Broadway Roundup of Gossip and Notes From Nightlife
Insiders report next year’s New York to Miami flight time around 200 minutes. Broadway figures face gossip over Alvin Paris scandal links. Mary Jane Walsh lands $750 weekly as understudy for Annie Get Your Gun. Flamingo Las Vegas opens to 28,000 in three days, Midtown hotels see scarce occupancy, and White Christmas remains top song copyright with huge sales and tax implications.
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Miami
Alvin Paris
Paris
John Murray Anderson
Bing
Rodgers & Hammerstein
Mary Jane Walsh
Moss Hart
J. Durante
X. Cugat
Las Vegas
Buddy Kaye
Jerome Robbins
Iwo Jima
Decca
Shift of Commanders In Germany Sparks Retention Threat
Inside report shows Lt. Gen. Lucius D. Clay weighing resignation after Meader’s critical Germany occupation findings. NAM leaders urged contact with German industrialists, prompting Clay to warn against cartel deals and favor strong government control over Germany. Separate notes cite RFC risks in Germany, Wyatt’s Louisville farewell, and labor politics.
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Washington
U. S
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
National Association of Manufacturers
New York
Senate
George Meader
Clay
United States
State Byrnes
Joseph McNarney
Meader
NAM
Hitler
RFC
Wilson Wyatt
Wyatt
Exmayor
Louisville
John L. Lewis
A. F. of L
Roosevelt Dimes Win Hearts in Far East Travel Gifts
Congressional travelers report Roosevelt dimes were the most welcome gifts to native dignitaries in China and Pacific islands. The Pa cific island group held its first general election in January with hereditary offices replaced by elected chieftains and officials. Schools may gain surplus war property for education as veterans stock up first on typewriters and adding machines before schools receive remaining equipment.
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Far East
China
Pacific Islands
Truk Island
Pacific
White House
Joseph Rosier
West Virginia
Lowteacher salaries threaten education in the US
Washington reports teachers earn about 1900 yearly while laborers take 2400 and bricklayers far more. The piece links low pay to a shrinking teaching corps, wartime birth-rate bumps, and calls for national action as unions and politics shape education funding. It notes 60,000 unfilled teaching jobs and 359,000 leaving since 1939, with massive future demand.
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Washington
New York
San Antonio
New York High
Charlotte Low
Lynn Chambers Menu Delivers Salmon and Lemon Garnish
Menu item list shows broiled salmon with lemon wedges slivered carrots and peas celery sticks butterscotch bread grapefruit salad and lemon chiffon pie with beverage. Recipe given.
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Uwnu Services
den Wahn
Edgar K. Hume
Jeff Keate
Chuckler
Minnesota State Prison
FDR
Secret Service
T. Parker
Maurois
E. Brandeis
P. Davis
Ed Wynn
M. Komroff
Airline
Trans World Airlines
Jack Frye
Howard Hughes
Civil Aeronautics Board
Ballyhoo
Red
TWA
Colonial
Chicago and Southern
Northeastern
Pennsylvania-Central and Western
Lockheed
Bomme Joots
Alil
Hamyeis
Paul Sate
Western Newspaper Union
Lynn
Norwalk
California
Michigan
Georgia
St. Paul
AFL
Russia
Stalin
Uncle Joe
Moscow
Lynn Chambers
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
W. Randolph St
Chicago
St. Joseph
Elieve
Bauer Motor Supply
IATTI
Omaha
Fleischmann
Lincoln
Cornhusker
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