Hollywood Highlights: Abbott and Costello Delay UK Plans
Hollywood gossip notes Abbott and Costello cancel U K jaunt awaiting U I dispute settlement. Claudette Colbert joins The Soft Touch after Family Honeymoon, while Danny Kaye stars at a millinery show. Walter Wanger OKs a Tulsa ranch location and an early governor role.
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Abbott and Costello
U. S
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London
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Skirball-Manning
Danny Kaye
California
Virginian Mayo
Goldwyn
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Ber
Joan Fontaine
Gor
Roy J. Turner
Oklahoma
Walter Wanger
Tulsa
Ronald Reagan
Jones Beach
Eddie Bracken
Fred DeCordova
Sonj
Fred MacMurray
Jim Farley
Edward Arnold
Button
Arnold
Brenda Marshall
Paul Clements
Humphrey Bogardt
Warners
International Bank urges curb on creation of money
Basel Switzerland June 17 AP The Bank for International Settlements BIS calls for peacetime financial controls to curb money creation. It notes price controls failed where half or more of transactions moved to black or grey markets and warns price rises followed.
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Bank For International Settlements
Orce
Congress weighs Truman vetoes amid tariff and aid clashes
In Washington on June 17 Republicans brace for presidential vetoes after Congress sent Truman a one year extension of the Reciprocal Trade Act with restraints. The Senate and House prepare votes on rail rates, social security, draft delays, and a $6.1 billion foreign aid bill as fights over farm policy housing and tax repeal unfold.
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Andrews
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Shafer
R-Mich
Gavin
Rpa
Armed Services
Cleo
Baptist Committee to Act on Plan for Increasing Missionaries
The Southern Baptist Convention executive committee planned to approve a plan to raise foreign missionaries from 663 to 1750. Dr M Theron Rankin proposed the expansion at a committee meeting in Nashville. Dr George B Fraser was elected president with Dr C H Bolton as vice president and Porter Routh as recording secretary. The article notes ancient Persians used 28 inch ropes to move an army across the Hellespont in 480 B C.
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Off colored canned fruits may darken from coloring changes
Canned pears apples and peaches sometimes develop pink or blue tints due to chemical changes in coloring or slow cooling after canning. These color changes are not harmful though the fruit may be less appetizing.
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