Week of October 23, 1950

Korean War news - American cavalry troops capture the major North Korean port

of Chinnampo in a second parachute assault by 6000 paratroopers across

Communist escape routes north of Pyongyang.

San Francisco. Jolson abruptly left a gin rummy game

to lie down and rest. He asked for a doctor. “Well, this

looks like the end” he said to his friends. Hotel nurse

Anne Murchison told the crooner he would be OK.

“Who are you kidding - I’ve got no pulse” exclaimed

Jolson with a laugh. He then asked his card-playing

friends to pull up some chairs because he had some

stories to tell them. As they assembled- his final

utterance was “I’m going, I’m going.”

In Chicago, Sidney Schiller, a Republican candidate

for the Municipal Court bench has his car stolen. Schiller is certain it was a

Democrat “and a low-life, underhanded crooked on at that.” The car contained

his campaign literature including 500 posters, 2000 auto stickers and 20,000

throwaway cards.

A 10% tax increase goes into effect November 1 for TV set and freezer

manufacturers.

Robert Sprague, president of the Radio Television Manufacturer’s Association

criticizes the FCC for approving the CBS color system. “Television sets cannot

get any picture at all from a CBS color broadcast unless the owner has

purchased an adapter” and “the right kind of color television set simply isn’t here

yet.”

Sheik Fahad, brother of the ruler of Kuwait says his country has a big problem.

Every time somebody drills for water in the thirsty nation, all they find is oil.

Fahad is in the U.S. to learn modern agricultural methods.

In Decatur, IL - Mrs Vera Gibson (38) is jailed for promiscuous kissing. Police say

she created a disturbance by accosting unsuspecting men and kissing them in

downtown Decatur. She was fined $31.00 and failed to pay.

In Dayton, OH a dog is blamed on the death of a 7 year-old boy. Police say Paul

Shaks was playing in the front yard of his home while his mother was attending

Week of October 23, 1950

his 6-month old sister. Paul decided to wind-up his rope swing to go for a ride

and jump on the swing as it began to twist. His neck got caught between the

unwinding strands. His playmates found him hanging by the twisted strands, but

his dog “Brownie”, a mongrel, kept up his vicious snarls and kept all help away.

His father arrived and drove the dog away - but by then, it was too late.

Irene Castle McLaughlin Enzinger, a 57 year-old

for $250 thousand. She charged that a film that

she loaned to Sullivan, showing her dancing with

her late husband, Vernon, was used last year on

“The Toast Of The Town” without her permission.

Defendants named are Sullivan, CBS and Ford

Motor Company.

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York Yankees shortstop,

wins the 1950 MVP award in

the American League.

Rizzuto ended the season

with a .324 batting average

that included 50 extra base hits. Runners-up in the voting

were Billy Goodman of Boston (the season’s batting champ

with a .354 and Larry (Yogi) Berra of New York.

Marries - Errol Flynn (41) “for the third and final time” to

Patrice Wymore (24).

Lana Turner loses her second child - this time in a fall on a polished floor. Turner

has one daughter - Cheryl (7).

Life Magazine leads in total advertising dollars

received from Jan-Sept of this year:

1) Life (total Investment Spent by Advertisers) -

$57,397.585

3) Saturday Evening Post - $46,348.523

4) NBC Radio - $46,348,095

5) ABC Radio - $26,417,997

6) Time - $17,326,968

7) This Week - $14,657,745

8) Ladies Home Journal - $15,887,190

Week of October 23, 1950

9) Better Homes & Gardens - $13,917.635

10) American Weekly - $12,529,161

At the store - an RCA 45RPM record attachment - now you can play RCA’s new

45’s! - includes 6 records - $12.95

Hershey Milk Chocolate bars - just like a

vending machine...drop in a penny and

push the plunger - out pops a bank-size

Hershey bar! Encourages youngsters to

save money - $1.98 (box of 24 refills of

Hershey Bars - 19 cents).

At the mart - Pumpkins - 2 cents a lb...

Campbell’s Pork & Beans - (2) 1pound

cans - .25... Sirloin steak - .77lb... Kraft

Mayonnaise - quart jar - .62.

Zenith introduces “lazy bones” tuning -

change all television stations from the

comfort of your easy chair. Hand held

devise plugs into TV.

Bestsellers include “Across the River and

into the Trees’ - Ernest Hemingway,

“Dianetics” - L. Ron Hubbard. At stores -

“Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary” -

Hugh Lofting.

Sunday night TV includes - “Toast of the Town, Eddie Cantor - Comedy Theater,

Fred Waring Show, Garraway At Large.

Truman makes her professional TV debut and sings two

songs on “Toast of the Town” with Ed Sullivan.

Sunday Night radio includes - “Our Miss Brooks, Bergan-

McCarthy, Red Skelton, Jack Benny.

Week of October 23, 1950

“Goodnight Irene” - Gordon Jenkins & The Weavers,

“Nevertheless (I’m In Love With You)” - Paul Weston, “I’ll Never

Be Free” - Kay Starr & Tennessee Ernie Ford, “”Can Anyone

Explain (No, No No) - The Ames Brothers, “Harbor Lights” -

Guy Lombardo

Granger

Union Station - William Holden, Nancy Olsen

The Glass Menagerie - Jane Wyman, Kirk

Dougla

The Toast Of New Orleans - Kathryn

Grayson, Mario Lanza, David Niven