Broadway Show Biz Roundup Mixed with Star Headlines
A mosaic of show business notes from Broadway and Las Vegas as tips dip below expectations while Sophie Tucker amps advance bookings. Dana Andrews pays for babies, Flo Ziegfeld’s bankrolls and romances color the era, and industry shifts hint at agency sales and studio politics.
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Sophie Tucker
Baltimore
Boston
Philly
Dana Andrews
Glms
Manhattan
Las Vegas
M. Chevalier
Paree
Eisenhower and MacArthur Conflict Over Presidential Ambitions
The piece notes early interactions between Dwight Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur in the Philippines. It states MacArthur fired Ike, Ike later denied it, and their relationship remained strained. It adds that Ike later warned military men against presidential ambitions, aimed at MacArthur.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Philippine Constabulary
Manila
Dwight Eisenhower
Philippines
MacArthur
Ike Eisenhower
U. S
Eisenhower
Lissenhower
United States
Marshal Tito's Rating Here is Round of Diplomats
A Serb was asked how the Serbian people feel about Marshal Tito. He replied that about 90 percent support Marshall Tito and 10 percent oppose Tito.
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Marshal Tito
Marshall
Tito
Tin Can Shortage Faces Canning Industry
The commerce department moved tin back to wartime rules forcing curtailed can making and ending odd-size cans. Campbell Soup criticized the shift as harming relief food containers for Europe while the army and navy push for emergency tin stockpiles and oil reserves.
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Commerce Department
Campbell Soup Company
Europe
Army
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Political film boom as Congress 80 accelerates
GOP senators plan 25 political films with Hollywood stars and animated cartoons to glorify the 80th Congress. Democrats buy up 11 mm movie projectors for shows, while Republicans spar over projector borrowing from counties to save money.
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Hollywood
UN- American Affairs Committee
GOP
Italians Patent Early Atomic Energy Idea in 1935
The U S patent office registered six Italian scientists G M Giannini Enrico Fermi Edoardo Amaldi Bruno Pontecorvo Franco Rasetti Emilio Segrè for an alleged process to produce radioactive substance with a 1935 patent filing and 1940 grant. The founders later joined U S teams and influenced the Manhattan project.
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U. S
Atomic Energy Commission
Uncle Sam
Rome
G. M. Giannini
California
Enrico Fermi
Edoardo Amaldi
Bruno Pontecorvo
Franco Rosetti
Emilio Se
Fermi
Arnty
Manhattan Group
Hiroshima
Budget Friendly Meat Dishes for Savvy Homemakers
A reader shares thrifty menu ideas featuring Calavo half shell products and budget minded recipes. Cabbage Roll-Ups use cabbage leaves with ground meat rice and tomatoes. Veal a la King blends veal mushrooms and green pepper in cream sauce served over toast or pastries. English Hot Pot layers lamb and potatoes with onions and butter. These dishes aim to stretch meat costs and please diners on tight budgets.
Cranberry Meat Loaf and Spanish Pork Dishes Featured
A cookbook style excerpt presents Cranberry Meat Loaf with sugar and cranberry topping, Spanish Pork casserole with tomatoes and vegetables, and Savory Liver with onions and bay leaf. A fiction scene follows showing Pop, a veteran advertising salesman, pursuing the Hereford account amid back slapping sales culture.
Young Men Urged to Start Farming in 1948
Prof. C A Bratton of Cornell says more places will be available for young men to start farming in 1948. He notes rising land and equipment costs require caution and suggests training, proper financing, and good land as keys to a successful start. 4 H club members showcase training value for operating own farms, partnerships, or share renting with limited capital.
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C. A. Bratton
Cornell University
Bratton
Michigan barley contest winners announced at Michigan State College
Left to right: Rogalt Hauck Rosebush fifth prize. Herbert Gettle Pigeon fourth prize. August Kiehl Warrior Beach first prize. Foster Hickey Fairgrove third prize. Clair Harrington Akron second prize. Awards presented for the Michigan better making barley contest at Michigan State College.
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Michigan
Michigan State College
Rogalt Hauck
Rosebush
Herbert Gettle
Pigeon
August Kiehl
Warrior Beach
Foster Hickey
Fairgrove
Clair Harrington
Akron
Food hacks for frozen persimmon dishes
A columnist suggests novel uses for frozen persimmon. Rinse fruit and freeze, then press biscuit dough into muffin pans to create cups for creamed vegetables or fish.
Flavorful Yeast Dough Fillings and Cheese Biscuits
The article describes fillings for yeast dough using honey and butter with cinnamon or nutmeg. For savory toppings a meat flavored biscuit can include curry powder or poultry seasoning in the dry mix. Cheese biscuits add grated American cheese to the batter or mix before milk.
Pasture As Cheap Dairy and Stock Feed Solution
The Middle West Soil Improvement committee declares pasture the cheapest and best feed for dairy and meat animals. It will save scarce feed grains and lower production costs while boosting milk and meat output. A good stand of legumes and grasses requires soil feeding with lime based on tests, manure, and crop return to soil.
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Middle West Soil Improvement Committee
Posthole Digger Built by Clyde Hall in Wisconsin
Clyde Hall of Bradford WI built a posthole digger in his farm shop that can bore a nine inch hole to three feet in Illinois soil in about three minutes. The device uses a car differential to power the auger from a tractor and required large welds on heavy materials.
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Clyde Hall
Bradford
Illinois
Marketing hogs lighter to stretch feed supply
Wisconsin College of Agriculture reports that marketing hogs at about one pound lighter weight could conserve about seven million bushels of grain nationwide. Lighter weight marketing reduces feed per pound of gain and is cited as an efficient method to extend the feed supply.
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Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Hanging bookshelf from a full size pattern
Learn to craft a hanging bookshelf with simple hand tools. Trace the pattern on wood, saw the outlines, and assemble as shown. Make two for less than the price of one store bought unit. All materials are available at the local lumber yard.
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HighAs
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Dean
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