Hollywood Buzz and Academy Honors In Brief Notes
A Hollywood gossip note says Warner Brothers may cast Errol Flynn as Sir Galahad for an England project after The Forsyte Saga. Possible roles include a fighter or modern comedy with Arthurian overtones, with Flynn or Robert Mitchum as options. MARK VAN DOREN joins Steinbeck Faulkner and Leon Kroll as new American Academy of Arts and Letters members. Dr Hu Shih, former Chinese ambassador, declined a premier role at the Nationalist government and recalled a Harvard philosophy course. The Sigma Delta Chi initiation included a dinner discussing practical journalism aspects.
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Errol Flynn
Sir Galahad
England
Flynn
Greer Garson
M-G-M
Tennyson
Galahad
Robert Mitchum
Mark van Doren
Hope and Urbena
Ill
University of Illinois
Columbia University
American Academy of Arts and Letters
John Steinbeck
William Faulkner
Leon Kroll
van Doren
Columbia
Hu Shih
United States
National University of Peking
Doctor Hu
Harvard
Professor Lentz Honored by Illinois State Teachers College
The Illinois State Teachers College board awards Professor Lentz the honorary title on recommendation of President D. W. Morris. The piece notes campus discussions, book reads, and references to literary items amid a reflective column.
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Versity Shryock
D. W. Morris
Illinois State Teachers College Board
Professor Lentz
Joe Procita Wins Coast Sectional Billiards Title
Joe Procita won the 1948 Pacific Coast sectional championship in Los Angeles. Jimmy Moore of Albuquerque took second with Jimmy Mills of San Jose third and Nick Oliva of San Bernardino fourth. Procita qualified for the national tournament.
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Joe Procita
Los Angeles
Jimmy Moore
Albuquerque
N. M
Jimmy Mills
San
Texas Freshmen Outweigh Varsity Linemen and Backfield
The University of Texas freshman football starting eleven outweighed the 1948 varsity lineup by five pounds per man on the line and seven pounds per man in the backfield. The average age of the yearling squad was 18.
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University of Texas
Germans Struggle Translating American Plane Names
Berlin reports editors struggle to render the flamboyant names of American planes used in the blockade busting airlift. The issue highlights cultural and linguistic gaps in wartime reporting and nomenclature.
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Berlin
Aftermath of election day stirs wholesome political seriousness
From a viewpoint on a wheelbarrow ride and a differ ence of opinion, locals view politics and voting as a serious duty for good Americans. The piece notes the wholesome aftermath and concludes with a reflection on the issue's outcome.
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Cappy
Meister des erdballes hailed by Tagesspiegel
A giant C-74 Globemaster arrived with a cargo of flour and the American-licensed Tagesspiegel newspaper hailed it as the meister des erdballes or master of the earth ball.
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Tagesspiegel
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