Benny Returns to New York Stage in Six Week Run
Jack Benny opens a six week engagement at Billy Rose’s Ziegfeld Theatre marking his first stage appearance since 1931. The amiable vaudeville revue stars Jane Morgan who, in a stylish gown, sings pop numbers. Bette Davis gifts her daughter an $5000 racehorse trained in Southern California for a debut next season. MGM’s The Courtship of Father features Glenn Ford as a widower seeking a fresh life with his son Eddie.
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Jack Benny
New York
Benny
Billy Rose
Zeyfeld Theatre
Maurice Chevalier
Jane Morgan
Jane
Bette Davis
BL D. Merrill
Southern
California
M-G-M
Glenn Ford
Eddie
Canadian retailers blamed for fashion bias in kids shoes
A readers letter theme argues store buyers set stock choices and ignore demand for rounded toe styles in children shoes. It cites a Canadian manufacturer claiming 75 percent rounded toes, urges consumers to push for balanced stock and special orders when stores refuse. The piece links fashion bias to broader retail indifference and consumer activism.
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Toronto
Toined
Consumers Assocation of Canada
Ariel fashions set for year round Canadian travel
Travel feature extols January Mexico trip for sunny settings and year round holidays. It highlights Canadians flocking south, jet travel shortening distances, and Ariel wardrobe including pleated jerseys praised for surface interest and resilient movement. It notes easy care, quick drip dry, and compact packing for first time tourists.
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Chemeell
Mexico
Ariel
Saskatchewan Introduces Made in Saskatchewan Symbol
Saskatchewan unveiled a new Made in Saskatchewan emblem designed by the Department of Industry and Information and approved by Hon. Russ Brown. The wheat sheaf within a gear wheel links farming to growing industry, aiming to identify province produced goods for domestic and foreign buyers. Manufacturers are urged to use the symbol and obtain reproduction materials from G. W. Cameron in Regina.
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Saskatchewan
Department of Industry and Information
Russ Brown
Brown
G. W. Cameron
Regina
Western barley markets hit by postwar decline in Canada
A T Elders of Canada Malting Co. warned at Edmonton that Western Canada barley production has fallen from postwar peaks. Exports are down, imports rise for feed, and markets in Japan Europe and China have shifted. A cooperative cash program is urged to restore competitiveness as barley acreage shrinks across Alberta and Manitoba.
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Western Canada
T. Elders
Canada Malting Co., Limited
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Brewing and Malting Barley Research Institute
Elders
China
Alberta
Manitoba
Who's Hue Leads Easter Parade Leather Fashion
Leather footwear in flashing colors will headline the Easter Parade this year. Styles feature matte and polished cow hides, crushed kidskins, see through calfskins, and patent leather in bright hues. Suede tones intensify while white shoes dominate the sunny look. perforations and cut-outs create the airy, modern line with the classic D orsay pump as a highlight.
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Shoe Fashion Service
Leather Industries
d’Orsay
Mother stops rolling car to save child in peril
Mrs Maratha Conway 29 of Mill Valley California grabbed the emergency brake after her car rolled onto a 10 month old strapped in the front seat. She suffered a fractured pelvis when the vehicle passed over her as she tried to stop it. Police say she halted the car on a hill near her home and stepped out leaving the child inside. She looked back and saw the car rolling backward down the grade.
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Maratha Conway
Mill Valley
California
Clin Highway
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