Hollywood Star Image Tactics and Studio Ploys
Jimmie Fidler reviews Hollywood publicity habits noting stars like Irene Dunne Clark Gable and James Stewart have stayed popular for over a decade by avoiding sensationalism. Anecdotes include Claudette Colbert’s tight gowns and Clifton Webb’s publicity push for Cheaper By The Dozen. Behind the scenes, studio tricks and location tricks shape public perception and film promotion.
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Hollywood
Humphrey Bogart
Spencer Tracy
James Stewart
Gary Cooper
Joel McCrea
John Wayne
Ray Milland
Cary Grant
Ronald Colman
Greer Garson
Ginger Rogers
Rosalind Russell
Clark Gable
Joan Crawford
Joe F. Brown
Claudette Colbert
Irene Rich
News Star World Publishing credits and contact details
Publication information for the Monroe Louisiana News Star World Publishing Corporation with address 110 114 North Second Street and key staff roles. It lists circulation notes, morning world telephone contact windows, and office hours for business and editorial rooms.
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News-Star—World Publishing Corporation
North Second Street
John D. Ewing Wilson Ewing
News-Star
Morning World
Echvesvetnere
Busines
Homely to heroic: Hal Boyle recalls junior high lessons
Hal Boyle, writing from New York, recalls a junior high crush and his own self image. He notes childhood vanity, mutability of beauty with age, and his wife Frances’s loyalty, concluding time helps the homely endure and even laugh at past vanity. He plans to reunite with his schoolmate and retell the joke.
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New York
Linwood Grammar School
Harold
Major
Frances
United Nations moves on Italian colonies in Africa
The UN proposed Libya independence by 1952 and Somaliland independence after 10 years, with Eritrea to be decided in 1950. Britain and France administer the colonies with the USSR abstaining on the key vote. The plan aims to curb communist influence by ending colonial rule and promoting self-determination.
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Italy
Africa
Europe
India
United States
Indonesia
Palestine
Libya
Eritrea
United Nations
World Forum
Moscow
Russia
Soviet Union
U. N
U. N. General Assembly
Somaliland
Tripoli
General Assembly
Britain
France
Free World
Atomic bombs and the Hiroshima lesson on war’s horrors
The article discusses how Hiroshima’s prewar population of 400,000 shrank to 85,000 survivors after the atomic blast, with 78,000 dead. It notes the city’s near total destruction, ongoing rebuilding with modern housing, and warns that future atomic wars would be far more deadly.
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Hiroshima
Dominion Dried Date and Coal Crunch Ends in Loss
A fading tip from a West Virginia friend leads Henry M Lemor and his partner to buy Dominion Dried Date and Coal at 14, watching it fall to 10.5 and then plummet further. They lose sleep and money as the stock sinks, the friend’s scheme backfires, and the phone line is cut after the downturn.
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West Virginia
Charleston
Fort Knox
Dominion
DiMaggio
Jean
Wall Paper Company
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Our Children Should Not Be Corrected in Public
Angelo Patri argues that visitors and relatives should not discipline other people’s children. Public corrections embarrass the child and can trigger shame, anger, and lasting resentment. Let mothers handle discipline or distract the child, and withdraw when behavior becomes unbearable.
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Caroline
Dicky
Marie
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Blair House's crowded legacy ends with Prospect House move
Washington reports that Blair House, near the White House, is too small for the president and guests, prompting the State Department to rent Prospect House in Georgetown as a temporary official guest residence. The shah of Iran will be its first official guest, with Mrs. Victoria Geaney overseeing preparations and transporting select china and crystal from Blair House.
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Washington
Blair House
White House
Truman
State Department
Uncle Sam
U. N
Victoria Geaney
Trumans
Prospect House
Georgetown
Defense
James V. Forrestal
Forrestal
Iran
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Potomac River
Questions and Answers about Wood and Landmarks
A collection of trivia covering black walnut’s use in gun stocks and furniture, the cornerstone of the Bunker Hill monument laid by the Marquis de Lafayette in 1825, Russian air force strength, ancient masonry arch bridges, ostrich feather plucking intervals, and the Founders Tree in California standing 364 feet tall in 1947.
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Bunker Hill
Breed’s Hill
Marquis de Lafayette
Omar Bradley
U. S
Humboldt State Redwood Park
Dyerville
California
United States and Britain push UN resolution against Russia
In a nations week at the UN, the United States and Britain backed a Western resolution to restrain veto use and urge peaceful dispute settlement, after Russia proposed a big five pact and condemned Western arms buildup. The vote 53 to 5 favored the Western plan, with Russia and satellites opposing. Readers saw sharp exchanges as Manuilsky and Vishinsky attacked Western aims, while others urged ending the cold war. A brief note adds a 2 multicoupler device for sharing one antenna among several receivers.
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Truman
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
U. N
United States
Britain
France
China
Austin
U N
U. S
Security Council
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Ukraine
Soviet Ukraine
Dmitri Z. Manuilsky
Vishinsky
Chile
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Philippines
Mackenzie analyzes German disarmament clash and rearmament debate
DeWitt Mackenzie surveys the tension over Germany's future. He notes U S and Allied pledges not to rearm the Reich clash with fears Germany must be protected and could become a linchpin in Western defense. The piece weighs political and military views on a cautious rearmament strategy amid East West tensions.
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Europe
U. S
Johnson
Bradley
America
Reich
Germany
West
East
Western
Sozialdemokrat
Socialist Democratic Party
Berlin
Taegliche Rundschau
Western Europe
Need For 60 Billion Seen To Repair Roads
Southeastern road builders at Little Rock hear that 60 billion dollars is needed to bring U S roads to standard efficiency. L S Tuttle says annual highway spending should rise to 4 billion for 15 years with 47 billion for capital upgrades. Delegates from 12 states, plus Arkansas officials, urge federal aid at 75 percent match. Opposition from petroleum interests cited over gasoline tax hikes.
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Little Rock
L. S. Tuttle
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Southeastern Association of State Highway Officials
Tuttle
Alabama
Arkansas
Lorida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
West Virginia
Virginia
Texas
Association
A. F. Johnson
Arkansas Highway Department
Whittington
Dmiss
Crossword Puzzle Clues From an Old Newspaper Feature
A dense list of Across and Down clues from a Saturday puzzle including themes and wordplay items such as Engrossed Palm leaf Sacred image and European river with many entries spanning People, numbers, and phrases for a classic newspaper style puzzle.
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Peer Gynt
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