Women barbers spark debate in New York shops
Earl Wilson recalls a spirited exchange about women barbers led by Frank Sinatra's barber Murphy. The talk spans Murphy the Wales born entrepreneur, her shop at 95 Liberty Street, and her beard shaving anecdote with Broadway Jimmy's crew amid a mix of humor and tension. Additional notes touch on Hitchcock and Wanamaker projects and club acts shaping entertainment chatter.
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Frank’ Sinatra
Frances Murphy
Hagcer
Liberty
Murph
Broadway
125Th St
Murphy
Sinatra Murph
Pontypridd
Wales
Tom Murphy
Jimmy
Boites
Alfred Hitchcock
Sam Wanamaker
Wilmington
Del
Athens
Brigadoon
Libby Holman
Bella Smaro
Jack Silverman
Vicki Sheer
Aveles
Medina
al Castellanos
Belmont Plaza
Glass Hat
Morey Amsterdam
Town Hall
Charlie Barnett
Sherry Britton
London
Kermit Goell
Bway! Hofbrau
Barney Ross
Andy’ Russell
Meadowbrook
George Raft
Paris
Morocco
Carousel
Susan Svetlik
Alfredo's
Art Ford
Farmer
Salle
de Champagnes
Hutchins Says War Policy Is Obsolete in Atomic Milestone Talk
University of Chicago Chancellor Robert M. Hutchins warned that any policy assuming another war is possible is obsolete in his luncheon address marking the fifth anniversary of the first self sustaining atomic chain reaction. He said we cannot have war and civilization together.
Adoption of European Towns Is Proposed in Locust Valley
Locust Valley Oyster Bay township residents promote Operation Democracy to have American towns adopt devastated European communities. The movement aims to expand nationwide, seeking aid and solidarity for affected towns.
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Locust Valley
Europe
Oyster Bay Township
United States
Rumor Circles Tie Michael to London Royal Engagement
Romanian circles in London predict King Michael may wed Princess Anne daughter of Prince Rene of Bourbon Palma. Earlier reports linked Michael to Princess Margaret Rose during Elizabeth's wedding trip. BELGRADE INS confirms 23 killed in a Yugo Airlines Douglas twin engine crash Thursday.
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London
INS
Michael
Anne
Prince Rene of
Bourbon-Palma
Margaret Rose
Elizabeth
Belgrade
Yugoslavia Air Service
Jewel Cut to End Evil Renown by Austrian Cutter
A rough 1195 carat stone, long linked with ill fortune, was cut into smaller pieces by an Austrian jeweler to end its infamous reputation. The action marks a turn in the tale of the famed gem and its dark history.
US General urges aid for Austrians in postwar Vienna
Lt. Gen. Geof frey Keyes United States military governor of Austria appeals for American help to relieve Austrian suffering. He asks for gifts of food and clothing to aid civilians enduring hardship in Vienna.
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Vienna
INS
Geoffrey Keyes
United States
Austria
Jury probes Meyers wartime contracts and a rival executive calls him a snake
A grand jury investigating Maj Gen Bennett E Meyers wartime air force contracts heard a former associate, Bleriot Lamarre, call Meyers a snake. Mrs Mildred Lamarre, Meyers secretary and Lamarre's wife, testified that Meyers formed a Dayton firm and used Mrs Lamarre as president claiming she was his girl friend. The panel also subpoenas Thomas Readnover, Dayton firm vice president and Mrs Lamarre's brother.
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Washington
A .Grand Jury
Beninett E. Meyers
Senate War Investigating “Committee
Meyers
Army Air Forces
Dayton
Air Force
Mildred Lamarre
Senate Committee
Lamarre
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt Opens Human Rights Commission Meeting
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt opens the United Nations Commission on Human Rights session in Geneva as president. She states the main task is to adopt a provisional draft for future work by the commission.
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Geneva
INS
Eleanor Roosevelt
United Nations Commission On Human Rights
Commission
Notable Lifespans and Roles Appear in Obituary Note
A sequence of deaths lists prominent figures and their roles: Sir John Fraser age 62 a principal and vice chancellor of Edinburgh University and noted surgeon. Count Gösta Morner age 49 a Swedish nobleman and former husband of Peggy Hopkins Joyce. Dr Raymond Harman- Ashley age 67 inventor and former head of chemistry at St Lawrence University. Fred B Myles age 61 veteran employment director of the U S Employment Service and national deputy chief of staff for the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Roy W Johnson age 65 lieutenant governor of Nebraska 1940 46 and state board member. Howard C Schaub age 84 president of Decatur Newspapers Inc and publishers of local papers. Robert B Ellison age 65 president and GM of Ellison Bronze Co. in Jamestown.
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John. Fraser
Edinburgh
Scotland
Gosta
Morner
New York City
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Raymond Harman-Ashley
St. Law Jrence University
Canton
Harwichport
Mass
Fred. B. Myles
Veterans of Foreign Years
Indianapolis
Roy. W. Johnson
Nebraska
Nebraska’. State Board of Agriculture
Chicago
Howard C. Schaub
Decatur. Newspapers, Inc
Decatur
Herald Review
Fort Lauderdale
Flance
Robert B. Ellison
Ellison Bronze, Co
Jamestown
Gollum Seeks Radio Job After Acquittal
George Bud Gollum who with Beulah Louise Overell was recently acquitted of killing her wealthy Santa Anna parents has applied for a radio announcer position, KLAC announced.
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Hollywood
George ‘Bud” Gollum
Beulah
Louise Overell
Santa, Anna
KLAC
Typhus outbreak kills six in Austrian village quarantined
Six people are dead and several seriously ill after a typhus outbreak in Kleinhoffen near Eisenstadt in the Russian zone. The entire village has been quarantined. Nadia Vyegini Orloff, famed as the Orloff diamond owner, reportedly died by suicide after the gem’s notoriety.
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Vienna
INS
Kleinhoffein
Eisenstadt
Austria
Rome
Nadia Vyegini Orloff
Orloff
Pondichery
Daily Worker Man Selected for Gotham City Council
Simon W. Gerson, 38, former Daily Worker city editor, named by Kings County Communist Committee to replace the late Peter V. Cacchione as one of two Communist council members. Cacchione died Nov. 6. council vacancy must be filled by same party member after council approval.
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Simon W.gerson
The
Daily Worker
Kings County
Communist Party
Peter V. Cacchione
Cacchione
New York City
Gerson
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