Rome to Real Rome on Quo Vadis Set
The piece covers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s 7 million production of Quo Vadis filming on the Appian Way with 3800 extras. It notes plastic armor, chewing gum as a gag, and a Coca-Cola stand beside the ruins while producer Mervyn LeRoy and Eddie Mannix supervise the Hollywood scene in Rome.
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Robert Taylor
Nebraska
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Eddie Mannix
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Interior to supervise oil industry in national emergency
The Interior Department resumes nationwide resource surveys and will again run the oil industry during any national emergency, a plan disclosed by National Security Resources Board chairman Stuart Symington. This mirrors World War II when Interior’s Petroleum Administration for War handled oil.
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Agreement Reached On Payroll Tax Rise In Lands
Debated measure approves gradual increases in payroll tax with 1 to 3 percent rates by 1970 and a 2 percent in 1954, while a related plan sets tax collection limits and future reviews. Separately, Germany asks Russia to return all non guilty prisoners. Berlin water system to reunite. Shaw celebrates birthday with new play. Lutheran property to return. British move explosive near memorial in Berlin. Monkeys stolen aboard freighter Menestheus. other brief items follow.
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Burglary Loot Lands in Beehive Driver Ignores 21 Traffic Tickets
Chicago police report a case involving Marcel Pinot failing stop sign rules and hiding tickets under a sun visor, with 21 other tickets found. The article also mentions Frederick Lewin Collins and Chester Thorpe, both aged 68, in unrelated biographical notes.
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Marcel Pinot
Rederick Lewin Collins
Woman's Tome Companion
McClure's
Boston
Pinal
Ancient rule revived to seize found wallet treasure
Police revived an old statute after Robert G. Thompson 22 was arrested for attempting to repeat a pace when he found S313 in a wallet. The case centers on the issue of ownership and whether two public officers can claim lost property found with a German songbook, triggering debate over historical legal recoveries.
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Ray Oover
F. Wilt
Thompsons
America
Sam Ofheers
Francis
Old-Age Fund Boost Bill Is Speeded Through Congress
Congressional leaders aimed to send a bill to President Truman to boost federal old age pensions. It would bring 16,000,000 workers into the retirement system, raise future pension rates about 100 percent, and increase payments to about 3,609,000 current beneficiaries by an average of 77 percent, effective October 1.
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Albany
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Store Up Sugar Price for Hoarders in Salamanca
A Salamanca grocery displays two sugar piles with different prices. regulars pay 97 cents per pound for five-pound sacks while hoarders face 16 cents a pound for larger 25 and 100-pound sacks.
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Koreans in Japan urged to damage US bases
North Korea’s radio broadcast directed at about 65 000 Koreans in Japan urges them to obstruct US supply lines to South Korea and to destroy American military bases. The message calls for immediate action and coordination with Japanese workers to aid the cause.
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Pyongyang
South Korea
Oklanoma City
Okla
Sai
Jamse
Sherman Brown
Haney
Ob Lhieves
Hitch-Hiker Gets Lift From Brass
1st Sgt. William Watford hitchhiked toward New Braunfels when a sedan with three stars halted him. He rode with Lt. Gen. Ernest O. Thompson, commander of the Texas National Guard, to meet his last 50 miles near Austin.
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New Braunfels
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Ernest O. Thompson
Austin
Watford
Thompson
Texas National Guard
Wedge hog and North Korean supply lines in WWII echo
A World War II era briefing notes renewed claims about an unusual weapon and North Korean supply efforts. It describes a wedge hog creature and its bites, then shifts to Allied air power striking North Korean supply lines while noting continued movement and resupply. It mentions guerrilla training and manpower shifts from Manchuria into Korean theaters.
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Italy
Manchuria
Korea
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