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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1947

Page

2

Shirley Temple Seeks Dramatic Roles at Eighteen in Hollywood

Hollywood gossip notes Shirley Temple, now 18, aiming for serious acting after many comedies and her film Mary Jagen. She jokes about always looking like a girl, while industry moves and contracts affect stars like Joel McCrea, Bill Williams, Bob Hope, Ronald Reagan, and Dick Baymes.

Hollywood Shirley Temple Shirley Jimmy Dunn Mary -Jagen Joel McCrea Rachel Loretta Young Bill Williams RKO Yose Barbara Hale Bob Hope Enterprises Paramount Ronald Reagan Screen Actors Guild Dick Baymes Sunset Strip Tom Drake Robert Montgomery la Jolla Little Jack Carson CBS NBC Columbia John Garfield England France Brenda Marshall Whispering Smith New York Zachary Scott Elliott Nugent Sam Wanamaker Nugent

Breakup In Britain Signals Slipping British Resilience

Two recent British dispatches point to tightened culture anxiety as Middlesex County Council killed an $800 for outdoor Punch and Judy shows and Gloria Jean was asked to skip a musical setting of the Lord s Prayer in England. The editorial notes growing offends amid austerity and national mood.

Middlesex County Council Gloria Jean England Middlesex Council Punch Judy

Breakfast in Bed Sparks Dark Humor Across Radio Tales

A column mixes wartime slang and radio chatter about money and cigarets on the German market. It riffs on breakfast in bed as a social ritual, calling it a hardship and detailing the tray’s wobbly legs with sharp, humorous critique.

Bones Don Somebody-Or-Other

Our Children And The Power Of Words In Child Behavior

A piece on how small spoken phrases shape a child’s thinking and actions. Examples show veal, kissing the cow, and Grandpa Smithers in gravesite fantasies. Advises guardians to watch language and seek understanding, offering Dr Patri’s leaflet P-12 for shy children.

Bobby Veal Grandma Mother Ellie Granny Katy Elie Susie Grandpa Smithers Johnny Patri News-Star P. O Station 6 New York 19 N. Y The Bell Syndicate, Inc

Stars face value debates and Hollywood gossip

Dear staff column notes John Gunther’s theory on why rich stars support leftist causes and adds counterpoints from Jimmie Fidler. It lists industry moves and anecdotes about Patricia Medina, Audrey Totter, Ben Blue, Joan Blondell, Howard Hughes, Buddy Clark, Dennis O’Keefe, and others, with terse market and film updates.

Hollywood John Gunther Gunther Jimmie Fidler Robert Sterling Pittsburgh University R. K 20Th Century-Fox Patricia Richard Greene Medina Pep de Lucia Chanteclair Audrey Totter Ben Blue Melrose Avenue Gower Street Cathy O'Donnell Snow Howard Hughes Buddy Clark Frank Sinatra David Lord Joan Blondell Beverly Hills Dennis O'Keefe Lakeside The McNaught Syndicate, Inc

Radio Schedule Fragments Show Daily Program Lineup

A clipped list of KNOE 1230 AM programs outlines morning through midnight showings. Local hosts include Plantation Serenade, Tex Ritter, and Joyce Jordin with NBC entries like Fred Waring Show and Eddie Cantor, plus Baseball Scores and News Weather updates.

Tex Ritter Victorious Living Richard Harknes NBC Bill Nettles Joyce Jordin Fred Waring Lora Lawton Wiather Lunchson Melodies Bill Netties Dixie Blue Boys Drew Pearson Nearo County Knoe Melody ‘Theatre Ed Miller John McVane America Clem McCarthy Hollywood Reporter John W. Vandercook News of the World Three Suns Eddie Cantor Valereen Anniv Santa Barbara

Radio Programs Time Zones and Local Adjustments

Radio schedules note standard times with zones and hour adjustments. Instructions specify eastern base time and subtract one hour for Central and two hours for Mountain. Some stations shift relay times to local schedules. Last minute changes are not included.

