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When the Nazis invaded Poland, they took over Leon Jolson's prosperous sewing-machine business, tattooed No. 32164 on his left arm and threw him into a concentration camp. The end of the war found Jolson still alive, but the Russians were in Poland, and Jolson found them no better than the Nazis. He escaped to the U.S. zone in Germany, and in 1947 went to New York. He had $6 in his pocket and spoke no English. But he knew all about sewing machines...
...Necchi caught on fast, though it costs from $25 to $60 more than a Singer. To get more capital, Jolson took in two partners and expanded his sales all over the U.S. By last week the company owned a twelve-story New York building, was advertising to the tune of a million dollars a year, and had 1,630 U.S. dealers and a subsidiary in Canada. By the end of this year it expects to sell more than 50,000 Necchi machines, gross $10 million and have a firm grip on 10% of the sewing-machine market...
...Jolson Story ignited the sound formula of giving the audience old favorites sung by the still excellent voice of a star whose popularity has faded with time. With A Song In My Heart has great success in following this pattern. The show has only one large-scale production number. For most of the other songs, Miss Hayward is alone on the scene, lending her own brand of vivacious charm to Miss Froman's exciting voice...
Married. Erie Galbraithe Jolson, 27, fourth and last wife of the late Al Jolson, who left her $1,000,000; and Norman Krasna, 42, Hollywood producer; both for the second time; in Las Vegas...
Three weeks later students at the Louisiana Girls' College struck back, gave 23 faculty members an intelligence test. Among the teachers' answers: they defined sequins as fish, named Al Jolson as a wrestling champion, Maraschino a Premier of Russia and Filet Mignon an opera by Puccini...