A Dream of Calm Rivers and Productive Farms
A newspaper column envisions flood control as a comprehensive water management system. It proposes contouring, terracing, small dams, irrigation ditches, and large reservoirs to keep water on farms in the Canadian River watershed, reducing floods and stabilizing yields across the Panhandle.
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Ohio River
America
Anhandle
Canadian River
Panhandle
Red River
Mississippi
Behind the Scenes In Washington
Washington insiders discuss the New Deal as a middle road against fascism and communism. A mix of fear and resolve shapes policy as officials balance liberal democracy with external pressures from Europe and rising totalitarian ideas.
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Washington
United States
Pasolini
Stalin
Mitler
Mussolini
Europe
Roosevelt
Per
Aris
Pasciani
Yacht murder mystery on Miami voyage amid stock dealings
British financier Blane vanishes from the yacht Golden Gull off Miami after a note to secretary Stodart implies a suicide linked to bankruptcy. Passengers include Rocksavage and Lady Welter. Kettering interviews guests Hayashi and Count Prosodini about a planned sale of a Japanese soap monopoly to fund profits, while inquest into Blane’s disappearance unfolds.
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Bolitho Blane
Carlton Rocksavage
Miami
Blane
Ncholas Stodart
Stodart
Argus Suds
Golden Gull
Ferri Rocksavage
Rocksavage
Lady Welter
Bishop
Shikoku Products Company
Shikoku
Ministry of the Interior
Civil Services
Japan
San Francisco
Panama
Learn to Play as Well as Work
A labor article advises balancing work with moderate leisure to prevent mental fatigue. It argues that short social breaks and light activity reduce worry, improve sleep, and renew energy for the next day. Moderation in work and play helps make tomorrow more pleasant.
Hollywood Smoke Screen and Studio Satire from 1937
J M Fidler notes the citrus smoke frosting Southern California, enveloping Hollywood in a mood of isolation as the studio world obsesses the landscape. He chats with Ray Milland Bing Crosby Martha Raye Bob Burns Fred MacMurray and references a tenth-rate musical. Copyright 1937 McNaught Syndicate.
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Hollywood
Paramount
California
Crosby
Martha Raye
Bing
Fred MacMurray
Fred
McNaught Syndicate
Rudy Vallee Wonder Man Inspires Broad Admiration
Rudy Vallee continues the Wonder Man act and is seen as the most secure entertainer in America today. He blends versatility with hard work and generosity in benefits, while Jimmy Walker balances public life with a steady routine and a legal office. The piece notes changes in autographs and celebrity culture with various literary and sports figures referenced.
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New York
Rudy Vallee
Wonder Man
Marcelle
America
Vallee
Romeo
Jimmy Walker
Peter Rabbit's Narrow Escape in Old Orchard Tale
Peter Rabbit hides in a new Chuck house while Reddy Fox waits outside and Jimmy Skunk's quarrelling brood awakens. Peter finds a back passage but fears discovery as Jimmy hesitates and the fox plots, promising a tense, perilous moment in this 1937 feline and forest fable.
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Peter
Peter Rabbit
Reddy Fox
Jimmy Skunk
Jimmy
Johnny Chuck
Roddy Fox
Reddy
T. W. Burgess
Tragedy and Triumph in Writers Stories
A felt mix of misfortune and luck touches writers. A. A. MacDonald rises from a tiny Pennsylvania dot to international fame after selling an Esquire essay that later traveled to a British periodical. The piece notes a subway manuscript loss and a writer’s weight loss.
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A. A. MacDonald
Pennsylvania
Esquire
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Musical Genius Crossword Clues Confuse a Pianist Theme
A dense list of across and down clues forms a crossword style puzzle. Entries reference Sergei, musical terms, body parts, time markers, and geographic hints, creating a web of wordplay around art and language.
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texan
Ams- Tillo Daily News
Globe News Publishing Co
Sixth
Fillmore
Gene Howe
T. FE. Johnson
John McCarty
Associated Press
News and Business Department
Vacy Sane
Amarillo Daily News
Globe
News-Globe
Py Mail
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
the Globe
France
England
Russia
Rusia
Pascua
Spain
NEA
Neame
Kettering
Inosuke Hayashi
Mr. Hayashi
Count Prosodini
States
Italy
Keepin
Artie" M ° Govern
J'Mmie
Fidler
Ray Mi'and
Ray
Milland
Jessen
Bob Burns
Bob
Czar
Rudy Valle
Amusement World OF America
O. O. McIntyre
King Lardner
John
Bill Farnsworth
Paris Midi
George S. Kaufman
Arthur Hopkins
Somerest Maugham
Bob Bartlett
James Braddock
Jack Dempsey
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Bedtime Story
Thornton W. Burgess
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Hygeia
Health
Sergei
Bell Sound
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