Hollywood From The Inside Highlights Oscar Era Gossip
An Inside Hollywood roundup notes Mary Boland growing orchids, Isa Miranda en route to Milan, and the Taylors seeking new kennel pups. Brenda Joyce hosts co-eds for Christmas. Ruby Keeler and Al Jolson whispers persist. Joan Crawford fashion plans collapse over a $2.35 dress. Mickey Mouse masks gain English approval. Paramount to build Mary Martin, and Muni bicycles in Central Park. Edgar Bergen to lead Tournament of Roses. Cagney exits gangster roles. Lamour hair dispute at Fox. Jack Benny Fred Allen teamed for a Paramount project.
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Mary Boland
Isa Miranda
Los Angeles
Milan
Italy
Robert Taylors
Boxer
Brenda Joyce
Ruby Keeler
al Jolson
Life
MGM
Joan Crawford
Victor Herbert
Mary Martin
Paramount
Miami
Florida
Paul Muni
Central Park
Victor McLaglen
Fresno
Clovis
Edgar Bergen
Pasadena
Charlie McCarthy
Mortimer Snerd
Pete Smith
Metro
USC
Bonita Granville
Eddie Cantor
Northwest
Andrea Leeds
Bob Howard
Fox
Dorothy Lamour
Tingew Ayres
Greer Garson
Florentine
Jack Benny
Fred Allen
Errors In Social Security Wage Reports In April to June
Wage reports to the Social Security Board for April, May, and June totaled more than 7 lion dollars. Preliminary returns show less than 1 percent lacked an account number for John Does, about 3.5 percent had a wrong name or number, and these rates can drop to under 0.5 percent after rechecking. Perry A. Webb, Roswell field office manager, says 1,872,000 employers and 288,000 workers are affected, with 375 field offices following up to correct incomplete items. A wage item may be suspended temporarily if an account number is missing or misrecorded but this does not imply a permanent discrepancy. Safeguards and rechecking reduce errors, ensuring accurate wage accounting.
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Social Security Board
Perry A. Webb
Roswell
John
Webb
Busiest U S shopping week in ten years
New York December 16. Christmas shopping and a surge in farm commodity buying pushed the United States into the busiest week in ten years. Cotton futures topped 11 cents per pound, December wheat reached 1.05 a bushel in Chicago, and the Associated Press index rose to 112.1 aided by rising industrial shares.
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New York
Santa Claus
Uncle Sam
Chicago
Wall Street
Associated Press
Retail Dry Goods Association
Federal funds okayed for Rio Grande conser vancy district
Col F S Besson approved a 1.507 million WPA project for the middle Rio Grande conser vancy district. Five units include El Vado dam and sites in Sandoval Bernalillo Valencia and Socorro counties with canals drainage and flood control work. Federal share 1.118 million. district 388 thousand. Approval followed inspection with state WPA officials.
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Santa FE
N. M
F. S. Besson
U. S. Army
WPA
Middle
Rio Grande Conservancy District
Gordon Herkenhoff
Col. Besson
Denver
Relief Agency
Army
Herkenhoff
el Vado Dam
Sandoval
Bernalillo
Valencia
Socorro
el Vado
Okeh
Stanley Philippi
Insane Felon Hanks Escapes in Arizona
Bruno Len Hanks, a six foot three inch, 90 pound man with flaming red hair, escaped handcuffs from a train while being taken back to the Phoenix state hospital. Authorities described him as a long time escape risk with prior convictions.
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Tucson
Ariz
Bruno Len Hanks
Phoenix
R. J. Raymond
Hanks
el Paso
Raymond
Yuma County
Winnie Ruth Judd
Jones
Texas
Chris Fox
Arizona
Fox
Georgia
Pima
Court Ethics ALBUQUERQUE: Judge Suspends Dollar Fine
In Albuquerque police court Judge E C Gober invoked professional courtesy to suspend a one dollar parking ticket fine. The defendant was the daughter of a Santa Fe magistrate, prompting the unusual ruling amid the court's handling of the case.
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Albuquerque
E. C. Gober
Santa Fe
Finns Burning Continues Front Line Fight
Finnish defense leaders warned the battle might last a year as Soviet artillery and tanks faced stiff resistance. Helsinki reported over 20 Soviet tanks destroyed or captured and the sinking of a 2,600 ton Gordi class destroyer. In Taipale, Finns used dynamite and grenades to disable enemy tanks. Moscow ignored a Finnish foreign minister plea for negotiations and a halt to hostilities.
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Helsinki
Taipale
Chicago grain market closes with mixed futures bids
Chicago wheat corn and oats futures displayed modest moves on December 16 with December wheat at 1.06 7/8 to 1.07, May 1.05 to 1.05 1/4, and July 1.03 1/8 to 3/8. corn at December 56 1/4, May 53 8 1/8 to 1/4, July 58 5/8 to 1/2. oats at December 41, May 39, July 35 1/8.
Card of Thanks to Friends and Family
Grateful for the thoughtfulness and aid shown during our bereavement. Signed by Mr. T. H. Watts and family, Mrs. Lowell Randall, Mrs. Ada Belle Trimble, Mrs. Bonnie Altman.
