Week of November 15, 1950

President Truman asks Congress to write an excess profits tax bill to produce an

additional $4 billion a year.

The Army calls for 40,000 draftees in

January. Altogether, the army has called

for 250,000 men since the fighting broke

out in Korea last June.

Blaming a slowdown in its steel rolling

mill, Ford Motor Co. announces it will lay

off 50,000 workers temporarily in its River

Rouge plant in Detroit.

President Truman says the United States

will “take every honorable step” to avoid war with Communist China, but warned

the Chinese to stop obstructing United Nations forces in Korea if they also desire

peace.

Korea - U.S. 7 th Division troops advance in Northeast Korea within 10 miles of

the American outpost of the Manchurian border.

President Truman asks Congress to continue Federal rent controls until March

31. The present controls expire December 31.

The United States charges this week, that the basic motivation of Russian policy

is the belief that war against non-Communist countries is just and virtuous. It

labeled this belief “the Vishinsky doctrine” and warned that peaceful co-operation

between Russia the United states is impossible so long as Moscow follows it.

Hollywood news - Actor James Stewart undergoes

an emergency appendicitis operation in London. He’s

said to be resting comfortably. He’s currently making a

movie at the Denham Studios there.

A TWA Constellation carrying Elizabeth Taylor, her

husband Nick Hilton and 48 others - makes a forced

landing at Long Beach, CA. The plane overshot a

runway, crashed through a fence and bumped 300

yards across an open field, No one was injured.

Week of November 15, 1950

Television news -

Lucille Ball and husband Desi Arnaz say they expect to begin casting on their

own television show this week. They say the format will be a situation comedy of

a typical husband and wife combination to be filmed for national release. The

show will first be offered to Ms. Ball’s Saturday night radio sponsor. If all fails,

they’ll peddle the show themselves.

Music news - New Jukeboxes are featuring

the new 45rpm singles. The movement is

from the manufacturers, which are

marketing new machines to play the

slower-speed records as well as adapters

to convert old jukes from 78’s. The only

drawback is the lack of a big enough library

to cover the tastes of all territories.

MGM signs singer Johnny Desmond to

another year.

NBC has cooked up a big promotion for the

novelty song “The Thing” for which special

lyrics have been written switching it from a

gag to a humanitarian tune. The idea is that

“The Thing” is what a needy child most

wants for Christmas. Promotion will be

kicked off next week on NBC’s Hedda

Hopper Show. Phil Harris, who sang the

song, will give the first clues to “The Thing”

on his NBC program December 3.

The new Andrews Sisters’ cut of “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers” for Decca

records marks the 200 th recorded version of the tune. First version was cut by

Paul Whitman in 1922.

Week of November 15, 1950

At the movies -

Rio Grande - John

Wayne, Maureen O’Hara

No Way Out -

Richard Widmark,

Linda Darnell,

Sidney Poitier ,

Stephen McNally

A Life Of Her Own -

Lana Turner, Ray Miland

Devil’s Doorway -

Robert Taylor

King Soloman’s Mines

- Deborah Kerr, Stewart

Granger

The Breaking Point - John Garfield, Patricia Neil

Pretty Baby - Dennis Morgan, Betsy Drake, Edmund Gwenn