Broadway Comeback Rumors Stir as Milton Berle Marries Joyce
Earl Wilson reports on a rumored Broadway revival linked to Milton Berle who plans a June 35 wedding to Joyce Matthews. Their adopted daughter Vicky may attend. Berle eyes film stardom with Always Leave Em Laughing. Wald teases a controversial story about Berle grabbing others' material.
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Broadway
Aly Khan
Princess Pita
Milton Berle
Joyce Smatthews
Vicky
Vick
California
Jessie
Berle
Wilson family’s Law Day promotion teased by Syracuse jeweler
Jerome Martin Wilson of Wilson’s Leading Jewelers in Syracuse claims his firm has long promoted an annual Father and Law Day. He sends a full page ad to prove the effort, noting several Wilsons behind the clever idea and poking light fun at rivals.
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Wilson
Jerome Martin Wilson
Syracuse
Wilsons
Celebrity Night at Leon and Eddie's draws famous crowd
A ten thousand dollar one night event at Leon and Eddie's featured Berle and guests like Fanny Ward. Berle, unshaken by the tribute, quipped about Lincoln and Washington while Ward boasted of aging bravely. The party was lively with toasts, jokes, and reminiscences from a star studded crowd.
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Eddie Davis
Leon & Eddie's
Berle
Roosevelt
Eddie
Pacific
Fanny Ward
Fanny
Lincoln
Midnight Earl attends Latin Quarter show in New Orleans
Gov Earl Long and Sen Russell Long with their wives cheer Mel Torme Don Tannen act in the Latin Quarter. Leo Durocher and Laraine Day mingle at the party while Margaret Truman watches Sway Bind office. Mrs Stanley Garfinckel wears a pearl hat as Nona McDonald boosts the New York ice show.
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Earl Long
Russell Long
New Orleans
Latin Quarter
Mel Torme
Don Tannen
Candy Toxon
Torme
B. W
Leo Durocher
Laraine Day
Sway
Margaret Truman
Stanley Garfinckel
Nona McDonald
N’xorker
Are You Happily Snarried Or Is Your Wife Studying Art
A humorous exchange cites Marilyn Maxwell at the Capitol asking if couples are content with traditional roles. A roadside dig from a Col lier's article titled The 23 Men Who Rule the World is noted, with Joe, a men’s room attendant at Toots Shor’s, reacting that Mr Sho’s picture is missing.
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Marilyn Maxwell
Capitol
Collier’s
Joe
Toots Shor’s
Spurned Suitor Kills Self After Woman Refusal
Bernard Du Gex, 28, shot his 20 year old sweetheart Elaine Shearer after she told him to stop. He wounded her mother and killed himself at 1 50 AM. Shearer had recently brought him to court on harassment charges and warned of jail if he troubled her again.
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New York
Bernard du Gex
Elaine Shearer
Dudek
Lone Bomber Threat Raises Alarm From Adm Ramsey
Adm Dewitt C Ramsey warns a single enemy bomber could raid American soil citing a recent Air Force B 36 flight over Hawaii that went undetected until return. He leads the Aircraft Industries Association and says detection methods must adapt to lone attackers.
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Ramsey
Washington Cap
Dewitt C. Ramsey
Aircraft, Industries Association
Air Force
Hawaiian
Quaker College student convicted in draft dodging case
Catarles Frantz 23 declined a peacetime draft registration and was convicted of draft dodging at a Quaker college in Indianapolis. Judge Baltzell offered dismissal if he registered. Frantz refused, citing conscience. In Pennsylvania, Carnegie Institute unveils a $1.5 million cyclotron atom smasher in Saxonburg near Pittsburgh.
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Catarles Frantz
Robert Baltzell
Rocky Ford
Colo
Frantz
Saxonburg
Pennsylvania
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Nuclear Research Center
Pittsburgh
Russia accused of breaking blockade agreement in BBC broadcast
The BBC charged Russia with violating a blockade lifting accord. Soviet jamming disrupted the transmission. The report notes Russian-language broadcasts claimed Russia guilty of gross violations and failure to honor obligations.
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Russia
London
BBC
Notable Deaths and Public Figures in Brief
Deaths include David Balaban 53 founder of Bala Dan and Katz theater chain in Chicago. Anne R Smith 68 helped establish Alcoholics Anonymous in Akron with her husband Dr R H Smith. James F. Hal Donarey 74 cartoonist featured in the Plain Dealer for 49 years in Cleveland. Sterling Pierson 46 VP and general counsel for Equitable Life in Wilton Connecticut. Dr Sterling Ruffin $2.
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David Balaban
Bala Dan
Katz
Chicago
Anne R. Smith
R. H.smith
Alcoholics Anonymous Organization
Akron
James FW
Hal” Donarey
the Plain Dealer
Cleveland
Sterling Pierson
Equitable Life Assurance Company of the
United States
Wilton, Conn
Rita and Aly Attend Races at Epsom Downs
Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan arrived from France to view the Oaks at Epsom Downs where a favored Musidora led. The couple, newlyweds, plan a West Coast US racing stable while Aly has already gifted a two year old named Skylarking from Paris. They landed at Croydon Airport and prepared for Oaks morning attire.
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Epsom Downs
England
Paris
Croydon
One Man's Opinion on Miss Glamor Back of 1949
Walter Kiernan muses on Paulette Goddard winning Miss Glamor Back of 1949 and notes chiropractors praise her spine while contrasting with Jane Russell Esther Williams and a critical jab at John Lewis. He cites 96 Europe Asia Africa plans and 32 for handling Lewis over 17 years, none successful.
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Paulette Goddard
Miss Goddard
Europe
Asia
Africa
Lewis
Bunche Says Jim Crow Affects Washington Life
Dr Ralph J Bunche acknowledged his race saying I am a Negro when asked about reports that segregation in Washington influences his refusal of a State Department post last week. As senior director of the United Nations Trusteeship Council he noted Jim Crow is present in Washington but no Negro finds it congenial.
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New York
Ralph‘ J. Bunche
Washington, D. C
State Department
Bunche
United Nations” Trusteeship Council
Washington
Shanghai food prices fall after Communist takeover
Prices in Shanghai show rice and meat dropping sharply. Rice fell from 15 dollars for 175 pounds to 8 dollars. Meat dropped from one dollar per pound to three pounds for one dollar.
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Shanghai
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