Hollywood mogul Kramer builds empire with borrowed typewriters
The article profiles Starliex Kramer the young Hollywood entrepreneur who started with no money and built a studio mob using borrowed and personal typewriters. It notes his rapid rise from a $90 weekly writer to leading a company that financed and released films like The Champion and Home of the Brave while pursuing big names and bold moves.
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Screen Plays, Inc
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Lola Albright
Fellahs
Kramer
20Th Century: Fox
DeWitt - Clinton
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Medley
Carl Foreman
Herbert Baker
Belle
Mark Robson
Richard Freischer
George Glass
O.p
Britain develops first high altitude jet bomber for atomic bomb
London report says Britain is developing a high altitude jet bomber designed to carry an atomic weapon. Officials from the Air Ministry and Ministry of Supply would not discuss the project, and details on whether the bomber would carry a British or American bomb were not disclosed.
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Britain
Air Ministry
Ministry of Supply
Fordham records four seismograph shocks in New York
Fordham University reported four earth shocks recorded at its seismograph station yesterday. Two events occurred last night around 7 31 PM and 7 37 PM, each estimated 2400 miles from New York in an undetermined direction.
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Fordham
Texan Discovers Neptune Moon. Shipyard Layoffs Planned
Reports from Cambridge Massachusetts state Dr. G. P. Kuiper of the McDonald Observatory at the University of Texas announced a possible discovery of another Neptune moon. In Lorain a 416 foot Canadian freighter Bayton tore a hole in its side as high winds drove it into a pier. In Washington the Navy plans layoff of 9,925 workers in 11 shipyards due to higher costs and reduced funds. Edgewater New Jersey Ford plant will close temporarily tomorrow for lack of parts.
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Neptune
Cambridge
Mass
G. P. Kuiper
McDonald Observatory
University of Texas
Lorain
Bayton
Cairo police raid moslem purge violence escalates
Cairo authorities led a mass government crackdown arresting hundreds as police and citizen volunteers raided more than 700 homes in the biggest Brotherhood operation yet. Other world items include a French distance flight record, Austria talks, Sardinia elections, and U.S. General Clay commuting a death sentence for a German boy.
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Cairo
INS
Brotherhood
Vienna unions hit by protest siege at headquarters
Communist demonstrators broke through a heavy fire line and besieged the Austrian Trade Union Federation headquarters over a proposed wage and price deal. In London the Big Four foreign ministers suspended talks on an Austrian independence treaty and plan to resume June 25 after Paris discussions on Germany. In Rome the Christian Democrats won 22 of 86 seats.
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Austria
Samuel Reber
United States
Council of Foreign Ministers
Paris
Vienna
Austrian
Trade Union Federation
Germany
Deaths of film era figures noted in several cities
Evan Christy 61 former character actor in westerns died in Burbank California. Mary Hannon Conley 73 cousin and foster mother of Archbishop J Francis A McIntyre died in Los Angeles. Arthur S White 89 studio manager for Thomas A Edison in West Orange New Jersey died in New York City. Emelia Power 72 widow of a Pittsburgh newspaper man noted in Chicago.
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Burbank
Calif
Mary Hannon Conley
J. Francis A. McIntyre
Los Angeles
Arthur S. White
Thomas A.edison
West Orange
N. J
New York City
Emelia Power
Pittsburgh
May
Chicago
Tammany Drops Protest To FDR Jr in Manhattan Race
In Manhattan's 20th District Tammany Hall dropped its objections to the Four Freedoms petitions backing Roosevelt Jr. for Congress. Roosevelt backers filed petitions with over 125 000 signatures. only 3900 were required. Kaplan announced Tammany would not pursue details today.
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CP — Frankin D. P
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West Side
Roasevelt
Four Freedoms
Tammany Hall
Tammany
Abraham Kaplan
Doxsee Faces Manslaughter Charge After Dartmouth Dorm Death
Thomas A. Doxsee 21 of Fayetteville was summoned to Grafton County Superior Court on manslaughter charges in the death of Dartmouth College classmate Raymond J. Cirrotta 21 of Linden N J. Five other students were to appear as material witnesses after the fatal March 22 dormitory beating. Cirrotta died in Mary Hitchcock Hospital after a brain operation following the scuffle over a sweater.
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N. H. Cup
Thomas A. Doxsee
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Grafton County Superior Court
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Doxsee
Doxsée
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March
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Roger Wolf
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Mary Hitchcock Hospital
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Fair Hiring Act Goes to Hearings
House hearings begin on a Federal Fair Employment Practices Act as part of President Truman's civil rights program. Adam Clayton Powell Jr., a Negro Democrat from New York City, presides over the labor subcommittee and lists ten members as first-day witnesses. Secretary Tobin is postponed to May 26. The subcommittee plans three weeks of hearings in the large House caucus room to handle anticipated crowds.
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Truman
Adam‘ Clayton Powell, Jr
New York City
FEPC
Powell
Labor
Tobin
Big House
Greater Voice By Laity Urged
The archdeacon of the Rochester Episcopal Diocese urged greater laity participation at the diocesan annual convention. The Venerable Charles B. Perseus Jr said healthy parishes show what can be accomplished when laity are given responsibility and initiative.
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Rochester Episcopal Diocese
Charles B. Perseus, Jr
Bishop Gilbert Plans 1950 Retirement in New York
The Rt Rev Charles K Gilbert bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of New York announced plans to retire in August 1950 upon reaching retirement age He asked the 167th convention of the diocese to appoint a bishop coadjutor to serve with him until he retires.
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Charles K. Gilbert
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
One Man's Opinion by Walter Kieranan
The column jokes about party name changes and slogans for Republicans. It notes Truman's labor bill struggle, and politics in Congress with a tongue in cheek view of guarantees only available in other lands.
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Walter Kieranan
Sisters Hide From Jewel Heist Fear In New Orleans
In New Orleans two aged sisters Miss Margaret Ueberschlag and Mrs. Ann Clark, crippled and blind, retreated for seven years after fearing theft of a $5,000 jewelry stash. Neighbors found them starving in a spotless cottage. police recovered $3,269 cash in pocketbooks and jewel boxes valued at $4,000 to $5,000 as a vegetable peddler supplied their food. They were hospitalized for injuries and illness, including Miss Ueberschlag's broken hip and Mrs. Clark's arthritis.
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Margaret Ueberschlag
Ann Clark
Charity Hospital
Doctor's Wife to Testify in Cedar Rapids Murder Trial
The Cedar Rapids murder case of Dr. Fovert C Butledse Sr. enters a second day of testimony as the defendant’s wife is set to speak about her alleged affair with the victim, Sidner. Prosecutors plan to call about sixty witnesses, including others who found the body in the hotel room. The defendant, Sidner, faces possible death penalty after arguments over Hartman’s fatal stabbing on December 14.
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Monroe County Grand Jury
Jean Careis Betenyi
Genesee River
Anthony Miceli
George P. Hetenyi
Amherst Episcopal Supply
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Fovert C Butledse
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Chicago Radio Firm Produces Tiny Portable Radio Phonograph
A Chicago radio company unveils a 12 ounce portable radio phonograph, the smallest and lightest of its kind. The unit is under a foot wide, just over a foot long, and seven inches high, yet it plays eight records.
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Chicago
Fine Blended Whiskey From Frankfort Distillers
A Frankfort Distillers Corp label in New York markets a fine blended whiskey at 905 proof with 60 percent neutral spirits.
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Frankfort Distillers Corp
N.Y
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