Christmas in Nyack: MacArthur's Santa Claus Tale
The piece portrays Charles Dick ens style whimsy with Charlie MacArthur known as Santa Claus. Helen Hayes laments missed gifts for Jamie while the tale unfolds of a bar soaked by friends. Boxes from Dave and Lou Marx bring electric trains and toy guns as Jamie becomes Santa to neighbors. The story ends with a nod to luck and the old gift horse in mock Christmas humor.
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Earl Wilson
Charles
Santa Claus) MacArthur
MacArthur
Nyack
Helen Hayes
Dave
Lou Marx
Jamie
Santa
Helen
Charlie Santa Claus MacArthur
Aix
Santa Claus
Hollywood and nightlife stars on tour and stage
Lana Turner awaits her baby daughter and an ermine outfit as she enters the scene. Kay Thompson headlines at Copacabana from July 15 to September 1. Hal Block returns to comics while Mickey Rooney sings at Raleigh Room. Lynn Merrick negotiates a show takeover, Jeanette MacDonald and Gene Raymond eye a Binay show, and camera crews crash hotel parties. George Jessel remains a Carnival draw as Victoria Baretto headlines El Chico flamenco. Bert Lahr mocks wealth in TODAY'S SMILE. Albert Einstein jokes about retirement.
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Lana Turner
Munk
Kay Thompson
Hal Block
Mickey Rooney
Page-Cavanaugh
Raleigh
Lynn Merrick
Adrienne Ames
Jeanette MacDonald
Gene Raymond
Our
Jerry Rosen
Petg
Dean
Jagger
George Jessel
Nicky Blair
Victoria Baretlo
el Chico
Explosion at Du Pont plant rocks nitrocellulose unit
Multiple bulletins report an explosion at the Du Pont Company's nitrocellulose and sporting powder plant at Carney's Point Delaware River area. Two men were injured. The blast occurred in an isolated section of the facility and prompted initial investigations by company officials and local authorities.
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du Pont Company
Wilmington
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Carney’s Point
Delaware River
Fordham Seismograph Records Mild New York Quake
Fordham University seismologist Rev Joseph J Lynch says the seismograph logged a mild earthquake last night. The event occurred about 2 400 miles from New York City in an undetermined direction.
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Fordham New York
INS
Joseph J. Lynch
Fordham University
Fordham
New York City
New York Farm Groups To Present 1948 Program To Dewey
The New York State Conference Board of Farm Organizations will present its 1948 legislative program to Governor Dewey today, after he urged submission before his annual message to the Legislature opening Jan. 7 in Albany. In Albany, State Trooper Roman J. Laurence, dismissed in September for irregularities, was reinstated following an Appellate Division ruling and will return to active duty with the State Police Benevolent Association at Troop B, Batavia.
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Albany
New York State Conference Board of Farm Organizations
Dewey
Roman J. Laurence
Niagara Falls
Laurence
Asso‘ciation
Batavia
Brazil to study liquidation of frozen assets in 1948
Brazil plans to send a commission to England early in 1948 to study the immediate liquidation of frozen Brazilian funds totaling about 300 million dollars. Philippe de Gaulle, son of Gen. Charles de Gaulle, marries Henrietta de Montalemberg in Paris in a religious ceremony following a civil ceremony earlier. British warships reportedly traced two large vessels carrying about 12,000 unauthorized Jewish immigrants to the Holy Land. Two Spanish Communist leaders, Agustin Zorca and Lucas Nunez Boa, are executed for acts harmful to the Madrid government. Romanian King Michael reportedly blocked from marrying Princess Anne de Bourbon-Patma. denial published by private secretary. France authorized to sign interim aid agreement under U S Marshall Plan for European reconstruction.
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Rio DE Janeiro
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England
Paris
Philippe de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
Henrietta de Montalemberg
Athens
Holy Land
Black Sea
Burgas
Madrid
Agustin Zorca
Lucas Nunez Boa
Michael
Anne Dé Bourbon-Patma
Georges Bidault
France
U. S
Missing Stamford girl not Paula, taken into custody
Charleston police hold a brown eyed blond girl suspected briefly as Paula Welden. Authorities inform Stamford's Archibald Welden the girl is not his missing daughter from Bennington College Vermont. The case prompts vagrancy charges as the investigation continues.
