Celebrity whispers and political heat swirl in postwar gossip
Walter Winchell wiring from New York reports socialite intrigue on Park Avenue and Princess Elizabeth Philip speculation. He notes Wall Street sugar crop probes flop, safety deposit scrutiny of jockeys, and a Bilbo trial fallout with senatorial courtesy and party tensions. Hollywood maneuvers and hotel woes across Miami Beach add to a volatile gossip mix.
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Berlin
Park Ave
Princess Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Jackie’ Miles
Leé Dennis
Khe Woody
Lermans
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Ava Clardner
Woody
Ava
Wall Street
Treasury
Bilbo
Senate
The
Repubs
Dumbocrats
Rankin
Repubbers
Pat
Ad Collins
Miami Beach
Talmadge
Cooperative plan to return 29 percent of earnings to customers
Everett L. Styles announces a plan for the Cooperative Producer and Consumer Family Foods Super Markets six Syracuse stores to share 29 percent of earnings with customers twice yearly starting Jan 1. Customers receive cash via envelopes with registration slips and checks mailed after June 30 and December 31. The cooperative is described as a farmer-owned system of retail food distribution.
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Everett L. Styles
Consumer
Family Foods Super Markets
Syracuse
Stiles
Four Year Old German Shepherd Police Dog Seeks Rural Home
A four year old German shepherd police dog is looking for a new home. The owner, living in a country area, says the dog enjoys children and could become a good watchdog with some training. Call 4-3478 for details.
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Tor
Shaw advises pairing Roosevelt views with Wallace hope
The Daily Worker reported George Bernard Shaw urged aligning Roosevelt policies with a Wallace presidency. Shaw did not publish a letter but noted he declined to weigh in on the Grosvenor Square memorial statue dispute. He favored a life size statue over a 10 foot statue.
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London
Daily Worker
George Bernard Shaw
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Shaw
Wallace
Grosvenor Square
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Return of Speech After Year Silence Boy's Yule Present
In Hattiesburg Mississippi a boy named Robert Gardner, once silent after a head infection, spoke for the first time in over a year when a clerk helped him try on shoes bought for the family after his father was killed in a car crash. The moment brought a smile to the 12 children of Mrs. John D Gardner.
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Bilbo
Collins
Mississippi
Merry C
The
Pirates
Colling
Southland
Associated Press
Winchell
Merry
Christmas
John
Roy Carlson
Carlson
War Dept
Hattiesburg, Miss
John D., Gardner
Hattiesburg
W. EL. Sherifl
Sherill
Sherrill
Robert Gardner
Robert
Teachers Map Program urges higher salaries for NYC teachers
Leaders of a New York City teachers organization urged Governor Dewey's committee on state aid to provide an $11 050 wage increase and a $100 million boost to fund salary raises for all teachers. Four representatives claiming to speak for 40 000 teachers met with committee member Charles D Breitel in his office.
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Albany
New York City
Dewey
Huge Russ Home Loans Moscow
Russia's postwar drive to own homes boosts mortgage lending in Moscow and surrounding regions as state programs encourage ownership. Financial institutions report rising demand, with several banks expanding home loan offerings and government backing to improve access for middle income families.
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Moscow
Russia
State announces housing loans for city residents
The government reported progress this year with loans totaling 1.5 billion rubles for city dwellers, mainly former servicemen, to build their own houses.
Nearly 2 000 000 In U S Colleges
Cincinnati report cites a 27th annual survey by Dr. Raymond Walters showing 1,718,862 students enrolled in 668 universities as of November 1 1946. Of these 714,477 are war veterans. The count is described as well over 2,000,000 in U S colleges.
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Cincinnati
Raymond Walters
University of Cincinnati
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