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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1948
Page
2
Sus Varagi, a Hungarian born actress, plays a countess in Abi gal Dear Heart at Paramount while pursuing acting, drama study, and dancing. She seeks to become a truly good actress, taking every part offered and observing theatre in New York.
A Hollywood roundup notes Humphrey Bogart in Columbia's Knock on Any Door in a pivotal sullen killer role. The Theatre Guild on the Air garners praise for rehearsed broadcasts and star power. Gene Autry buys a California ghost town for film use as states consider taxing movie locations. Eleanor Parker receives jeweled mother- gift clips, and Gene Kelly performs Pal Joey numbers in Words and Music. Mutual plans June July convention coverage from Philadelphia with 45 commentators. Larry Parks recalls his first screen role next to a camel for The Gallant Blade. Odds and Ends mentions Willard Waterman, Sydney Greenstreet, Una Merkel, and Johnny Mercer tales.
The piece compares rookie potential in baseball and young horses in racing, noting costs and odds. It cites Wakefield, Curt Simmons, and Pericles as high bets, while boxing talk highlights Ray Stevens as a promising 23-year-old heavyweight candidate. It also praises the value of the ordinary golfer and analyzes common faults like slicing in golf.
New Bedford, Mass. Otto Thebner and his wife narrowly escaped injury when a hitchhiker directed them onto railroad tracks and a Boston to New Bedford train derailed the car. The auto was dragged 35 feet. a woman passenger suffered minor cuts from shattered glass as the engine and two cars were derailed and 50 passengers shaken.
Experiments at two state stations show potatoes cooked in a pressure saucepan for eight minutes retain about 83 percent of their original vitamin C. Boiled potatoes in a standard kettle average 75 percent retention, with some samples as low as 41 percent.
Scientists report to the American Chemical Society that garment wrinkling stems from fiber personality. Fabric stretch resistance depends on filament fineness movement between filaments and recovery after stretching to avoid permanent deformation.
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