Hollywood Worries Over Movie Going By College Girls
Jimmie Fidler reports a survey of 54 sorority members showing only about two films a month, outstripped by high ticket prices for ex service men. He notes many see films as less meaningful, preferring dances and beach parties, with Ida Lupino’s unique look and battles over pay in Hollywood. He also covers Gregory Peck’s wife joining location shoots for Yellow Sky and Gloria de Haven and John Payne’s marriage issues.
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Hollywood
Sam
Gregory Peck
Gregory
Death Valley
Our Lady Column
Gloria de Haven
John Payne
Miss de Haven
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Behind the Scenes in Hollywood Jungle Set Tour
A Hollywood chat reveals stars like George Brent Vera Ralston and Constance Bennett easing on a jungle set for Drums Along the Amazon. They joke about head hunters while a C 47 sits amid undergrowth as Alfonso Bedoya and Perry Como discuss future scenes and Taurog's guidance.
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Hollywood
Republic
Amazon
George Brent
Constance Bennett
Vera Ralston
John Aver
Aver
Brent
Miss Bennett
Miss Ralston
Alfonso Bedoya
Sierra Madre
Will
Humphrey Bogart
Walter Huston
Bedoya
Grant Withers
Grant
Roy Rogers
Moral for Politicians and Dewey Truman Style Debate
Postmortem on Oregon GOP primary shows Dewey gains over Stassen rooted in debate posture and approach to communism. Dewey favored existing laws and individual prosecutions, while Stassen urged outlawing communism. Oregon voters favored liberty minded, less fear driven politics. Also notes GOP views diverging from some congressmen over loyalty tests and partisanship. A satirical closing jab at a Roosevelt portrait bill follows.
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Oregon
Dewey
Stassen
Mr. Dewey
Wisconsin
Mr. Stassen Mile
Mr. Stassen
Congress
United States
Solid South
Office of Industry Co
Tass
John C. Virden
Secretary of Commerce
Virden
State Department
Mary Karl Vocational School Aids GIs In Daytona Beach
Former GI Henry McLemore reports on the Mary Karl Vocational School of Volusia County located at Welch Convalescent Hospital. With 300+ veterans enrolled from 48 states and room for 300 more, it offers affordable housing for married and single veterans, three meals daily, and utilities. Programs include drafting, woodworking, radio servicing, auto mechanics, refrigeration, photography, beauty culture, and more, with strong instructors and government-grade equipment.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Mary Karl Vocational School
Volusia County
Welch Convalescent Hospital
Mary Karl
Karl
C. of C
Mrs. Karl
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Our Children By Angelo Patrs
A defense of child welfare in broken homes argues the mother, often lone, must work and children suffer without parental care. It calls for guardian figures, mentor men and women, to guide and support fatherless children within communities and faith groups. Dr Patri’s leaflet P-22 is cited for related guidance.
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Rotary
Patri
Station G
New York 19
N. Y
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
The Republican Glide to Debut at Victory Ball in Washington
In Washington a new dance titled The Republican Glide will debut at a large Victory Ball in the Hotel Mayflower late this month led by Hawaiian Delagie and Mrs Joseph Farrington. Sponsors hope the dance will inspire Republicans toward the White House after Election Day. The Lambeth Walk inspired number resembles the English original and aims for 1500 attendee cap to avoid crowding. Dr Joseph Lelyveld promotes foot health, noting women buy tight shoes and four to one compare to men, urging sensible footwear for dancing and walking. Secretary of State George C Marshall attends a White House garden party hosted by Mrs Truman in the blue room, accompanying Mrs Marshall as she talked with cabinet ladies.
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Washington
Mayflower
Joseph Lelyveld
National Foot Health Council
Lelyveld
Donaldson
Curious Q and A Snapshot From a Classic Magazine
Gladys Parker’s MOPSY presents trivia including Venus of Milo as a famed antiquity statue, Capitol architecture by Thornton, a 25 pound albatross with 17 foot wingspan, WWII draft expiring 1947 with 16 00 000 drafted, track pans for water on trains, and the Briand Kellogg Pact signed by 15 nations on August 27 1928.
Beans Burn Report Shows Fire Death of Pot of Beans
Fireman Pat Ryan told a Decatur reporter that a blaze caused a total loss of a building, but the story was only about a pot of beans burned by the fire. The reporter eagerly expected greater damage.
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Clinton
Iil
Pat Ryan
Decatur
Ryan
Push button war no longer possible says Hal Boyle
Hal Boyle cites a defense department primer warning that a future total war would demand full mobilization of industry and manpower. He argues victory would require complete national effort, ground forces, ships, guns, planes, and missiles, and that fighting on foreign soil is essential. He notes overconfidence is dangerous and that WWII experiences show front-line results hinge on decisive leadership and mass manpower.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Defense Department
Munitions Board
Washington
United States
America
Russia
Kasserine Gap
Africa
Belgium
Britain
Germany
Across 1 A mixed crossword style clue set appears from a page scan
A compact list of short clues covers topics from cooking and pastry to birds, rivers, currencies, verb forms, and time expressions. The fragment reads like a crossword puzzle fill list with numbers and terse hints, lacking full clue cues or answers.
Word Puzzle Fragments From a Mixed Clue List
A compact set of crossword style clues with scattered items including fish, musical terms, animals, minerals, historical money, and language hints. The list mixes definitions such as tiny portions, locations, and objects to form a multi topic puzzle.
Court Move Defeated in Grant Parish Fight
Baton Rouge reports the biennial effort to relocate the Grant Parish courthouse from Colfax to Dry Prong was defeated by a house committee. Dry Prong supporters vow to file another removal bill at the next legislature session. In Shreveport and Monroe, six northern Louisiana motor freight firms faced a walkout by about 90 union members, causing a freight embargo and idle trucks as negotiations over a new contract stalled.
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Baton Rouge, la
Grant Parish
House
Colfax
Shreveport
Louisiana
Monroe
International Brotherhood of ‘Teamsters
A. F. of L
C. J. Pemble
Bossier City
Couch Motor Lines
T. D. C. Motor Freight
D. C. Hall Transportation Company
Arkansas Motor Monroe
Herrin Transportation Companny
Arkansas Motor Freight
Strickland Transportation Company
Miss Kidd Named as Instructor at Purdue University
Miss Sunshine Kidd daughter of Mrs M E Kidd graduates from Louisiana Tech in August 1947 and will receive a master's degree at Washington State College in August She has been appointed to a graduate assistantship in social psychology at Purdue University Lafayette Ind The Pony Express note from Choudrant La June mentions horses and the ride.
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Cial
Sunshine Kidd
M. E. Kidd
Louisiana Tech
Washington State College
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Choudrant
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Joe Cotten
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Knox
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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