Bing Crosby and Bob Hope eye baseball roles in spring
The article notes Crosby and Hope becoming involved with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians while joking about wagers and past sports roles. It highlights Crosby adding Berg to Pitt roster and Hope's boxing of golf balls, then shifts to a broader view of US and British sports rivalry and upcoming Walker Cup.
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Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Pirates
Indians
Hope
Magnate Crosby
Crosby
Pitt
Greenberg
Bob Fuller
Lon Boudreau
Joe Gordon
Joe
Boudreau
A-bomb talk and women in government rise in era volleys
News items report ambassador Novikov hinting Russia may have defense against the A bomb, while a California lecturer presses for more women in high office. President Truman rejects lame duck appointments and defends independent choices, amid debate over FCC and state posts.
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Washington
Bob Greg
California
Russia
Novikov
Rusesta
I Gros
Sage
Gros
Truman
la Felle Dickinson
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Roosevelt
State Department
Katherine McHale
The
Association of University Women
White House
Jim Mead
Mead
Senate
War Investigating Committee
Trueman
Dumb Dora Dumb Dora
A brash truck driver returns from service to win back Dora by boxing in a gym card. Dora’s brothers and her flirtation with Dick create comic tension as the narrator fights to prove manliness. Dora cheers for Dick, then flips to celebrate the win and marriage. He triumphs, but moral muddiness lingers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora
Gil
Dora
Joe
Robby
Soery
Atta
Roadside America rises from a boyhood dream to a famed miniature village
Laurence Gieringer transformed a child's wish to possess a mountain house into Roadside America, a sprawling miniature panorama of American life. From scraps and careful scale to three themed sections and ongoing charity shows, the Pennsylvania exhibit has drawn national attention and millions of visitors for decades.
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America
Sleepy Hollow
West
Shrine Church
Alps
Laurence Gleringer
Fairfield
Laurence Gieringer
Laurente
Laurence Girringer
Roadside America
Hamburg
Harrisburg
Allentown
Laurence
Paul
Reading
Pennsylvania
Gieringer
Yourgsters
Mischil Pd
Roadside’ America
Circuit Rider Travels 954 Miles Weekly To Reach Parish
The Rev. EB Johnson, a 33 year old former army chaplain, travels 954 miles weekly to preach at Locust Grove Tex. He attends Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City Tuesday through Friday then trains to Canadian Tex where his wife and two children wait. The round trip lasts 12 hours each way. Locust Grove uses a schoolhouse for services as ministers push for a church. Before the army he led Boswell Oklahoma Baptist church.
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Guy
Laurence
Pennsylvania
Parish
Kansas City
Hig
EB. V. Johnson
Inary
Locust Grove
Tex
Canadian
Sharon
Mary Vesta
Mr. Johnson
Johnson
Locuat Grove
Boswell, Okla
British golfers vie with United States on seaside links
A British golf expert praises Dai Rees as one of the best professionals seen, claiming he could compete with Ben Hogan or Sam Snead on any British course. The speaker argues Ryder Cup matches would be even on a British seaside links, and that the U S team faces a tough Walker Cup, while Britain holds an even chance on their home terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Great Britain
England
Scotland
France
Italy
Japan
Germany
Britain
Sweden
Finland
British Isles
U.S
Dai Rees
Rees
Hogan
Nelson
U. S
Touch Typewriting Self Taught at Home
An ad-style item promotes learning touch typing at home with a simple chart and rules for typing letters and tables. It advertises the booklet Touch Typewriting Self Taught from Weekly Newspaper Services at 245 West 17th Street New York for 25 cents plus requested name and address.
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Hana Legauns
West 17Th Street
New York
N. Y
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