Show Stealing in Broadway Theater and Film History
Broadway and film together highlight scene stealing as a dramatic device and career hazard. Danny Kaye Virginia Mayo W. C. Fields Ed Wynn Maude Adams Helen Hayes Katharine Cornell Mary Martin and others are cited for stealing scenes or countering rivals in legendary moments from stage and screen.
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Boston
Danny Kaye
Kaye
Tchaikovsky
Ira Gershwin
Gertie Lawrence
Mr. Goldwyn
Danny
Virginia Mayo
Ginny
Wonder Man
Brooklyn
Walter Mitty
Floozie
Virginia
Goldwyn
Mr. K
Maude Adams
John Drew
Barrymores
Helen Hayes
William Gillette
Barrie
Brutus
Janet Beecher
Alan Pollock
Katharine Cornell
Sidney
Berlin airlift faces winter strain and funding gaps
The Berlin airlift is pressed by dwindling cargo planes and a tight budget. Winter risks, maintenance delays, and potential Russian targets loom as urgent factors, while a Brewster led push against civilian air freighters faces Democratic opposition. Hoover critiques Dewey and weighs Taft and Stassen as preferred nominees.
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Berlin
Airorce
Russia
Pearl Harbor
U. S. Navy
U. S
Bel- 2
AIR Force
Germany
United States
Owen Brewster
Maine
Brewster
Pan American Airways
Congress
Arizona Times shifts to Dewey by Republican buyout
A Phoenix newspaper was acquired by Republican businessmen using California financier Fred Tuerk and partners to create a third GOP paper in a Democratic town. Columbus Geragi was installed as publisher and the paper adopted pro Dewey editorials. The paper loses $6,500 weekly and a new buyer is sought. Dewey attracted by Arizona climate after Truman’s gains.
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Anna Roosevelt Boettiger
Phoenix
Arizona
Dewey
Anna
Trumman
California
Fred Tuerk
Peanuts
Columbus Geragi
Truman
Tuerk
Letters for Special Delivery Honorable Harry Truman
A fond tribute to President Truman praising his leadership and public service. The writer extols his humor restraint and patriotism, predicts lasting popularity, and laments the impact of his wartime presidency on American sentiment. Also includes a series of quirky notices from Drew Pearson and others.
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Harry Truman
Washington, D. C
John L. Sullivan
Dempsey
Make edible gifts for Christmas in a home kitchen
A day or two in the kitchen yields lovely edible presents for friends. Create a gift list, prep recipes, and wrap jars of jellies and preserves in festive paper. Stock extra jars, then select cranberry jam and spiced variations with spices, pectin, sugar, and carefully cooked fruit.
Festive Holiday Recipes and Gift Ideas
A collection of Christmas treats and baked gifts including a lemon ginger pear jam, a Christmas Tree Coffee Cake, a three loaf fruit bread, and tips for ready mixes. Instructions include yeast dough, fruit fillings, frosting, and decorative touches using candied cherries and red green accents.
Night Hog Feeding Shows Good Results
Farmer Robert C. Turner of Henry Illinois reports a successful night feeding trial with 107 Duroc hogs over 63 days. Average weight gain rose from 69.38 to 161.4 pounds per hog, total gain 9,846 pounds, with feed costs about $11.70 per hundredweight and electricity about seven cents per pig.
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Robert C. Turner
Henry, Ill
Turner
Henry, Til
Air conditioned barns aim to boost milk and health
A new barn humidity control system goes on the market to automatically operate fans and devices to cut excessive moisture. The setup targets reduced decay, rusting and mildewing equipment, and spoilage losses from bacteria and insanitary conditions, improving life for Bes sie and Dobbin.
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Bessie
Dobbin
First Aid to Ailing Figures
A reader asks about replacing worn asphalt floor coverings with tile or rebuilding from scratch. A floor-covering contractor often prefers removing old material to avoid an uneven base.
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Roger Whitman
Lynn Chambers Menu Highlights Pot Roast Dinner
Lynn Chambers offers a hearty meal featuring pot roast with potato pancakes and apple sauce. Includes green beans, pineapple cabbage slaw, rolls, beverage, orange tapicoa pudding, and cookies.
Contour Seeded Fields Boost Wheat Yields and Erosion Control
Contour-seeded wheat fields produce larger crops than up and down slope planting. Reports cite increases of two to three bushels per acre and reduced erosion. Plowing and seeding on the contour requires little extra time.
Perfect Christmas gifts for him Camel and Prince Albert
A holiday gift idea suggests Camels cigarettes or Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco for men who smoke. Packaged for Christmas with space for greetings, the items are promoted as easy to order from a local dealer and suitable for wrapping.
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Prince Albert
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W. C. Fields
Fields
Ed Wynn
Wynn
Hamlet
Dane
Lawrence Tibbett
George V
Hoover
Herbert Hoover
New York
MacArthur
Taft
Revercomb
Reese
Senate
West Virginia
Tennessee
Republican National Committee
Stassen
Anna Roosevelt
Sousa
Kiwanis Club
Elks
America
U.S. A
Elmer
H. Wallace
Drew Pearson
Roper, Crossley and
Gallup
Liberty
U.S
Walhace
Ideshow Aed Congress
Earl
Rush
Calfernia
Beigh Ho
Alacka Day
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Mr. Gallup
Gus Pollfollower
Lynn
WNN Features
Brad
Ian F. Ee A
Plush Age
Lynn Chambers
Sonsc Eee
Anas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydis E. Pickham
Deen
Dean
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