened on the 50th anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren. Me
Charles F. Dillaway
Dillaways
Boston
Lydia J. Dillaway
Everett
Mass
Dillaway
O.k
Palindrome Concept Explained with Classic Example
A palindrome reads the same backward as forward. A well known instance is the phrase Madam I’m Adam which ignores punctuation and capitalization to reveal symmetry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madam
Adam
Taxi Drivers Tales From The City Streets
A reporter gathers cabbie anecdotes from West Monroe and nearby spots. Tales include floods robberies and a watermelons heist with a laughing driver, engine repairs at a stand, and a startling baby in a car crash. The drivers describe life as relentlessly ordinary yet oddly eventful.
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Sterlington
Fifth
Coleman Streets
West Monroe
Tough Search On For College Graduates
More than a million new graduates begin job hunting amid forecasts of a tougher labor market. Clague notes many may need lower salaries or different fields, while demand stays strong for doctors, nurses, teachers, and sales staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle Smee
NEA
America
Ewan Clague
U. S
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Clague
University of Illinois
Harvard
Wisconsin
Minnesota
California
General Electric Company
Robert E. Dierks
Cleveland
G. E
General Motors Corporation
Steel Corporation
Northwestern University
Mrs Shawate Washington Social Bureau Boss Sets Rules
Carolyn Hagner Shaw runs a revived Washington Social Bureau to manage guest lists seating arrangements and etiquette for parties including high profile events. She enforces strict invitations rooming and formalities to ensure hostesses enjoy their own parties and critics call her stuffy.
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Douglas Larsen
NEA
Washington
Washington Social Bureau
Carolyn Hagner Shaw
Bureau
Chile
Truman
Mrs. Shaw
Crows cause major crop damage by seed theft
Destructive birds, especially crows, are blamed for widespread crop damage as they raid fields and steal seed kernels from available grain.
Gray Ladies Bring Sunshine to Monroe Aged Homes
The Red Cross Gray Ladies visit Monroe four homes for the aged, offering letters for the blind, transport to hospitals, reading material, and entertainment. They help with purchases, distribute flowers, and arrange activities to brighten residents' days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Moore
Monroe
Red Cross
Newspapers Earn Club Honors for 1949 Journalistic Work
Atlantic City June 10 The Chicago Daily News and the Allentown Evening Chronicle won headliner club awards for 1949 journalistic achievements The Daily News for Skid Row stories and pictures and the Chronicle for an unsafe school buildings expose Murray Becker AP chief photographer and 12 others received medals for notable coverage Warner-Pathe Newsreel also received a medal for war hero recovery work
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Chicago Daily News
Allentown Evening Chronicle
The
Daily News
Chronicle
Murray Becker
New York
Associated Press
Warner-Pathe Newsreel
William F. Mooney
Frederick Bird, Jr
Heber Springs Story From Otis Hassell In Winnsboro
Heber Springs in Cleburne county Arkansas is noted as the county seat with seven mineral springs in a ten acre park. The town, incorporated 1882 as Sugar Loaf and renamed in 1910, is served by Col. Max Frauenthal who donated the park and springs. Population about 3,000 with local mills, auto agencies, clinics, hospitals, churches, fair grounds and an annual August reunion honoring all soldiers.
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Otis Hassell
Winnsboro
Ozark Mountains
Arkansas
Heber Springs
Cleburne County
Little Rock
John C. Branner
J. T. Matthews
United States
Sugar Loaf
Max Frauenthal
Col. Frauenthal
Young Business and
Young Business and Professional Mens Club
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