Berle's TV reign stirs New York nostalgia and debate
The era of Berle on television sparks talk in New York about staying home to watch him and other child favorites. A veteran reporter recalls the old radio days and notes Berle’s high Hooper rating while peers question if era-pioneers will endure.
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Myon Berle
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Silgger
Ohio State Penitentiary
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Hooper
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Bronx
Pen
Union Agent Faces Arson Charge In New York
David Robertson 41, business agent for Loc 3 AFL IBEW, accused after an establishment refused to hire union members and allegedly set arson against the union business agent. Also notes a separate incident of mistaken poisoning in Amherst suburb with mislabeling and unsafe substances found nearby.
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APL
Chargen Agaist
David Robertson
Loco 3
AFL
International Brotherhood of Electricians
Pamunkey Tribe Fails Deer Hit for Governor Dinner
In Richmond Virginia tribal chief T D Cook presented only geese to the governor for Christmas dinner as the Pamunkey Indians could not hit a deer this year. The report notes the traditional debt of geese was not met with a deer.
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Virginia
T. D. Cook
Court clears ex Vichyite and Adler joins union
Paris report outlines postwar actions as ex Vichy officials face extension of measures. Larry Adler is cited in Chicago events related to Easter, with first verdicts noting not guilty. Mention of Marcel Bernard Peyrouton and others, plus a Musicians Federation link and Petrillo. Marshall’s gradual kidney operation recovery is reported in Washington. Mrs Marshall anticipates continued convalescence as divorce actions pause during holidays.
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Smmy Petrillo
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Washington
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News of
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Ahall
Hamilton
Nine
Airlift Christmas Plans and Vatican Broadcasts Across World
Berlin airlift schedule continues despite fog and holidays with round the clock flights to the blockaded city. Pope Pius XII will broadcast his Christmas message in Italian with repeats in 30 languages including English, French, Spanish and German. News items mention Gypsy Rose Let-La Martinique duel talk, Maria Montez in Navarro, and Gerry Davis extending France visa. 460,000 British railway workers threaten a strike for 2.50 more weekly amid government rejection. Vegetarian Shaw to eat chicken at Christmas. missing freighter Hatch reported near Canton. Moscow orders cessation of school age youth activities to protect studies.
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England
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Navarro
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Hollywood
Witte
Nixon Clears Dead Man in Spy Inquiry
New York report notes Rep. Nixon said recent developments cleared Lawrence Dignan in the espionage case. Autopsy found no evidence of criminality in Dugan’s fatal 16 story fall. Police continue the probe under Mayor O’Dwyer as Alger Hiss perjury trial date shifts to Feb 24. Sayre questioned by grand jury. confidential papers theft suspected.
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Ie House UnsAmerican Activities Committee
Lawrence Dignan
Richard M. Nixon
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State Department
New York City
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Manhattan
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William O'Dwyer
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
House Committee
Francis B. Sayre
Hiss
Sayre
Nixon
Chambers
One Man's Opinion by Walter Kiernan
Walter Kiernan comments on radio and television expansions and the idea of a baritone presidency. He mocks political expectations, notes a California court ruling demanding silence, and observes mysteries of wartime secrecy. A missing plane from Greece is reported as found wrecked in the Peloponnesus with 24 aboard.
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Santa Clare
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Greece
Persodd
Palestine
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Peyrouton On Trial For Vichy Ties And Arrests
The article recounts Peyrouton’s wartime roles from 1940 to 1942 as general secretary of police interior minister and Vichy ambassador to Argentina. During a three day trial witnesses including General Weygand testified for him as the jury deliberated.
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Hollywood and sports notes from a breezy era
A garbled Las Vegas style column mentions Earl’s Pearls and Suspicions about New York types. It notes Brigitte Care signing MGM and leaving for Hollywood, Bridget Care and Jackie Cooper holidays, Kathryn Grayson meeting husband Johnny Johnston in March, and Marmia Lee’s lineage at the Hotel New Yorker. It also references Don Tannon sailing a 14 day Caribbean cruise, a Copa show, and Georgia Tech versus Georgia basketball with Confederate sugar waving.
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Ted Lewis
Moviex
Don Tannon
Nlewn
Asterdam
Copa
Bridget Care
MGM
Hollywood
Jackie Cooper
Kathryn Grayson
Johnny Johnston
London
Palladium
Michael O'Shea
neVera
Suga
Georgia
Gooria Tech
Marmia Lee
Inney
New Yorker
Biway
Anya Don da Lee
Deaths: Maj. Gen. Johnson Hagood retires in 1984
Obituary brief notes the death of Maj. Gen. Johnson Hagood aged 18, a U S Army veteran who retired after a congressionally tied dispute over removal by President Roosevelt from command of the Eighth Corps Area based in San Antonio Texas. Also named are Godfrey Sykhs 87 Tucson Ariz and Fred Leadbetter 78 in Los Angeles as notable figures.
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Eighth Corps
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Tex
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Tucson
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Fred Leadbetter
Oregon Lumber and
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