Broadway Getting Toney and other show business notes
In autumn, The Tones and Franchot Jones will join New York stages as Joan and Franchot pursue theater work while his screen roles fade. Luise Rainer declines parts at Metro, Deanna Durbin may star in Cinderella Technicolor after That Certain Age, and exhibitors warn Disney not to rush Durbin's maturation. The column also blends trivia on origins of phrases, radio program debates, and studio finance anecdotes.
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Broadway
Joan
Franchot
New York
Luise Rainer
Metro
Universal
Deanna Durbin
American Author 1 5 Pictured modern writer chest bone
A compact puzzle entry lists clues across a variety of definitions including a modern writer, anatomy terms like chest bone and kidney related words, literary references, and vocabulary items such as vessel for and voids. It presents a vertical and horizontal crossword style set of hints with several named works and figures.
Britain plans 5 billion pound program to end unemployment
Britain drafts a five year plan costing 5 billion pounds to abolish unemployment, with 1.5 million jobless. The program begins in 1939, prioritizes defense, trains unskilled workers, and may use the Unemployment Insurance Fund funds. Local public works will be scheduled by central decision.
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Great Britain
Britain
Committee of Imperial Defense
Million Year-Old Man Found Under Legacy Structure
A sensational discovery reveals a man believed to be a million years old beneath an ancient structure. Scientists and archaeologists coordinate excavation and analysis to verify the age, origin, and context of the find.
Surgeon Delights Onlookers With Encore After Appendectomy
Dr. William B. Thomas recalls a famed surgeon who impressed observers with a superb appendectomy and so the audience clapped loudly enough to prompt an extra tonsil procedure for emphasis.
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William B. Thomas
Railroads notes and visiting railroad officials in Amarillo
On the Railroads continues with social and work details from Amarillo. Names include J. P. Henderson and O. L. Sims among railway staff and agents from Great Northern, Missouri-Kansas-Texas, Western Pacific, Northern Pacific and more visiting Dallas, Wichita Falls, Plainview, and other points.
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Roy K. Hall
Great Northern Railway Company
Dallas
J. G. Hatcher
Chicago
Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
John R. Drummond
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines
Wichita Falls
Texas
C. M. Cobb
Western Pacific Railroad Company
St. Louis
Jewel D. Coppedge
Quanah
Acme and Pacific Railway Co
George Adamcik
Northern Pacific Railway
Pueblo Officers Miss $49.71 From $50 Reward Claim
Two Pueblo police officers saved a prisoner for a $50 federal reward but must pay $49.71 for stenographic work, leaving 26 cents to split. The odd note about ants and toxic juice from a South American beetle appears in the same clipping.
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Pueblo, Colo
Pueblo
Earl Dunlap
E. A. Morse
Fitch's Dandruff Remover Shampoo Promises Instant Relief
An advertisement claims itchy scalp results from dandruff clogging oil glands and promises dandruff removal to restore sebum flow. It asserts ordinary shampoos fail while Fitch's dissolves dandruff instantly and leaves the scalp antiseptically clean. Money back guarantee offered.
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Arkansas
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Chisel
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Yell County
Bob Burns
Hill County
Green Coun
Dick Martin
Dad Wright
Lane Truesdale
Roger Pryor
Lane
Amarillo
Palo Duro Canyon
Mr. Smadamphool
Vea Fance
Frazier
Waterfill & Frazier Distillery Co
Anchorage
Kentucky
Flapper
By Sylvia
NEA Service, Inc
Reg. U
West
the Deep
Virginia
Sarah
Lperter
Pat
Boy
Blondie
Dagwood
THE
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Capyight
Tom Ray
Pat of
Boots
Suse
Ysee
Wis
Domi
Ike
London
Jim
South Plains
J. P. Henderson
Dispatcher
Cool
Colorado
R. ©. Gowdy
Denver
O. L. Sims
J. H. Howze
Jimmie
J. B. Bennett
Mississippi
W. R. Gowdy
Lois Hamilton
Plainview
V. A. Powell
Fort Worth
Poole
F. A. White
Art Davis
Red Carnation
Ellwood Park
Carl Hamilton
Pepp
Grandpa
Kellogg's
Terminal Island Federal Jail
Los Angeles
South America
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