Jimmie Fidler on Hollywood and the crisis in entertainment
Hollywood columnist notes sharp drop in overall entertainment demand as inflation shrinks spending on movies, stage shows and clubs. He cites track handles and box office figures, then recollects vivid anecdotes about Evelyn Brent Hepburn Bennett and Joan Bennett, plus a Christmas tale of the Kayes aiding a worker's child. He highlights Howard Hughes as a studio power and recounts a late night screening with Hughes observing a film.
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Santa Anita Racetrack
Evelyn Brent
Katharine Hepburn
Joan Bennett
Carmen Pantages
John Considine
Joe E. Brown
Howard Hughes
Hughes
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Wakeman Talk of the Town highlights several departures
Mrs Gerald Ross left for California to drive her father Frank Rice home. He had stayed with Mr and Mrs Elza Rice. Mrs Ross will be away several weeks. John Alberts, home from Memphis on Navy leave, returned to camp. The bridge club met with Mrs Kenneth Ross in New London. Mrs Russell Nickels and Mrs Curtis Todd enjoyed a post-holiday gathering.
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Wakeman
Gerald Ross
California
Frank Rice
Elza Rice
Radio Programs and Local Social Notes Summary
A dense radio daily schedule lists WAM and WGAR programs with films, music, and talks for January 5 8, including Lassie Movie, Treasure House, Grand Ole Opry and Playhouse. Local social notes report New Year events at the Stadium Diner and the parsonage open house, plus births and guests visiting, with residents traveling and visiting Florida and Ravenna.
Humorist Delivers Entertaining Talk On Ladies' Night
NORTH RIDGEVILLE The Ridgeville Kiwanis Club installation and ladies night featured Delivers Entertaining Talk On Ladies' Night humorist Carl C. Byars superintendent of Parma schools speaking on He Who Laughs Lasts He urged boosting creative thinking in kids and cautioned people not to take life too seriously The evening included dinner for 65 guests, group singing, and presentations recognizing new members officers and anniversaries with birthday observances for Charles Seton.
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Parma
Ohio
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Kiwanis Club
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Byars
Ohio Congress of Parent-Teachers Association
Will Rogers
Grange
Vern Andrews
Lawrence Rothgery
Heed
Paul Stanford
David Towner
Clyde Gest
George Noll
W. Kenneth Johnson
Emmett Conn
Charles Seton
D. Towner
Otto Laubenthal
U. Buescher
C. Seton
M. B. Diederich
O Laubenthal
H. Stacey
R. Gilder
E. Herron
V. Andrews
Mike Pustay
Kenneth Harrison
Harrison
Julianne Gutschmidt
Grange meeting next week to feature IH movie
Otto Laubenthal will lead the meeting as agriculture chairman next week. Two year pins for perfect attendance were awarded to listed members. Dan Harding reports from Florida by mail. A tale of a tax collector who found a purse and returned it for a reward is noted. The War Assets Administration delays a sale plan for Bushnell General Hospital, with consideration shifting to use as Navajo Indian hospital rather than a co ed military school.
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Grange
Otto Laubenthal
Agriculture
International Harvester
W. Andrews
C. Bommer
M. Brown
U. Buescher
EB. Conn
M. Diederich
R. Gilder
E. Herron
H. Hopp
O. Laubenthal
G. Lasch
Rock Island, Ir
Mike Dempsey
Uncle Sam
Mike
Brigham City
Utah
War Assets Administration
Bushnell General Hospital
Descendants Pile Up for Miller Widow
Mrs. Lizzie Campbell is 67 and has 83 living descendants including 12 children, 59 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Except for two granddaughters, all reside within 20 miles of her home in Miller S D.
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Miller, S. D
Lizzie Campbell
Sparrow Hawk Captures Hundreds of Field Mice Each Year
It is estimated that a sparrow hawk captures about 200 field mice annually along with countless grasshoppers, underscoring the bird’s role in controlling pest populations.
Gambling Big Business In Nevada
Nevada tax data show gamblers handle about one billion dollars in a year. State tax commission figures indicate $771,585 in two percent gross profits taxes plus penalties and advance table fees, implying roughly $957 million in bets to produce that revenue. Idaho ranks third in irrigated farm land with about 2.5 million acres under irrigation.
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State Tax Commission
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