Socialite scenes and Hollywood buzz in New York
Gossip recounts Margaret Truman’s broadcast reception with socialites and photographers, notes on Lauritz Melchior’s witty quip about kissing women to save water, plus rumors of Clark Gable eloping with Lady Stanley and other A list chatter. It mentions Ralph Bellamy’s charity gift and a gift of Steuben glass to his bride, and ends with a quip about Earl Wilson.
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Melchior
Miss ‘Truman
New York
Pat. Williams
Ken
Murray
M-G-M
Hollywood
Louis B. Mayer
Marie Wilson
Our
Academy
Jimmy Durante
Jimmy
Lou Clayton
Clayton
Ralph Bellamy
Horace McMahon
Madge
Bellamy
McMahon
Entertainment Gossip From Grand Central and Broadway Buzz
A flurry of high society and show business items: John Talbot says goodbye to Denise Darcela as she heads West to plug Battleground. Dick Cowell and Lina Romay among guests at Armando's before coastbound plans with Huntington Hartford. Prolific social notes include Doris Duke ex-husband Rubirosa buying a Paris painting for 400 dollars, a Broadway club sale expected, and Mary Rogers aiding Travelers' Aid at Grand Central.
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John Talbot
Denise ‘Darcela
Grand Central
Mid- West
Standard Oil
Dick Cowell
Lina
Romay
Armando
Huntington Hartford
Profirbio Rubirosa
Doris Duke
Katherin Dunham
Paris
Truman Says U S Opposed to Aggression Worldwide
President Truman instructs Ambassador George W. Allen to tell Yugoslavia’s Tito that the United States opposes aggression against any nation. Allen will depart for Belgrade December 28 as Tito faces continued Soviet pressure. officials avoid commenting on Formosa policy.
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Washington
President Truman
Marshall Tito
United States
Truman
George W. Allen
Yugoslavia
Tito
Allen
Belgrade
Moscow
United“States
Trumah
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
One Man's Opinion on Christmas and Church Attendance
Walter Kiernan observes Christmas season commerce and asks how churches will fare. He notes many people know Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer more than Adeste Fideles and quips that Christmas is a winner take all contest. He ends with a wish for a joyous Christmas and plans to begin shopping.
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Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Adeste Fideles
Soap Operas Defined by Sponsors in Radio History
In early radio broadcasting the term soap opera arose from daytime dramas sponsored by soap companies. The label survives as a description of serialized melodramas aimed at homemakers.
Bear injures man in hit and run incident
Al Moses reported being struck in the jaw by a bear while lighting a cigarette. He fell, then saw a black bear lumber into the nearby woods. His jaw was broken in the attack.
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Meredith,n
Hitmun Bear
al Moses
UN Peeper Faces Sentence Jan 12
Nelson J Waterbury a 31 year old toothbrush maker was convicted on two disorderly counts and faces sentencing January 12 Bail of 1000 was continued yesterday The United Nations workplace nuisance involved two female employees who alleged he peeped into their apartments in Parkway Village Waterbury denied the charges saying he searched the area to find a woman named Renee and claimed the case related to a stolen Babe Ruth ring from the star's widow He was arrested December 11
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New York
Nelson
J. Waterbury
United Nations
Waterbury
Parkway Village
U.N
Renee
Babe Ruth
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Wilson
of the
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Margaret Truman
Lauritz Melchior
Miss Truman
Clark
Gable
Lady
Stanley
Woolie Donahue
Bob Sweeney
Playboy
Herbie Klotz
Klotz
London
Arch Oboler
Nickey
Edna
Margaret
Eleanor’ Roosevelt
Eliott
Photogs
Outlaw
Boston
RKO
Jane Russell
Joey Adams
Yvonne Adair
Chin Lee
N.Y
Village Inn
Alban Conway
Bennet Cerf
Lisa
Kate
Kirk Matta Gal
cArchié
Gardner
Scott
John
Steinbeck
Elaine Scott
Angel
Zachary Scott
Edith Piaf
the Versailles
Orrin Lehman
Illona-Masgey
Luckenbach-Yvonne
de Cario
el ‘Borracho
Yvonne
Catterina
Walter Kiernan
Pierce Epicure Products
Onondaga Delicatessen
W. Onondaga St. Free
W. Onondaga ST
Brox’s
Liquor Store World’s Finest
Kinsey
Bel-Air Port
Bel-Air
Cross & Blackwell
Eggnog
Frank Schoonmaker
Widmer and Taylor Wines
Onondaga St
S. West
Calvert
Calvert Distillers Corp
New York City
Rip Murray
Onondaga
Ronson
Aim
A. Jonquil
Heather
Hamilton
Elsin Wratches
oCrd
Lady’s Watch
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