The Toy Bulldog Mickey Walker Turns Painter at 45
Mickey Walker the former world boxing champion sees painting as the real work. At 45 he plans to create serious art in four years inspired by Gauguin. He moved from nightlife to a quieter studio life in the United States, embracing age as guidance.
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WIN
New York City
Mickey Walker
Jooks
Mickey
Gauguin
South Seas
United States
New York
Main Street
Painter Mickey Finds Focus After USO Tour
Elizabeth New Jersey artist Mickey, praised for primitive style, recalls school dismissal for fighting in eighth grade. On a 50,000 mile USO tour he painted across South America Africa and India and hosted a sports show. He faced malaria yet remains serious about painting and saving money from boxing days.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Mickey
American Contemporary Artists’ Gallery
South America
Africa
India
Victoria Beach
Central
Man fends off rats with animal aid in Sacramento
Adolph Bufe counts 820 dead rats after a day and night battle on his Sacramento area ranch aided by a dog and two cats plus poison and a club. He says hordes swarmed his feed rich property amid a feed shortage.
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Sacramento
Calif
Adolph Bufe
Bufe
Gray
Aviation notes and new airport plans across the Midwest
Miss Mayme Smith of Monroe becomes the first passenger to alight at the new Lancaster Wisconsin airport opened by pilot William Brewer. An Omaha hunting lodge is formed near Ogallala Nebraska on Lake McConaughy by eight men. The Denver Chamber plans a 40 acre model airfield for youth use with a control tower. Republic Aviation leases Fram ingdale New York plant facilities and airport for five years with option to buy. Robert and Mildred Entriken study flying at Mount Holly New Jersey airfield and will soon be licensed pilots. Harrisfield Missouri leases an airport operated by an airport board. Wynne Arkansas with class two airport plans improvements costing 770561 dollars under federal aid act.
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Mayme Smith
Monroe
Lancaster
Wis
William Brewer
Omaha
Lyle de Moss
Leonard J. Bussey
Don Musgrove
Henry E
Walter W Wendt
Bennett Davis
Leonard Fletcher
Bert Robinson
Lake McConaughy
Ogallala
Neb
Denver Chamber of Commerce
Harrisfield
Cape Girardeau
Wynne, Ark
Denver Air Exposition Sets August Stapleton Show
The first Denver International air show lands at Stapleton airport August 24 and 25 with Homer F. Torrey as board chair. Directors include Donald B. Robertson Thomas P. Campbell Robert S. Mellivane John R. McPhee and Harry Anholt. Steadham Acker oversees direction of the event with prior Denver show experience. Displays include late planes and helicopters and the usual air thrills.
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Denver
Johnson Kansas Hosts Noted Private Airport Run by Farm Club
In a western Kansas town of 523 residents, Johnson hosts a renowned privately operated air port run by Forest Walker. The Johnson flying club numbers 10 members, mostly farmers, with over $30 000 invested in parts and hangar equipment.
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Kansas
Johnson, Kans
Forest Walker
Johnson Flying Club
Winged Boxcar Plane Carries Nine Tons at 200 MPH
A novel cargo plane called Winged Boxcar can carry nine tons of payload at 200 miles per hour. Its fuselage spans 38 feet, large enough to drive autos and trucks inside.
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Fairchild Packet
Paralyzed Vet Flies Solo at Brigham Utah
De an Labsen a 25 year old war veteran from Wales Utah with paralysis from the hips completes a 10 minute solo flight in a hand operated two passenger plane at Brigham General Hospital instructors John C Weir and Bill Rowe report Labsen was wounded in Germany in 1945 when a 45 caliber bullet lodged in his spine.
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Brigham
Utah
Déan Labsen
Wales
Bushnell General Hospital
John C. Weir
Bill Rowe
Larsen
Germany
Val Blair in Regina test for Columbia film Gallant Journey
Virginia Vale Tanet Blair describes actress Janet Blair in pigtails calico dress and high button shoes during a screen test for Regina in Columbia's Gallant Journey. Producer William Wellman says she fit the role, and she notes it was the first time she wasn't told she looked too young to act. Blair, who started as a singer with Ha Kemp's band, rose to film before 20. Glenn Ford, age 19 at film start, romances her in the Gay Nineties costume sequence.
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Tanet Blair
Regina
Columbia
William Wellman
Janet
Ha Kemp
Happy Hollywood Homes in Columbia Screen Snapshot
Producer Ralph Staub plans about 60 couples for a film feature showing film players and directors and their long marriages. Critics caution that Hollywood marriages often end even after a decade.
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Hollywood
Columbia
Ralph Staub
Fred Waring Broadcasts for Veterans Administration
Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians, who normally schedule six half hour broadcasts weekly, have carved out time to transcribe a special 15 minute show for the Veterans Administration.
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Fred Waring
Veterans’ Administration
Hit Parade Likely If Tune Danceable and Singable Says Warren
Harry Warren, writer of On the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and Down Argentine Way, says a tune that is danceable and singable with an appealing idea has good chances for the Hit Parade. He adds that Crosby or Frank Sinatra performing it would help. Warren is currently writing music for M G M Summer Holiday.
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Harry Warren
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
Crosby
Frank Sinatra
M-G-M
Walter Pigeon to Star in The Secret Heart With Claudette Colbert
Walter Pigeon will act opposite Claudette Colbert in The Secret Heart a Metro production. The article notes his shift from a dignified image to performing a lively jitterbug routine on set.
