Old King Oliver phonograph records worth a thousand each
The article notes two rare 1923 King Oliver Gennett disks, Zulus Ball and Workingman Blues, possibly worth about $1,000 each if in good condition. Another King Oliver Gennett record with If You Want My Heart and That Sweet Something Dear is sought. Cited labels include White Label Vocalion, Red Okeh, Gennett, Q R S, and Paramount. KRUX's Ed De Forest marries Hilda Burrows at First Methodist Church in Phoenix with Rev Charles Kendall officiating.
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George Hoeffer
Chicago
King Oliver
Gennett
Vocalion
Red Okeh
Q-R-S
Paramount
KRUX
ED DE Forest
First Methodist
Charles Kendall
Hilda Burrows
Abe
Phoenix Senators
Radio notes and broadcast changes across Phoenix area
Sportswriter Ben Foote notes Ed's best man and Mrs Foote as matron of honor. KTYLs Dick Gilbert and Evelyn Knight air a noon to 3 pm interview show with upcoming talks by Paul Weston Rosemary Clooney Tex Beneke. In Oct 29 KPHO airs Mrs At the Market via KOOL. broadcasts move to KPHO Saturdays at 10 30 am from Green Gables Tucson to launch, with Art Arnold taking emcee robes from Gil Lee. Tomorrow ARIZONA ADVENTURE Hamlet With A Six Gun on KTAR at 8 pm features Rol Laughner reciting Shakespeare. Rosalind Russell starred in Cavalcade of America Remember Anna Zenger at 9 30 pm on KTAR.
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Ben Foote
Glen Miller
KPHO
Phoenix
Green Gables
Pioneer Hotel
Tucson
Art Arnold
Gil Lee
Arizona
KTAR
John McGreevey
Rol Laughner
Rol
John Ringo
Bob Pollard
McGreevey
Phoenix Little Theater
H. R. Mitchell
George Corkins
Rosalind Russell
America
Anna Zenger
Venice Dream City Tells Tales Of Celebrity And Canal Life
INEZ ROBE VENICE Oct 18 INS Everything about this dream city is topsy turvy The principal lamps are set in the lagoon end of the Grand Canal traffic is a glulate water The fire trucks are speed boats The Red Cross ambulance is a water ambulance Gondoliers sing while celebrities visit from Princess Margaret Rose to Barbara Hutton and Thomas E Dewey The Palazzo de Mdivani is linked to ill fortune and exudes Venice lore The city’s sanitation annoys visitors yet Venetians enjoy long lives and coastal aromas as twilight drifts through canals
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Venice
Great Lagoon
Grand Canal
Red Cross
Water Ambulance
Swank Lido
Wide Lagoon
Sinclair Lewis
Gritti Palace Hotel
Princess Margaret Rose
Barbara Hutton
Lido Excelsior
Thomas E. Dewey
Grand Danielli
America
Alexis Mdivani
Mdivani
Spain
Michael
Romania
Palazzo
Broadway Scene Hails Hits Amid Mixed Week
New York digest notes critics praise Anne of the Thousand Days and a slim Broadway season with Miss Liberty and South Pacific as notable mints. It highlights 1949 leg theatre chatter, showbiz moves, cast changes, and cinema chatter like Father Was a Fullback and Roseanna McCoy while marking industry figures and venues.
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New York
Anne
Broadway
Philco
46Th
W. Morehouse
Wally Cox
The
Blue Angel
Dwight Wiman
Navy
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s
Ruth Chatterton
the Guardsman
Bahzil Rahbbin
Michael Arlen
Mr. Charming
Sylvia Sidney
Roberta Quinlan
Maurice Evans
Winter Garden
Jane Russell
Viety
Regina
George Abbott
Wm. Hawkins
Zanuck U
Vic Mature
Hollywood Aggies
Lizabeth Scott
Christopher Columbus
Fredric March
Roseanna McCoy
Cupid
Col. Lem Q. Stoopnagle
F. Chase Taylor
Duffy’s
Puerto Rico
Walter Winchell TV and showbiz notes from a dated column
The column sketches TV rehearsals for Stop the Music and Dragnet style police drama, notes on NBC and ABC, and a gallery of showbiz tidbits. It cites James Aswell, Lilienthal, Biddle, Grace Tully, and a critical Press-Box take on Austria’s Nazi vote. Letters from Fred Saigh add a baseball angle.
