Innocent Bystander and Stage Notes Spark Broadway Buzz
The piece surveys films and theater icons. Fred MacMurray lights a fuse for Smoky while The Searching Wind and Diary of a Chambermaid draw praise. Sylvia Sidney leads a troupe in adult drama, with Norman Grant’s Carnegie Hall jazz sold out and Tallulah Bankhead's Private Lives triumph at Greenwich Playhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cinemagicians
Fred MacMurray
Fred
Sylvia Sidney
Paulette Goddard
Bill Powell
Esther Williams
Norman Grant
Carnegie Hall
Norman
Virginia
Hayloft
Tallulah Bankhead
Greenwich
Big Business Tax Loopholes and Policy Debates
Washington debates carry back of unused excess profits credit that lets big firms adjust 1946 taxes based on 1936 to 1939 earnings. Rep. Mills accuses abuses while Eastman Kodak faces Kansas straw packing issues after atomic tests. Truman vetoes price control bills, urging welfare over chaos. War outcome debates weigh aircraft vs submarines as the Pacific victory question lingers. Diplomatic moves push Italy Austria toward UN admission. Ireland stays out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
General Motors
Treasury
Cleveland Bailey
Clarksburg
W. Va
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur Mills
Arkansas
Congress
Mills
Kansas
Eastman Kodak Company
New Mexico
Eastman
Los Alamos
Kodak Company
Truman
OPA
Endless Arguments Rage Over Second Bikini Atomic Test
The article discusses the planned July 25 second Bikini lagoon atomic test aboard the USS Appalachian. It notes submerged detonation 75 feet deep in 30 fathoms of water, with no ship directly above the burst, and predicts waves up to ten feet. It covers expected damage to ships, survivability, radiological studies on live animals, and debates on naval warfare use.
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Appalachian
Baker
Bikini Lagoon
Army Air Force
Navy
Bikini Island
Bikini
Alamogordo
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Naval Evaluation Board
Taft Leads GOP as 1948 Rival Talk Intensifies
Washington. Senator Taft assumes Republican congressional leadership amid active primaries and convention talk. Warren and Bricker emerge as possible rivals while Stassen, Shipstead, and Dewey influence evolving strategy. Russia's fixed system and isolationism noted as context for party unity and future elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Washington
Ohio
Robert Taft
Senate
Truman
Carroll Reece
Warren
California
Pacific States
Nebraska
Minnesota
Stassen
Thye
Shipstead
Russia
Bricker
New York
Dewey
Vandenberg
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Willis
House
Wils
Congress
Phillies Rise From Doormat to Real Team in 1946
The piece lauds the Phillies under Bob Carpenter Herb Pennock and Ben Chapman for turning the 1946 club from cellar dwellers into a competitive force. It compares their rebound to the 1914 Boston Braves led by Stallings Gowdy Rudolph Tyler and James, arguing three dependable starters can drive a pennant race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Carpenter
Herb Pennock
Ben Chapman
Phillies
God's Green Footstools
Phil- Mes
Messrs
Carpenter
Pennock
Chapman
Boston Braves
Braves
George Stallings
Georgia
Stallings
Rabbit Maranville
Johnny Evers
Hank Gowdy
Sarge
Dick Rudolph
George Tyler
Bill James
Rudolph
Tyler
James
Feller
Newhouser
Connie Mack
Arkansas May Be Second Target Ship in Atomic Test
Rumor sources say the average battleship Arkansas could serve as the second target ship for the crossroad test alongside the Saratoga which faced the first blast. Adm Blandy has not issued a formal announcement. Captain Donald MacMahon wagered the Saratoga would return under her own power. He now seems poised to win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Fuller
J. Baker
J. Eliason
Ida James
Gart
Palestine
J. Cannon
Louis
E. Cuneo
G. J. Nathan
Adm. T. A. Solberg
Bureau of Ships
Arkansas
Adm
W. H. P. Blandy
Crossroads
Joint Task Force
Saratoga
Donald MacMahon
Washington
Bikini
Space Savers for Your Closet Door
Compact closet door racks designed to sit under three inches deep. The top curved rack stores hats while the lower rack accommodates a large briefcase, wallet, purse or gloves. A versatile rod elaw is included. patterns and cutting guides are offered on Pattern 283.
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Thomas B. Sherman
St. Louis
Jimmy Gardiner
Texas
Gardiner
Cartier's
Sahara
Broadway
Gramercy Park
St. Moritz Hotel
Cafe de la Paix
Japan
Army
Pacific
U. S
Italy
Austria
United States
United Nations
A.k
de Valera
Walter A. Shead
WIN
Independence
NE A
Paulmallon
Western Newspaper Union
France
Bidault
Red Sox
Yankees
Dodgers
Cardinals
Louis Conn
Grantland Rice
Ruth Wyeth
Bedford Hills
N. Y
Scott
Scotts Sear
St. Joseph
Spirin
Kidoes
Cae
O'Sullivan
America
Cee Tae
Ndwest Distributors
Minneapolis
Minn
Nurss
McKesson & Robbing, Inc
Bridgeport
Connecticut
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