Fidler calls out photo fakery in Hollywood media
Jimmie Fidler urges staff support for truth in advertising condemning studio stills and swimsuit photography as deceitful. He laments manipulated poses and urges a League For The Protection Of Truth-Loving Men. The staff cooldown includes gossip on Kaiser, St Cyr, O Keefe, Carroll, Mara Latimore, Dmytryk, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
America
Sam Goldwyn
Los Angeles Times
League For the Protection of
Jimmie Fidler
Lionel Strongfort
Henry Kaiser
John Carroll
Santa Anita
Adele Mara
The
Republic
Frank Latimore
Eddie Buzzell
Johnny Jones
MGM
Ilona Massey
Hungary
Truman signals state of the union agenda and labor policy
President Truman outlined forthcoming state of the union messages on budget and labor reform while avoiding comments on John L. Lewis and the coal strike. The postwar economic committee urged constructive labor laws, end to OPA powers, and a budget cut, with Byrd opposing tax cuts and pushing union registration and broader restraints on bargaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Mr. Truman
Lewis
Maximum Employment Council
Capitol Hill
Congress
House Committee On
OPA
Capitol
Harry F. Byrd
Byrd
Virginia
Unclear OCR snippet prompts minimal landmark data
Fragmentary text provides numbers and garbled letters without identifiable people places organizations or events. No coherent event or facts emerge to summarize into a definitive news item.
Punitive UMW Fine Sparks National Labor Clash
The $3,500,000 penalty against the United Mine Workers is decried as cruel and inhuman by John L. Lewis lawyers. Critics warn of widespread economic disruption as coal stockpiles dwindle and millions face job loss and higher hardship amid the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers
Joseph Padway
John L. Lewis
Welly Hopkins
Lewis
Hopkins
Denver
Hamilton
State Guard
United States
Germany
T. Alan Goldsborough
United Mine Workers’ Treasury
West Coast plants push new military aircraft production
Secrecy fades as West Coast plants reportedly build multiple military models including the P-81 long range jet, L-13 liaison planes, B-36 bomber, XC-99 troop transport, XB-46 jet bomber, P-80 speeds surpassing sound, and 180 passenger transports among other designs. The note asserts America remains the world’s leading air power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Petrillo Seeks 275 Percent Pay Hikes for Transcription Workers
James Caesar Petrillo demands a 275 percent raise for his musicians who create electrical transcriptions. The remark contrasts him as the country’s music czar versus its meat packers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Caesar Petrillo
Mr. Petrillo
Christmas shopping misfires and far too big a wish list
The writer laments premature shopping and a coal shortage that limits packages to five pounds. He recalls finding a Stevens Duryea for Joe Williams, a 14 foot Grant statue for the Grantland Rice home, and quirky gifts for Albin Holder Dick Andrade Oliver Hardy and T Harvey McMillan, all sketched with tongue in cheek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens Duryea
Joe Williams
Haynes Appleton
Duryea
Joe
New Jersey
New York
Ulysses S. Grant
Grantland Rices
Albin Holder
J. N. Adam Company
Dick Andrade
Dallas
Texas
Oliver
Los Angeles
T. Harvey McMillan
Charleston
Our Children By Angelo Patri
Kathleen aged 15 protests the idea that daughters should entertain guests for their mothers. Patri argues life is shared and that children owe support and hospitality to family and friends. He urges kindness, friendship, and responsibility as essential to personal happiness and social duty. For copies of related leaflet P-22 send 5 cents and SASE to Angelo Patri at Monroe News-Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen
Angelo Patri
Monroe News-Star
F. O
New York
N. Y
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Christmas Gifts From Welch Convalescent Hospital
A benefactor sends a B. O. Q. song token to a recipient at Welch Convalescent Hospital and plans a gift of a team of mules for Bogart Rogers on Fifty-Sixth Street in New York to lift his spirits this Christmas. The note expresses heartfelt regret that none of the trinkets can be sent yet and invites small gifts in return.
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Welch Convalescent Hospital
Bogart Rogers
Fifty-Sixth Street
New York
Christmas aid appeal from needy families to Good Fellows
The letter from a 10 year old boy pleads for help for his mother and grandmother as they struggle after being driven from home. A second child asks for an BB gun and supplies while a 17 year old mother requests clothes and diapers for her three month old baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Fellows
News-Star
UNRRA council debate on funding shifts in aid program
The UNRRA council debated whether to shift funds between countries as needs change. Wood defended U S policy and urged flexibility while noting no nation wished to recapture assets by cutting substantial parts of the original program.
