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to replace him. Reason for change is not given.

President Truman hands Congress a “national survival”

budge of almost $72 billion, with a flock of Fair Deal

measures thrown in. The President said the new tax

increases, which ill hit everybody, could soar as high as

$20 billion.

Army. Reports say the Allies are now 17 miles from Seoul.

United Nations forces probe along the entire Korean front, alert for an expected

new Communist offensive. Red China has rejected a U.N. cease-fire plan.

recent pullbacks, says “No one is going to drive us into the

sea.” This command intends to maintain a military position

in Korea just as long as the statesmen of the United

Nations decide that we should do so.”

President Truman links Russian Premier Stalin with all

dictators who sought “enslavement of the common people”

and predicted the free world will win the struggle against

“the materialist forces” arrayed against them.

Consumer prices reach an all-time high in December, so says the National

Industrial Conference Board. Consumer prices in 10 major cities rose to 1.2%

above the previous record high set in July and August of 1948.

ceremony at his home in Tokyo, where he will receive the customary surprise

handmade gift from his son, Arthur. So far, Korea is going as well as expected,

as MacArthur’s armies have had to pull back. A pull back required by the

tremendous flood of Chinese manpower across Korea.

Hollywood after he and Bud did the Colgate Comedy Hour

over NBC-TV in New York. Lou says television is just like

starting show business all over again. He says he can’t

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believe performers such as Milton Berle, do it every week, with a brief stoppage

in the summer. “That New York routine would send me to an insane asylum if I

had to do a similar stint each week. We rehearsed for eight days from morning ‘til

late evenings and on the day of the actual NBC show, had three husky

characters following me around apparently to keep me from deserting the ship.”

DuMont celebrates 20 years in pioneering television.

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looks more definite as the actress turned down an offer

for $15,000 for a half-hour show to be filmed on

television.

Ed Sullivan inks a new five-year deal with CBs as star

and co-producer of “Toast of the Town” which

guarantees him a minimum take of $75,000 on a 50-

week per year basis.

Joel Chaseman is named public service director of

WAAM-TV (Channel 13) in Baltimore. He’s been with the station since the

beginning - 1948.

Monday television highlights

CBS - The Stork Club, Family Playhouse, Vaughn Monroe, TV Suspense

NBC - Texaco Star Theatre, Fireside Theatre, Circle Theatre

ABC - Dick Tracy, Buck Rogers, Billy Rose

DuMont - Cavalcade of Bands, Star Time

Music news - The 45rpm record is

after RCA Victor began pushing them, is

now reporting that 45’s are accounting

for nearly 50% of its total pop activity.

Jukeboxes are converting to the slower

speed. And Columbia Records - the last

to go 45, asserts that in spite of the trend

it will continue to press the seven-inch 33

1/3 rpm record which it alone sponsors.

But wait, Columbia says it will be

discontinuing the 33 1/3 7-inch record

format. The small sized 33’s have failed

to catch on in the mass market despite intensive promotional efforts by

Columbia. Columbia will surrender the seven-inchers after February. One of the

major problems - Columbia did not make a machine available early enough to

play the records automatically while RCA Victor pushed hits 45’s along with a

specially built automatic player. Secondly, Columbia failed to secure the support

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of other companies for its seven-inchers although the rest of the industry followed

Columbia’s leadership in the long-play field.

Wow! - the new Hopalong Cassidy Comic Strip!

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mark and is sure to hit 2 million. Mercury has five plants

turning out the record and is still using the plant facilities of

MGM Records.

Radio news - Rege Cordic, a top record-spinner at WWSW

in Pittsburgh, will not be doing his scheduled TV debut over

WDTV, where he was to have done a weekly show.

Admiral Corp prexy Ross Siragusa says FM radio is a dying

art and the FCC should give its channels to television.

Pop music this week in 1951 -

THE TENNESSEE WALTZ - Patti Page

THE THING - Phil Harris

MY HEART CRIES FOR YOU - Guy Mitchell-

HARBOR LIGHTS - Sammy Kaye & Swing And Sway Orchestra-

A BUSHEL AND A PECK - Perry Como & Betty Hutton

NEVERTHELESS (I’m In Love With You) - Paul Weston & Orchestra-

THINKING OF YOU - Don Cherry-

ALL MY LOVE (Bolero) - Patti Page

OH, BABE! - Kay Starr Louis Prima & Keely Smith

TO THINK YOU’VE CHOSEN ME - Eddy Howard

OUR LADY OF FATIMA - Richard Hayes & Kitty Kallen

THE ROVING KIND - Guy Mitchell

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Top money-making films to date -

Gone With The Wind (1939) - $26 million

Samson and Delilah (1950) - $11 million

Best Years of Our Lives - (1947) - $10.4 million

Duel in the Sun (1947) - $10 million

This is the Army (1943) - $8.5 milli0n

Bells of St. Mary’s (1946) - $8 million

Jolson Story - (1947)

$8 million

Going My Way - (1944) - $6.5 million

For Whom the Bell Tolls - (1943) - $6.3 million

Welcome Stranger $6.1 million

Snow White (1937) - $6 million

Blue Skies - (1946) - $5.7 million

Egg and I (19470 - $5.50 million

At the movies -

Harding

Flynn,

Dean

Stockwell

Destination

Barrymore

Jr., Cathy Downs, Robert Preston

Break Through - David Brian, John Agar,

Frank Lovejoy

Branded - Alan Ladd

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WNEW is perhaps the best-run music/DJ station in the country. All the

WNEW deejays have signed-in! Included - Gene Rayburn and sidekick Dee

Finch. Also - Al Jazzbo Collins, Gerry Marshall, Art Ford and Martin Block.

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Two-man DJ/funny teams are a great idea as WMCA, New York takes a cue

from WNEW.