Anniversaries and Birthdays Highlight Historic Figures
Today in history and birthdays recall notable figures including Hamilton Fish and Ernie Pyle, with events from 1804 to 1953 such as Tripoli battles, the Rochester Woman's Rights Convention, Navy expansion, and Churchill Roosevelt talks. Birthdays feature Elisha Gray Otis, Uriah S. Stephens, Samuel M. Jones, and others, plus a cautious horoscope noting steady foundations and potential business worries.
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Hamilton Fish
New York
Grant
Elisha Gray Otis
Halifax
Uriah S. Stephens
Philadelphia
Knights of Labor
Cape May
N. J
Samuel M. Jones
Toledo
Ohio
Wales
Augustus M. Herring
Covington
Ernie Pyle
Dana
Ind
Ie Island
Edward Preble
U. S
Tripoli
Rochester
Black Hills
South Dakota
Congress
Spain
Standard Oil
Indiana
Roosevelt
Churchill
West Point
White House
Sorea
Louis Gruenberg
California
Russia
John C. Stennis
Mississippi
Kempler Co
Miss
William D. O’brien
Chicago
Catholic Church Extension Society of America
Charles Edson
New Jersey
West Orange
David T. Bryan
Richmond
Times-Dispatch
Harold A. Fitzgerald
Pontiac (Mich
Aulus
Rio Grande noted as third longest U S river
The Rio Grande is identified as the third longest river in the United States, surpassed only by the Mississippi and Missouri rivers in length.
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Rio Grande
United States
Mississippi
Missouri
Ad Lib TV Chat Shows and Studio Tricks Revealed
The piece describes talk shows filmed in a homey studio with a closed wall to hide the control booth and an hour long unstructured talk that is edited into a half hour. It notes Fadiman hosts a sustaining program without pay and a mirror camera trick on the Ted Shraeter Show. A casting director recalls a self advertised performer who can sing dance juggle and even walk a tight rope and spin a lariat, then adds I’m a dog.
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Fadiman
Ted Shraeter
Dumont
Straeter
Ralph Paul
Duets Planned By Drake And Fader Mann On Radio Show
Galen Drake and Stuart Foter, sons of furniture-store owners, plan to sing duets on You Turned the Tables On Me and Old Rockin Chairs Got Me. Clifton Fadiman discusses radio and TV programming holes, noting Conversation’s format and its appeal.
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Galen Drake
Stuart Foter
Drake
CBS
Clifton Fadiman
NBC Radio
Louis Cowan
New York
Cowan
Fadiman
Trim Inches With Exercise For Teens
Alicia Hart offers a summer exercise plan for teens to improve their figures by September. The guide suggests simple routines to reduce waist inches, starting with toe touching and progressing daily to better flexibility as they approach the new school term.
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Alicia Hart
NEA
Rocking chair exercise for hip flexibility and tummy flattening
Instructions describe a hip stretching routine with a rocking chair motion to loosen hips and a floor raise of straight legs to a fixed angle. The guide emphasizes feeling a pull in the hips and counting to ten to ensure proper form.
Maryland Representatives Meet At Westminster
Representatives of Maryland met at Westminster on August 2 to discuss regional matters and coordinate upcoming actions affecting the state’s districts.
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Westminster
Maryland
Soil Conservation Districts Meet at Western Maryland College
Twenty three soil conservation districts plan a two day summer conference at Western Maryland College August 6 and 7 with the Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts and the State Soil Conservation Committee. Water conservation will be the theme led by Harry H. Rieck and Dr. G M Cairnes. The opening Friday features a Carroll County farm conservation tour. A French train crew recently claimed a railroad speed record of 138 miles per hour.
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Western Maryland College
Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts
State Soil Conservation Committee
Harry H. Rieck
Preston
Eonservation Districts Group
G. M. Cairnes
University of Maryland
Soil Conservation Committee
Carroll County
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Know
America
Alice Rogers Hager
Peoria
Richard W. Clarke
New York News
William Holden
June Allyson
Barbara Stanwyck
Yankee Pasha
Braddock
Lina
Frederick
Doris Howard
Gypsy Colt
Donna Corcoran
Ward Bond
Frances Dee and
Gypsy
Mae Wiseman
OLD Dominion
U. S. Army
Karl W. Zimmerman, Jr
Camp Detrick
John L. Schwab
Zimmerman
Dr. Schwab
Stephen D. Noyes
Oliver T. Leakins
Bocom
Oromo
aSmolomo
Walter Snow
North Market St
Honduras
Technicolor
Glenn Ford
Ann Sheridan
Eleanor Bay
Caloria
Eleanor Day
Hal Lowood
Marjie Millar Ce
Hel Wallis
Schmidis
Leite
Warner Bros
William A. Wellman
Fsaa
Clyde Beatty Circus
Ring OF Fear
Mickey Spillane
Hiway
Lloyd C Douglas
H Agnes Moorehead
Otto Kruger
Gregg Palmer
Ies Staight
Hazel Biagy
Dean Artin
Jerry, Lewis
Ier
Iat
Ae Ptas
Stalag 17
Don Taylor
Gregory Peck
Audrey Hepburn
Doc Williams
His
Blue
Storm & Shipley
Market & Second Sts
I Frederick A
Sarra
Sens
Mt Aee
Tab Hunter
Wonder
Eopees Drug Stores
XN. Market
T. Patrick ST
Fin
Cme
Steight
Dean
Hazel Pag
Gerry
Lewis
Janet Leigh - Arnotd
Fred Clark
Sheree North
Charlton Heston
Robert Young
Nicole Maurey
Thomas Mitchell
Hyattstown Volunteer Fire Dept
Mountain View Park
The
Hyattstown Volunteer Fire Department
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