Things New Yorkers Never Know About New York
A lively pastiche of city trivia, noting Staten Island farms, delays of street name changes, Battery Park signals, and a subway at 19th Street carved from a cliff, with notes on Wall Street, Harbour views, and historic sites through a nostalgic, period voice.
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New York
Staten Island
Stack Exchange
Front Street
Manhattan
Fort Washington Point
Nassau Street
Tenth Street
Second Avenue
B'way
190Th Street
Sheridan Square
Hang Tai Low
Battery Park
Wall Street
Federal Reserve Bank
Police Dept
LaGuardia
Weather Bureau
Hudson
RCA
Gov't
Radio City
Carnegie Hall
New York Central
Australians and Americans Find Similar Ways in War Time
An essay by Elliott Pine compares early Tasman voyages with 1942 wartime ties between the United States and Australia. It notes Americans and Aussies share frankness and outdoorsy spirit, describes desert lands, scarce goods, wartime rationing, and cultural exchanges including romance, mutual respect, and shifting postwar prospects for migration and ties.
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Elliott Pine
Union
Jamestown
Virginia
New Guinea
Australia
Torres
U. S. Army
Japan
States
Western States
Melbourne
Sydney
Brisbane
Adelaide
U. S
Eivilans
America
New Zealand
Tove
U.S
Big Island
San Francisco
Curtin
Frortier
Commonwealth
Government irrigation divide pits big ranchers against small farmers
The nation debates whether government irrigation should favor large Central Valley holdings or protect small farms. Ickes warns against letting land speculators and big wineries profit, while Carter and Elliott push a rider to expand benefits beyond 160 acres. Public opinion splits with Fresno Chamber backing 60 to 80 acre units for families.
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Washington, D. C
Teddy Roosevelt
Fdr
Congress
California
Interior
Ickes
Elliott and
Carter
Land Kings
Far West
Republian
Oakland
Calif
Elliott
Tulare
Central Valley
U.S.A
Fresno Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Navy couple wed in Armadale Australia at Our Lady of Lourdes
Chief Petty Officer Lowell Tidy married Miss Alice Drew in a formal ceremony at Our Lady of Lourdes church Armadale Australia. Attendants were Petty Officer Waldo Gustafson and bridesmaid Miss Lila Drew.
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Australia
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Armadale
Omcer Lowell Tidy
Alice Drew
Petty OM Eer Waldo Gustafson
U. S. Navy
Lila Drew
Ruth Wyeth Spears Duck and Duckling Pattern 258
Ruth Wyeth Spears offers a versatile bird pattern 13 inches tall with eight inch ducklings for wood crafts wall decor and quilt applique. Includes actual size pattern color guide directions dimensions for a wheelbarrow project and full instructions. pattern 258 priced 15 cents.
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Appy
Happy
Lemon Water Wake-Up Regimen Promises Regularity
Health note advises throwing away harsh laxatives and starting mornings with the juice of one Sunkist Lemon in water. Taken on an empty stomach it supposedly stimulates bowel action daily. Lemons offer vitamin C, E, and P, boost digestion, and help alkalinize the system.
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Sunkist
California
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59Th Street
Eighth Avenue
Central Park West
Ninth Avenue
Columbus Avenue
Tenth Avenue
Amsterdam Avenue
Eleventh Avenue
West End Avenue
Dept. of Welfare
Woodlawn Cemetery
Broadway
Lexington
47Th
73Rd Street
Riverside Drive
Charles M. Schwab
Fifth Avenue
Mohammed Ali
Bowery
George Washington
Gen. Washington
United States
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Washington
Pet
Albert Minarik
Milwaukee
Wis
Jaspers Dempyr
Eieot
Frances Cox
Lient
Lily Fucci
War Manpower Commission
Roosevelt
Ruth Wyeth
Spears Ruth Wyete
Ings
Ruth Wyetd Spears
Bedford Hills
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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