Hollywood's shift to real locations and native faces in films
Jimmie Fidler notes that major studios are shooting films on location to boost realism and using local nonprofessionals for minor roles. He cites 20th Century Fox projects like I'd Climb the Highest Mountain in Georgia and Panic In The Streets in New Orleans, arguing unfamiliar faces heighten documentary feel versus veteran actors.
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20Th Century-Fox
Georgia
New Orleans
Police
Why Korea Split and the 38th Parallel Explained
Washington outlines how Korea's division along the 38th parallel arose after World War II. Soviet and American troops occupied north and south respectively, UN elections led to a southern government in 1948, and the North then pursued aggression prompting U S aid to the south totaling hundreds of millions.
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Yalta
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South Korea
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Kerra
Truman
Advertising and AP rights notice from Branham Co
Page column header lists Associated Press republication rights and Branham Company advertising representation with offices in major cities. The snippet names affiliates in New York Chicago Atlanta Dallas Detroit St Louis Kansas City San Francisco Los Angeles and Memphis and gives a 4500 code.
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Associated Press
Branham CO
Natione
New York
Chicago
Atlanta
Dallas
Detroit
St. Louis
Kansas City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Memphis
Point Four needs a living title for real world aid
The Point Four plan aims to aid backward regions with health sanitation farming and other know-how to curb communism's spread. Secretary Acheson urges a practical, people to people diplomacy showing tangible results like Greece malaria reduction and improved rice seed to win public support and move beyond sterile labels.
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Truman
Congress
Acheson
United States
Greece
Asia
Road Trip from Damascus to Beirut a Scenic Yet Terrifying Drive
Henry M'lemore recalls a perilous sixty mile journey from Damascus to Beirut. A reckless driver named Doctor pushes the accelerator and horn to the limit through desert and mountain roads, narrowly dodging buses and prompting prayers for safety.
Hollywood Parade: Stars share quirks and quirks
Robert Taylor, in Rome for Quo Vadis, complains Italians use too little garlic in cooking. Burgess Meredith relocates to a farm for sleep, then returns to the city after cows and roosters disturb him. Clifton Webb, Hollywood banquet guest, is surprised by a speaker claiming sex appeal fuels popularity. Joseph Cotten resists riding in Two Flags West, recalling a childhood horse-throwing accident.
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Robert Taylor
Taylor
Rome
Burgess Meredith
Meredith
New York
Clifton Webb
Webb
Joseph Cotten
Caballero
Cotten
Idol chatter and Hollywood snatches of wit and wisdom
A collage of light celebrity notes: Barbara Stanwyck’s lips and eyes mirror sentiment, Gordon McCrae described as a fulla-thrush man, Betty Hutton endorsements for vitamin pills, Greer Garson imagined milking cows, William Wellman’s trophy cabinet shifted from Croix de Guerre and Oscar to a Bel-Air hole in one medal, Martha Tilton’s golf ball idea, and John Huston’s unique Eve lyn Keyes house with Frank Lloyd Wright quipping about ceilings and height.
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Barbara Stanwyck
Hollywood
Gordon McCrae
William Wellman
Bel-Air
Martha Tilton
John Huston
Evelyn Keyes
Frank Lloyd Wright
Filmville
Huston
Wright
Angelo Patri Our Children
Interior decoration is important but busy mothers face scarcities of time and labor. Children will damage delicate items, so keep furnishings sturdy and washable. Teach limits and order, letting them touch only safe items to learn and grow. Time passes. children become adults who value a pretty home.
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China
Doctor in the House Drives Beirut Tripomnibus
The narrator describes a perilous journey from Damascus to Beirut ending at the St. George's Hotel. A doctor nearby is invoked as a terrifying figure, prompting warnings to flee rather than confront him, with satire on aging and insurance.
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St. George's Hotel
Damascus
Beirut
Future Homemakers of America Prepare Nationwide Convention
About 2900 high school girls from 286000 students in 45 states plus Hawaii Puerto Rico and Guam will attend FHA’s second national convention in Kansas City late June. Betty Ruth Etheridge 17 of Crossett Ark is national president. Mary Lee Hart national advisor notes her veteran leadership as she juggles school activities and writings.
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Kansas City
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Puerto Rico
Guam
Future Homemakers of America
U. S. Office of Education
American Home Economics Association
Betty Ruth Etheridge
Crossett
Ark
Mary Lee Hart
Michigan State College
Betty
FHA
Kentucky
Texas
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Yteens
America
Trail Ridge Road Highest Continuous Highway in Colorado
Trail Ridge road in Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado stands as the nation’s highest continuous highway with four miles above 12000 feet timberline.
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Trail Ridge
Rocky Mountain National Park
Colorado
Questions and Answers: Miscellaneous Facts
A compilation of quick Q and A on topics from music history to social legislation. The vina is an ancient Hindu instrument once seven stringed, later guitar like, still used in India. Vermont first forbade slavery. Cigarette smoking rose in 1949 to 352 billion, about one percent higher than 1948. Wilton carpets derive from Wilton England where a factory started in 1740 with French weavers. Christ Child Society was organized by Mary Virginia Merrick, its long national president, now with 37 city branches. Eggs tarnish silver due to sulfur in the egg forming silver sulfide.
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Christ Child Society
Mary Virginia Merrick
Uncle Sam
United Nations
Peace Organization
U. N
League of Nations
League
Japan
Manchuria
Ethiopia
Truman
Korean
Korea
Tibet
U. S
Formosa
Chiang Kai- Shek
Mr. Truman
Chiang
Southeast Asia
Japanese students praise American campuses in Hal Boyle notebook
About 300 Japanese students at 163 schools in 37 states say they like American universities teachers buildings and campus social life. They fault public displays of affection and disruptive student behavior but praise professors and the freedom outside classes. some want dating norms transplanted to Japan.
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New York
United States
Japan
Japan International Christian University Foundation, Inc
Tokyo
Twin calves of different breeds born to Guernsey cow
In Pekin Illinois on June 28 the birth of twin calves from one Guernsey cow named Rosy was reported. One calf born June 17 near Mapleton was identified as white-faced Hereford, the other showed Guernsey markings. Artificial insemination followed by Hereford bull breeding produced the pair, described as a rarity by the American Veterinary Association.
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Pekin, Ill
Rosy
Tazewell
Schneblin
Farm Bureau
Mackenzie's Column on Truman Korea Policy and UN Role
DeWitt Mackenzie argues that Truman's swift military support to South Korea under UN guidance preserves the alliance and deters future aggression. The piece notes a new US policy to bolster Formosa and assigns MacArthur as commander while stating no immediate land troop commitment.
Belvedere actor Clifton Webb plays angel and cowboy
Hollywood tale of Clifton Webb shedding his Belvedere image in For Heaven's Sake where he portrays an earthbound angel aiding a childless couple and parts as a cowboy during ranch scenes in Victorville. Webb praises Gary Cooper and notes his role as Uncle Clifton with the brood.
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Mr. Belvedere
Clifton Webb
Webb
Belvedere
Heave
Victorville
Gary Cooper
Clifton
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Audit Bureau of Circulation
Utah
Republic of Korea
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
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Syngman Rhee
Princeton University
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Okinawa
Henry M’lemore
Syria
Doctor
Tenton
Mediterranean
Angelo Patri
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Jane Eads
By Jane Eads
Mopsy
Gladys Parker
Vermont
Wilton
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France
By Hershberger
Hal Boyle
DeWitt Mackenzie
MacKenzie
General MacArthur
U.S
Far Pacific
Defense Johnson
Bob Thomas
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