Sonja Henie Hosts Mega Hollywood Party Costs Millions Yet Ends Quiet
Earl Wilson recalls Sonja Henie’s Hollywood party for about 350 guests that stretched from 8 PM to 5 AM and reportedly cost 15 000 to 20 000. The fête featured trees instead of flowers, floating clouds, a tent over the tennis court, and a swimming pool swan herd. A-list attendees included Ingrid Bergman Loretta Young Judy Garland and Clark Gable. The night mixed humor and gossip as stars enjoyed champagne and celebrity banter without any drunken excess.
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Hollywood
Sonja Henie
Sonja
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Atwater Kent
Henie
Sunset Blvd
Bhoagy Carmichael
Ingrid Bergman
Jennifer Jones
Judy Garland
Loretta Young
Betty Hutton
Esther Williams
Joe Pasternack
Clark Gable
Anita Colby
Connie Moore
Danny Kaye
Jack Warner
Danny Thomas
Kay Williams Spreckels
Darryl Zanuck
Howard Hughes orders taxi tests resumed for giant flying boat
Hollywood gossip notes Howard Hughes moves to restart taxi tests for his giant flying boat while planning its future use. Paul Lukas accepts lead in Time for Elizabeth opening in San Francisco August 1. Various society items include Janet Thors, Vera Shea, Miss America 1944 Jean Bartels, and Frank Sinatra in The Kissing Bandit.
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Howard Hughes
Hughes
RKO
Paul Lukas
Groucho Marx
Vera Shea
Jean Bartels
New York
Frank Sinatra
Harry Truman
Man Killed in Hotel Plunge With Rope About Neck
Alfred L. Lane aged 65 died after leaping or falling from a seven story window at the Hotel Campbell in Poughkeepsie. A rope was found around his neck and police think the rope snapped during an attempted hanging. The manager said Lane had lived in the hotel long time.
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INS
Alfred L. Lane
Campbell
Lane
Deaths of notable figures announced in brief notice
L G Lubreoch t 86 founder and former publisher of the Hazleton Daily Standard in Hazleton Pennsylvania dies. Dr Oscar Edward Meinzer 71 president of the American Geophysical Union and international geologist dies in Washington. John Mills 68 of Pasadena is listed.
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Hazleton Standard-Sentinel
Hazleton, Pa
Oscar Edward Meinzer
American Geophysical Union
Washington
Texan freed on bond after judge denounces him
Louis B. Conley of Amarillo was released on 2500 bond in Amarillo while under Massachusetts assault and kidnaping charges. A Brockton judge called him “a typical Southern wife beater” in remarks quoted by the Brockton Enterprise Times, prompting Texas residents to seek his release.
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Amarillo
Tex
Louis B. Conley
Massachusetts
Harry K. Stone
Brockton
Mass
Conley
Lynette
The
Brockton Enterprise Times
Test Plane Held Success At Bowling Green
An Army push-button plane has been making daily flights between Wilmington, Delaware, and Washington, D. C., since August 1, 1946, Maj. Gen. Frank O. Carroll said last night. General Carroll, director of research and development of the Air Material Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, spoke at the Ohio Aviation Clinic.
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Wilmington
Washington, D. C
Frank O. Carroll
General Carroll
Air Material Command
Wright- Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio Aviation Clinic
Potterger Sentenced for Puppy Love Slaying of 15-Year-Old girlfriend
Lancaster Pennsylvania Wilfred L Potterger 16 receives six to twelve year term for second degree murder in the slaying of Phoebe Artz 15 on a Denver street last May after a jury of seven men and five women deliberated one hour and 15 minutes.
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Wilfred L. Potterger
Phoebe Artz
Denver
Global Tensions and Labor Strikes Across World
Greek air force attacks guerrilla fortifications in the Grammos range as part of a planned offensive targeting Aeromilitia. Belgian steel workers strike for pay rises, shutting major auto plants in Antwerp. UAW at Ryan Aeronautical, wage talks fail. Evangelical and Reformed Church approves merger with Congregational Christian Churches after years of discussion. Emperor Hirohito contends with inflation using private funds and government aid. Dutch government rejects a UN Good Offices compromise on Indonesia.
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Grammos
Aeromilitia
Tokyo
Hirohito
Japan
One Mans Opinion by Walter Kiernan in Philadelphia
The first Republican candidates arrive in Philadelphia, worn but presentable, with five minute platform slots set at three stations. Philadelphia expects large crowds despite limited convention seats, and Kiernan predicts multiple ballots with trading and withdrawals leading to a Philadelphia letter carrier nomination on the fifth ballot.
Inventor and author connected to Bell Labs in New York
A reference notes an inventor and author who served as director of publications at Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York City and had ties to Rochester.
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Bell Telephone Laboratories
New York City
Rochester
Peru Cabinet Resigns Amid Political Differences
Lima reports say the Peruvian cabinet led by Rear Admiral Roque Saldias has resigned citing policy disputes with President Jose Luis Bustamante Rivero. No official statement has been issued.
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Lima
Peru
Roque Saldias
Jose Luis Bustamente Rivero
Atom Plan Veto By Russia Looms
LAKE SUCCESS A Soviet veto on majority-approved plans for world atomic control appeared probable today in the Security Council. Andrei A Gromyko as Soviet delegate is expected to exercise the veto if the council votes on an American proposal.
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Lake Success
Security Council
Andrei A. Gromyko
Douglas Gives Up Bicycle Rides in London
Ambassador W. Lewis Douglas stopped his week old routine of half mile bicycle trips from home to office in London due to Mrs. Douglas’s concern about traffic danger on the left side of the street.
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Douglas
London
U. 8
W. Lewis Douglas
Metered Parking Lots Proposed by Ithaca Mayor
New York UP reports Mayor Bert T. Baker of Ithaca proposed metered parking lots as a practical solution to parking problems in upstate cities. He advanced the plan at the 39th annual State Conference of Mayors meeting.
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LLP
William O'Dwyer
State Conference of Mayors
O'Dwyer
Upstate
Bert T. Baker
Ithaca
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