Men Seek Beauty In A Gentlemen’s Grooming Parlor
An article recounts a man visiting a male grooming studio in New York, describing cosmetic treatments and massages aimed at relaxation and facial firming. Stylists sketch and advise on hair, provide scalp treatments, massages, and a “magic mask” facial, concluding with relaxation that leaves him feeling suddenly handsome.
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Saul Pet
New York
Eve Wypod
Wyged
Fom
Madame Tovar
Singapore Bans American Cigarettes for Three Years
In Singapore, American cigarettes are barred for three years while supplies remain plentiful. Officials push a campaign to curb nonessential U S purchases, balancing imports with other essentials as prices may rise when stocks dwindle.
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Associated Press
Singapore
Singaport
Southeast Asia
United States
U. S
U.S
Denver Center Insures Medicos to The Associated Press
Denver residents gain access to an emergency medical referral service run by the Denver Medical Society. A nurse fields calls and summons a neighborhood doctor within half an hour if nonurgent. In true emergencies a police surgeon and siren ambulance respond, ensuring rapid scene arrival.
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Associated Press
Denver
Medical Society
Lorene Davoren
Denver Medical Society
Inventors’ Gadgets and the Hollywood Club
Don L. Davis of Hollywood leads a monthly gadget club that screens inventions from across America and abroad. The Consumers' Testing League vets feasible ideas, then mass produces and ships them to thousands of members including Red Skelton and Joan Crawford.
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Marion Simms
Central Press
Los Angeles
Calif
Don L. Davis
Davis
Messenger
Air and
Expres
America
Newfoundland
Alaska
Bermuda
Switzerland
West Indies
Hawaiian Islands
Philippines
Consumers’ Testing League
Hollywood
San Diego
Sweden
Mary Lou Morpitt
Newton
California
Gadget Club
Oregon
Portland
Red Skelton
van’ Pedisseurs
Keenan Wynn
Hedda Hooper
Joan Crawford
Wayne Morris
James
Gleason
Louella Parsons
Esther Williams
Rudy Vallee
Fréd Waring
Womien
New England
FASTEETH Tooth Powder Ad Offers Comfort
An old style advertisement touts FASTEETH tooth powder as a pleasant non bitter remedy that cleans gums without gummy pasty taste. It claims no nausea and easy plate cleaning for improved comfort.
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Why
Minute of Peace Club for Married Men in Ogunquit
The Minute of Peace club in Ogunquit Maine marks its 15th year as a haven for 45 married men. It shuns phones in the clubroom to preserve quiet and hosts cribbage and checker games while wives are kept from interrupting the peace. The name arose from a quip by Mrs. Burton L S McAfee about her husband seeking a moment of calm.
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Associated Press
Minute of Peace Club
Minute of Peace
George Ramsdell
Burton L. S. McAfee
Anne
McAfee
Festival of Britain To Relate Progress
Britain outlines a comprehensive traffic plan for the Festival of Britain 1951 on the south bank of the Thames. The public works bill by Alfred Barnes funds roads rail water access and 4000 parking spaces with Bailey Bridge foot access and underground passages. Over 80 families and displaced shopkeepers will be rehoused and relocated near the site.
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Oviated
London
Britain
the Thames
Victoria Embankment
British Hill
House ‘of Commons
Alfred Barnes
Moscow Play Shows Red Ideals in Clash of Business and Duty
The Soviet drama Moscow, Character presents a plant director torn between a mill order and Communist ideals. His wife leads a union hearing the issue, prompting the director to reform. Critic Abramov notes the story reflects a wider struggle against capitalist remnants in Soviet character. The play by Anatole Satronoy runs at the Maly Theatre and Moscow Soviet.
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The
Associated Press
Moscow
Maly Theatre
Moscow Soviet
Batty
A. Abramov
Anatole Satronoy
Miss Hamlett the SMU scorer steals the show
Arkansas routed Southern Methodist as Aline Hamlett, SMU's official basketball scorer since 1932, impressed players and officials with her accuracy and presence. The long-time athletic department staffer, beloved by athletes, keeps score and hosts players and their dates in her campus-adjacent apartment.
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Associated “Press
Dallas
Arkansas
Ata Femnale
Arkansas Wallop
Southern Methodist
Southern
Methodist
Neetenet
Naion
Notre. Dame
Pop Morgan
Aline
Scent Shock Promises Noses Guide Hosiery Sales
ALTON J. BLAKESLEE reports on scent based advertising and packaging tactics. A hosiery maker plans scented ink and perfumed packaging to attract buyers, arguing the nose can steer consumer choice. The concept extends to other products and even fire insurance circulars, with warnings that scents may backfire with pets and readers.
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Alton J. Blakeslee
New York
Missing U S Sailor Says He Was Forcibly Enlisted
James Patrick Ryan, a U S Navy sailor missing 19 months, recounts being shanghaied into the French Foreign Legion after boarding the Dickson in San Remo. He says he escaped through Africa to Tangier and Morocco, was jailed, shaved, and forced to sign enlistment papers, later shipped to Indo China and Sahara. He alleges U S authorities have not responded to letters.
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Associated Press
Canton
James Patrick Ryan
U.S. Navy
Mediterranean
French Foreign Legion
Ryan
Huntington
Indochina
French Foreign:Legion
Dickson
San Remo
Italy
Nice
France
Foreign Legion
U.S
Paris
Marseilles
North Africa
Sidi Bel Abbes
Tangiers
Morocco
Sahara
Singapore
Suez
Cazial
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Beckleyer
Navy
Ray F.caulk
Monsanto Chemical Co
Monsanto
Dominick Bellavigna
Magnus, Mabee
Reynard
Caulk
Josie
Nfogar
C. Lawson
Mehage
Arlesten
Yizgizle
Appalachian Electric‘ Power Co
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