Hollywood Stars Find Fame Beyond Looks On Screen
Hollywood-Bryan Palmer, son of Judge Harlan Palmer, moves from theater to film. He teams with Roberta Peters in Tonight We Sing, while Ray Bolger and Danny Thomas reflect a change toward less conventional looks. Doris Day and George Jessel are quoted on box office success and character in film careers.
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Hollywood
Bryan Palmer
New York
Charley
Palmer
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Harlan Palmer
Hollywood Citizen- News
Harlan Jr
Ralph
Roberta Peters
Metropolitan Opera
the Met
Merrill
Ray Bolger
Danny Thomas
Danny
Doris Day
Radio City Music Hall
Bolger
Thomas
Paulette Goddard
George Jessel
Truman Urges California Backers for Brown in Primary
President Truman said he hopes backers of State Attorney General Edmund G. Brown win in California's June 7 Democratic presidential primary. Brown told reporters after a White House talk with Truman that the president authorized him to make the statement. Sixty eight delegates will be elected in the California primary, and Brown is positioned as a favorite non for Kefauver.
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Truman
Edmund G. Brown
Sen
Estes Kefauver
California
Brown
White House
Kefauver
Final 1951 Traffic Death Tally Announced by Virginia Officials
Virginia reports 1951 traffic deaths at 99984 up from 1950. Middlesex Northumberland and Craig and Bristol Suffolk Harrisonburg posted perfect no death records. Norfolk and Fairfax led counties totals with 36 and 39 fatalities respectively. Richmond city 39 deaths. Pedestrian deaths rose to 251. servicemen deaths 84. Accidents rose to 53633 with 877 fatal. Economic losses reached 64.9 million dollars.
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King and Queen
Won
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Fauquier
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Henrico
Henry
Caroline
Accomac
Nansemond
Sifford
Woodson
Eisenhower to Turn Over Post May 30
Paris reports General Eisenhower will relinquish his post as Supreme Allied Commander to General Matthew Ridgway in a brief ceremony on May 30. Officers will bid him farewell at a May 29 dinner. He departs Paris by plane for Washington late May 31.
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Eisenhower
Matthew B. Ridgway
SHAPE
Washington
Probing Effects of Security Order Charted by Senate Subcommittee
A closed door Senate subcommittee meeting charted the course for investigating the effects of President Truman's security order. Sen Moody of Michigan will preside as the investigations panel gains broad authority to probe government departments and agencies for censorship impacts on public information.
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Senate
Truman
Armed Services
State Department
Sen. Moody
D-Mich
Moody Group
Moody
Michigan
Britain Rejects Call to Halt Napalm Use in Korea
A government spokesman and Air Undersecretary Nigel Birch told the House of Commons that Britain will not suspend napalm bombing in Korea. Birch argued napalm is dropped only on legitimate targets while critics from Labour and Conservative ranks cited tragic civilian harm including an orphanage fire.
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London
Britain
Korea
Nigel Birch
House of Commons
Viscount Hinchingbrooke
Emrys Hughes
News Coverage Of Steel Seizure Defended by Bryan
The ASNE head Wright Bryan of the Atlanta Journal defends American press reporting on the steel seizure dispute. He says coverage was thorough with all viewpoints and editorial comment reflected differing attitudes. Senator Morse had accused media of downplaying the crisis and focusing on political tones.
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American Society of Newspaper Editors
Sen
Morse
Rore
ASNE
Wright Bryan
The
Atlanta Journal
Bryan
Truman
EUB Good Friend Class Meets Friday Evening
The Good Friend Class of the EUB Church will meet at 12 W. Gerrard St. in the home of Mrs. R. B. Rogers on Friday evening May 23 at 7 30. Miss Edith Fletcher will lead in devotion.
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Good Friend
EUB Church
R. B. Rogers
W. Gerrard St
Edith Fletcher
Crop Growth Retarded By Recent Cold Nights
Virginia crop conditions show slower growth due to unusually cool nights over the past ten days. Week ending May 16 saw temperatures two degrees below normal with frost on the 13th and rainfall up to 1.58 inches locally. Pastures improve while small grains and early hay crop yield well. about 70 percent of corn planted. fruit prospects favorable though some apples set lightly. early strawberries are yielding.
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Virginia
Farm Progress Report in Eastern Counties Warms Outlook
In eastern Commercial counties crop work is well underway as ripening begins. The season shows solid progress with fields moving toward harvest and farm activities advancing according to local reports.
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