Selznick Grays in 51 Hour Bout With Morpheus
David O. Selznick, creator of Gone With the Wind, is aging amid 61 sleepless hours and benzredine use while reorganizing his film interests. The piece traces his rise from a one dollar start to forming Selznick Productions during wartime shifts. It also notes the Nizam of Hyderabad’s vast wealth and thrift, plus early World War II draft plans and US-Britain naval base negotiations.
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David O. Selznick Productions, Inc
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Turkey
Russia
Japan
Latin America
Havana
Radio War Parody Mixes Brands and Battles Across 1940
A humorous letter jabs at wartime broadcasts by likening global conflict to consumer brands and products. It whimsically mentions Greece, Mussolini, Britain, and France, interlacing brands and goods while railroads and discoveries pop up in a collage of satire.
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Vim
Vigor
Greece
Tastee Gum Drop Alliance
Africa
Mussolini
Berlin
Suez Canal
Carol II Abdicates as Iron Guard Coup Affects Romania
Edward C. Wayne King reports on Romania where King Carol II abdicates amid Iron Guard influence and a fascist coup. The House approves a 60 day volunteer plan ahead of peacetime draft as analysis notes political upheaval and implications for regional stability.
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Carol II
Romania
Iron Guard
Outpost killings and political arrivals mark daily news
Dr Robert Grieve and his wife were killed in an Italian air raid at a Sudan outpost near the Ethiopian border. Gen Juan Andreu Almazan arrived in Baltimore as an uncommitted Mexican election candidate. Queen Wilhelmina marked six decades in exile in London, while a Amsterdam theater displayed mixed flags and faced closure by the Nazi governor.
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Juan Andreu Almazan
Baltimore
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London
Amsterdam
Man Dies by Suicide in Oxygen Tent After Illnesses
Calvin Campbell, 48, stabbed himself with a pocket knife kept by his bed while A nurse momentarily left his room in Denver Colorado. He died two hours later after suffering chronic stomach ulcers pneumonia a heart attack and nine prior operations were noted by physicians.
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Denver
Colo
Calvin Campbell
Campbell
Auto Charges Farmer But Can't Gain a Yard
Twin Valley Minnesota report recounts Carl Lucken braving a car attack after his automobile failed and rolled toward him, catching him between the vehicle and a stone milkhouse. He escaped serious injury in a dramatic roadside moment. Garagemen estimate radiator damage at about $12.
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Auto
Twin Valley
Minn
Carl Lucken
Red River Valley
Lucken
Twin Valley Hot Stove League
Shave Literally Close In Crossing Accident
Gilroy California a train hit an automobile at dusk with the truck driver Gilbert Annip barely avoiding injury by braking too late. The impact sheared off the radiator and front of the truck but Annie escaped unharmed as witnesses said a slower train could have dragged the car several feet.
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Calif
Gilbert Annip
Annie
Wife Delivers Radio Prankler as Imposter Steals Set
Burlington New Jersey. John Corbett hired a repairman for his $70 radio. A man who arrived at the door asked, and Mrs. Corbett handed over the radio. The man took the radio and vanished, proving he was not the repair man.
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Burlington
N. J
John Corbett
Dream of Fire Warns Toledo Woman
Mrs. Mary Jo hanovics dreamed her son's bed was on fire and awoke in a panic to find him asleep while smoking a cigarette, a near miss that prompted quick action to save him.
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Toledo
Ohio
Mary Johanovics
Hairdressers Rebranded as Cosmetologists in Massachusetts
Boston area salon workers adopt the term cosmetologist after a Massachusetts Hairdressers Association vote. The renamed professionals seek to reflect a broader practice and a Greek origin meaning well ordered.
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Boston
Massachusetts State Hairdressers’ Association
Twenty-first Child Named Cleveland Jupiter Olympia
Constantino and Marietta Romito chose the name Jupiter Olympia for their twenty-first child, recorded in the local birth notices.
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Cleveland
Constantino
Marietta Romito
Jupiter Olympia
Injury suit over parking meter finger injury
Mrs Walter L Hansen sues the city for 200 damages claiming injuries to her finger when she hurt it while placing a nickel in a parking meter machine in Salt Lake City.
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Odd City
Salt Lake City
Walter L. Hansen
Curiosity Kills Bull Heads First in Bucket
Blythedale Missouri reports a farmer, Jerry Roche, losing a prize Red Polled bull to curiosity. The animal forced its head into a gallon syrup bucket and suffocated as the bucket remained stuck, ending the bull’s life.
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Blythedale
Jerry Roche
Roche
Giant Catfish and Sheep in Struggle at Lake Mead
Arizona lore tells of a catfish four to five feet long that supposedly swallowed a bighorn sheep at Lake Mead near Boulder Dam. Deputy game warden John Edwards found bones with the catfish jaws clamped on the skull, and sportsmen plan a submarine search for the mate.
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Boulder Dam
Ariz
John Edwards
Lake Mead
Edwards
Arizona
Man Bitten by Bookends After Move
Cleveland. John Donnelly chief clerk of the municipal court reports a bruised swollen nose after bookends and books toppled. He said he picked up the set and tried to push the books back with his chin as they slipped and fell to the floor, injuring his nose.
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Cleveland
John Donnelly
Donnelly
Baby's Cough Sparks Family Escape In Florence
A baby's coughing woke the Frank Hoeschulte family in Florence Arizona allowing six people to flee a blazing frame home. The structure burned to the ground with the family escaping unharmed.
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Baby
Florence Ariz
Frank Hoeschulte
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