Toughness and Swagger Mark Teenage Gangs in Chicago
An AP investigation into the Rebels gang in Chicago traces its roots to social clubs that turned violent. Fourteen youths, including Joseph Schwartz, face murder charges for the fatal hammer attack on Alvin Palmer. Experts blame family, schooling, and peer pressure, while police urge early intervention and leadership disruption rather than sole deterrence by harsh penalties.
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Bernard Gavzer
Chicago
Yau
Wilbert Crowley
Joseph Schwartz
Schwartz
The
Rebels
Eugene J. Falstein
Institute of Psychosomatic and
Tsychiatric Research and Training
Michael Reese Hospital
Charles Liebman
Virgil Peterson
Chicago Crime Commission
al Capone
New York
Liebman
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Lichmans
Tej
Robert J. Cooney
Saya B
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Alvin Palmer
Palmer
Hollywood Book and Studio History Reflections
Hollywood columnist Bob Thomas reviews Stuart Lake Wyatt Earp memoirs and Bosley Crowther’s MGM chronicle The Lion's Share. He praises Earp’s memory and iron resolve, notes studio upheavals in New York, and adds commentary on RKO’s sale and Ben Hecht’s sharp prose in a reflective, period voice.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Buseman
Biz Lomes
Balboa Bay
Wyatt Earp
Stuart Lake
Hugh O'Brian
Burl Lancaster
O'Brian
Lancaster
Earp
Lake
Bosley Crowther
MGM
Crowther
New York
RKO
Charlie
Ben Hecht
Hecht
TV and Radio stars push home appliances in ads
Charles Mercer notes a new TV and radio trend with Bing Crosby completing four televised commercials for home appliances. He mentions ad sponsors rely on famous performers including Julie London Martha Wright Vaughn Monroe and others from Broadway and film to boost appeal amid growing sponsor spending.
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Charles Mercer
New York
A.A
Madison Avenue
Variety
Bing Crosby
Money
Julie Longon
Martha Wright
Vaughn Monroe
Marge and
Gower Chimpion
George Sanders
Henry Fonda
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
William Lundigan
Robert Weede
Jo Sullivar
Art Lind
Murder case twists as Wells missing and alive return shocks
In a mixed hardboiled narrative set in Southern California, detective Sam Sellers pursues a possible murder case after Yvonne Wells is linked to a quarrel and a missing husband. Wells reappears alive, causing confusion and prompting further scrutiny of private investigator Corning and others. The scene shifts to Hollywood show business chatter about Frank Sinatra and musicianship, while the central homicide investigation stalls awaiting Wells’s next move.
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Cool & Law
Sallenvestigating
Yvonne Wells
Lawton Corning
Drury Wells
Ronald Lam
Bertha
Wells
Micaecki
Sam
Pranit Sriters
Ning
Tam
Derning
Hertha
Eusily
Stich
Corning
Wile
Donald
Frank Sellers
Sellers
Mrs. Wells
James Bacon
Hollywood
Frank Sinaup
Wetra
Red
Fock
Homicide
Very Little Known About Sinatra's Musicianship
The set behind Frank Sinatra is described as a top group of big band era players who have stayed productive and dedicated. Sinatra conducts his own shows and pays for the best, claiming the current lineup is superior to past ensembles. His West Coast and Southwest rehearsals aim to stage weekend concerts, with his albums currently among the era’s best sellers.
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Frank
Peggy Lee
Glenn Miller
Tommy Dorsey
Miller
Lieves
Sinatra
Glenn
Tommy
Pal Joey
Columbia
Ike
Price hikes across woolen goods lift consumer costs
Business Mirror notes rising costs in wool fabrics and acetate staples may push apparel and home furnishings prices higher this fall. Wholesale food prices hit a June 1955 high and are up 3 percent from a year earlier, with retail food prices expected to rise. Steel aluminum and other metal prices may lift as tariff hearings proceed, while industry leaders anticipate a fall revival to absorb idle capacity. absent that, inflationary pressures could keep pushing prices higher.
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Sam Dawson
Washington
Family dispute fronts Casper Tribune Herald classifieds
In the Casper Tribune Herald classified section a domestic quarrel plays out through public ads. The husband states he will not be responsible for debts other than his own while the wife counters that she has always paid her partner’s bills and her own.
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Casper
Wye
Casper Tribune-Herald
Travel manners mix and match for vacation humor
Don Goodwin presents a humorous look at how travelers stray from etiquette on trips. Observations contrast polished at home behavior with rude or carefree conduct abroad, urging consideration of others, timing, and local customs during travel.
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Don Goodwin
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