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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1948
Page
7
Hollywood gossip notes Dar Dailey plans a 10 week road tour with orchestra and vaudeville acts aiming to visit big cities where profits are highest. He expects about 100000 dollars in earnings next spring as he promotes film and stage crossover in an evolving celebrity circuit.
Shirley duplicates a camera fixation as a film career seems unlikely for a Little Miss Marker type. Nina fears obstacles, turns down cheap roles, and earns lead parts with Glenn Ford and William Holden. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. stays optimistic about British film quotas boosting quality. Gail Russell may depart Paramount, with loans and uncertain status. Zachary Scott linked to The Fountainhead while Warner finds more Reagan comedies. Two stage attractions, The Winslow Boy and Sweethearts, play in town. Frances Dee eyed Alan Ladd projects and Tennessee’s Partner with McCrea. Ruth Fox hunts a Miss Hush role in Three Wives. Robert Taylor and Barbara Stanwyck clash over vacation plans during The Bride shoot.
The Union Parish Singing Convention holds its quarterly meeting at Marion High School auditorium on Saturday and Sunday June 26 and 27. President C L Allen says the Sunday session starts at 10 am and invites the entire parish to attend with song books.
Drifting from a Trenton report, Margaret P Zealand, New Jersey nutritionist, urged against using mineral oil as a food unless advised by a doctor. She noted the A M A withdrew approval and the F D A labeled salad dressings containing the oil adulterated. She warned mineral oil near meals may hinder absorption of fat soluble vitamins and the use of calcium and phosphorus.
An old fashioned cakewalk will be held Saturday in West Monroe to raise funds for the Woodmen of the World recreation fund. The event on the softball field will feature music by the Hungry Five and a public address system. Many women have baked cakes for the circle walk and attendees will enjoy the traditional country walk under field lights.
T B Godfrey gets permission to build a residence at 2004 Pargoud boulevard for 6250 with day labor. W B Jackson receives a permit to construct a home at 1101 North First Street for 8500 with day labor. The Romans used crude copper as money before Servius Tullius.
Draft budgets show 6.705 trillion for the army and air force and 3.749 trillion for the navy. Army aims for 837000 troops, new weapons, occupation support in Germany and Japan, air force supplies, and National Guard support. Navy to operate hundreds of ships, begin a 65000 ton carrier, modernize aviation, guard sea lanes, and back foreign policy. Air Force received 896.986 billion and has prior appropriations toward a 70-group force.
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