Human Parcel Post Abolished in Britain
Britain ends a little known parcel post service allowing living beings to be mailed within the British Isles. The practice dated to 1907 with varied exploits from a baby to adults and even a political protester. The post office reports the service is discontinued.
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Neville Chamberlain
Canada
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Spike Jones City Slickers Aim to Renew TV Gags
Hollywood notes say Spike Jones and his City Slickers struggle to find fresh musical sight gags for television. Under NBC contract they rotate between two shows the All Star Revue and the Comedy Hour while touting new feats like tuned spray-guns, tire pumps, an accordion that sprays water, and a versatile harp. The act recently performed 60 shows in 59 Midwest and Canadian towns including two Chicago Civic Opera House stops for 140000 dollars.
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Spike
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John Charles Tomas
Rome Becomes Europe’s Film Center Says Italian Film Association
Rome has become the movie capital of Europe as Italy produced most European films. In 1945 Rome produced 25 of 32 Italian films, last year Hollywood on the Tiber produced all but 10 of 112 Italian pictures, and in six years U S films made 22 in Rome while England made 10 and others five.
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Italian National Association of Motion Pictures and Allied Industry
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Tiber
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