KWKH Shreveport Radio Schedule Highlights 1130

A dense hourly lineup lists programs and hosts for KWKH Shreveport at 1130 kilocycles from 5:00 p.m. through 1:05 a.m. including Ark-La-Tex Jubilee, Kentuckians, News, Farm Journal, Grand Slam, Romance of Helen Trent, David Harum, World Wide News, Rhythm at Random, Livestock Auction, Crime Photographer, The Man Called X, Peggy Lee, and more with multiple music, news, and variety segments.

The Kentuckians Fairfield Four Harmie Smith Bailes Bros Judy. Grace Jean F.A Miranda Builes Bros Arthur Godfrey B. Cole Kate Smith Helen Trent Gal Evelyn Winters David Harum Elsie Stapleton Panpy Coventon Juniner Junction Dr. Malone Rovine Today Cordray Kwkh Farm Journal Harmsemith Skitch Henderson Orch Peggy Lee Veterans Administration Ric Sevareid Cbs Mbs Red Darber Lowell Thomas Nbe World News & Commentary Nbe Suston Lewis, Jr Trances Langford Monte Cristo Eddie Jfay Ddie Cantor ABC bKlmer Davis Lum Abner Karl Godwin

Tools stolen from Carroll Vocational School for Negroes

Monroe police reported a break in at the Carroll Vocational School for Negroes on Ith and Oak streets. A back window entry late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning led to theft of several tools including a Smith welding torch with hose and oxygen gauges, cutting attachments, and a Pyrox acetylene gauge, type 34.

Carroll Vocational School For Lth Oak Streets Monroe B. J. Ford

TV Radio Schedule Fragment From June Evening Lineup

A fragmented listing shows a June 19 evening schedule with CBS NBC and ABC programs across time slots from 6 pm to 12 am Eastern and West Coast variants. It also references a tools purchase note: a 8 inch slip joint pliers and GM-701 ratchet with snap on M-70-M stamp.

Faraday's Early Experiments on Iron Alloying

Between 1819 and 1824 Faraday conducted numerous combinations of iron with other metals. He explored their properties, noting that with early metallurgical tools alloy irons and steels could not yet be commercially produced.

Faraday

I guess we'd better call this new vitamin PDQ

A lighthearted quip about naming a newly developed vitamin. The remark hints at speed and immediacy in making the product known to consumers.

Crossword Puzzle Solution Preview

A list of across and down clues with numbers and word prompts covering a wide range of common crossword entries. Clues include seat in chute, enter- tain, timber tree, and many others with several entries referencing animals, objects, and descriptors. The puzzle requires solving to fill a grid with intersecting words.

Ohio

Court Won’t Rule On Unusual Love in Age-Gap Case

In New York Magistrate Henry A Soffer says he cannot rule on love across age disparity. A 24 year old war widow Beatrice Ghilami and her 1 year old youth Anthony Lembo’s romance prompts his father Peter Lembo to seek court intervention. The pair depart arm in arm after brief courtroom friction.

New York Henry A. Soffer Peter Lembo Anthony Beatrice Ghilami Beatrice Aailiff

Portraits and promenades at Biddles Georgetown party

A Georgetown soiree honored painter George Biddle with a portrait of former Attorney General Francis Biddle. Attendees included Supreme Court justices, cabinet members, and ambassadors. The event highlighted Biddle family talents and ties to the Justice Department. Meanwhile Washington workers eye new jobs as 30,000 federal employees face dismissal and relocation to larger cities.

Francis Biddle Biddles Georgetown Mr. Biddle George Justice Department Supreme Court Netherlands Mme. Loudon Mme Carlos Martins George Biddle Helen Sardeau Ossining N. Y Brazil Germany Nuremburg Katherine Garrison Chapin Haarl McDonald Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra Cordelia van A. Chapin New York Paris Philadelphia D. C U. S. Employment Services USES

Five Negroes Injured When Truck Overturns

A Louisville Cooperage Company labor truck carrying Negro laborers overturned on a gravel road off the Columbia highway at about 5 15 p m injuring five. The driver Charlie Holmes Negro said loose gravel caused the crash about nine miles from the city. Injured were Charlie Holmes Mose Gibbs Wesley Williams Mose Millam and Corley Edwin All were taken to St Francis Sanitarium by an unidentified motorist.

Louisville Cooperage Company Columbia Highway Charlie Holmes Mose Gibbs Wesley Williams Mose Millam Corley Edwin St. Francis Sanitarium

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