Broadway World Gossip Dense With Names and Snappy Jabs
A collage of show business rumors spans Mary Pickford rights, Sidney Kingsley near the East 51st street police station, Paulette Goddard in pajamas in A Miracle Can Happen, and a 150-name Angel List of investors. Greta Garbo seen at Little Carnegie Theater in Ninotchka, Dorothy McGuire in Plaza foyer, Joel McCrea and Frances Dee skirting U.N. arrivals, and Jean Fowler staging Collector's Item. Debates on debt with Russia, Kim Garrett buying Texas ranch, nylon vending in Broadway drugstores, and Hollywood Strip era declines. Radio and TV notes include My Wild Irish Rose publicity stunts, ABC radio shows, Raymond Swing sponsorship woes, and Met opera reforms.
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Mary Pickford
Buddy Rogers
Sidney Kingsley
East 51St Street
Paulette Goddard
B.m
Greta Garbo
Little
Carnegie Theater
Ninotchka
Dorothy McGuire
Plaza
Joel McCreas
Frances Dee
U. N
Jean Fowler
L. Day
A. Gordon
Miss Fowler
U S Hardens Stance Toward Russian Agricultural Missions
After two years of attempts to inspect a Soviet shelter belt project, the Agriculture Department will tighten hospitality toward Russian missions. Moscow has repeatedly refused access, while Russians overspilled host arrangements and documented details. The U S will limit future visits and tighten controls.
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Agriculture Department
Southwest
Madison
Wis
Oregon State College
U. S
Feeding Fifty: community dinner planning and ham glaze recipes
A guide for clubs and churches planning a 50 serving dinner. It covers leadership, budgeting, committee work, and tableware checks, with tested recipes for Baked Ham and vegetables plus suggested glazes and beverages.
Hoover stays neutral while naming preferred GOP contenders
Herbert Hoover says he will remain strictly neutral toward all candidates in the GOP nomination race. He adds that any of Tom Dewey, Bob Taft, Arthur Vandenberg or Joe Martin could be a good president.
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Fdr
Reeseve
Herbert Hoover
G.O.P
Hoover
Tom Dewey
Sen
Bob Taft
Arthur Vandenberg
Joe Martin
Delay over UN plan fuels White House speculation
Rumors swirl as a long stalled UN site east of Manhattan faces questions about relocation to Geneva. A hush hush Long Island meeting led to a plan where each member nation would finance part of new buildings, with the US funding 68 million dollars via future UN income.
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New York City
United Nations
White House
Geneva
U. S
U.N
Long Island
Uncle Sam
U. N
Timing dispute roils GOP wives over Mrs Truman reception
Wives of Republican congressmen accuse First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt of timing a February 10 White House reception to block a preview of the White House for men who may seek successor roles. The event coincides with Lincoln Day speeches by many GOP lawmakers.
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Mrs. Truman
White House
G.O.P
Feudin and fightin over Trumans tax plan in Senate
Capitol Hill leaders remain aggrieved with Harry Truman over firing Marriner Eccles, replacing him with Republican Tom McCabe, ousting James Landis from civil aviation, and pushing a tax plan critics call a screwball scheme to cut everyone’s taxes by $40.
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Capitol
Harry Truman
U. S. Senate
Senate
Leslie Biffle
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Alben Barkley
Sam Rayburn
White House
Marriner Eccles
Tom McCabe
Truman
James Landis
Civil Aeronautics
Trum
Tips to Jazz Up Meals With Simple Sauces and Bits
A guide of simple kitchen ideas for fish poultry and sides. It suggests cranberry sauce with whitefish or halibut for color and flavor and offers ideas for using leftovers in rice or noodle rings. It also includes a tomato cheese sauce for vegetable loaf and a pineapple tapioca dessert.
Richer Harvest Menu and Quiet Exit of a Housekeeper
A food feature provides a pineapple chiffon cheese cake recipe with orange and cranberry sauces and a cottage cheese filling. A short fiction piece follows, detailing Melissa leaving Jake Sutton and son Joe after years as housekeeper, Joe’s aloofness, and a subtle romance as she departs and Joe contemplates Blossom Appenzeller.
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Elissa Finch
Joe Sutton
Jake
Joe
Jake Sutton
Melissa
Suttons
Heavy Crops Drain Soil of Plant Food
University of Illinois agronomist O L Whalin warns wartime cropping has stripped Midwest soils of nitrogen and other minerals. From 1942 to 1946 about 3.3 million tons of nitrogen were removed, while only 1.5 million tons were returned through fertilizer and legumes. Phosphorus and potash replacements are far short of removal. lime and legumes are urged, with soil tests guiding lime timing to enrich soils before seeding legumes.
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O L. Whalin
University of Illinois
Whalin
Deep Rooted Legumes Boost Soil Structure and Fertility
Deep-rooted legumes like sweet clover and alfalfa penetrate compacted soil with tap roots, creating channels for air and water. In crop rotations they improve soil structure, release mineralized organic matter, and supply phosphorus and potash for subsequent crops.
Soil Fumigant Stops Work of Nematodes
In its war on soil pests scientific research has forged a fatal new weapon against nematodes the eel like worms whose burrowing activities cause nearly two million acres of farmland in the South to lay idle every year. The weapon is a soil fumigant known as D D whose chief component is dichloropropane and its use allows repeated plantings year after year of many crops which now are rotated.
General Quiz Questions From Old Fort Duquesne Era
A set of trivia items asks about Fort Duquesne location Douglas MacArthur birth, one dollar bill length DAR founding date frost line in Alaska wheat germination time and the reason snow appears white. The list includes nine questions with concise prompts and no answers provided.
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Old Fort Duquesné
FBI
Douglas MacArthur
Daughters of American Revolution
Alaska
Answers to six student questions from the Sporcle page
The list provides locations Pittsburgh and Little Rock Ark and facts on FBI roles for women, soil permafrost to several hundred feet, and a note on snow color. It includes a historical year 1890, a 25 year mention, and a remark about light reflection in snow showing white.
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Pittsburgh
FBI
Little Rock
Ark
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