Harpo Still Hitching Up in Times Square
In New York, Harpo Marx performs his famed hitch up on a woman in Times Square. The scene is noted as part of his public persona with the Duke of Windsor once sharing the gesture. A merchant seaman named Haas was found dead earlier today, adding a somber note to the bustling incident.
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Harpo
New York
Francis J
Haas
Winder
Knickerbocker
NEW York CP
James J. O'Brien
City Public Works Department
O'Brien
Goodwillin
New York World Trade Week
Harpo and I Mirror Comic Antics and Stage Stumbles
The reminiscence recalls Harpo Marx in odd antics including one yellow wig and a moronic grin, a mute claim, backstage champagne, and a chaotic New Year Eve on stage. The tale covers actor John Garfield, the Moscow appearance, and a humorous incident with Ben Hecht during Love Happy production.
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Harpo Maen
Harpo
John Garfield
Roy Me Harpo
England
Moscow
Yalter
Barpo
Ben Becht
Hecht
Robbery and Assault Convict Receives 10 to 20 Years
Pvt. Robert L. Kurowski aged 19 from New Brunswick New Jersey was sentenced today to 10 to 20 years for beating and robbing an elderly motorist. He was convicted May 17 after a Cortland County Court trial with consecutive terms for armed and second degree robbery.
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Cortland P
Robert L. Kurowski
New Brunswick
N. J
Kurowski
Cortland County
Morse E. Ames
Man Attacked in Manhattan Doorway Across the Nation
Police report a man beaten in a Manhattan doorway with trauma to the back of the head. Patrolman Paul Lemekse found the victim as investigators begin inquiries into the assault.
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Manhattan State Doorway
Merks
Paul Lemekse
Emigration and curiosities dominate European headlines
In London Harpo performs a surreal comedy act with knives and marshmallows as props. In Germany the emigration of Jewish displaced persons accelerates, with 45,000 slated for move by year end. Budapest envoy to London is recalled over political tensions. A bridge collapse in Brazil injures one. In England a bishop prays for rain then rushes worshippers back indoors as a drought persists.
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Jene
Heidelberg
Germany
Harry Greenstein
Leo Lindy
Lake Placid
U. S
Wiler
Joe Ehrens
Ulster
Bop City
Hungary
Belfast
Northern Ireland
MGM
Elizabeth
Lanes Bros
Prince Philip
Alfred Drake
Kate
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Gertrude
Niesem
Annie Gergation
Eros
Vacal New Zealand
Lon
Communist Party
Ireland
Wisborough Green
Eng
Chichester
Arun
Thurch
Vaudeville notes and society items mixed with obits and theater gossip
A garbled blast of Hollywood and high society mentions Lenore Lemmon, John Garfield, Miss Bankhead, Frank Sinatra, Sally Rand, and Giuseppil Gi Stefano among others. It also lists ages and deaths of notable figures like Klaus Mann and Flora Miller, plus scattered items on theater, vaudeville, and social events with little coherent narrative.
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Lenore Lemmon
John Garfield i
Europe
Bankhead
Bucks County
Tallulah Tools, Inc
Vicki Cummings
Frank Sinatra
Hampshire House
Sally Rand
Johnny Desmonds
Giuseppil’ di Stefano
Maria Giro
Lami
Fox
Stone
Marion
Harris, Jr
Savoys Plaza
ASNE Probes Payroll Charges Among Newspaper Staff
The American Society of Newspaper Editors opened a war on payroll reports claiming 51 daily and weekly journalists were on state payrolls during 1943 to 1949. Board chair McKenna said the investigation, authorized in April, may take months, with details withheld until completion. Florida examples are cited by James A. Clendining as possible payroll recipients amid broader scrutiny.
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ASNE
Washington GP
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Dent Ben Mr. McKenna
ASME
Lomiders
Asn.e
Dingle
James A. Clendinin
State News
Jeador
Tampa Morning Tribune
Tado
Florida
Sweekly
Clendining
Inclinos
Vermont veteran jail test promised by Brattleboro lawyer
Brattleboro attorney Edward Shea promised to take steps in Rutland County Court to challenge jailings of three veterans under the colonial era close jail execution law. Ralph J. Fugate and two others face imprisonment for failing to pay civil judgments from auto accident cases. They claim inability to pay beyond $2,000 judgments, with background as a former airman and Navy veteran.
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Eutland
Vermont
Brattleboro
Bernard
Fair Hayes
Cman
Ederic L. Lapan
Clarhaide Ya Aver Moseideld
Montpelier
Fugatt
Air Force
Berlin
Been Imash
Smith
Nav
Hoth
One Man's Opinion on Balloons in Russia
Walter Kiernan weighs Senator Nancer’s proposal for using balloons to reach Russia. He notes State Department support and considers the drawback of balloons’ slowness versus rapid policy shifts.
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Walter Kiernan
Senator Nancers
Russia
State Department
Berlin blockade celebration and Navy jet fighter claim
The speaker notes a celebration of the blockade lift in Berlin lasting into a new phase. A Navy jet fighter capable of potentially shooting down B 36 bombers is announced though not confirmed. Residents near Air Force installations are urged to renew their accident insurance.
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Berlin
Navy
Air Force
Senators press full probe of Atomic Energy Commission
Sen Vandenberg and Sen Hickenlooper urged a comprehensive inquiry into AEC security practices and Lilienthal's leadership. The dispute centers on grants to a known Communist and to others lacking security clearance for secret work, with calls for Lilienthal’s resignation and questions of management.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Atomic Energy Commission
David E. Lilienthal
Alo Ready
Commission
Hickenlooper
Rja J
Lilienthal
Burmese Rebels Abandon Insein Stronghold Near Rangoon
Burmese government troops entered the abandoned Karen rebel fortress at Insein ten miles north of Rangoon. Karen fighters, who seek an independent state, reportedly left under cover of darkness after months of heavy clashes that failed to dislodge them.
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Rangoon
Burma
Insein
Stabber Says He Defended Himself in Fatal Stabbing
Robert Rice 35 says he acted in self defense after a stranger accused him of stealing a girl. Rice claims he did not know the girl and was walking home when Benjamin L Everly 17 accosted him. He admitted stabbing Everly nine times in the back and side.
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South Bend
Ind
Robert Rice
Rice
Benjamin lEverly
Beverly
Horse Seizes Advantage In Race With Rival Car
Grand Rapids recounts a wild Sunday clash as a horse charged a parked car scaring a rider. The horse toppled onto the hood, dented the roof and fenders, smashed windshields, then stood and wandered away while Cecil Soules, owner of the car, faced the aftermath.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Cecil Soules
Stricken Man Saved at Sea
James Morgan a retired gardener from Brock Mass was rescued from the SS Marne after a hemorrhage during a voyage. He received a blood transfusion and is reported resting and in good condition. The carrier reports he is a native of Ireland and naturalized American. A Germanic Slav alliance risk warning comes from De Gaulle party in Paris.
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Seonsee Pont
FE. Sp
James Morgan
Broce
Mass
Carri
Gre Morgan
Morgan
Ireland
New York
Degaullle
Paris
Unsi
Charles de Gaulle
French Peoples Party
France
Two Clergymen Killed in Dunsibro Brutal Attack
An incident claimed the life of a second Presbyterian clergyman after an earlier victim died. Rev. Talbot of Youngstown Ohio was the other victim.
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Dunsibr
Talbot F
Youngstown
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