Hollywood Irony As Stars Face Roles And Offers
Jimmie Fidler notes a Hollywood clash between calls for new stars and Anne Jeffreys receiving an Opera Company offer after leaving a major studio. Anecdotes recount stars like Grace Moore and Jimmy Durante and a bank locker-room misstep by Jeffrey Lynn on a Beverly Hills location shoot.
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Hollywood
Anne Jeffreys
New York
Romance
Metropolitan Grand Opera Company
RKO
Sam Wynne
Beverly Hills
Les
Jeffrey Lynn
Lynn
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Espionage scandals swirl as Chambers testifies
The text cites new claims in the Hiss Chambers espionage case with reports of a new type bomb in Suchow and ongoing grand jury testimony. It notes Hiss and his brother Donald Hiss appearing, Wadleigh and Pigman subpoenas, and Miss Bentley set to be called. Consulates remain in Peiping and Tsingtao amid alleged shifts in intelligence activity.
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Time
Chambers
James A. Linen
Hiss
Washington
Alger Hiss
Justice Department
Henry Julian Wadleigh
State Department
Wadleigh
House
American Activities Committee
William Ward Pigman
Appleton
Wis
New York
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Miss Bentley
Robert E. Stripling
un-American Activities Committee
Stripling
Donald Appell
Whittaker Chambers
Maryland
Grand Jury
Nathan L. Levine
Brooklyn
House Committee
Levine
Champer
Donald Hiss
Alger
Model For Peace In Labor Management Dialogue
A. F. L. Vice-President Matthew Woll urged cooperation over compulsion at the National Association of Manufacturers in New York. He warned that forcing laws would foster Communist credibility and stressed voluntary agreements as the path to shared prosperity. He noted union power in politics and urged revisions, not repeals, of Taft Hartley, and said Labor will neither seek nor push restrictive laws.
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Matthew Woll
Congress of American Industry
New York
Mr. Woll
Organized Labor
National Association of Manufacturers
Woll
Labor
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Louisiana
Boston
Florida
Over population in Japan faces long term strain after war
General MacArthur is praised for Japan's postwar handling yet over population looms. Japan holds about 75 million people within its islands, far beyond the 27.6 million food capacity cited in a historic survey. The piece notes reliance on American aid and cites past brutal population control as a remembered method.
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MacArthur
Japan
General MacArthur
New Car Features Spoil Driver with Extras
A humorous look at auto makers and dealers packing cars with unlikely options. The writer notes a heater for Florida trips, meteor shield coating for 39.50, and a pop corn popper for 83, joking about future 1960s innovations and the long list of instruction books.
Our Children By Angelo Patri Deaf Ear and Quiet Discipline
A Bell Syndicate essay advises parents and teachers to use calm, reproving silence rather than loud interruptions to manage children. It suggests letting growth occur with minimal protest and giving kids space to learn from mistakes.
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Maxim
Kitty
Hypnotism by phonograph records studied by researchers
Washington reports on a method by McNeil and Sparer to hypnotize subjects using a two record system. The process measures trance depth with standardized 15 minute sleep induction followed by five minutes of suggestions. The study, in Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, showed 21 of 24 undergraduates hypnotized.
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Jane Eads
Washington
Elton B. McNeil
University of Michigan
Paul Sparer
Harvard
McNeil and Sparer
Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology
First Intercollegiate Football Association Formed
The first Intercollegiate Football Association was formed at Springfield Massachusetts on November 23 1876 with Columbia Harvard and Princeton as its three charter members.
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Intercollegiate Football Association
Springfield
Mass
Columbia
Harvard
Princeton
New Voice Experiment Shows Control Shifts Quietly
Psychologists report an experiment where an observer counts to three and the subject yields to a new voice. The procedure allows the experimenter to take over control, illustrating suggestibility and in‑situ guidance in a lab setting.
Central China Fronts Struggle as Weather Halts Air Support
Journal says Yangtze routes guarded by two lakes Hungtze and Kaoyu. Four government army groups encircled north of the Hwai, with three Suchow groups reforming southward. The 12th army group remains north of Pengpu, while Fu Tso Yi struggles to save Peiping and Tientsin from Communists as plans move toward possible retreat to Inner Mongolia.
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Yangtze
Hungtze
Kaoyu
Hwai
Suchow
Pengpu
Shanghai
Sheng Pao
China
Fu Tso-Yi
Peiping
Tientsin
Shunyi
Associated Press
Spencer Moosa
Moosa
Inner Mongolia
Topeka Plant Blast Kills Eight Workers
Eight workers died at a Topeka power plant after a series of explosions blew out windows and injured many others. Witnesses described a muffled initial blast followed by a powerful flare up and gas smell. Power was restored in part overnight with operations slated to resume today.
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Topeka
C. A. Allensworth
Arthur Dahlene
Alphonse Bryant
Charles Miller
Roy Hamby
A. W. Freel
C. H. Redenbaugh
Albert Sheahan
L. R. Beaver
Sheahan
Walter Janesko
Kansas City
Kas
Madame sees united anti Communist front to save China
The article reports Madame urging a nationalist line against communism and pushing Washington to back Chiang Kaishek with swift arms aid and a large military mission. U.S. officials reject quick commitment, fearing endless funding and responsibility. It contrasts with a note on the Appian Way, begun in 312 B C.
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China
White House
State Department
Chiang
United States
Persevering King Mire and Hebrew Word Puzzle
A word puzzle page lists clues and answers covering biblical king Mire, deer, capital of Oregon, and various terms. Entries include cross references for animals, tools, colors, and phrases like knot, ballast, and gear, with many numbered hints and a few misprints present in the puzzle.
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Oregon
Zeal
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Beaucoup
van Johnson
Hugh Herbert
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Mrs. Young
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Alan
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Nanking
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Edmund Clubb
St. Paul
Bryant
Tsinan
Chefoo University
Tsingtao
Riviera
Ripa
Nice
Genoa
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Angelo Patri
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
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Mopsy Bval Anys Parker
Sir Isaac Pitman
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