Broadway Notes on Hits and Winners in New York
Notes from a New Yorker recount Broadway buzz including M Gordon’s nerves after flops and a $500,000 advance for M Todd’s As the Girls Go. Nellie Lutcher’s rise, Kiss Me Kate’s Bianca, Ila Doll, and midweek matinees. Also Playbill essays on superstitions, reviews of The Young and Fair and The Silver Whistle, and industry chatter about Rita Hayworth, Grable, Dan Dailey, and Josef Ferrer’s performance.
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Chicago
M. Gordon
M. Todd
Nellie Lutcher
Cole Porter
Dhune
Kate
Bianca
Gay Orlova
Broadway
Ila Doll
Playbill
Eugene Burr
Jackson
Truman Avoids Cabinet Shuffle Before Inauguration
President Truman told a close friend last week he would not replace any cabinet members before January 20, though several would depart then. He said he did not want any member to seem fired to protect their future earning power and would choose replacements when the press stopped criticizing his cabinet.
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Truman
News Omission Skews U S China Aid Debate
Ex-Senator D. Worth Clark urged massive aid to China, a move widely front paged by major papers. Few outlets noted Clark's prior $100,000 law firm deal with T. V. Soong to secure Chinese aid, a critical context absent from coverage.
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D. Worth Clark
Idaho
China
Clark
Senate Appropriations Committee
T. V. Soong
Chiang Kaishek
Reading mayor recalls hiring joke about George Schultze
Public servant Mayor John F. Davis of Reading recounts his first months in office. A friend suggested hiring George Schultze for a 6th ward job. Davis quips that Schultze can be hired immediately since he won’t need to be broken in.
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John F. Davis
Reading
George Schultze
Doctor Shortage Prompts Federal Plan For Training Loans
Oscar Ewing signals federal loan plan to ease doctor shortage with 100 percent government guarantees and bank-backed tuition loans. He cites overcrowded medical faculties and the need for more doctors dentists and nurses nationwide. The push aligns with a bill from Senator Thomas of Utah for subsidies to medical schools based on graduate output.
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Oscar Ewing
Federal Security Administrator
U. S
Ewing
Senator Thomas
Utah
Weather prophets and cinema musings in a restless era
A fragmented column discusses weather forecasting becoming a business with firms selling predictions to railways and airlines led by John E. Wallace. It notes the rise ofIsobar driven forecasts and jokes about mink coats and perpetual readiness. Also includes a cinema reviewer’s take on Miss Tatlock's Millions and a satirical piece on inflation and Washington.
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John E. Wallace
Army Air Forces
Washington Weather Bureau
Cinema Review
Bosley Crowther
Miss Tatlock
Welcome New Year With Luxury Spread Or Simple Buffets
Plan a gay New Year’s Eve party with prep ahead options for a buffet or a cozy waffle supper. The guide lists make-ahead dishes including sliced roast meat, relishes, molded salads, and a refrigerator cake, with timing tips for serving within minutes of midnight.
Lynn Says Good Ideas Make Entertaining Fun
A home cookbook feature from WNU Features offers festive ideas for buffet entertaining. Includes cabbage salad shells, plum pudding style gelatine treats, New Year waffles with creamed chicken or ham, and coffee service tips. Recipes mention angel cake form, marshmallows, peppermint sticks, and decaffeinated coffee.
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Lynn
Costly Africa Safari Prices Rise For Big Game Hunters
New York reports hunters and scientists increasing elephant and lion hunts in Uganda and Tanganyika as safari organizers book trips into 1950. Licensed elephants cost 100 dollars, 150 for a second, with 2000 to 6000 dollar ranges for 30 to 90 day professional safaris.
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New York
Uganda
Kenya
Tanganyika
Africa
New Year's Dinner Menu Highlights
A classic festive menu features Shrimp Grapefruit Cocktail Rib Roast of Beef with Natural Gravy Yorkshire Pudding Creamed Peas Tossed Vegetable Salad and Hot Rolls. The set preserves a traditional spread with a celebratory tone and a focus on timeless side dishes.
Gingerbread men and festive sponge cake for holiday table
Decorate the tree with old fashioned gingerbread men frosted with confectioners icing trimmed with raisins and bright candies. Serve a Christmas breakfast buffet style as a large dinner is prepared. A sponge cake cooled and glazed with apricot, then sprinkled with walnut meats makes a lovely holiday dessert.
Undertaker Buries Car With Mechanic Who Built It
Harvey Wishart a 68 year old auto mechanic had built a small car for burial. At his burial in Mattoon Illinois the coffin was lowered and a 200 pound homemade car with one seat and a one cylinder motor from a washing machine was placed atop the grave. Wishart had driven it with his feet in stirrups.
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Mattoon
Ill
Harvey Wishart
Wishart
F. S. Schilling
Schilling
Russian Deal With Swiss Watchmakers Falls Through
In Geneva Swiss watchmakers lament a stalled Russia deal. After 1947 shipments of 104 watches, a 1948 export pact valued at about 750000 dollars faltered when a Russian mission sought to substitute machinery for finished watches and then vanished returning to Moscow for new instructions.
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Geneva
Russia
Switzerland
Moscow
Open season on cattle urged to stop hunter mistakes
Idaho livestock grower John J. Highgate proposes an open season on cattle to reduce shooting of cattle by hunters who mistake them for game. He notes deer and elk would be saved if deer and elk seasons were closed and cattle seasons opened.
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Boise
Idaho
John J. Highgate
Strangest People on Earth Live in Hidden Mountains of China
In the Amne Machin range near Lanchow China the Goloks or shaggy heads inhabit a high bitter land above 15000 feet. About 2000 people in 12 tribes like Kan gen and Kanggsar endure 60 degree daily swings with yak butter and no baths. Milk meat and yak blood sustain a harsh mountain life.
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Lanchow
China
Amne Machin Range
American Legion Train Runs Dry in Alabama
In Attalla Alabama police seized a miniature locomotive with 20 cases of beer and a quart of whisky. The crew traveling to a convention from Indianapolis was fined 100 dollars and the contraband was confiscated. Dr H E Moss of Indianapolis said national headquarters told delegations to bypass Attalla.
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Attalla
Ala
American Legion
Indianapolis
H. E. Moss
National Legion
Miami
Talking Dog Tarzan Seeks Radio Sponsor In Ohio
Tarzan the Boston terrier, owned by Ray Tacikowski of Kelleys Island, Ohio, allegedly speaks phrases such as I like a hamburger and I like liver. The dog reportedly dances a polka and, when Cleveland dog Trixie is mentioned, says I love her. Tarzan began talking about six months ago and has appeared in Cleveland Toledo and Detroit.
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Kelleys Island
Ohio
Ray Tacikowski
Tarzan
Boston
Tacikowski
Trixie
Cleveland
Toledo
Detroit
Woman Reports Body in Trunk Led to Alive Reveal
In New Haven Conn Mrs Barne H Friedley reported a man placed a body in a car trunk and drove off. Mechanics Albert Reppell and Mervin Bundy tested the claim by riding in the trunk and found the occupant alive. Police canceled the statewide alarm and praised the alert witness.
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New Haven. Conn
Albert Reppell
Mervin Bundy
New Haven
Itern
Barne H. Friedley
Bundy
Reppell
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