Innocent Bystander and The Cinemagicians at the Movies
The column reviews several films and performers. Fred MacMurray headlines Smoky with Sylvia Sidney and other acts like The Searching Wind and Diary of a Chambermaid noted for character studies. The piece also includes brief press box commentary and light quips from various critics and readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred MacMurray
Fred
Sylvia Sidney
Paulette Goddard
Bill Powell
Esther Williams
Big Business and Taxes in 1940s Legislation Debated
Washington report notes carry back of unused excess profits credits persists, enabling firms with uneven 1936–1939 earnings to adjust 1946 tax payments. Mills and Bailey urge repeal. Eastman Kodak issues linked to atomic test fallout. a collage of cultural notes follows including jazz, Broadway, and fashion scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
General Motors
Treasury
Cleveland Bailey
Clarksburg
W. Va
House
Ways and Means Committee
The
Wilbur Mills
Arkansas
Congress
Mills
Second Bikini test to measure naval hull effects
Navy officials and scientists prepare for the July 25 second atomic blast at Bikini lagoon aboard the USS Appalachian. The underwater detonation aims to assess hull damage, radiological impact, and survivability of submarines and ships, with live animals aboard and Geiger counters tracking radioactivity.
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Appalachian
Baker
Bikini Lagoon
Army Air Force
Navy
Taft leads Republican path as primary contests loom
Senator Taft assumes leadership amid shifting Republican ranks. Warren tops California, Stassen faces Shipstead in July, Nebraskan results questioned isolationism, and Dewey retreats from leadership as Vandenberg strengthens international role.
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Washington
Ohio
Sen
Robert Taft
Senate
Truman
Carroll Reece
Warren
California
Pacific States
Taft
Nebraska
Minnesota
Stassen
Thye
Shipstead
Russia
Phillies rise from cellar to near top amid praise for 1946 plan
The article lauds the 1946 Phillies led by owner Bob Carpenter, GM Herb Pennock, and manager Ben Chapman for turning a cellar club into a strong National League contender. It compares their turnaround to the 1914 Boston Braves, highlighting three-pitcher durability and criticizes modern overworked staffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Carpenter
Herb Pennock
Ben Chapman
Phillies
Messrs
Carpenter
Pennock
Chapman
Boston Braves
Braves
George Stallings
Georgia
Stallings
Arkansas May Be Second Target Ship in Atomic Test
The second target ship for the atomic test may be the average battleship Arkansas rather than the carrier Saratoga. Adm. Blandy had not announced a final decision. Captain Donald MacMahon of the Saratoga wagered the ship would return to the East Coast under its own power, a bet now with favorable odds as Saratoga was initially slated for the second target.
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T. Fuller
J. Baker
J. Eliason
Ida James
J. Gart
Palestine
J. Cannon
Louis
E. Cuneo
G. J. Nathan
Eastman Kodak Company
New Mexico
Eastman
Kansas
Truman
OPA
Congress
Washington
Japan
Pacific
U. S
Adm
T. A. Solberg
Bureau of Ships
Naval Evaluation Board
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Ohio
California
Indiana
Willis
House
France
Bidault
Louis Conn
Phillies
Red Sox
Yankees
Dodgers
Cardinals
Arkansas
W. H. P. Blandy
Crossroads
Joint Task Force
Saratoga
Donald MacMahon
Bikini
Space Savers for Your Closet Door
Short ad text describes space saving closet door racks under three inches deep with a curved top for hats and a lower rack for a briefcase wallet or gloves. A handy rod below serves many uses and parts can be cut from plywood scraps using hand or power saw. Pattern 283 with cutting guides illustrated directions and materials list priced at 15 cents postpaid.
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W. Lippmann
William S. Hart
Bill Hart
Kansas Atomic Straw
Jimmy Gardiner
Texas
Gardiner
Cartier’s
Norman Grant
Carnegie Hall
Norman
Virginia
Sahara
Broadway
Gramercy Park
St. Moritz Hotel
Cafe de la Paix
Hayloft
Tallulah Bankhead
Greenwich
Los Alamos
Kodak Company
Italy
Austria
United States
United Nations
A.k
de Valera
Bikini Island
Alamogordo
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Independence
Walter A. Shead
WIN
Paul Mallon
Western Newspaper Union
Senator Taft
Bricker Also Possibility
Bricker
New York
Dewey
Senator Vandenberg
Rabbit Maranville
Johnny Evers
Hank Gowdy
Sarge
Dick Rudolph
George Tyler
Bill James
Rudolph
Tyler
James
Feller
Newhouser
Athletics
Connie Mack
Grantland Rice
Ruth Wyeth
Bedford Hills
N. Y
Scotts
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O'Sullivan
America
Midwest Distributors
25Th St
Minneapolis
Minn
Yodora
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
Bridgeport
Connecticut
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