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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1948
Page
4
Jimmie Fidler laments aging in Hollywood and jokes about younger stars. He recalls lunch with a former publicity client who pretends to be younger, then admits feeling discriminated by the perceived age gap among peers. He ends with a playful plea for companionship among his own age group.
A mumble of whispers centers on aging executives, actors, and marriages. Tales claim a veteran boss feigns youth to please staff and readers while insiders dish about gifts, contract tensions, medical plans, and on set chatter. Names like Clark Gable Hedy Lamarr Rita Lupino Gene Wesson Laraine Day glare amid fanfare.
A dense listing of radio slots and programs across the day from 7:00 Supper Club to late night. Entries include news programs, music features, serials like Terry and Pirates, The Lone Ranger, and Hello Central, with show names such as Velvet and Abner, Kate Smith, and Fanny Brice. Multiple times and program blocks appear with parentheses and ellipses indicating changes.
The column notes Betty Rowland and Gus Schilling filing for divorce in Las Vegas, a rumor about retirement, Sonny Tufts’ upcoming 30 minute summer TV program, Herbert Hoover Jr forming a Los Angeles Opera Company with ex Met stars, Anne Baxter and John Hodiak fishing trip to Guaymas, Bing Crosby’s deluxe premiere for The Emperor’s Waltz, Veloz and Yolanda’s TV dance shorts, and a young staffer seeking glamor guidance for a novel set in the Spanish American War.
In Turtle Lake North Dakota neighbors salvaged an abandoned house, moved it several miles to the Helmuth Scham farm, remodeled it, and had it ready for the family to move in within six days after their home burned. A second item from Memphis Tennessee notes a police investigator obtaining a confession from a suspected thief when asked why they stole soap from a drugstore instead of ham or bacon.
The Worland daily News notes competition from a first grade produced paper by pupils at the Spanish school. It includes articles on bookmaking, a Korea piece, a Peter Rabbit cartoon, and a note about a school building boom.
James B. Morrow of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company became president of Bituminous Coal Research Inc in Columbus succeeding Howard N. Eavenson. An authority on coal preparation he won the Percy Nicholls award in 1944 for notable achievements in solid fuels.
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