New York City Sights and Sordid Corners of the Era
A vivid tour through Manhattan's landmarks and shadowy streets as chronicled in a late 20th century reminiscence. From the Roxy Theatre and Radio City to Tudor City and Greenwich Village, the piece touchingly scales theaters nightly crowds and grand avenues while detailing dingy alleys and social contrasts. It highlights the Great White Way nickname, notable venues, and the stark divide between glamour and poverty in a bustling metropolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Zéra
Jim Fiske
Josh Manfield
Great White Way
Stoadway
Or. J. Gude
Roxy Theatre
Tudor City
42Nd Street
East River
Misterie Fraunces
Gen. Washington
New York
Warne
Tom Paine
Grove St
Harlem
Nestes
Radio City Music Hall
Grand Central Denpo
Sixth Avenue
New York University
Sing Sing
MacDougal Alley
Greenwich Village
New Revolution Stirs China as Farmers Learn Modern Methods
Refugees return to Changteh in Hunan as Japanese troops withdraw from the rice bowl city after bitter fighting. The article profiles Dr. Walter C. Lowdermilk and U.S. soil conservation methods aimed at modernizing Chinese agriculture to feed hundreds of millions and free land for factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
U.S
Walter C. Lowdermilk
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Lowdermilk
Soil Conservation Service
United States
Lowderwalk
Peng River
Penghsien
Coma
Sian
Shensi
Niles
Chiang Kai Shek
Lowdersmith
United States Soil Conservation Service
Great Wall of
Lowdermil
Ukraine
Changteh
Hunan
Army Wives and Promotions Stir War Department Debate
A wartime debate weighs wives influence on promotions. Col Alfred L. Jewett asserts officers' efficiency reports reflect wives activities, urging Gulfport women to join the Gulfport Field Women's club and warning officers to report participation. Also notes contrasting views on gender impact and mentions Jimmy Roosevelt on battlefield cleanliness and Allied citrus logistics in Sicily and Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
John Pershing
Francis Warren
Wyoming
Pershing
Woodrow Wilson
Senate
France
Teddy Roosevelt
Wilson
War- Ten
Petticoat School
Douglas MacArthur Firs
Edward ‘Tf. Stotesbury
J. P. Morgan
Weekes
MacArthur
West Point
George Patton Jr
Feneral
Sicily
General Marshall
Eisenhower
Somervell
Gulfport Field Women's Club
Jewett
Arnold
Women's Club
Air Forces
Jimmy Roosevelt
Jimmy
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
Chaty Gamg
Italy
Palestine
Near East
Knitting Care and Kitchen Tips From an Old Time Source
Practical household hints cover sorting sweater pockets, washing utensils to remove fish odor, clarifying soup stock, shocking hard boiled eggs, starching work clothes, selecting lard finishes for safety, and keeping leather shoes pliant with various oils.
Woman touts Kellogg All Bran for constipation relief
A reader letter from Mrs Myive Wood of Steckroft Ohio describes using Kellogg's All Bran to restore regularity after a change to night work. The ad touts All Bran as a gentle regulating food containing dietary fiber and urges regular use with milk water and fruit for natural elimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myive Wood
Baumanville Steckroft
Ohio
Kellogg's
Kellogg’s Allbran
Buttle Creel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nes York
Bist Street
Madison Avenue
55Th Street
Lexington
6Th Avenue
the Waldorf
Potter’s Field
Broadway
The
Bowery
Fifth Avenue
Maria
Pierre
59Th
Midtown
Columm
59Th Street
Siore
Chinatown
Radin Coty
Museum At Modern Art Garden
E. 57Th St
Barrow Lyons
Union
Wang Lung Shan
Shensi Province
Fiensehui
Kanso
Peng
48Th Street
Western Union
Radio City
34Th Street
Ngton, D.C
Brazil
BF Goodrich
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