The Dryer Dictates Life Of American Women
In this lighthearted column Inez Robb notes the beauty shop dryer as a major intellectual stimulant for American women as they idle 30 to 45 minutes, reading fashion magazines and pondering dinner party etiquette inspired by the Duchess of Windsor. She mocks home routines while comparing social customs from Hell's Kitchen to Park Avenue and recounts kitchen trials with her maid Mattie.
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America
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Navy plans aluminum hull PT boats with higher firepower
The Navy reports work on new high speed motor torpedo boats with aluminum hulls and stronger engines. Four new metal PTs are planned or under construction to replace aging World War II craft, which will be retired.
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Robert P. Briscoe
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Douglas MacArthur
Norfolk, Va., Naval Shipyard
Ray Igen
Ex Film Editor Poole Dies at 45 in Los Angeles
Leonard M Poole Pacific Coast editor for Fox Movietone News and Pathe News died after a brief illness. He also produced movie shorts.
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Los Angeles
Leonard M.poole
Pacific Coast
Fox Movietone News
Pathe News
Poole
Stork's upstairs room nets 75000 in six weeks fits nickname chatter
In New York a new night club the Stork's upstairs room has earned 75000 in six weeks with no formal name. Suzy Mulligan sings there and a columnist jokes about Mulligan as a society name. Other party chatter covers Mrs Barkley as Second Lady and comic Joe Lewis seeking a near beach room.
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Suzy Mulligan
Pinky
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Freeman Chum
Will Mahoney
Barkley
Joe E. Lewis
Florida
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Bob Hawk
Walter Winchell radio quizzer joke and 1930s pop culture notes
A collage of jokes and quotes cites Walter Winchell amid TV ambitions and media jibes. John Crosby laments Hopalong Cassidy styling, while Erskine Johnson riffs on Bob Mitchura at RKO. Other items mock racial views and wartime loyalties.
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Hopalong Cassidy
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Iceland
GOP Demands Acheson Scalp In Ward Case
Five Republicans from the House Foreign Affairs Committee blasted the State Department over the Angus Ward case. They called the department’s handling “humiliating” and urged firing responsible officials. They criticized Dean Acheson’s appeal to 30 nations and wondered why tougher action wasn’t taken earlier. Ward and four consulate staffers were released after suspended sentences for beating a Chinese worker in Mukden.
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State Department
Angus Ward
House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Mukden
China
Dean Acheson
Russia
Hybrid Seed Dominates U S Corn Acres in 1949
In 1949 the United States planted 67,000,000 acres of corn, with 78 percent of that area sown using hybrid seed. This reflects a strong shift toward hybrid varieties and their expanding adoption in American agriculture.
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Purchase of G F D Lines joins Watson Brothers in Omaha
Watson Brothers Transportation Company of Omaha announces purchase of G F D Lines Arizona and California motor freight carrier. G F D headquarters at 301 West Lincoln Street now combined with Watson Brothers at 201 East Henshaw Road. In other items, Tony Mendoza jailed in Phoenix collapsed against cell bars causing a deep nose laceration and fractured nose, hospital says. Police say witnesses saw Mendoza fall in his cell after disturbance at downtown bus depot. Articles of incorporation filed for Phoenix Press Club by Nelson Lindsey Burns Gribben and Zepeda to promote journalism and fraternal social charity efforts. Governor Garvey to attend luncheon in Winslow before Northern Arizona Christmas parade. Buckeye Farm Bureau to discuss Blue Shield Blue Cross with James Herold and fire protection at Buckeye High School. Singfonician Club plans program for Cartwright Farm Bureau after potluck dinner at Cartwright School cafeteria.
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Phoenix
Herbert H. Nelson
Gene Lindsey
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Blue Shield-Blue Cross Insurance
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Swiss tour group to yodel in Phoenix weekend event
A Swiss delegation visiting Camelback Mountain Resort will join a yodeling contest with Brad Bradley on Sunday. The group arrives at Sky Harbor at 6 15 p m and will be hosted for square dancing, a horseback ride, and a press party featuring regional officials and tourism leaders before departing to Los Angeles Monday at 10 50 a m.
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Jack Stewart
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Paul H. Jaccard
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John R. Armleder
Jacques Imfeld
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Rene Alblas
Marcel G. Nicole
Geneva
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Eduard Schutz
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Los Angeles
Runyon Fund Surpasses 3 Million in Three Years
Miami November 25 AP reports more than 3 million dollars has been contributed to the Damon Runyon Memorial Fund in three years. Walter Winchell will announce on a special broadcast that the campaign has raised over 1 million yearly, with about 2.5 million allocated to laboratories universities and agencies fighting cancer. Participants include Gen Dwight D Eisenhower Columbia University Henry J Kaiser Rev John J Cavanaugh and Dr Cornelius Rhoades.
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John J. Cavanaugh
Notre Dame University
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Memorial Cancer Center
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State Ratifies Pact for United States of Indonesia
Batavia Java November 25 AP The state of South Sumatra has unanimously ratified the Dutch Indonesian agreement to establish an independent United States of Indonesia, according to a dispatch from the capital Palembang.
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Gracie Allen on Thanksgiving Turkeys and Zebras
Gracie Allen muses on Pilgrim foresight and Thanksgiving customs. She notes turkeys remain common while zebras or mountain lions would create annual difficulties in markets and gift spending. She jokes about choosing dates and holiday shopping bills.
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Soviet Holds Japanese Generals Not Repatriated
Tokyo reports that more than 100 Japanese generals captured in Manchuria remain in Soviet custody with only 13 repatriated so far. Observers say the generals are kept in camps at Khabarovsk and may be avoided for indoctrination. Reasons offered include preventing a future Japanese army nucleus and avoiding leakage of Russian warfare knowledge to the Americans.
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