Hollywood Predictions For 1949 By Jimmie Fidler
Jimmie Fidler offers a set of film world predictions for 1949 naming Lana Turner Clark Gable Rhonda Fleming Bing Crosby Rita Hayworth Eric Johnston Paulette Goddard Burgess Meredith Eve Arden Vincent Price Ida Lupino Jane Russell Lee Tracy Dean Stockwell Shirley Temple Betty Grable Preston Sturges Don Defore Diana Lynn and Elia Kazan. The column notes potential comebacks, industry shifts, censorship pressures, and personal milestones in a light, opinionated tone.
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Hollywood
Lana Turner
Bob Topping
Lana
Clark Gable
Rhonda Fleming
Bing Crosby
Rita Hayworth
Ali Khan
Eric Johnston
MPAA
Russia
Paulette Goddard
Burgess Meredith
JMF
Irving Lasky
Eve Arden
Thither
Vincent Price
Jesse L. Lasky
Black
Alas
Boss
Ida Lupino
Hubby Collier Young
Shirley Temple
Jane Russell
Bob Waterfield
Sun Valley
Lee Tracy
New York
Dean Stockwell
Wotzis
Betty Grable
Preston Sturges
Sturges
Bend
Betty
William Powell
Hoot Gibson
Nevada
Hollywood Dramatic School
Don Defore
Capitol Theatre
Diana Lynn
Elia Kazan
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Teen Age Club Dance Planned for New Year
The Monroe Teen Age Club hosts a New Year dance at the Recreation Center on Catalpa street with a floor show. The American Federation of Musicians funds nearly two million dollars for free public music in 1948 in the United States and Canada, via union No. 425. Doors open 7 30.
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Recreation Center
Catalpa Street
American Federation of Musicians
United States
Canada
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Congress
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West Monroe Business Men forecast busy year with upgrades
West Monroe Business Men's Association led by Charles Wall Jr reports eight months of progress with 43 merchant members. They installed the Cypress street and Highway 80 Christmas sign, plan parking for farmers, seek to modify a peddling ordinance, and aim to improve city lighting and civic interest. Appreciation Day prizes draw shoppers from surrounding towns as the group works with other organizations to boost twin cities.
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Cypress Street
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Wall
Charles Wall, Jr
Ed Hochenedel
A. B. Patterson, Jr
R. M. Hines
W. R. Mitchell
A. Petrus
Fred Bennett
Katie Hastings
T. A. Sanders
F. C. McConnell
George H. Hill
Radio give aways and the American dream
A reflection on radio prize quizzes as a social force. The piece notes the perils of being called to answer questions and the risk of being cut off by distant operators. It argues the gimmick drives education, fuels hope, and offers both riches and frustration in equal measure.
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Junior
Gaul
Caesar
Janes
Bermuda
William Howard Taft
Costa Rica’s gesture dissolving army seen as real defense
The provisional Costa Rican president’s move to disband the army is hailed as a reassuring gesture toward neighbors though critics doubt its impact in a world where UN disarmament proposals fail. Observers note US influence and the danger of small nations relying on preparedness in the atomic age, fearing a Balkan fate as a satellite of Russia.
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Costa Rica
United Nations
United States
Soviet Union
U. N
New World
Rio
Balkans
Russia
Our Children By ANGELO PATRI
An instructional dialogue urges parents to discipline children firmly to build strength and trust. It argues that avoiding punishment weakens character, and that readers should guard against childhood fears with Dr Patri's leaflet P-1 "Fears" by sending 5 cents and a self addressed envelope to Bell Syndicate.
Year’s Eve reform from an old sports fan
A writer argues that only youths should celebrate New Year Eve and jokes about adults, a 22 player football game on New Year’s Day, and plans to attend the Gator Bowl between Missouri and Clemson. He muses about fashion, disorderly jackets, and needing explanations for postgame style.
