New York Ringside Gossip From War Era Columns
Witty notes from ringside during Louis Conn boxing footage with critics and press. Celebrities like Gracie Allen and Sherman Billingsley mingle with reporters while anecdotes recount tax collectors, Eisenhower politics, Bikini fleet moves, Leopold of Belgium, Sao Paulo land deals, and a Boston firm reselling surplus war utensils labelled stolen from the U S Army.
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Gracie Allen
Burns & Allen
Sherman Billingsley
Runyon
Conn
Louis
Sonja Henie
Nunan
Ann Sheridan
Hullo
Eisenhower
Repub
Sam
Bikini
Leopold
Belgium
Switzerland
National City Bank
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Wall Street
Boston
Gov't
U. S. Army
Public works study trip by Soviet engineers announced
A group of Soviet engineers arrives in the United States to study public works systems under the Federal Works Agency. They will tour Chicago San Francisco Los Angeles and San Diego focusing on bridges streets and highways. The item also notes various society tidbits and cultural mentions.
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U. S
Federal Works Agency
Chi
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
Army-Navy
Stuart Symington
Nat
Cuba
644Th
410Th
J. V. Mc
Chicago
N. A
War Department
Normandy
France
Rhineland
Ardennes
Europe
USNR
G.I
Ozark
Ala. A
Merchant Marine
Rising Sun
Ind. A
Nelsonville
Ohio
Goodfellow Blvd
St. Louis
Navy
Towson
MD. A
Army
Veterans Administration Office
WA Attsville
Midown dress designer to contest Major Bowes will
In a bustling showbiz item the piece notes F Sinatra tied to heavy bets on a fight in town, J L G O Wells performs a trick in Around the World to critique reviews, Paul Douglas stars in Born Yesterday tearing a phone book, and a midtown dress designer is expected to contest Major Bowes' will.
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F. Sinatra
J. L
G. O. Welles
Paul Douglas
Bowes
Inflation and housing costs threaten postwar buyers
A speaker warns that inflated real estate prices may erode home values by 65 percent in a decade. Citing a national survey, the piece notes low priced homes up 65 percent and discusses bills on housing subsidies, price controls, and public housing as remedies amid urgent demand and political pushback.
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Federal Home Loan Banks
Federal Housing Administration
National Housing Agency
Wilson Wyatt
Pacific Coast
Middle Atlantic
Senate
OPA
Wyatt
Stolen Wit Stwosz Altar Returned to Cracow From Germany
A historic ornate altar, the Wit Stwosz in Cracow’s Church of Our Lady, is shipped back from Nuernberg after a hidden transit guarded by Allied troops. The return ends a quest that began in 1945 to safeguard and restore Poland’s national treasure looted by Nazi forces.
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Mary
Church of Our Lady
Pauline Frederick
WN Forel
Hitler
Poland
Cracow
Charles Estreicher
Fine Arts
University of Cracow
Vistula
Sandomierz
Reichsbank
Berlin
Burgomeister Leibel
Nuernberg
Veit Stoss
Fuehrer
St. Lawrence’s Lutheran Church
Church of Our Lady In Cracow
Germany
St. Lawrence’s Church
Nuernberg Cas
Tle
Albrecht Durer
Estreicher
London
Wit Stwosz
Frank Albright
Monuments and Fine Arts Division
Military Government
Johns Hopkins
da Vinci
Rembrandt
Frank
St. Lawrence Church
Altar Returned to Cracow as Americans Cherished Mass
A train arrival in Cracow greeted by a great welcome ceremony. The Francis hotel hosted as the altar center statue The Passing of Mary was set for a May 5 dedicatory mass in a packed church. The Star Spangled Banner sang from the organ as Americans heard cries of Long live the Americans.
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Cracow
Francuski Hotel
Veterans and Servicemen News Weekly Column Note
An editors note from the Washington Bureau of Western News announces a weekly column addressing veteran and serviceman issues. Readers may send questions to the bureau at 1616 Street N W Washington D C for public answers in the column.
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Washin
Western Newsper Union
Street
N. W
Ashington
D. C
Summer Frock Yoke Charm Pattern No. 1527
Sewing circle patterns present a flattering summer dress with a yoke, extended shoulders, and waist darts. Recommend pink stripe or white eyelet with oversize trim. Pattern No. 1527 offers sizes 12 to 42 with fabric yardages for 35 or 39 inch widths.
Homemaking Tips From Old House Guide
Practical house care hints cover casement windows, kitchen sinks, cleaning supplies, autographing a tablecloth, summer paint drying, shelving tricks, and removing putty. Each tip offers simple actions for maintenance and DIY tasks around the home.
Flour Coats Meat In Paper Sack For Baking
When game is on the menu, rinse meat, then place a small amount of flour in a paper sack. Add the pieces and shake until each piece is evenly coated with flour before cooking.
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New York
RKO
Wag
Lana Turner
Halsey
Harold Stassen
Stassen
Admiral Halsey
Stork
Lee Spruance
Lord Lascelles
King Geo
England
Hap Arnold
Jimmy MacLarnin
Tony Canzoneri
Toots
D. Runyon
Hanson
Albert Einstein
Dudley Digges
Eugene O'Neill
Jacques Goldstyne
Ingrid Bergman
Casto l
Washington
Walter Shead
WNU
Wno
Washin Bureau
Exe St
N.W
Pauline Frederick Win
Joachim von Ribbentrop
G.i.s
Veterans Administration
Nelson R. Henson
Training Facilities Service
Henson
Ashland
Wis. A
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago 7
Fleischmann
America
Jw Yu
Amaar
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