My Dear Secretary at Loew's delights with Douglas and Wynn
Kirk Douglas stars as a writer who interviews secretaries while Keenan Wynn provides comic support as a multi tasking assistant. Laraine Day plays the secretary who endures quarrels and quick firings until romance and a best selling memoir alter the plot. Rudy Vallee Florence Bates and Alan Mowbray brighten the cast in supporting roles in this light comedy review by Wilkins Weber.
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Las Vegas
Douglas
Keenan Wynn
Wynn
Laraine Day
Miss Day
Helen Walker
Rudy Vallee
Florence Bates
Alan Mowbray
Wilkins Weber
Abbott and Costello in Mexico at Ohio Theater
Kiddies day crowd erupts for Abbott and Costello in Mexican Hayride a spoof far from the Broadway musical. The stars charm some while others grow weary as Costello recovers stolen money and the duo revive their classic routines. Also showing Live Today for Tomorrow with a mercy killing theme starring March O'Brien Eldridge Brooks.
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Ohio Theater
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Hollywood
Abbott
Mexico
Costello
Frederic March
Edmond O’brien
Florence Eldridge
Geraldine Brooks
Film Listings Show Multiple Double Feature Timings
The theater guide lists showings across theaters such as Loew’s L Avaine and Palace with double features including My Dear Secretary and The Million Dollar Weekend at various times. Other titles include Mexican Hayride Live Today for Tomorrow The Return of October Jungle Jim A Date With Judy Easter Parade and The Challenge with additional pairings and special state shows like Marriage Forbidden and My Dog Rusty plus a Players Guild stage piece The Second Man at 8 30.
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Palace
Glenn Ford
Terry Moore
Johnny Weissmuller
Dueber
Wallace Beery
Jane Powell
Judy
Windsor
Fred Astaire
Judy Garland
Tom Conway
June Vincent
Mozart
Greer Garson
Walter Pidgeon
Julia Misbehaves
Maria Palmer
Strand
Charles Starrett
Mary Beth Hughes
Park
Eddie Cantor
Joan Davis
Susie
Teg Donaldson
Ann Doran
Dog Rusty
Players Guild
New York Opens Automatic Control for Manhattan Traffic
New York City has activated an automatic control board that now synchronizes about a quarter of Manhattan traffic signals with plans to extend to all borough signals. The system aims to improve flow and reduce congestion across the island.
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New York
New York City
Manhattan
Borough
B&O to Remodel Yards for Diesel Locomotives
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will remodel Haselton yards in Youngstown to service diesel electric locomotives at an estimated cost of 150000 dollars. Work is to be completed in April after the line acquired three diesel locomotives replacing the coal burning switching engines in the Youngstown Warren area.
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Youngstown
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Youngstown-Warren
Akron man found dead near Kenmore car barns
Burrill McHenry, 50, a laborer, was found on the Pennsylvania Railroad right of way near the Kenmore car barns. Police said he apparently was struck by a train.
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Akron
Burrill McHenry
Pennsylvania Railroad
Kenmore
Veeck Guests at Le Pavillon Party in New York
Broadway Gazette reports Bill Veeck of the Cleveland Indians attended a Saturday night gala at Le Pavillon hosted by Elsa Maxwell. He joked about preferring no tie, recalling a 15 year old tie, and a Marines outfit suggestion. Other items tease schacht rosberg and Sartre theater notes.
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New York
Bill Veeck
Cleveland Indians
Elsa Maxwell
le Pavillon
Veeck
Theater Dept
Jean Paul Sartre
Paris
Home Robbery in Bexley Loses $12,500 in Cash and Jewels
Police searched for clues after a $12,500 burglary at the home of Gerald J. Overturf, a restaurant owner in Columbus suburb Bexley. Missing were $2,000 in cash and jewels valued at $10,500.
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Columbus
Bexley
Gerald J. Overturf
Overturf
Argentine Film Star Fumbles with Talkies and a Wise Widow
A humorous Buenos Aires tale recalls Ricardo, a silent era star, and Anchorena Martinez d'Hoz, a wealthy widow investor. Their romance, studio intrigues, and a charity preview reveal how early sound films toppled careers and exposed scandal in 1920s Argentina. The piece blends cinema history with social satire and hints at a prior love interest and a Madrid import.
Pay Raise Predicted for Liquor Store Heads
Cleveland Feb 7 AP State Rep Mark McElroy predicted at a meeting of state liquor store managers that his bill to raise pay will pass. The plan would set managers at 3600 to 4200 dollars yearly and clerks from 2400 to 3000 dollars. Sam Perri, union agent, noted current averages around 250 to 260 per month for managers and about 170 for clerks.
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Cleveland
Mark McElroy
Sam Perri
State
U S Admits Potato Price Support Error
The Department of Agriculture acknowledged errors in spending 150 million dollars last year to support potato prices. For 1949 the program lowers supports to 60 percent of parity, averaging 1.80 dollars per 100 pounds, with No 2 grade or better potatoes 1½ inches or larger eligible.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
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