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Charleston, S. C
INS
Stamford, Conn
Charleston
Archibald Welden
Stamford
Paula
Benmington College
Vermont
Record Firms To Continue Despite Ban
New York officials say transcription firms will keep producing radio scripts and programs despite James C. Petrillo’s ban on instrumental recordings. The ban affects only instrumental music, leaving ample scope for vocal work and existing recordings to substitute. WOR studios chief Henry Lockwood notes radio-station transcription business largely unchanged. A World Broadcasting System official adds substitutions may be made by agencies or producers, with dubbed-in music from existing recordings.
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New York
James C. Petrillo
A. F. L.musicians Union
Petrilio
Henry Lockwood
WOR Recording Studios
24 Survivors Of Ship Kina Land In Manila
Twenty four bedraggled Kina survivors arrive in Manila after the Christmas Day typhoon. A young American couple, Lyn Hall and Mrs Hall, also among the victims, are flown for medical checks then rest. The Halls, with a lumber concession in Northern Samar, were picked up by the tug Runner after their landing barge sank during a 20 foot tidal wave.
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Manila
Kina
Lyn Hall
Newton
Mass
Hall
Corvallis
Ore
Luzon Stevedoring Co
Samar
Ihad
Malaga
Deaths: Sir Eric Hambro Walter Jaekel Ralston Goss Alfred North Whitehead
Obituaries list five notable deaths: Sir Eric Hambro of London aged 75, former C. J. Hambro and Son partner and MP. Walter F. Jaekel, 66, retired fur merchant in Santa Monica. Ralston R. Goss, 71, Santa Monica Outlook editorial writer and former Detroit St Paul Milwaukee Indianapolis newspaperman. Alfred North Whitehead, 86, Harvard philosophy emeritus professor in Cambridge Massachusetts.
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C. J. Hambro and Son
London
Walter F. Jaeckel
Santa Monica, Calif
Ralston R. Goss
Santa
Monica
Detroit
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Santa Monica
Calif
Alfred North Whitehead
Harvard University
Cambridge, Mass
One Man's Opinion by Walter Kiernan in Times Square
Manhattan sketches as Vermont skiers flood Times Square for the season. A winter sports bureau is planned in Switzerland but the mayor's outburst to his chauffeur provokes amusement. The piece jokes about New Year's Eve, a 500 person occupancy sign, a drift toward inflation, and President Truman with astrologers.
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Switzerland
Fire Department
Spreckels to sue over late father's sugar fortune
Adolph B. Spreckels Jr plans to sue his mother and other family members alleging mishandling of his late father's 19 million dollar sugar fortune, according to his attorney.
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San Francisco
Adolph B. Spreckels, Jr
UN Council Winds Up Year With Last Meeting
The United Nations Security Council met in Lake Success for its final session of the year to address the Tdonssian question. It marked the last appearance of nonpermanent members Australia, Poland and Brazil, whose two year terms expire. Replacements for 1948 will be Argentina Canada and the Ukraine. Argentina announced Dr Jose Arce as its chief delegate to the council. Canada and the Ukraine had not named their delegates yet.
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Lake Success
United Nations
Australia
Poland
Brazil
Argentina
Canada
Ukraine
Jose" Arce
Council
Jap Holiday Halts Unloading of Ship
In Yokohama the Army transport Eltinge arrived today but unloading of cargo has been put off for three days to observe the Japanese New Year holiday. The Eltinge is scheduled to sail for Seattle on January 5 or 6.
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Yokohama
Army
Eltinge
Seattle
Reader's Digest
Paul de Kruif
Yeggs Fail to Crack Magnolia Safe at Jammed Shut
In Einid Oklahoma, bandits tried to open a Magnolia Petroleum Co safe over the weekend. They jammed the safe shut and missed a double reward offered by the company for anyone who could open it, totaling 12 dollars.
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Einid
Okla
Yeggs
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Aso
Sine Bandits Burn 3 Railroad Cars
Cantonbound express train 26 miles from the British border is burned by bandits during an attempted robbery. One car burned and two minor fires set in others injuring two passengers who leaped off the train. No arrests reported.
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Hong. Kong
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