Hollywood Gossip and Oscar Fallout in 25 Year Silence
Jimmie Dunn, after winning an Oscar for A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, has barely acted while others question the industry's casting loss and price discipline. The column glances at Linda Darnell Olga San Juan Jane Wyman Joan Crawford and Veronika Lake and notes projects and vanity at RKO Seven Keys To Baldpate and Richards Powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Darnell
Weck
Audie Murphy
Olga San Juan
Paramount
Michael O'Shea
Bing Crosby
Jane Wyman
Jane Wyatt
Jane Withers
Joan Crawford
RKO
Baldpate
Jimmy Conlon
Richard Powers
Conlon
Bevin Sees Early Stage Of Great Power Peace
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told a BBC radio audience that friendship and cooperation among the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union is the surest basis for lasting peace. He cautioned peacemaking will take years and outlined Britain’s UN centered approach and plans for the Moscow talks on March 10. He urged disarmament, peaceful scientific use, and open access to world resources while noting Germany must be reeducated and nonappeasement safeguards kept. He praised France China and Balkan partners for roles in an interlocking postwar order.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Britain
United Nations
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Moscow
Bevin
United States of America
Soviet Russia
Great Britain
United States
Soviet Union
Russia
U. N
Germany
U. S
Hitler
Middle
Europe
Austria
Italy
Yugoslavia
Balkan
France
China
Liberal News Chronicle
the Times
Boy Gets Girl At Royal Betrothal Amid Greece Tension
Elizabeth prepares to wed Prince Philip of Greece as British troops stay in Greece. The match, arranged and accepted, faces opposition from leftists and concerns over foreign linkage and a rightist monarchy. King George VI must approve under the Royal Marriage Act after government consultation.
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Uwever
Edward VIII
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Greece
George
Corfu
England
Royal Navy College
Dartmouth
Viscount Lewis Mountbatten
Mediterranean
Pacifc
The
New York Times
Britain
Philip
Opies
Tom Driberg
George VI
Expensive Lesson for Laski After Libel Loss
Professor Harold Laski must pay an estimated 60,000 in court costs and counsel fees after losing his libel suit against a British newspaper. The jury concluded the paper accurately claimed he advocated violence in a public speech, a charge Laski denies. The judge warned that terms like violence and revolution are highly explosive and must be clearly placed in context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Laski
Professor Laski
Laski
Helicopter mail tests to launch in New York area
Local air mail pilots a regional boost as New York metropolitan heli service starts January 6. Eleven helicopters will operate on three circular routes with two shuttle links, serving 550 municipalities and 13 million people, potentially expanding to parcel post if successful.
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Los Angeles
Chicago
New York City
New York
California
New York Metropolitan Area
North Jersey
New York-Long Island
Connecticut
Ilinois
Wyatt Leaves as Truman Shifts Housing Policy
Housing Administrator Wilson Wyatt leaves amid cordial signals as President Truman pivots to private enterprise to tackle housing. The president argues shortages worsen unless controls loosen and government projects at taxpayers' expense are not the answer.
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Wilson Wyatt
Truman
Wyatt
Sign of a Long Severe Winter In Readings From Nature
Weather buffs cite signs from the grove and family lore while Kansas City park zoo officials report squirrels hoarding food and seeking shelter under eaves. Rabbits in parks grow fat and bears sport heavy fur as hunters note unusually feathered ducks, all hinting at a cold season ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Park Zoo
Our Children by Angelo Patri and Other Commentary
Advice urges parents to support children ages twelve to sixteen in pursuing their chosen paths even if risky or uncertain. Encourages exploration in arts and trades to build growth and future usefulness, while warning against pressuring a fixed path. The piece also plugs Patri’s P-18 leaflet and mocks political figures and moon forecasts with satirical tone.
Women’s Inter American Commission of Women Assembly
At the Pan American conference in Washington in 1938 the Inter-American Commission of Women gathered delegates from 19 of 21 republics. They plan a report for the United Nations and credit gains include votes and nationality rights for women across multiple nations. Prominent figures from Uruguay Venezuela Brazil Honduras Argentina and the Dominican Republic attended.
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Washington
Chile
American National Woman's Party
Havana
Lima
Peru
Inter-American Commission of Women
U. N
United States
Ecuador
Brazil
Uruguay
Cuba
el Salvador
Dominican Republic
Guatemala
Panama
Venezuela
Constitutional Assembly
Argentina
Bolivia
Mexico
Minerva Bernardino
Commission On the Status of Women
U. N. Assembly
New York
the Inter-American Commission of Women
Senora
Ofela Benvenuto
University of Montevideo
Jose Marti
Isabel Sanchez de Urdaneta
Leontina Cardoso
Rome
Ofelia Brret
Honduras
UNRRA
Europe
Esther Lu
Radio Schedule Highlights From KNOE and ABC NBC NBC Local
A detailed list of programs and time slots for KNOE 1230 and networks including ABC NBC and Local offerings. Entries cover news, music, children's shows, comedy, serials, orchestras, and signoffs across a full day schedule.
