Celebrities Share Weight Loss Wins and Scandalous Quips
A flowing collage of Hollywood chatter includes Lucille Ball revealing dramatic travel weight loss and two strapless gowns, Chico Marx recalling fan confusion, Elsa Maxwell and Cyrus Adler anecdotes, Lex Thompson on Lone Star Dietz misfires, Toscanini plans a decade contract, and brief notes from Russel Crouse to Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart on entertainment moves and projects.
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Cooking Champ Learns Self-Preservation Skill
In Litchfield Alexander J. Derouin said his wife’s grange and Legion Auxiliary work left him no option but to cook. He defeated 158 grange women champions in a statewide cooking contest, stating he learned to cook for survival.
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Alexander J. Derouin
Granges
The
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Legion Auxiliary
Pet Puppy Stolen From Palsy Victim
Buffalo tale reports a beagle named Skippy stolen from in front of a cerebral palsy school. Jimmy Nostrand, nine, disabled since birth, misses the dog and his mother laments the loss while hoping for the dog’s return. In Fullerton California Ce Bill Barris and Dick Riedel retry a long endurance flight attempt aboard the Sunkist Lady after magneto trouble cut the flight short.
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Jimmy Nostrand
Skippy
Earl Nostrand
Port Byron
Buffalo Children's Hospital
Nostrand
Jimmy
Fullerton
Calif
Bill Barris
Dick Riedel
Long Beach
Dewey Proclaims November 10 Marine Corps Day in New York
Governor Dewey designated November 10 as Marine Corps Day, praising the unit as indispensable to national defense and recounting its World War II exploits in the Pacific. The proclamation highlights the corps as a crack fighting force since 1775.
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Dewey
Marine Corps
Albany
New York
Parliament set to open under socialist plan to nationalize steel
King George VI to preside as Parliament opens a year long session with a pledge to nationalize Britain's vast steel industry of 15 500 000 tons annually. Ceremony to be marked by prewar splendor and the imperial crown on the king for the first time in a decade. The report also notes a U S carrier nearing scrap, postwar Poland aid, New Zealand aviation scare, press reforms in Prague, and Russian church ordination news.
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George
London
Great Britain
George VI
Wounded Hunter Improves Slightly After Accident
University Hospital authorities reported Gerald Burke 28 of Constantia was improved slightly today after a hunting accident Saturday that left him critically wounded with abdominal injuries and a severe spleen injury. Burke had attempted to kill a wounded fox with the butt of his gun when the weapon discharged striking his abdomen.
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Gerald Burke
Constantia
Burke
Fox
Dewey predicted to win New York by large margin
Albany reports Republican leaders forecast Governor Dewey will carry New York on November 2 by 400000 to 700000. Democrats say Truman will edge him at the wire for New Yorks 47 electoral votes, unless Wallace diverts votes. Neutral observers favor Dewey with wide ranges of 250000 to one million. Modern party dynamics highlight big GOP edge in registration and expected GOP legislative dominance.
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South Bend
Herbert Brownell
John J. Cavanaugh
Truman
Dewey
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Tallulah Bankhead
One Man's Opinion by Walter Kiernan on TV fallout
The New York beer drivers strike shut 900 barrooms and set television back years. Wrestlers refused to use the pretzel hold in sympathy. Most men got home by 11 PM for a week, and TV will cover candidates with George on the west coast. Bankhead vote shifts cited Dewey's clean image.
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New York
George
Rioting In French India Wounds Six In Municipal Vote
Riots between French Indian socialists and communists in Pondichery injure six during municipal elections. One seriously hurt. All India Congress and Democratic Party also field candidates. Elections may lead to plebiscites and integration of French India into the Dominion of India. French refuse postponement. Mahe reports postponement due to clashes. Dispatches say Indians have begun to control municipal administration in western cities near Mahe.
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French India
All India Congress
Democratic Party
Dominion of India
Mahe
Military Aid Pact Talks Post Election Hopeful
Washington sources say invitations to a potential North American and Western European security pact may follow the November election. Key members include the United States, Canada, Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg with Italy Iceland Norway and Denmark possible later. Talks center on form of US military support for Europe and a broad joint security framework.
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Austria
State Seeks 1760 Fabrics for Schuyler Mansion Restoration
The State Education Department seeks authentic 1760s fabrics to reproduce materials for restoring the Philip Schuyler mansion. Owners of heirloom textiles are asked to lend items to the State historian at Albany.
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Albany
Philip Schuyler
State Education Department
Aid Reaches Landing Craftoff Virginia Capes
A tanker arrived near a distressed Navy landing craft off the Virginia Capes after an 18 hour hunt. The Junius Smith found the 380 ton vessel 120 miles east southeast of Cape Henry and stood by until a destroyer arrived. The Forrest Royal was expected before dawn. The landing craft carried 30 to 40 naval reservists on a Miami to Boston training cruise.
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Virginia Capes
Junius Smith
Atlantic Fleet
Cape Henry
Forrest Royal
Miami
Fla
Boston
Said
First Naval District
Ti Wna
Guilty Plea Made In Police Slaying
In Newark New Jersey Mrs Ann Powers a 39 year old waitress pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the police killing of Captain Thomas J Rowe Judge Joseph Conlon accepted the change after the prosecution consented The court set November 17 for sentencing and Powers was remanded to jail The plea could bring up to 10 years in prison and a $1000 fine or both
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N. J
Ann Powers
Thomas J. Rowe
Essex County
Joseph
Notable Deaths From Various States Announced
Obituaries list several prominent figures: Dr Zoltan Baranyat a 63 year old Notre Dame political science lecturer in Chicago. Edward B Yancey 60 a Du Pont executive in Wilmington. Dr Frederic Logan Parsons 71 UC Berkeley history professor emeritus in Berkeley. George Edwin Burnezell 85 religious educator and author in Los Angeles. Albert M Treynor a Jackson California novelist and screenwriter. Maynard L Cassady 50 educational leader in the Presbyterian Church in Chester. Morey C Bartholomew 65 former Erle Coltinty Bar Association president and NY State Bar ex-vice president in Buffalo.
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University of Notre Dame
Chicago
Frederic Logan Parson
University of California
Berkeley
Calif
Morey OC
Bartholomew
Erle Colinty Bar Association
New York
Buffalo
Eye Pierces Steel in Mobile Atomic Instrument
Washington officials announced a 5,500 pound atomic eye designed for weapon research. The device reportedly can peer through 16 inches of steel, marking the world’s first mobile radiation tool capable of penetrating steel thicker than 12 inches.
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U E W Local Bars Reds from Office in Mansfield
A United Electrical Workers local with 6000 members at the Westinghouse plant in Mansfield amended its constitution to bar any subversive group from control. The action followed an earlier drive to purge Communist influence. International officers of the CIO union refused to sign non Communist affidavits mandated by Taft Hartley.
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Mansfield, O. GP
United Electrical Workers
Westinghouse Electric Corp
C.I.O. Union
Larynx Removed Patients Learn To Speak By Esophagus
Dr. Nathaniel M. Levin of Miami reports at the Southern Medical Association meeting that a patient needing larynx removal can learn to speak within four to six weeks using the esophagus. The larynx enables voice. after removal the airway via the trachea is kept through a neck opening for breathing.
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Fila
Nathaniel M. Levin
Levin
Southern Medical Association
Skunk Rescued From Fire By Boston Man
In a Boston home blaze, Robert D. Schroeder saved his family first and then returned into the burning house to rescue Herman the pet skunk, bringing the animal to safety.
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Boston
Safet
Herman
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