Porthole of Jests and Excerpts from a Booth Dialog
A string of dialect sketches and bystander remarks shows a stage run of quick repartee. Characters drift through playful ethnic jests: Chinese dialect, Bohemian, Irish humor, and self mocking lines about drinking and memory. The sequence resembles a vaudeville style performance with audience banter.
Chillicothe Boy Prodigy Becomes TV Opera Star
A 12 year old from Chillicothe Ohio named Chet Allen rose to national fame as an early television opera star. He sang soprano with the Columbus Boychoir under Herbert Hoffman and impressed critics, leading to a lead role in Gian Carlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors telecast.
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Chillicothe
Ohio
Chet Allen
Columbus
Chet
Arturo Toscanini
Gian-Carlo Menotti
Boychoir
Rosemary Kuhlman
National Broadcasting Company
Menotti
Bethlehem
NBC
Baychoir
Iiman
New York
RCA Victor
Hoffman
Allen
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
A large historic style crossword with numbered across and down clues ranging from jokes to saints to weapons and measurements. Includes entries for US presidents guitar notes and maritime terms with many archaic or abbreviated forms.
Wilderness Wedding Turned Honeymoon Trial
Martha and Larry marry with money and forestry dreams, drift into a wilderness honeymoon near Albany. Martha fears the woods but grows to joy as Larry softens, admits mistakes, and they rekindle affection during a reset at a lakeside cabin.
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Martha Sidney
Larry
Dorrce Merton
Dorice
Matt
Asburd
Martha
Long Island
Albany
Hudson
Saranac
Protesting Decontrol of Everyday Items
Letter writers clash with price decontrol on clay pigeons bowling pins waxed fruits and dinosaur skeletons. They warn of higher costs shortages and political impact while noting other items and public figures in a satirical round of opinions.
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Washington
Russia
Taft
Stassen
Kefauver
Ike Eisenhower
Grassroots Hoover Talk Draws Nation to Radio TV
Wright A Patterson notes that on January 27 Herbert Hoover addressed the nation via radio and television. About 7,000 handwritten letters from American homes praised his defense views and emphasis on sea and air power while protecting the economy. He cites endorsements from generals admirals diplomats and business leaders and warns of mudslinging in the coming campaign.
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Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Jack Benny
Angel Street
John Gunther
Eisenhower
U.S.A
Walter Winchell
Runyon Cancer Fund
Herbert Hoover
America
Hoover
Chile
Mexico
Belgium
Italy
William R. Castle
European Division
Department of State
Japan
Hugh Gibson
Spruille Braden
Argentine
Colombia
Cuba
Joseph A. Kennedy
Great Britain
Arthur Bliss Lane
Estonia
Latvia
Poland
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Russia
Europe
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Little Jong
Mah-Jong
Ireland
Bill
SKATS
Atu
Ntholatum
News Alpenkrauter
Postoffice
Peter Fahrney & Sons Co
Dept
Washington Blvd
Chicago
Illinois
Chillicothe Youth
Nation
Inez Gerhard
Ileen O’farrell
St. Patrick’s Day
Carnegie Hall
O’farrells
Robert Reagan
Robert Reagan, Jr
Toscanini
Eileen O’farrell
U.S
God of
Board of Ordnance
the Fiction Corner
H.lphillips
WNU
OPS
Mike di Salle
Elmer
P.S
Moscow
Messrs
Malik, Gromyko
Vishinsky
United States Steel
All America
By Wright A. Patterson
Albert W. Wedemeyer
Leslie B. Groves
Harold L. George
Hugh Knorr
Brice P. Bisque
Navy
William V. Pratt
William H. Standley
Harry E. Yarnell
James Evan Zandt
Henry P. Fletcher
Truman
National Democratic Woman’s Club
Congress
Bedford Hills
Ist
Joseph “Aspirin
Oxford
King Solomon
Solomon
God
Scott
Salas el Dela
McKesson & Robbing
Headac
Dizon
Dean’s
Doan