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Bill Nettles
ABC
Rainbow Rangers
the Coke Club
Novatones
Sky King
Jack Armstrong
Curt Massey
Chesterfield
NBC
Cote Glee Club
Lum
Abner
Cavalcade of America
Paris
Voice of Firestone
Fat Man
Manhattan Melodies
Artie Snow
Orch
Joe Mooney
Harkness
Washington
News of Tomorrow
Edison Orch
Joe Hasel
St. Louis
Elliott Lawrence Orch
Ross Morgan
Ted Weems Orch
Des Arnez Orch
Fair Consideration for Bilbo Is Asked
Senator McClellan urges Republicans to drop partisanship as Bilbo’s fate in the Senate fight nears. He hasn’t decided how he will vote but opposes blocking any senator on party lines. Republicans push to bar Bilbo amid ethics queries and 1940s Mississippi voting disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McClellan
Arkansas
Bilbo
Mississippi
Senate
Frank Miletetto Seeks Permit for 3407 Breville Street Dwelling
Frank Miletetto applies to add a single story frame structure at 3407 Breville Street to serve as a dwelling. Total cost not to exceed 700 dollars with day labor used. Also notes Danish spelling Gronland and mentions Zuriaga de Desmaras, a teacher and writer who presented 52 projects to her country's education council, including the manual labor school.
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Frank Miletetto
Breville Street
Zuriaga de Desmaras
Council of Education
Radio Schedule Highlights From KWKH Shreveport
A detailed 24 hour lineup lists programs and times at KWKH Shreveport. Entertainment spans bands, talk shows, news segments, and theater with acts like the Jack Smith Show Joan Davis Show and CBS Local programming sprinkled between sports and mystery features.
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Harmie Smith
Victorous Living
Robert Trout
Jack Smith
Jimmy Fidler
Joan Davis
Radio Theater
Screen Guild Players
Bob Hawk
J. C. Harsch
Gen. Olson
Blue Baron
CBS
Biggest earth moving in U S history for Garrison Dam
The project plans 75,000,000 cubic yards of dirt to form a two mile embankment on the Missouri river above Bismarck South Dakota. Also notes sword production halted after Pearl Harbor and safety details of Red H M Underground storage at Pearl Harbor.
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U. S
Garrison Dam
Missouri River
Bismarck
S. D
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Crossword Large Mixed Clue List Placeholder
A word puzzle grid with across and down clues listing numerous items such as Turkish tribe fence Malt liquor sun god and Roman tyrant, plus other definitions like body of Jewish law and land measure. The puzzle blends abbreviations and varied references across categories including geography astronomy and botany.
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Kentucky Educational Institution
Death notices for Claude Posey and E L Westbrook
Claude Posey son of Dr L D Posey of 109 Thomas Street died Sunday in Laurel Mississippi. E L Westbrook 79 died Sunday in a local clinic. Funeral services were held in Laurel and Liberty Church with interment in Liberty Cemetery. survivors include wife eight children and multiple grandchildren. Pallbearers named F P Brown W B Haile Jr J L Hill Sherman Cox Henry Fineston Bonnie McKinniey.
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Claude Posey
L. D. Posey
Thomas Street
Laurel
Miss
Avas
E. L. Westbrook
Chapel of
Hall Funeral Home
Liberty Church
Linville
Liberty Cemetery
Mr. Westbrook
H. D Pineston
Sicily Island
A. E. Guthridge
Little Rock
Ark
Guy Westbrook
Oakland
California
Ira Westbrook
Tyler
Texas
Ervin Westbrook
Haile
Farmerville
H. E. Stancil
F. P. Brown
W. B. Haile, Jr
J. L. Hill
Sherman Cox
Henry Fineston
Bonnie McKinniey
Local man W. E. Grantham dies at 71 in Bernice area
W. E. Grantham 71 of Lee avenue died Sunday at home. Funeral services at Weldon Church near Bernice at 11 30 a m with burial in the church cemetery. Survived by four daughters Mrs W W Thomas and Mrs N R Gunn both of Atlanta Ga Mrs C T Maxie of Laurel Miss and Mrs H E Butler of Bernice two sons J E Grantham of West Monroe and R A Grantham of Marietta Ga one sister Mrs B Luther Williams of Bernice 20 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren plus several nieces and nephews.
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W. E. Grantham
Lee Avenue
Hall Funeral Home
Weldon Church
Bernice
W. W. Thomas
Atlanta
N. R. Gunn
H. E. Butler
J. E. Grantham
West Monroe
R. A. Grantham
Marietta
B. Luther Williams
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News-Star
All Departmenta
Business Office
Mail Room
Monroe News
Jimmie Fidler
Hollywood
Jimmy Dunn
Brooklyn
Dunn
George Duryea
Cecil B. DeMille
Tom Keere
San Fernando Valley
Veronica Lake
Andre de Toth
Veronica
Barry Sullivan
Time Savers, Limited
Lana Turner
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Mopsy
Gladys Parker
By Angelo Patri
God
Angelo Patri
P. O
Station 6
N. Y
Bell Syndicate, Inc
John L. Lewis
Jane Eads
By Hershberger
Warsberger
KNOE
Greenland
Gronland
Fred A. Birchmore
Athens
Muinly
AP News
Luzon
FE. L. Westbrook
Afghanistan
Iran
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