Smoking Rule Persists at First National Bank of New York
Leon Fraser confirms the bank will keep the rule banning smoking during banking hours for officers and staff, a tradition dating to George F. Baker. The bank imposes no extra restrictions on officers beyond those for clerks, and informal rules prohibit swearing and risqué jokes in the lobby.
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Leon Fraser
First National Bank of New York
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Quiet hunt for first editions of boys series at Library of Congress
V Valta Parma, curator of the Library of Congress rare book room, is pursuing first editions of a boys' book series that drew many children to neglect arithmetic a generation ago. His work helps build a section on children’s reading taste through centuries and aims to prepare a notable new display.
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V. Valta Parma
Library of Congress
Harry Castleman
Parma
Benton murals in Missouri capitol draw fire as social history
Editorial argues Thomas Benton’s completed Jefferson City murals depict everyday Missouri life. Critics say the canvas lacks revered figures. Benton defends the work as social history featuring Frankie and Johnny, Huckleberry Finn, miners, beer makers, city workers, and rural life.
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James Boys
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Move to popularize art by Carl Zigrosser at Weyhe Gallery
Carl Zigrosser of Weyhe Gallery New York advocates making fine modern prints available to the public at prices close to books. He notes a democratic shift in culture as prints reach homes, cites a 63 page Covici Priede pamphlet, and cites American Artists Group members selling at 2 75 each while hand proofs remain in reach.
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Weyhe Gallery
New York
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Second Daily Reducing Diet Plan Description
Outlines a reducing diet with meals for breakfast luncheon and dinner. Breakfast includes orange cereal toast egg bacon and coffee. Luncheon features fresh fruit salad bread butter and tea. Dinner offers tomato juice beef cauliflower carrots peas watercress and pineapple water ice with water and unsweetened beverages.
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Skating Rink on Every Roof Proposed by Engineers
In New York the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers unveiled a project for a flat roof that can become a skating rink in winter and a wading pool in summer. Lieut. Col. W C Danielson said water on roofs extends life, reduces leaks, cools in summer, and insulates in winter. Trials occurred at Hershey Pennsylvania and Milwaukee department store.
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Danielson
Engineers tout water insulated flat roofs with pools for cooling
The speaker notes expenses shrink in both instances and predicts future homes will use flat roofs with two to three inch water pools as insulation. Engineers say sloped roofs arose from material expansion and contraction, but modern materials last longer underwater, reducing need for slope.
Burglar Robs The Wayside for Tiny Radio
A burglar breaks into The Wayside in Concord Massachusetts, once Nathaniel Hawthorne's home, but steals only a small radio. Priceless manuscripts and other relics remain untouched.
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Concord
Mass
U.P
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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