ENTERTAINMENT GOSSIP AND JOKES FROM BROADWAY AND HOLLYWOOD
A collage of light anecdotes and celebrity chatter features Toscanini hearsay on a train, Abe Burrows dining with Groucho Marx, Tallulah Bankhead in Private Lives in Brooklyn, and quips from Herb Shriners TV jokes. Plus notes on Gloria Swanson, Ruby Keeler, Eddie Duchin, Hedda Hopper, and other shows and personalities.
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Flatbush
Brooklyn
Tallulah Bankhead
Bankhead
Tallulah
Passaic
N. J
Gloria Swanson
Rome
MGM
Hal
Tunis
Ethel Thorsen
Sid White
Montgomery Clift
Kevin McCarthy
Katherine Dunham
Quick
Aly Khan
Rita
la Durham
Hedda Hopper
E. W
Hedda
Eddy Duchin
a_ hospital
Frank Sinatra
Chicago
Way to Relieve Itchy Pimples With Peterson Ointment
Advertisement claims a 40c box of Petersons Ointment eases itch and irritation from pimples and blemishes. It promises prompt relief, improved skin appearance, and a money back guarantee if not delighted.
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Peterson
Israel Baum
Roosevelt Road
Chicago
Ill
Kellogg's
Kellogg’s
Battle Creek
Mich
Dewey Laudits School Safety Patrols in Proclaiming Patrol Week
Governor Dewey praised school safety patrols for protecting pupils and guiding them at crossings. He proclaimed May 8–13 as School Safety Patrol Week in New York State. He cited a 75 percent drop in traffic deaths of ages 3 to 14 over 24 years, despite registrations rising over 100 percent, crediting patrols for the progress.
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Albany
Farm Price Index Falls to Five-Year Low in April
The index of prices received by farmers for April was 211, the lowest in five years, down from 219 in April 1948 and 233 in April 1949, based on 1910-14 prices as 100. Agricultural costs for purchased items did not drop as sharply, with dairy farming costs at 293 in March compared with 306 in 1949 and 320 in 1948.
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Albany
State Agriculture Department
Agriculture Department
Texas Sends A Republican To Congress
In Pampa Texas Republican Ben H Guill won a special election to fill the late Rep Gene Worley’s seat. He secured 22 percent of the 35 847 votes amid a crowded field, claiming the outcome could spark a two party system in Texas. He plans to run for a full term in November despite a tough challenge from a Democrat.
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Pampa
Tex
Congress
Ben H. Guill
Panhandle
Guill
G.O.P
Gene Worley
Worley
Texas
Baptist Women Convene Chicago For 62d Missionary Union
About 6000 Baptist women arrived in Chicago for the 62nd annual meeting of the Woman's Missionary Union. A spokesman said the convention would draw one of the largest delegate groups in the union's history.
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Chicago
Woman’s Missionary Union
Boy 9 Kills Father On Command in Atlanta
Detectives report a nine year old boy killed his father, McNeal Childs, 43, with a 12 gauge shotgun. The boy fired when the father held the weapon to his chest after summoning him home. No charges were filed.
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Atlanta
J. E. Helms
W. M. Holland
McNeal Childs
Childs
Ex Ruler Reza Shah Buried After Seven Years
In Tehran the body of Reza Shah Pahlavi was returned from exile and buried with Moslem rites. A 101 gun salute at the capital marked the funeral as Shah Mohammed Reza wept beside the coffin while about 200000 mourners gathered under light rain for the services. Reza Shah died in 1943 in South Africa.
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Tehran
Iran
Reza Shah Pahlavi
Mohammed Reza
Reza
South Africa
Chamber Sets Barriers for Business Growth
The Chamber of Commerce urged government action to foster a favorable climate for investment and job creation. In its Invest ment for Jobs handbook the group warned that 600,000 Americans join the labor force yearly, and by 1970 industry must create about 50,000 new jobs monthly and 11,500 weekly, to reach full employment. It cited militant unions and government cost factors as impediments, urging dynamic, progressive business investment.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber J
Governoee
Government intervention threatens private business operations
The text outlines four points about government impact on firms. It claims excessive regulation and directives burden the business, government subsidies to competitors or direct operation, a threat to enter the business, and the government taking too much income from Lares. This portrays a critique of government interference and financial extraction from the firm.
Treasure Ship Found Off Tobermory in Scotland
Royal Navy divers claim to have found a 26th century Spanish galleon in Tobermory harbor. The hull allegedly holds gold coin valued around 68 million dollars, with legends saying the Duque Florencia sank in 1588 carrying 30 million gold ducats. Divers retrieved two silver medallions from the mud after weeks of digging.
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Tobermory
Scotland
Royal Navy
Britain
Bobbies Disperse Marching Reds in London Clash
Sixty nine persons were arrested as police clashed with demonstrators in London. Demonstrators carried pro Communist banners and sang the Red Flag while marching from Trafalgar Square toward Oxford Street. Mounted police rode into crowds snarling traffic.
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London
Trafalgar’ Square
Oxford St
Fast eeth denture powder advertisement
An advertisement promotes FASTEETH a denture powder that tightens upper and lower plates for comfort. It claims to reduce gum irritation and odor without sour taste and can be purchased at drug stores.
Demonstrators Defy Home Office Ban With Peace Banners
The Trades Council held a protest despite a year-old home office ban on political demonstrations. Banners proclaimed We want peace stop the American war mongers and Stop the war in Malaya, signaling opposition to foreign action.
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Trades Council
Home Office
Malaya
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Earl Wilson
America
Arturo Toscaninys
Atlantic City
Fred Allen
Toscanini
Abe Burrows
Groucho Marx
Groucho
Herb Shriner
PAN
Michael Arlen
Jimmy Doolittle
Maxter Cugat
Abbe Lane
Cugat
B'way
Showgal
Taffy Tuttle
Taffy
Anthony J. Pettito
Betty Hutton
Herb Stein
Mimi Benzell
O'Dwyer
N. Y
Earl
Edward M. Carson
University of Edinburgh
New York City
U. S. State Department
Dewey
Baptist
Weather Report
Boy
Dad
Southland
Carefree
Southland Oil CO
E. Fayette ST
Corrie
Edwards “Appliances
Hoovers
Hoover
Hoover Engineers
Edwards Appliances
Bobbies
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