Society Notes Hint at Evelyns Slip and Seams
A playful gossip item recalls Evelyn Boyd the society editor anxious over gossip about her Easter weekend trip and a potential slip showing at a party. The column weaves memories of past campus events, theater, dances, and local social intrigue around Amarillo and surrounding communities.
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Avelyn
Fragments from a damaged page reveal partial notes
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Get Up Giv 1 and Nine New Hwes Ellin
The fragmentary item notes a headline style phrase about a public or local matter. Readable names or dates are limited. The brief hints at a routine update or event with minimal context. The readable text provides no clear action, entity, or outcome to confirm.
Gardening for Happiness in Missouri Gardens
Garden experts emphasize soil fertility as key to fruitful vegetables. Prof. R A Schroeder of Missouri University says a complete fertilizer boosts growth. Alternate Gardening notes more gardeners in Missouri finding richer yields with careful soil management.
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R. A. Schroeder
University of Missouri
Missouri
How to Prepare a Leaf Mold Cover All With Soil
The note explains layering leaf mold under roughly one foot of good soil to improve garden beds. It emphasizes moisture retention and soil enrichment for longevity and healthier plants.
Maintaining soil fertility for year to year yields
Agricultural tips emphasize sustaining oil fertility in vegetable growing through increased manure applications before plowing, supplemented by complete fertilizers. Green manure crops are recommended, including rotating garden areas, with leaf mold based fertilizer advised for lawns.
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The Frankfurter group and the New Deal clash over unions
The piece argues that the Supreme Court under Frankfurter and Justice Arnold deny government power over unions, weakening labor law enforcement. It critiques Roosevelt era liberalism, laments Congress inertia, and labels the Frankfurter bloc as reactionary while praising Arnold’s fight to broaden anti trust coverage to unions.
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Fighting 72 Insignia Vows to Roost in Insect Aviation
The men of Fighting Squadron 72 U S N chose a blue burglar wasp as their insignia along with a seaman cap and boxing gloves. They describe the blue burglar as a scrappy customer that rules the roost in insect aviation.
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Editorial QandA on noted works and authors
Answers discuss connections between literary titles and sources. Hemingway echoes Donne in For Whom the Bell Tolls, Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath links to Battle Hymn of the Republic, and random Harvest ties to Hilton. Wodehouse was captured and writes in a camp. Roberts wrote Northwest Passage, with Oliver Wiswell on bookshelves.
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Today’s Puzzler Horizontal and Vertical Challenge
A vintage crossword grid clued by a long list of words and phrases. Solve for the feminist figure and related terms across great spans, with entries including regions ocean paragraphs and more.
Debate Over Draft Exemptions for College Students
Princeton April survey by the American Institute of Public Opinion finds strong support for allowing college students to finish their courses before being drafted. Voters favor college training as a national asset, with debate over fairness and timing of military service. The survey also asks about engineers and doctors in training and discusses military drill in colleges versus full Army camps.
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Readers Club picks William by E. H. Young
John Selby reviews the Readers Club launch led by Fadiman Van Doren and Woollcott. They seek honest neglected books worth republishing, beginning with E. H. Young’s William, a relaxed English novel praised for its mirror of Nesbitts era England and its occasional overreach.
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E. H. Young
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Carl van Doren
Alexander Woollcott
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Quoted Thoughts on Tone and Access in Arts and Society
A compilation of wry aphorisms on staying alert, urban driving, global disarmament, fashion truth, thinking versus knowing, and democratizing music access. Attributed to Artur Rodzinski, Cleveland orchestra conductor, reflecting varied social ideas.
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Cleveland Symphony
Overseas by Ernie Pyle Clipper trip home from Europe
Ernie Pyle recounts a 25 passenger transatlantic Clipper voyage homing from Europe. He notes nationalities, notable travelers including James Bowrock the American vice consul at Munich, a state department courier, and a Paris-residing American woman, with grumbling travelers and vivid anecdotes from Professor Weigle and Captain Kinkaid.
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Beatrice and Anthony plan a fashion driven sales surge
Beatrice challenges Anthony to prove by samples rather than talk. She pushes a plan to showcase navy blue crepe outfits with coordinating accessories, aiming for faster sales and better customer service. He fears missteps but she seizes the chance to tour Fifth Avenue show windows.
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Genuine interest wins friends from Tibet to Texas
A Dale Carnegie excerpt presents Yun Heung Ko's Shanghai letter illustrating the power of genuine interest. The speaker learns to value others by asking about them, sharing experiences, and easing social barriers, showing friendship grows when one truly engages with people from China and beyond.
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Bait for Con-men and the Washington scam
An old con game targets congressmen with a whisky gift and duty charge. A suave man offers cases of Scotch from a supposed friend, asks $5.50 per case for duties, and vanishes after the check clears. The piece notes similar schemes against lawmakers and quotes public figures on defense and democracy.
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