Big Sister star Virginia Vale Matthews in radio and film links
The article traces Virginia Vale Matthews known as the Big Sister star, a Royal Academy of Dramatic Art graduate who started on CBS radio, later bursting into film with Treasure of the Sierra Madre and other projects. It notes connections with Humphrey Bogart Walter Huston and John Huston, plus career steps for Kay Kyser, Marlene Dietrich and Burl Ives among others, and mentions various TV and radio appearances and studio notes.
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Race Matthews
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
London
Canada
Cedric Hardwicke
Ralph Bellamy
Charles Boyer
Warner Bros
Sierra Madre
Humphrey Bogart
Jack Holt
Tim
Walter Huston
John
Henry Carey
Nevada
Marlene Aames
Cookie Bumstead
Ray Milland
Him
Charles Laughton
Maureen O'Sullivan
A Bard Life Before Marriage
A reader’s letter from Phoenix contrasts a dreary wife with a dutiful spouse. It notes Emma’s patience, housekeeping, and care for family, yet frames constant worry as a domestic tragedy and ends by recalling a previous writer's perspective on such wives.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Emma
Bob
Mary Lou
Serenity and Sweetness for the Perpetual Mourner Emma
A Phoenix woman named Emma suffers permanent gloom from past hardships and worry. The piece urges adopting a temporary, genuine change to bring happiness to her family, noting such a transformation could reveal a brighter life beyond imagined troubles.
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Emma
Phoenix
Ariz
Mother
Bill
Jimmy
Emmas
Increase in blind babies tied to premature births say Harvard doctor
Dr. Merrill J. King of Harvard University notes rising cases of blindness in newborns due to retrolental fibroplasia. He attributes the increase to more premature infants surviving thanks to improved incubation, though he calls medical treatment overall unsatisfactory.
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Merrill J. King
Harvard University
King
Threat of Revolt in Greece and Balkan War Plans
Washington reports a Russo Bulgarian Yugoslav plot to sever Macedonia from Greece and create a new Communist state. A Greek Turkish aid package and Truman's 400 million dollar plan include 362 million for Greece and 100 million for Turkey, with relief efforts totaling 60 million for Greece.
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Surkey
Washington
Macedonia
Balkan
Connon
Zhukov
Tolbukin
Tito
Turkey
Moscow
Bulgaria
Albania
Yugoslavia
Russia
North
Shina
Britain
Mr. Truman
Truman
Greek War Relief Association
Herbert Hoover
Dewey
U. S
United States
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the Outlaw
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Griffith
John Sturges
Treasury
Anne Baxter
20Th Century -Fox
Burl Ives
Mayilia
Hollywood
Discovery
Burl
Maylia
Jack Barry
Little Robin Morgan
Candy Jones
Jack Temple
Shirley
Glenn Pord
Pramed
John Loder
Hedy Lamerr
Dennis O'Ksote
Eloots Reid
Resi
Grace Matthews
Kathleen Norris
Bell Syndicate
WIN
By Kathleen Norris
Western Newspaper Union
Milady
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Idaho
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War Relocation Authority
Pacific Northwest
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San Francisco
Congress
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Earl Warren
California
Prince Constantine
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