Artie Shaw hard questions fame and wealth in music
Earl Wilson records Artie Shaw critiquing the rewards for serious composers versus popular stars. Shaw argues many great musicians must be wealthy or married to wealth, notes Berlin could never sustain composers’ attention, and recalls moments with Berlin dictating tunes. He plans a book and says he’s leaving music.
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Walter Piston
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Deaths of Reverend Sheridan Johnson Bellinger
The Rev. Dr. William H. Sheridan, 57, pastor of St. Patrick's Church in Troy, has died. Bernard J. Johnson, 64, building magazine editor, architect and consultant, died in Seattle. Ezra D. Bellinger, 85, band leader and Jefferson County sheriff 1905 to 1909, died in Watertown.
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Troy
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Building Magazine
Seattle
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Jefferson County
Watertown
Two Injured As Ferry Boat Rams Staten Island Pier
News wires report two people injured when the ferry boat Miss New York rammed its pier during docking at Staten Island. Police describe the incident as a docking accident with minor injuries to crew and passengers.
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Prediction warns of 400 holiday traffic deaths
The National Safety Council predicted 400 people would be killed in traffic accidents during the four day Christmas holiday. In Columbus two young bandits were shot after a two mile gun battle with a state highway patrolman ending the chase as traffic snarled through the city.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Columbus
Youths tied to robberies and car thefts in Wooster case
Police identified Dennis V. Zapponer and Eugene Birtler of Wooster as youths tied to a crime spree. They reportedly robbed a woman of $50, slugged her, and stole her car earlier the same day. Rays mond Schuler of Canal Winchester suffered a fractured skull in a related incident.
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Dennis V. Zapponer
Eugene Birtler
Wooster
Is. Raysmond: Schuler
Canal Winchester
Austrian Children Feted by U S Forces in Vienna
US occupation troops in Vienna began a round of Christmas parties at noon to entertain a quarter million Austrian children. Lt Gen Geoffrey Keyes attended two unit gatherings, underscoring allied efforts in postwar relief.
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Vienna
INS
United States
Geoffrey Keyes
President Truman Cancels Weekly News Conference
President Truman chose to skip his regular Thursday news conference as a Christmas gesture. Press Secretary Charles G. Ross informed White House reporters that this would be the holiday gift for journalists.
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Washington
Truman
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Charles G. Ross
White House
City moves to end oleomargarine prohibition in hospitals
New York officials prepared legislation to repeal the state ban on using oleomargarine as a butter substitute in city hospitals and institutions. The proposed measure aims to allow oleo as a permitted product in public facilities, aligning city policy with available substitutes for butter.
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ASMED
New York
Benjamin Fielding
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