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Missouri
Clemson
An Older Woman Takes Up Roller Skating To Celebrate
Mrs. Annie Dunbar of Alexandria celebrated her 75th birthday with a surprise party hosted by skating champions from New York and Baltimore at the Alexandria Skating Arena. Despite a lame hip, she performed a skating exhibition and voiced plans to take up waltzing on wheels and swimming lessons despite others deeming age a barrier. Her story narrates a life of floral business, caring for her husband, and now a zestful pursuit of multiple sports.
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Annie Dunbar
Alexandria
New York
Baltimore
Alexandria Skating Arena
Mrs. Dunbar
Harry Kramer
Traveler's Rest
N. C
St Elmo and Rothschild in historical Q A highlights
Gladys Parker presents answers on St Elmo Fires and sailors myths, Rothschild’s seat in Parliament in 1849 to 1855, Raleigh’s execution motive, Elmira College as first to grant women degrees in 1859, and suede’s French roots linked to Sweden.
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Baron Lionel Rothschild
U. S
Elmira College
Elmira
N. Y
Sweden
Truman limits arms budget while juggling global demands
President Truman keeps total military appropriations at 15 billion dollars amid European recovery and domestic needs. Forrestal trimmed the proposed 22 billion ideal security budget to fit resources, while joint chiefs warned of cost, creating a calculated risk balance between defense, economy, and foreign aid as Stalin watches.
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Truman
Defense Forrestal
Forrestal
Army
Navy
Air Force
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs
America
U. S
Mr. Truman
Naval officer killed in highway collision near Sorrento
Lt. Jack R. Silvay of Henrietta Oklahoma was killed in a highway crash near Sorrento Louisiana while returning to a Florida base after a furlough. State police said a truck backed into the road as a stalled car blocked the lane. the driver claimed he was mistakenly flagged into the road.
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Baton Rouge
Jack R. Silvay
Henrietta
Okla
Sorrento
Silvay
Florida
Mindszenty accused by Hungary of plotting fascist rule
Hungary’s communist government released a 12 page communique charging Cardinal Mindszenty with aiming to turn Hungary into a second Greece. It labeled him a sponsor of fascism and tied his actions to pro axis regimes and alleged plots including royalist ambitions and corporate oppression.
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Hungary
Greece
Budapest
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Mindszenty
United States
State Lovett
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Otto Hapsburg
Horthy
Vesztrem
City Leaguers Prepare Tonight at L T I Gym
City League night at the L T I gym features four games: La Business College vs Aaron's Pharmacy at 6 30 Hendrix Sandwich vs Red Shield at 7 30 College Friend vs Nichols Motors at 8 30 Johnson Lumber vs Krasco Bumpers at 9 30. The outboard motor idea is noted for larger craft like barges and canal boats with a deck engine powering a stern propeller unit.
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Business College
Aaron’s Pharmacy
Hendrix Sandwich
Red Shield
College Friend
Nichols Motors
Johnson Lumber
Krasco
World elections planned for a universal constituent assembly
Paris December 30 Garry Davis the self styled world citizen announced that world elections for representatives to a universal constituent assembly will be held by 1950. He said an embryo of a world peoples general staff is forming and plans to recruit the world army. An international ledger will be opened and supporters receive a world citizen identity card with the first recruiting office in Montparnasse.
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Paris
Garry Davis
Davis
Peoples General Staff
Montparnasse
Steamboat Captain Dies Aboard Craft In Florida
Stuart Florida December 30 1937 Capt Bill McCoy 71 pioneer Florida passenger and freight boat operator died of a heart attack aboard his craft Friends credit him with coining the real McCoy and founding run row during Prohibition He was born in Syracuse New York
Puzzle clues and answers from a vintage newspaper page
A fragmented list of crossword style clues and answers including terms like bone of the arm, Belgian river, sea eagle, evergreen, and mountain references. It includes descriptors such as moving wagon, travel, and give for temporary use, with multiple cryptic entries and cross references to numbers and locations.
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Tierra de Fuego
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