Durante visit shows music and mischief in Beverly Hills
Hollywood writer James Bacon recalls an informal visit to Jimmy Durante’s Beverly Hills home. NBC executives discussed a TV format while Durante played piano, joked with his entourage, and even escorted a milkman through the house. The scene blends showmanship with candid, offstage moments as Durante advises sticking to laughter and storytelling.
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Eddie Jackson
Jules Buffano
Durante
Network Brass
Jimmy
Jackson
Eddie
the Palace
Jammy
Brass Obontsl
Broadway
Birthday notices and 1950s officials and figures
A compilation notes births of public figures like U S Senator Thomas E Martin and actors Cary Grant Danny Kaye and Myron C Taylor with place and age details. It includes a horoscope urging definite life goals and a Maryland commission report urging steps to prepare counties for school integration following a Supreme Court ruling.
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U. S
Brownell, Jr
Congress
U.S
Thomas E. Martin
Iowa
Melrose
Cary Grant
England
Myron C. Taylor
Steel
Truman
Vatican
Lyons
N. Y
Danny Kaye
New York
Pearl A. Wanamer
Washington State
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Mapana
Wash
William H. Arnold
Dyersburg
Tenn
Vue
Martin
Bay Mills
Mich
BBC
Livington W Houston
Renselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, OY
Wyoming
Ohio
Commission
Annapolis
Governor’s Commission On Interracial Relations
Maryland
Supreme Court
Court News: Marriage Licenses and Property Deeds Listed
The court published marriage licenses for Harold Beck and Mary Pentz. Joseph Little and Margaret Wivell. William Blumenauer and Emma Ropp. John Givens and Catherine Bourne. Douglas Gossard and Sharon Winning. Kenwood Grick and Patricia Tyler. Ellis Kepler and Blanche Mullen. Property deeds show transfers for multiple pairs including Culler to Grumbine and Simmons to Schade, each for $10. Myersville Fire Company elected George Rice president and officers.
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Court News
Harold F. Beck
Mifflinburg
Mary A. Pentz
Mil‘ton
Joseph F. Little
Thurmont
Margaret E. Wivell
Emmitsburg
William A. Blumenauer
Frederick
Emma G. Ropp
Middletown
John J. Givens
Bayonne
N. J
Catherine Bourne
Georgetown
S. C
Douglas Lee Gossard
Bethesda
Sharon Lee Winning
Rockville
Kenwood S. Grick
Springville
Patricia L. Tyler
Montrose
Ellis J. Kepler
Fairfield
Blanche V. Mullen
Roland K. Culler
Leo F. Grumbine
Richard F. Simmons
W. Osbourne Schade
Durward K. Sines
Grover C. Dixon
Grace E Poole
Wade E Weddle
Amy J. Kinna
Whiteford
A. Lewis
Alden E. Fisher
Robert W. Russell
Court awards one cent in trespass suit over property line
Damages of one cent were awarded to Mrs. Mary E. Buhrman in Circuit Court. The case ruled the boundary line between Buhrman and Dewees properties in Graceham as known to Buhrman and her witnesses, with survey by Frank W Rothenhoefer. Buhrman was represented by W Jerome Offutt. defendants by Edward D. Storm. The meeting of 38 of 42 rostered members included Kaetzel and others. A tobacco industry spokesman at a Washington lunch assailed anti-smoking claims as publicity seeking.
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Mary E. Buhrman
Circuit Court
Patrick 3. Schnauffer
Buhrman
Mary R. Dewees
Earl R. Dewees
Graceham
W Jerome Offutt
Edward D. Storm
Tobacco Industry
Washington
Joseph Kolodny
The
National Assn. of Tobacco Distributors
Modern Hernia Cure Without Surgery
A promotional medical notice claims a dangerous neglect of rupture can be cured by a new nonoperative method. It promises actual cures, no hospitalization, no time off work, and describes a free color illustrated book FP-8 from Union Medical Clinic in Newark New Jersey.
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Sound Medical Authority
Fragmentary health note on smoking harms and body effects
The fragment discusses smoking linked to bodily harm with claims about the skin and lab tests. It notes the body’s skin and a large laboratory at the organ level as part of the discussion, but the passage lacks clear proof or cohesion.
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Frederick
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Aes
America
Charles Mackintosh
Scotland
Robert R
Ston
George Wash
Ington
Daniel Webster
Massachusetts
Salisbury
N. H
Joseph Dixon
Salem
Mass
Jersey City
X. J
Marblehead
George R. Graham
Philadelphia
His Day
Nelson Ludington
Michigan
Wisconsin
Putnam Co
Detroit
France
Francie
Crazy Horse
Missouri—kulls
U. S. House
Atlantic
U. S. Senate
Mutual Defense
Myersville Fire Company
George Rice
H. L. Metzger
Austin Kaetzel
P. L. Hoffmaster
J. J. Harp
W. R. Falkenstein
J D. Mause Sr
P. F Bittle
Suy Kine
Austin
REED
Middletown, Maryland
Packard
Reliable Automotive
Packard Division
Studebaker* Packard Corporation
Kaetzel
Robert Gouker
Gene Doub
Lee Doub
George Blickenstaff
Floyd Harp
Roger Reech
Woody Free
Dick Harp
Hamilton
Mt. Rest
George and
Florence Hamilton
South Market ST
Sure Factory
Cole and Sons
Lee Zalis
Frigidaire
General Motors
Potomac Edison
Frederick—Taneytown
Mt. Airy
Brunswick
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