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ABC
J. Hasel
10Th Avenue
N. Y
NBC
James Aswell
Hearst
New Orleans
Sclon
D. Lilienthal
Harper's
George Biddle
Atlantic Monthly
Israel
Harvey Breits
Sabath Times
Grace Tully
Austria
Doff
World-Telly
Garbo
Phillips
Dodger Mgr
Shotton
Memphis
Boston
Fred Saigh
St. Louis National Baseball Club, Inc
Sinclair Lewis
Edith Wharton
W. Faulkner
C. F. Cushman
Birthday profile of Mabel Studebaker in Erie PA
Mabel Studebaker born October 18 1901 in Erie Pennsylvania is highlighted as a former president of the National Education Association. Daughter of a physician and a school teacher she started in public schools of Erie and earned a BA in chemistry at Smith College in 1922. She taught biology in high school after two years as a bio lab technician and earned an MA from the University of Pennsylvania in 1940. She led the Erie Teachers Association from 1928 to 1930 and from 1935 to 1937 and has held multiple NEA posts.
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Mabel Studebaker
Erie
National Education Association
Miss Studebaker
Smith College
University of Pennsylvania
Erie Teachers Association
NEA
Fresh Start in New Fields May Open Thrills and Challenges
The Stars Say for Wednesday October 19 a fresh start in new directions may prove advantageous and bring thrills. Rash impulses, losses, or defeats could trigger unhappy domestic reactions. Those with birthdays may seek new fields of endeavor using fresh tactics and novel ideas, with ingenuity likely to pay off despite limited external encouragement. A born child may show unique talents and unusual approaches to ambitious projects in strange places.
Liverpool man dies after hospital exit accident
Edward Inkester, 55, walked out of Royal Infirmary after finger treatment. He returned minutes later and died when he tripped over a bar as children rolled it. Inkester died on the hospital steps in Liverpool on October 18, AP report.
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Liverpool
Eng
Edward Inkester
Royal Infirmary
Mayer Settles Vidor Fight in Studio Feud
Louis B Mayer brokered a peace between Columbia Studio and director Charles Vidor. Columbia released Vidor from his contract in exchange for 75000 dollars, to be paid 15000 yearly. Mayer spoke to Harry Cohn in Europe and called the settlement for the industry’s good. The three year dispute featured name calling and court battles.
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Hollywood
Louis B. Mayer
Charles Vidor
Columbia Studio
Vidor
Rita Hayworth
Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Studio
Columbia
Harry Cohn
Europe
Gracie Allen Reports On Odd Animal News Parody
A humorous roundup notes three odd stories: a California seal swam the channel with newsmen, an elderly English cock won a cock crowing contest, and Missouri raccoon ducking contest where raccoons refused to cooperate. It then reinterprets them as Russia propaganda parodies.
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California
England
Missouri
Chagmel
Broadway Sennett Girls Return In Memory Lane
New York October reveals how former Mack Sennett bathing beauties resurfaced as Eagle-Lion filmed Down Memory Lane. Cecille Evans, once a Sennett girl, now married to a New York importer, recalled joining after winning a beauty contest and a two week contract.
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New York
Yesteryear
Mack Sennett
Eagle-Lion
Memory Lane
Max Sennett
Cecille Evans
Los Angeles
Miss Evans
Pacific Ocean
Sennett
Mabel Normand
Gloria Swanson
Louise Fazenda
Phyllis Haver
Margaret Truman Warned Of Career Wakeup Risk
Knoxville music critic Gunby Rule of the Knoxville News-Sentinel said Margaret Truman faces a rude awakening in her singing career if her father loses the presidency. After hearing her in concert, he warned that if he leaves office in three years she may struggle, while seven years could yield success.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Margaret Truman
Gunby Rule
Knoxville News-Sentinel
Miss Truman
White House
Russian Winter Starts Early Beyond Urals
Moscow Radio reports winter has begun early in Russia beyond the Ural Mountains with snow across the region of Kurgan and heavy storms at several points.
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London
Russia
Ural Mountains
Moscow Radio
Kurgan
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