Broadway Gazette notes on recalls and stage life in 1950
Adrian Spies faces recall after a Civil Service exam and awkward English questions highlight literacy. Sam Levenson recalls migrations and urban misreadings as an uncle loses his way in a city. Gloria Swanson’s Broadway revival earns critical acclaim while Abe Lastfogel negotiates Danny Kaye film terms. Suzy Mulligan and Bill Boyd discuss Hollywood leaps and advice at the Stork Club.
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Darryl Zanuck
Abe Lastfogel
William Morris Agency
Hollywood
Zanuck
Danny Kaye
Ethel Merman
Broadway
Bill Boyd
Hopalong Cassidy
Suzy
March of Dimes Dance at Meyers Lake Park Feb 2
The annual March of Dimes ball will be held at Meyers Lake Park Friday night, February 2, announced by James O. Patterson, chairman of the joint labor committee. Frankie Yankovich and his orchestra will provide music. Dance committee members include Paul Horner, C.I.O., George McGrew, C.I.O., and Henry Martin, AFL Canton Federation of Labor president. The labor committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the post office to plan the annual polio fund campaign.
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Meyers Lake Park
James O. Patterson
Joint Labor Committee
Frankie Yankovich
Paul Horner
C.I.O
George McGrew
Henry Martin
Canton Federation of Labor
A.F.L
Labor
Know Your Words by D C Williams Q&A set
A compact Q A list reviews grammar usage pronunciation and vocabulary. It corrects pronouns tense spelling and word origins with five items covering attended him controversial soliloquy and onerous as examples.
Temperature Trouble at Equator Crossing
A traveler standing on the Pan American Highway a few miles north of Quito Ecuador sits with one foot in each hemisphere. The height above sea level makes the air surprisingly chilly and causes shivers despite being near the equator.
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Quito
Scone Stone Hunt Ends With Rusty Safe Rather Than Treasure
London police in Hyde Park recovered a mossy safe and a cache of debris from the missing coronation Stone of Scone. The search, spurred by a tip, followed earlier digs along the River Crouch and led to a disappointing reveal as onlookers faced the muddy find and renewed efforts. Investigators pursued a Swiss watch link tied to a British army PX in Rome, noting serial numbers 3045 and 3046 connected to a Ross-on-Wye man.
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Ondon
Hyde Park
Britain
Scone
Westminster Abbey
Scotland Yard
Crouch
London
Rome
Arthur Morris
Ross-on-Wye
Morris
U S Red Rallies Get Soviet Greeting
New York dispatch reports American Communist party delegates at their national convention received greetings from the Soviet Union and Red China. Moscow and Beijing messages praised the party’s struggle for workers’ rights and world peace as sessions wrapped at Stuyvesant Casino.
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U.S
New York
Moscow
Red China
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Communist Party of the
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