Homer Croy Eyes New Book and Grandpa Laughed At
The writer highlights Homer Croy the novelist who plans What Grandpa Laughed At and jokes from 1893 to 1915. Croy, born near Maryville Missouri, now in Pinehurst Avenue, recalls grandpa jokes and material for a second book What Grandpa Laughed at the Second Time.
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Pinehurst Av
Bronx
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Croy's
Missouri
Alcatraz
White House
Dept. of Internal Revenue
Berle headlines Latin Quarter show with star firm on stage
Milton Berle earns a hefty weekly salary in a one hour 59 minute show at the Latin Quarter. The act features impressions by Sid Gary and others, with a parade of performers including The Mountain eers and Kanazawas. Berle praises the act and hints he may not return to the carnival.
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Lou Walters
Ned
Eddie Cantor
Sid Gary
al Jolson
Mountaineers
Kanazawas
Betty Bradley
Son
Sonny
Slapsie
Maxie Rosenbloom
Berle
Protestant Film Commission Wins Cleveland Religious Film Award
The Protestant Film Commission received the Cleveland Film Council award for the motion picture My Name Is Han. Virginia Beard presented the honor in Cleveland, accepted by Paul F. Heard. The China-made film features an all-Chinese cast and was named the year’s best religious themed movie. The commission is shooting another project in Japan.
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Cleveland Film Council
Cleveland
Ohio
Protestant Film Commission
Han
Virginia Beard
Paul F. Heard
China
Japan
Off the Wires Business Failures Dip Week Over Week
Commercial and industrial failures dropped to 94 in the week ended Aug 19 from 103 the prior week per Dun and Bradstreet. The figure sits well above 1947’s 39 but far below prewar 1939’s 264. Arthur Rollins of Southington Conn held after a hearse theft in Saratoga Springs. vehicle struck a creek killing speed. National Labor Relations Board says 250 Drybak Corp workers in Binghamton will vote next Tuesday on a union shop for United Garment Workers.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Saratoga Springs
Arthur Rollins
Southington
Conn
Ballston Spa
Rollins
Buffalo
National Labor Relations Board
Drybak Corp
Binghamton
United Garment Workers Amalfi
Snake Bite Testifies Then Hospitalized in Pineville Church
In Pineville Kentucky Mrs McKinley Burnett 39 was bitten by a rattlesnake during a church service at the Free Pentecostal Church of East Pineville She told reporters from her hospital bed she was testifying when the bite occurred and she is recovering.
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Pineville
McKinley Burnett
Gaekwar to Repay $10 Million and Keep Baroda Throne
The Gaekwar of Baroda will retain his throne and likely his racing stables after a Baroda Legislature deal. He promises to repay $10 million misappropriated from state funds in exchange for the assembly withdrawing its abdication demand.
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Gaekwar
Baroda
New Delhi
Notable Obituaries Across States and Professions
A list of recent deaths includes Tarry E. Lewis 68 presiding justice of New York’s Appellate Division Second Department at Saranac Inn. Louis Bader 61 NYU marketing economics professor in Evansville. Arthur J. Patterson 79 Kalamazoo inventor of Flinch and book dealer. Alfred Clifton Barrow 58 owner of Sweetbriar Corp dress shops in Denver. Grace McBride Crile 72 widow of Cleveland Clinic founder in Charlottesville. Emil W. Hanson 55 treasurer Fitchburg Spinners Sales Corp in Leominster. Terry Stevenson 69 Moulders Union head and AFL leader in Manchester. Dr Br. E. Duffell 46 osteopathic editor in Chicago. Mary J. Camnene 63 mother of Lynn councilman and sports editor in Lynn. Clell Lee Metcalf 60 entomology head at University of Illinois in Urbana. John Oliver Carr 58 Teletype vice president in Chicago.
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New York State Supreme Court
Saranac Inn
Louis Bader
New York University
Evansville
Ind
Arthur J. Patterson
Flinch
Kalamazoo
Mich
Grace McBride Crile
George Crile
Cleveland Clinic
Charlottesville
Emil W. Hanson
Fitchburg Spinners Sales Corporation
Leominster
Mass
Terrry Stevenson
Cincinnati
Moulders and Foundry Workers Union of America
American Federation of Labor
Manchester
England
BR. E. Duffell
Osteopathic Publications
Chicago
Mary J. Camnele
Edward H. Cahill
Lynn
The
Lynn Item
Clel Lee Metcalf
Department
University of Illinois
Urbana
Ill
Sermon Urging Draft Refusal Referred for Probe
A Nassau area sermon by Rev. Ernest R. Bromley urging refusal to register for the draft was referred to U S district attorney Irving Higbee for investigation. Brig. Gen. Ames T. Brown ordered the action after Col. William N. Boughton said the remarks were forwarded for appropriate action.
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U. S
William N. Boughton
Selective Service
Ernest R. Bromley
Irving Higbee
Syracuse
One Man's Opinion on Opposing Witnesses and Sparks
The Thomas Committee finds two witnesses are landlord and tenant to each other, creating conflicts of interest. If calling every discordant pair, hearings could spill across 14 baseball parks. A landlord recalled a tenant, prompting three landlords to wire the committee. The piece notes adults once could repent after serving sentences.
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Thomas Committee
Draft Exempt Men Still Must Register
Brig. Gen. Ames T. Brown state selective service director said today that men aged 18 to 26 must register even if exempt from peacetime draft. He noted National Guard and reserve members must register unless in full time service. veterans under 26 must register too. Those abroad must reregister within five days of return. inmates and asylum inmates must register on departure day.
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Ames T. Brown
State Selective Service
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The
Coast and Geodetic Survey
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West Point
Annapolis
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Academy
National Guard
Public Heath Service
Brown
Pension Benefits Payout Reported by Bell System Firms
Bell System companies have paid out 1 606 755 955 in benefits under their pension plan since its establishment thirty five years ago the Bell Telephone Magazine reported today.
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Bell System
Bell Telephone Magazine
Crown holds over ninety percent of Canada’s forest lands
The Crown maintains control of more than 90 percent of Canada’s forest areas, reflecting continued public ownership and stewardship of vast woodland resources across the country.
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CROWN
Canada
Printers Strike in Chicago Ends After 271 Days
The Chicago printers strike concluded its ninth month on its 271st day with no evident settlement. Pickets remained in front of the five major newspapers as the dispute continued unresolved.
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Chicago
Owens-Illinois Glass hikes prices nationwide
The Owens-Illinois Glass Co. announced last night price increases on most products averaging 10 to 15 percent. The company cited higher wages and increased raw material costs as factors.
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Toledo, O
Owens-Illinois Glass Co
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