Memoir edits spark date confusion and political emblems
A collection of brief notes recalls Churchill memoir edits exposing dating errors, a quip about party emblems for illiterate voters, MGM seeking a child star to replace Margaret OBrien, and a fired narcotics agent who wrongly arrested a local sports writer. The Midtown vignette and column bits mirror era humor and public notices about films and politics.
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Churchill
MGM
Margaret O’brien
Yankee
Welles and Hayworth Expose Italian Fame and Literary Echoes
In Rome Orson Welles is told he is best known in Italy as Rita Hayworth’s ex husband. The column notes uncanny ties between best sellers Ross Lockridge and Joshua Liebman including name length and timing of deaths, plus sharp social and media remarks on critics, waitresses, and public figures.
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Rome
Orson Welles
Italy
Senor
Rita Hayworth
Raintree County
Liebman
New York Times
Lockridge
Ross Lockridge
Joshua Liebman
Prairie Guns episode closes with guarded chase on plains
Willie Andrews pursues Terry Donovan as Sue remains missing while a cracked frontiersman world of gunplay, a Plyly wagon with a hidden occupant, and a railroad guard camp rise on the Smoky Hill and Solomon. Soldiers report growing Indian trouble and a possible autumn raid along the line.
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Sue Leonard
Morgan Hapes
Barlow
Terry Donovan
Sue
Willie
Terry
Israel
Andrews
Abe
Donovan
Lizzie Belle
Smoky Hill
Soljer
Fort Hays
Upper Solomon
The
Solomon
Something for Nothing in Western Europe and the Marshall Plan
ME PATTERSON argues Americans face the temptation of “something for nothing” in foreign aid. He surveys Western Europe, Italy, and England, noting promises of aid and nationalization raise mass demands. He warns that reliance on outside dollars risks local economy and community vitality.
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Townsend
Townsend Club
Western
Europe
Sam Santa Claus
Moscow
Italy
England
America
Belgium
Holland
Luxemburg
Bluebird Crochet Chair Set Pattern 656
Laura Wheeler introduces a bluebird crochet chair set pattern 656 with pine apple inspired design. The new improved pattern includes charts photos and concise directions for creating graceful bluebird cushions to enhance any room.
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Laura Wheeler
Old Bessemer Process Still Shapes Modern Steelmaking
Among the oldest methods, the Bessemer process blasts air through molten iron to oxidize impurities. Modern converters achieve about 25 tons of steel in a single blow, delivering rapid high heat and efficiency.
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Bessemer
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Legion of Decency
N. Y
Mr. Winchell
Schmoe
Midwest
R. F. Schmuck
Dallas
Tex
Reuben
the Stork
Repubs
291
Lindy’s
Arthur Murray
Berlin
Eisenhower
Washington
Chicago
Ashton Stevens
John Barrymore
Merriman Smith
Sasiety Coluumiss
Virginia Leigh
George Malone
Nevada
Prairie Guns
E.e.halleran
High Dudgeon
ME Patterson
WNU Features
Russia
Attlee
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
W. Randolph St
Bessemer Process
U. S
W.H. Bull
W. H. Bull
McKesson & Robbins
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