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Walter Pigeon
Mr. Minniver
Pierre Curie
Claudette Colbert
Metro
Mr. Pigeon
Possessed Renamed Warner Film Stars Crawford
Joan Crawford stars in a Warner Bros picture now titled Possessed previously called The Secret with Van Heflin opposite her and Raymond Massey and Joan Chandler in important roles.
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Warner Bros
Joan Crawford
van Heflin
Raymond Massey
Joan Chandler
Desmond Sends Records to Princess Elizabeth Fan Request
Johnny Desmond mailed his first recordings to Princess Elizabeth of England after she requested them. He previously sang for her in Bedford with the Glenn Miller army air force band and became her favorite crooner after hearing Soldier and a Song on the armed forces network.
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Johnny Desmond
Elizabeth
England
Desmond
Bedford
Glenn Miter
Army Air Force
Armed Forces Network
Meredith Willson Joins Atwater Kent Radio Auditions Panel
Mer ed i th Willson named to the music advisory committee of the Atwater Kent radio auditions an aging yet honored institution revived this year to uncover young talent in singing and musicianship. The program began in 1927, paused for the war, and restarts to foster future careers.
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Meredith Willson
Atwater Kent Radio Auditions
CBS Newser Garred to head yearlong contract at Columbia
CBS News Report er Bob Garred completes narration for a Columbia Pictures short and executives plan a year long contract for similar picture chores. Philo Vance replaces Bill Gargan in Murder Will Out with Sergeant Heath played by Humphrey Davis. Dan Seymour, once a circus strongman, is known as a rotund character actor in Cloak and Dagger. Bing Crosby is named favorite vocalist of American occupation troops in Europe ahead of Frank Sinatra Vaughn Monroe and the King Cole Trio.
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CBS News
Bob Garred
Columbia Pictures
Philo Vance
Bill Gargan
Heath
Humphrey Davis
Dan Seymour
Bing Crosby
Een
Europe
Frank Sinatra
Vaughn Monroe
King Cole
Badger Iowa A Co-Op Town Built On Community
In Badger Iowa a Lutheran grounded village of under 400, co operation shaped the economy and social life. A stock and grain association later became Farmers Grain Elevator, plus a long standing Co-Operative Telephone company and a petroleum co op with farm machinery as core. A co op bank started in 1939 grew into a safe, stable financial institution. A co op food store sells meats groceries and electrical appliances under ABC labeling. The community plans teen entertainment and a playhouse as further cooperative ventures.
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E. L. Kirkpatrick
Badger
Iowa
Stock and Grain Association
Ailnougnws
Farmers Grain Elevator Company
Co-Operative Telephone Company
Co-Op Credit Union
State
Co-Operative
Cop Is Shocked By Autioist Who Asked for Fine
A Greeley woman phoned to confess running a red light and offered to pay the fine. Desk Sergeant Irl Timken said her honesty would ease traffic concerns if all drivers acted likewise.
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Cop
Autioist
Greeley, Colo
Greeley
Irl Timken
Man Remembers Dentist After a Decade
In Sumner Washington a patient who had been treated by Dr. C. L. Tolefson sent a money order and note after ten years The man explained he cashed the order years ago when his job at a packing plant ended and he later repaid the debt hoping for the doctor’s forgiveness The dentist rediscovered the forgotten payment in his records after the letter arrived
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Sumner, Wash
C. L. Tolefson
Young Farmer Jimmy Marshall Runs 60 Acre Dairy Farm
In Auburn Washington 15 year old Jimmy Marshall operates a 60 acre farm with a purebred Jersey herd. He manages milking and spring chores alone after his father B L Marshall was killed in January. He is also an athlete and student and plans to continue farming.
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Auburn
Wash
Jimmy Marshall
B. L. Marshall
Jimmy
Climber Knits Above the World at 120 Foot Tower
Mrs Merle Lucille McDaniel patrols a 120 foot forestry lookout tower in Miss Mississippis ERRATA. She works as a fire watcher with regular hours from 9 to 5 and surveys a 20 mile area with binoculars between knitting sessions. Her husband formerly held the spotter role during wartime.
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Merle
Lucille McDaniel
McDaniel
Forestry Department
War Department
Mississippi
Mrs. McDaniel
Bicycling Cat Returns with Four Kittens
Royalton VT Abbie the bicycling cat is back home after a year away and has four kittens. The cat vanished during a cycling trip with Mrs Homer Russell and children near the Russell's Maine summer home. A newspaper story later located Abbie about two miles from her disappearance site.
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Royalton
Abbie
Homer Russell
Russell
Maine
Monessen Bans Wedding Honking With New Ordinance
Monessen enacts a law prohibiting excessive automobile horn honking to celebrate weddings. The ordinance establishes police penalties for violations and urges couples to display joy more quietly.
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Monessen
Red Herrings in Security Council Spain Debate
Western Newspaper Union reports that Britain steered the Spain issue in the UN Security Council with the U S backing, defeating the Polish call to break relations. The piece argues Spain is not an immediate threat, only potential, and warns on future bloc splits between the U S and Britain versus Russia.
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Russia
Washington
Security Council
United States
Spain
Gibraltar
Poland
France
Mexico
Australia
Netherlands
Egypt
Brazil
China
U. S
Britain
Council
Free Democratic
Lange
Debate over Spain Russia Iran and freedom in global politics
The piece argues the Lange resolution over Spain and Iran is a Russian ploy to curb debate in the West, claiming communism rejects free democracy. It contrasts fascist Spain with Soviet Russia, labeling both oppressive and urging focus on broader Russia’s influence and the dangers of dictatorship. The author stresses two world camps free versus slave.
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Russia
Iran
Assembly of Nations
Spain
Stalin
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