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T. H. Watts
Lowell Randall
Ada Belle Trimble
Bonnie Altman
Reserve Officers to Meet Monday Night at Chamber
The Reserve Officers will hold their final meeting of the year next Monday at 7 30 PM at the Chamber of Commerce The program topic will be Shelters Camps and Bivouacs focusing on field accommodation and bivouac setups.
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Chamber of Commerce
Tucumcari burglar shifts focus to meanest thief title
In Tucumcari New Mexico a burglar who last night stole supplies from the Santa Claus shop where Jack Kirkpatrick mends toys for Christmas distribution to poor children is being labeled the meanest thief as candidates pile up for the dubious title.
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Tucumcari
N. M
Jack Kirkpatrick
German Battleship Graf Spee Battles English Cruisers Near Uruguay
The pocket battleship Graf Spee, cornered between Ajax and Achilles off the Uruguayan coast, opened on Exeter with 11 inch guns. Exeter retaliated with 8 inch fire as Langsdorff fought a running duel, damaged Exeter, and tried to break away toward the sea before the British ships closed in near Punta del Este and Montevideo.
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Ajax
Achilles
Uruguayan
Langsdorff
Exeter
Graf Spee
Essex
Wolf Island
Punta del Este
Montevideo
Monteviedo
Weather map shows two low pressure systems and fronts
Two low barometer areas marked on the map, one over western Washington and another over northern Minnesota. The Minnesota system is moderate with clouds but no precipitation yet. The western system brings heavy rains along the north Pacific slope and into Montana and Idaho. Southern plains stay mostly clear while northern states run unseasonably warm with 40 to 50 degree minimums. Colorado borders see freezing, and New Mexico is forecast for continued fair weather with above normal temperatures tonight and Sunday.
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Washington
Minnesota
Mississippi Valley
North Pacific
Montana
Idaho
Plains
New Mexico
Texas
Colorado
New Mexico December Weather Quietly Cooler Than Normal
The U S weather bureau reports November averaged 41.9 degrees for the state, about 2.5 degrees below normal, with Pecos and southwest divisions deepest depressed. Hottest day 71 at Birmingham Ranch on Nov 18, Eagle Nest at 4 below zero on Nov 20, precipitation 0.62 inch below average. Miss Mary Louise Armstrong to serve as pralincess at El Paso Sun Carnival for Catholic University facing Arizona State in the Sun Bowl.
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Albuquerque
U. S. Weather Bureau
Pecos
Southwest
E. L. Hardy
Birmingham Ranch
Eagle Nest
Las Cruces
Catholic University
Mary Louise Armstrong
New Mexico
Aggies
el Paso
Arizona State of
Dempsey Seeks 350000 For Rio Grande Canal Bridges
The house appropriations committee will hear state department views on Rep. Dempsey's push for 350000 to build bridges tied to the Rio Grande canalization project. Congress has allotted 4 million for canalization, funding five county bridges in New Mexico, four in Texas, and one private bridge in New Mexico.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
State Department
Dempsey
D-Nm
Rio Grande
Division of American Republics
Teoore
Congress
New Mexico
Texas
Campaign to purge slot machines nets 5 more seizures
Dona Ana county campaign against slot machines vows to clean out every machine. Deputies under Sheriff Jose Viramontes and state police Captain Carlos Salas seized five machines yesterday at Hatch and Salem, raising the total confiscated to 47.
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Las Cruces
N. M
Dona Ana
Jose Viramontes
Carlos Salas
Hatch
Salem
Battery A Home Sunday Night From Albuquerque Training
Battery A is due home tomorrow night after a week of training in Albuquerque. The unit's return highlights the routine military schedule and refueling of personnel.
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Battery
Albuquerque
Blood transfusion given for ill Olympic diver Georgia Coleman
Hollywood report says Georgia Coleman, Olympic diving champion, received another blood transfusion to help prepare for an operation. She has been seriously ill for over a month with a liver ailment and peritonitis delayed the planned surgery. Dr. Reinhard Lozier said the operation would be done once she is strong enough.
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Hollywood
Georgia Coleman
Miss Coleman
Reinhard V. Lozier
Mrs Judd recounts desert escape and murders tale
Mrs Judd, exhausted after a 12 day 200 mile desert trek, was captured in Yuma and told sheriffs and reporters a detailed account of the October 1931 murders of Agnes Leroi and Hedvig Samuelson. She claimed a physician helped dissect Samuelson's body for trunks bound for Los Angeles. She described fights, shootings, and a staged surgery, and indicated she wanted to testify about both victims.
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Desert
Miss Samuelson
Los Angeles
Sammy
Jackson Day appeal urges Democrat support and fundraising
The article discusses Jackson Day and urges readers to back a Democratic victory in the 1940 national election. It notes reservations for seats and immediate subscription requests, with a personal plea for assistance. It cites a Civil Service Commission view that voluntary campaign contributions are allowed, but government employees cannot solicit funds from colleagues or contribute to another employee.
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America
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