End of Life Cycle Is Divorce Says Lighthearted Column
A humorous essay argues life cycles end with divorce not death or birth, citing Shirley Temple and Will Rogers. It rails at politics and swindlers like Engel and Worthington, and notes Debs and Communist leaders as political curiosities in a bygone era.
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Shirley Temple
Shirley
Mary Pickford
America
Linda
Will Rogers
Houghton Mifflin
Congress
Sigmund Engel
Frances Worthington
Mr. Engel
Sam
Land O’ Goshen
Lindsay & Crouse
Engel & Worthington
U. S
Internal Revenue
Eugene V. Debs
Ben Davis Jr
What Are We To Teach by George E Sokolsky
The piece cites Arthur Garfield Hays questioning how to judge teachers and politicians by beliefs rather than actions. It argues parental rights, taxpayer protections, and voter responsibility in resisting Communist influence in schools while warning against fascist procedures. The essay condemns framing loyalty tests and urges safeguarding minors from immoral ideologies.
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George E. Sokolsky
Arthur Garfield Hays
Hays
New York State
United States
Canadian US income tax comparison noted in Congressional Record
The New York Sun reports Canada offers higher exemptions for single filers and couples, with Canada also giving a 10 percent tax credit on dividend income while the United States offers none. The figures appear in the Congressional Record, noted to avoid offending American sentiment.
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Canada
United States
Congressional
Congress
New York Sun
Emergence Wins Big as Mary Spelvin Embraces Culture
In Dudgeon Heights Mary Spelvin, wife of International Ajax VP George Spelvin, debuts a painting titled Emergence after Prof Zutalor’s call for culture. Her work attracts a hundred dollar prize amid media attention as husband grouses over art and groceries, ending with a modest dinner and talk of domestic harmony.
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Westbrook Pegier
Zutalor
Dudgeon Heights
George Spelvin
Mary Spelvin
Mabel Hoodat
Lena Nuther
Heights
Hayden
Mr. Spelvin
International Ajax
Pourquoi Zutalor
Mary
Hollywood Roasts and Jibes Mark Bennett Cerf Joke Net
A snippet recalls Bennet Cerf and Richard Widmark discussing home life after villain roles. The Friars Club in Hollywood roasts George Burns with playful jibes. Eddie Cantor jokes Burns ate his partner before meeting Gracie Allen. An anecdote closes with Sam dying after a turn for the worse on Seventh Avenue and Thirty-Eighth Street.
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Bennet
Cerf
Richard Wene
Hollywood
Earl Wilson
Widmark
Friars Club
George Burns
Eddie Cantor
Burns
Gracie Allen
Seventh Avenue
Thirty- Eighth Street
Sam
Bennett Cerf
King Features
Not Much Of A Sentence By Robert C Ruart
Robert C Ruart comments on ex Representative Andrew May and his allies after May’s 1947 conviction for accepting 56 634 dollars in palm oil for influence with the war committee. Ruart denounces the sentence as too light and laments the political climate in Washington and Las Vegas lifestyle pieces.
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New York
Supreme Court
Andy May
Handy Andy
House
War Committee
Garssons
Old Andrew
Prestonburg
May
Calabozo
Stir
Pendergast
Andy
Truman
Fred Vinson
Tom Clark
Congress
Andrew
Serge Rubinstein
Serge
Mr. Rubinstein
Washington
Mamma
Dodgers
Missouri
White House
Harry Vaughan
Side by E. V Las Vegas musings and wedding notes
The columnist reflects on Las Vegas life describing friendly desert hospitality and the Golden Nugget scene. He notes legal marriage options at the Flamingo chapel and recalls a 66 year marriage. A drunk driver incident is briefly mentioned as Las Vegas laws on gaming are discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Hildegarde
Lena Horne
Sophie Tucker
Joe E. Lewis
Ritz Brothers
Frances Langford
Banks
Buddy Baer
Buddy
King Features
E. V
Nevada
Cheyenne
Golden Nugget Gaming Palace
Las Vegas Palace of Chance
Howdy Pardner
Flamingo Hotel
By Appointment Only By Bugs Baer
A humorous column on baseball's evolving by day and night play styles. Petey Barter the Brooklyn fan mocks TV influenced myths, claiming players are tiny and world series rely on spectacle rather than skill. The writer riffes on media hype and shifting sports personalities.
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Brooklyn
Owls
Petey Barter
Petey
California
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Joe
Lido Riviera Grill
Robert C. Ruart
Edgar
Bugs’ Baer
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