Dieting Dame Blues and Celebrity Gossip
Public figure Earl Wilson recounts his austerity diet cutting cream sugar baked goods and alcohol as part of a weight loss at home. He jokes about celebrities joining in and notes companions like Jeff Brophy and Valerie Bettis amid a gallery of industry tidbits and light humor.
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Edgar Bergen
Edgar
Away Bergen
Tam
Crney
Jeff Brophy
Jennifer Jones
Claire ‘Mann
Leo McCarey
Mary
New York
Morocco
Rosalind Russell
Freq Brisson
Iris Mountbatten
John Loder
Park Avenue
Valerie Bettis
Louis Calhhern
Ruth Hussey
Faye
Eliott Roosevelt
Pat Coogan
Vernon Duke
Sonny Kendls
Long Island
Bowdoin Square
Billy Reed
Riversa Ie
Grace Bowns
Latin Quarter
Attie Dann
Strand
Bing Crosby
Leslie House
Tommy Lyman
Hope Emerson
Bob Downey
Pupil Freed on Plea After Assault on Teacher
In New York City Night Court the 17 year old Lens Venegas was discharged on a charge of assault after Morris Krapes, a public school teacher, and the principal requested leniency. Krapes testified Venegas was misled by other boys and accepted a plea to drop the case.
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New York
Lens Venegas
Morris Krapes
Krapes
Lower Manhattan
Venegas
Rail unions push nationalization amid rail labor dispute
Washington reports rail unions representing engineers firemen and switchmen demand nationalization as a solution after talks collapse and government seizure looms. A White House adviser is in contact with both sides seeking a settlement while officials say nationalization is not a likely fix. Four killed in downtown crash and a Saratoga Springs season opening are noted in separate brief items.
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Washington
Hauwe
John R. Steel
Iman
Bertha Srgon
Columion Hackman
Brooklyn
Stallier Hug
Goshen
Spa Springs
Saratoga Springs
Chester
Lincoln
Jack Raymar
Florence
Raymar
Denise Raymar
C. B. Elmore
Meinain
United States of America
Congress
Directory lists 506 Communist leaders worldwide
The House Foreign Affairs Committee released a 129 page booklet listing 506 top Communist leaders outside Russia and the Western Hemisphere. The report, prepared under Rep Frances Bollon, covers Europe Asia Australia and Africa with country by country indexing.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Russia
Western Hemisphere
Frances Bollon
R-Chia
Europe
Asia
Australia
Africa
Massacre and Kidnap Headlines From Europe and Asia
Dispatches report brutal executions of hundreds of Chinese prisoners by Ma Wen-Ting forces in Chingchuan, France sees Sacha Guitry kidnapped then released, while Athens notes 1854 guerrillas killed and 3290 captured in spring offensives with a new Commons being prepared in London.
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Sheysi Province
China
Ma Wen-Ting
Athens
NEW Commons
Deaths Korei y 1 Johenson 57 New York Daily Mirror manager
Obituary notice listing deaths of Koreiy 1 Johenson 57 longtime general manager of the New York Daily Mirror who started as an accountant in Dearst newspaper group and later led Omaha Boe. Gerard J. M. Simons 71 novelist and longtime Dutch newspaper correspondent head in Wyckoff New Jersey. Richard Clank Kroeger 53 advertising manager Nas hna Davy Corp of New York in St Louis. George Covington Jackson Miss businessman former head of Llandaia Life Insurance Co and Mississippi Cottonseed Products Co in Rochester Minnesota.
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Johenson
New York Daily Mirror
Omaha
Neb
Boe
New York City
Gerard J. M. Simons
Wyckoff
N. J
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Nashna Davy Corp
New York
St. Louis
George Covington
Jackson
Miss
Ot Dent
Llandaia Life Insuance Co
Mississippi Cottonseed Products Co
Rochester
Minn
Cotton shipment to Europe authorized by Hoffman
The shipment valued at 27.871 million dollars was approved for delivery to four European nations. Economic Cooperation Administrator Paul G. Hoffman announced the action today, detailing the authorization and scope of the trade move.
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Washington
Paul G. Hoffman
Opinion: Kiernan on Wallace and Stassen in a conference
Walter Kiernan notes Wallace could fly to a conference with Alalia while Joe remains isolated without meeting the presidential hopeful. He recalls Stassen’s reception and argues the 1940s conferences showed a spirit of give and take, though future reflections reveal what was given and taken.
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Walter Kiernan Wallace
Alalia
Joeels
Compromise Sought on 2 Farm Bills
Washington Senate House committee seeks compromise on farm bills to finance federal programs. Senate measure would fund Agriculture Department at 426 727 405 for the year starting July 1, total 580 100 000 including authorized spends. A school lunch fund difference remains, with Senate approving 75 million dollars versus the House.
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House Committee
House
Agriculture Department
Seurtar Young
R-N.d
Russell
D.-Ga
Cy.oiit
Moseaw
Tole
Luciano Released After 3 3 Day Quiz
Lucky Luciano, former New York underworld figure, freed from police custody after three day questioning. Authorities continued to investigate his activities in Italy, while he was released from Carroll Barracks amid questions about ties to the Mafia and a Harlem based branch.
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Ralermy
Aicy Wors
Charles
Lucky’ Luciano
New Zorkeview
Spatdney
Italy
Tenox
Republicans Back Amendment Vote Counts in Senate
Republican Senators Allen, Cooper, and Bridges joined 39 Democrats against the amendment with no Democrats voting for it, shaping the Senate tally.
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Allen Vi
Cooper Ky
Bridges
Nh1
Senate in debate over war refugee entry and trade acts
The Senate continues discussion on allowing war refugees into the United States while the Appropriations Committee hears Ambassador Harriman on European recovery funds. A closed door study of anti lynching legislation proceeds in the Turcacy Committee as labor study moves through Congress. The debate touches on the reciprocal trade agreements act and annual Interior Department funding.
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Senate
United States
Appropriations Committee
Harriman
Turcacy Committee
Senate-Hauyse
NAM
Taftwasney Ag
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