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June 6, 1948

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A LOT OF LAUGHS; A Seminar on 'Sitting Pretty' -- Other Films

By Bosley Crowther

THE family of this reviewer finally got around to seeing "Sitting Pretty" at its favorite show-shop last Saturday while Papa worked in the garden and generally communed with his soul. (Such tardiness is a family practice; we live well out in the suburbs and the kids usually go to the movies -- when they go -to a local third-run house).

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EMBREE'S 7-HITTER BEATS BROWNS, 7-1, FOR THE YANKEES; Pitcher Is in Trouble in Only First Inning as He Hurls Sparkling Victory MATES' HITTING IS TIMELY Winners Tally in the Second, Add Two in Fifth and Four in the Eighth EMBREE'S 7-HITTER TRIPS BROWNS, 7-1

By Louis Effrat

Timely hitting by Bobby Brown, Yogi Berra and Tommy Henrich and a highly satisfactory route-going mound performance by Charley (Red) Embree, served the Yankees well yesterday at the Stadium. With Embree twirling a seven-hitter, the Yankees routed the Browns, 7--1, between raindrops and before 9,160 fans.

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BETTER SELF TAKES YANKEE HANDICAP; 11-10 Choice Earns $42,500 as He Beats Salmagundi by 2 1/2 Lengths at Suffolk BETTER SELF TAKES YANKEE HANDICAP

By the Associated Press

BOSTON, June 5 -- Held back until the quarter pole by confident Warren Mehrtens, the 3-year-old Better Self from Robert J. Kleberg's King Ranch splashed to a two-and-a-half-length victory over William G. Hehs' Salmagundi in the $50,000-added Yankee Handicap today before a drenched crowd of 23,000 at Suffolk Downs.

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Notable Births

Arlene Harris (inventor)

1948Arlene Harris, American entrepreneur, inventor, investor and policy advocate[โ€ ]

Arlene Joy Harris is an entrepreneur, inventor, investor, and policy advocate in the telecommunications industry. She is the president and co-founder of Dyna LLC, an incubator for start-up and early-stage organizations historically in the wireless technology field. Harris is widely recognized as a pioneer in mobile and wireless enterprise and an innovator of consumer products and services. In May 2007, she became the first female inductee of the Wireless Hall of Fame, and was named to the Consumer Technology Hall of Fame in 2017.