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Norway
United States
United Kingdom
Australia
Wood
Radio Schedule Fragments Near End of Broadcast Day
The document lists a long run of radio programs and times from KMLB and ABC affiliates, including local shows such as Bill Nettles Local, Good Yawning Local, and News ABC segments. It ends with a United Nations debate note and La Guardia criticizing conditional aid and naming countries of concern.
Knocycles Radio Schedule Sketch
A dense list of KNOE 1230 program times and show titles covers mornings to sign off. Includes NBC and local segments such as Fashions on the Air News Music and Parade of Bands with frequent hourly listings.
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NBC
Loca
New York
Olmstead
Fred Waring
Schon Hiliies
David Herum
Art van Damme
Fashions
Drew Pearson
Club
Robert McCormick
Louisiana Ramblers
Treasury Salute
Northeast Junior College Lawal
Hollywood Reporter
The
Ink Spots
Spotlight On A Star
Cugat
Rainbow Rangers
John McVane
Xmas Tree Grove
Novatones
Clem McCarthy
Chesterfield Supper Club
Sammy Kaye
Veterans Administration
Tima
Dennis Day
Eddie Carter
Harkness
Washington
Radio Schedule for KWKH Shreveport Highlights Safety Note
A dense listing of daily KWKH Shreveport programs from 5:00 to 1:05 with CBS and local shows like Harmie Smith, The Sunshine Boys, and News reports. A closing safety remark cites National Safety Council data stating that the safest U.S. person is a girl aged 5 to 14 living in Rhode Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patsy
Her
Buckeroos
Harmie
CBS
Evelyn Winters
Arthur Godfrey
Kate Smith
Helen Trent
Our
Gal
Sunshine Boys
Juniper Junction
Yerney
Dr. Malone
Kwkh Farm Journal
Dave Harmilt
Trio
Harmie Smith
Lowa
Robert Trout
Jack Smith
Cbss
FBI
Dick Hayme
J C. Harsch
Julliard School of Music
Monroe
United States
Rhode Island
National Safety Council
Fragmented crossword clues reflect era wordplay
A list of crossword style clues appears with varied items such as Outer garment, Pear-shaped fruit, Gum resin, and Aerial railways. includes numbers and fragmented phrases suggesting a puzzle page segment from a historical newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Dominion
Crossword Style Word List Puzzle Clues
A set of numbered clues covering across and down entries with definitions for a themed crossword style puzzle including terms like mother of Peer Gynt and variable star in Perseus. Answers align with hints such as winged and tight fitting Speed coat and various nautical cease terms.
Fulbright Says President Won’t Quit Over Policy Differences
Fulbright argues the president should not resign and proposes a reform to align the presidency with Congress. He predicts ongoing Democratic Republican clashes, possible 1948 wins for Republicans, and a scenario similar to Hoover’s 1932 departure unless Truman retires or changes party control. He plans to push legislation to fix the split administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Truman
Fulbright
John Lewis
Arkansas
Republican Congress
Hoove
Building Trades Council Elects Monroe Officers
The Monroe Building Trades Council held its annual election at the labor temple. John Garner is incoming president with C. H. Shrell as vice president and other officers elected. The group expects substantial work in Monroe area for a Bastrop paper mill expansion and a new Delhi refinery, with much labor to be sourced locally.
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Monroe Building Trades Council
Labor Temple
John Garner
C. H. Shrell
Monroe
Delhi
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RKO
Alps
High Sierra
Didjah
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Harms Music Company
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Columbia
Stanley Rubin
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Louis Armstrong
New Orleans
Harlem
Louisiana
Jimmy Durante
Ambassador Hotel
Biltmore
Ray Hendricks
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Mopsy
Gladys Parker
State of the Union
Securities Commission
Ohio
Ball
Minn
Smith N. J
Sssu
Isvaewe
Ea Eeues
Lew
Henry McLemore
Daytona Beach
Fla
Unrra Council
Rise & Shine
Bill Nettles
Martin Agronsky
ABC
Tom Breneman
Anita Ells
Kellogg
Billie Walker
Bauknage
Paul Martin
Walter Kiernan
Edwin C. Hill
George Barnes
Cliff Edwards
the Coke Club
Dick Tracy
Terry & the Pirates
Sky King
Jack Armstrong
Tony Pastor Orch
Blue Baron Orch
Lum
Abner
ABC 990
World Security Workshop
News of Tomorrow
Joe Hase
ABS
Freddy Martin Orch
Ina Ray Hutton
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
U. S
Knoe
Knocycles
By Hershberger
Shreveport
Mesa
Building Trades Council
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