Waikiki transformation and radio advertising critique
The Waikiki beach is described as modernized with new hotels and sea walls replacing old structures while automobiles fill Kalakaua Avenue. Dr. Lee DeForest condemns distasteful radio ballyhoo as clumsy salesmanship that spoils the music and home ambiance, urging better program presentation.
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Waikiki
Beach Boys
Kalakaua Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Hawaii
Lee DeForest
Institute of Radio Engineers
Dr. DeForest
Dr. de Forest
Ballyhoo
Doubt the Scientist by Glenn Frank
An essay arguing for skepticism toward scientists and the dangers of credulity in modern culture. Frank argues modern science relies on doubt yet is treated with unearned faith, urging readers to demand evidence and challenge scientific pronouncements.
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Doubt
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Sinai
McClure
Too Cold to Snow, Weather Bureau Says
Washington notes that snow requires moisture in the air and does not occur at temperatures far below zero. The Weather Bureau explains snow becomes unlikely only when temperatures reach about 40 to 50 degrees below zero.
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Washington
U. S. Weather Bureau
Tem
Murcer at Sligh ride in San Lucas tale
Allan Hunt visits the Dan Parados estate on San Lucas Island to appraise his art and encounters aweb of intrigue. Caroline Brent, Celia Ferris, and a mysterious Anatole Flique collide with Parados family tensions as Parados withdraws to his library and a tense dinner unfolds among the guarded portraits and hidden motives.
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San Lucas Island
Dan Parados
Allan Hunt
Parados
Hunt
Anatole Flique
Caroline Brent
Flique
Caroline
Mademoiselle
Monsieur
San Francisco
Mrs. Parados
M. Flique
Celia
Georgette
Herbert Johns
Professor Johns
Morrison
Johns
A BRIBE THAT FAILED TO Curb Thumb Sucking
An eight year old boy's thumb habit resists bribery as his mother learns. Rewards fail to deter a habit from infancy. experts advise ignoring the habit and offering acceptable alternatives. Emphasis on activity, peer play, and steady home routine to replace the habit.
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Alice Judson
Peale
Phillip
Helen
Bookkeeper's Pants Suits Is Novel Plan
A lively New York page from 1930 includes vivid sketches of West Indians in Van Cortland Park, theater folk on Broadway, and a gin seng merchant. The narrator threads street scenes with literary figures, a Paris Surete attaché, and a dinner party set to a game of murder.
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O. C. McIntyre
New York
van Cortland Park
Harrison Fisher
Winnie Shehan
Bird Millman
Roy W. Howard
Herb Roth
Grant Overton
Frank McIntyre
Dillingham
Dinty Moore
Jack Osterman
Eddie Hitchcock
Leo
Helen Marsh
Ed Wynn
Flique
Professor Johns
William Morrow and Company
McCarl Praised in Senate Over Unpopular Budget Roles
A Washington Letter notes Comptroller General James R. McCarl, longtime Harding appointee, as an unusually unpopular official who nevertheless earns praise in the Senate for integrity. Senators Norris and Blaine describe him as beyond backdoor influence, crediting his nine years of firm rulings on budget and claims.
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Kirke Simpson
Washington
Congress
Treasury
Senate
House
Uncle Sam
James R. McCarl
Harding
McCarl
Comptroller
St. Paul Commercial
Norris
Fess
Ohio
Blaine
Wisconsin
McCarn
Nanny Meadow Mouse Fears Sparrow Hawks and Foxes
Danny and Nanny Meadow Mouse plan a move to escape Killy the Sparrow Hawk and Reddy Fox. Night travels keep them cautious as Flip the Terrier prowls Green Meadows. A Shadow, a Screech Owl, and a rusty can aid a tense escape before separation ends the tale.
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Danny
Nanny Meadow Mouse
Killy
Mrs. Killy
Sparrow Hawks
Nanny
Reddy Fox
Green Meadows
Nancy
Flip
Nany
Danny Meadow Mose
T. W. Burgess
Turnip Frog Inspires Daniel Chester French Art Career
A young Daniel Chester French discovers his talent when he carves a turnip frog wearing clothes. His parents praise the whimsical sculpture and encourage him to pursue sculpting as a future art form.
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Daniel Chester French
Jacob's Ladder Crossword Clues Arrive in Puzzle Form
Yesterday's crossword provides a mixed set of across and down clues including Fashion Profits Gem Sinful Haunt Money drawer Skein of yarn Before Unit To walk through water Foundation Extra supply Dimmer To perish Nominal value Practice Flaga To leave out Diplomacy Line Cow's stored Engine Nail Wall Stocking To inure Bag Herb To conduct Toward sea one's self Lees Examination To cbide Baseball team Deer Perfect type Succingts To jeer Scripture Shed To prepare for public action To breathe heavily hittle bandia To cheat To divert Suffered Pork Irregularly indented Flowers Perspiration Story Beret Derbys
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Oklahoma
New Mexico
the Globe
Murcer
G. Booth
Fuque
Mademoiselle Brent
Brents
Manhattan
America
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14Th Street
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Myrtle Green
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