Jack Benny Chronology Spans Val Day to TV Debut
The piece chronicles Jack Benny’s 38th birthday on Valentine’s Day, notes a career anniversary in Waukegan when Ed Sullivan first introduced him on radio in 1932, and recalls his 1950 national TV debut. It traces Benny’s start at 17 in vaudeville with Benny K Benny, a violin, $15 weekly gigs, and his rise to fame as “The King” of comedy.
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St. Valentine's
CBS TV
Jack Benny
Ed Sullivan
Benny
Jack
GBS
Waukegan
Vaudville
Cora Salisbury
Benny K. Benny
Midwest
Taxes Return $88 Million To Utah In 1951
Utah state and local taxes collected in the year ending June 30 1951 totaled 88 million dollars, about 12788 per resident. Property taxes made up 38.1 million, including school district and equalization taxes, with school funding totaling 31.8 million from local and state sources. Government revenues exclude federal taxes and service fees.
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Utah
Sio Mn
Jack Beary’s Vaudeville Rise From Curiosity to Spotlight
The narrative follows Jack Beary's movement from early curiosity with pianist Lyman Woods to touring, then wartime service in World War I at Great Lakes. He served in the navy, performed in a recruitment revue, faced rough reception until a moment of crowd-pleasing wit earned him a featured spot. After the war he returned to vaudeville, rising to New York stages by 1921 after adopting the name Jack to avoid Ben Bernie.
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Jack
Lyman Woods
London
Palladium
U.S Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Jack Beary
Benny
New York
Ben Bernie
Oil workers would span coast to coast in unity
If every oil industry worker joined hands, they could form a line stretching from San Francisco to Detroit, symbolizing solidarity across the sector. The statement emphasizes the vast reach of oil industry employment and collective strength.
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San Francisco
Detroit
Soil Savers in Winter Work Warned by Evans
Conservationists John Strang and Gilbert Horrocks met with six neighbor groups in Bonets Duchesne Hanna and Bridge land to discuss technical help from the District for land leveling irrigation system layouts stock water development and more. Grant Chugg SCS engineer designed a siphon for the O T Hicken Ditch to control irrigation water bypass flood waters and provide winter drainage. A joint PMA and conservation meeting with 28 farmers in Jensen outlined irrigation practices and benefits of Uintah Basin Soil Conservation District efforts.
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Thames B. Evans
John Strang
Gilbert Horrocks
Duchesne
Bonets
Hanna
Bridgeland
Grant Chugg
SCS
Ditch Company
Grant Parrish
PMA
Jensen
Uintah Basin
All Conservation District
Soil Conservation Service
Parrish
Tridel
Don Nielson
Altonah
Local Farmers Boost Hay Yields and Conservation Efforts
Leon Dump of Altonah reports hay yield rise from 300 to 1100 bales on 16 acres using 300 pounds of 42 percent phosphate per acre. Dennie Ralphs notes increased grass hay production via phosphate fertilizer. Demand for commercial fertilizer may exceed supply this year, urging early orders. John Strang and Gilbert Horrods, Duchesne conservationists, led a district meeting on land leveling range seeding pond construction and irrigation ditch layout with more meetings planned this week.
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Leon Dump
Altonah
Dennie Ralphs
Rene
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Ake
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Newhouse Hotel
CNG
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Tom Mayberry
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