Connie Bennett expands in two show fronts on tour
In Theater Week Connie Bennett discusses her dual career as a film stage and nightclub star. She notes a national swing of performances from New York to Hotel Pierre to a Broadway bound dramatic program titled The Best of Steinbeck featuring excerpts from Tortilla Flat The Grapes of Wrath Of Mice and Men and Burning Bright.
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William Glover
New York
Constance Bennett
Connie
Miss Bennett
Pierre
St.Louis
Broadway
Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
Ing Bright
Demo Speaker Turns Poet at Huntington Dinner
Mrs. Katie Louchheim of Washington DC, director of women’s activities for the Democratic National Committee, used a poem to critique Republican tactics. The event drew Gov. William C. Marland and Rep. Robert H. Molohan, with Marland the Senate nominee and Molohan the gubernatorial candidate.
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Katie Louchheim
Washington, D. C
Democratic National Committee
Louchheim
Willam C. Marland
U. S. Senate
Robert H. Molohan
Wire theft reported in Clinton area farm yards
Sheriff Albert Gershing reports a new thief tactic in Custer County. Suspects cut insulated wire from utility poles in farm yards and steal it, leaving homes without service and prompting a local warning.
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Clinton
Okla
Baltimore Apples and Potatoes Market Prices Report
Market notes show apples with no supplies on the Baltimore market and strawberries slightly weaker. Potatoes vary by grade and size with multiple regions quoted for 50 and 100 pound sacks. prices range from about 1.00 to 3.00 per 50 or 100 pound sack and several 5.75 to 6.00 per 100 pound sacks for certain regions.
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Baltimore
Sebagoes
SC Sebagoes
Va Cobblers
Usis
Young Mother Builds Seven Room House by Hand
Mrs. Dorothy Spencer of Lee's Summit Missouri built a seven room frame house in half a year with no help, handling wiring plumbing and interior work herself while her salesman husband assisted only on heavy tasks. She began remodeling projects six years earlier and now plans a neighbor's garage into a greenhouse. She credits Popular Mechanics for ideas and recalls shop class limits in 1942. Special Commissioner sale notice follows.
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Lee's Summit
Keenas City
Dorothy Spencer
Spencer
Popular Mechanics
Lee's Summit High School
D. O. Means
Dba Beans Lumber Company
Waller Adkins
Court House
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Mannix Addition
Shady Springs
Walter Adkins
J.M. Mannix
Morgantown Boy 2 Electrocuted at Home
Morgantown reports the death of two year old James Edward Radcliff from electrocution in his basement. Coroner J B Rifle ruled the death accidental after a frayed extension cord by a socket caused shock while the child played barefoot amid water on the basement floor.
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Morgantown
James Edward Radcliff
Dale Radcliff
J. B. Rifle
Two-Fox Victim Nipped by Rabid Fox in Amissville
Harvey Sutphin believes he is the only man to be bitten by a rabid fox twice. He received Pasteur treatment after the latest attack while working at his woodpile. Tests on the fox’s head were positive and confirm the bite occurred in Amissville Virginia.
Proposed Service Merger Stirs Interservice Debate Across Branches
Washington notes a new flare in talks of unification as Gen Eisenhower and other leaders weigh a single armed force. The dispute centers on roles, missions, and a potential merger with a civilian secretary of defense overseeing all services. Navy leaders oppose merger while urging preserved separate branches and shared aims. Public notice follows about Rahall Motor Sales surrendering its charter in West Virginia.
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Naval Operations
Charles E. Wilson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
West Point
Supreme Command
Europe
Eisenhower
Navy
Air Force
Army
Congress
Adm
Arthur Radford
Radford
Maxwell Taylor
Marine Corps
Defense
James Forrestal
Ernest King
Forrestal
Mergec
U. S
Rahali Motor Sales, Inc
West Virginia
Beckley
How to Craft a Wooden Plant Box from a Reproduced Match Box
The guide explains making a plant box from a vintage match box size using %-inch lumber. It covers cutting with a 1-inch grid, tracing curved patterns from paper, folding for symmetry on the back, drilling a hanging hole, and planing to square joints before assembly.
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Une
Make Plant Sxes a Simple Wooden Box
Instructions describe building a small wooden box or planter with Penny finishing nails, assembling sides, front, and bottom, setting nailheads, filling holes, sanding to a worn antique look, then staining, wax, varnish, or paint. Create a metal pan for a well or insert a small potted plant. Can hang or sit on a surface.
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