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Newspaper
Cambridge Sentinel
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1939
Page
3
Evans bonds with the Townes family through dance, skating, and letters as Jane faces an uncertain engagement with Frederick Towne. The scene centers on Edith Towne, Adelaide, and Baldy guiding Evans’s reintegration into social life while honoring Jane’s absence and a looming Christmas ball.
The article notes Bobby Breen's retirement plan due to changing voice and a contract with Sol Lesser. It covers Deanna Durbin's early rise, Jane Withers, Edith Fellows, and risks for youngsters aging out. It also mentions Alexandre Dumas adaptations, Greta Garbo in Ninotchka, and Lubitsch directing.
George T. Eager summarizes grocer experience on entrances. Swinging doors draw shoppers more than doors that swing out. Visibility from the sidewalk, level entrances, and good lighting boost foot traffic and sales. Narrow or hard to open doors deter customers.
Six guests sat down to dinner as Baldy warned Jane. Cousin Anna was still in bed while Adelaide Laramore joined the group. Edith told Mrs Follette she wished Adelaide hadn't been asked. Adelaide flirts to gain favors, Edith says, and Uncle Fred is easily swayed.
The article outlines how humans grasp cosmic distances using yards from the sun to planets, the light year and parsec. It notes light travels 156000 miles per second and that Alpha Centauri has a parallax of 0.76 seconds of arc, illustrating parallax limits in measuring stellar distances.
The mangesteen, a fruit of delicious flavor, is native to the Malay peninsula. The report notes its origin and appealing taste as a distinctive tropical offering.
A feature recalls Connie Boswell, once bound to a wheelchair after childhood accident, now able to take a few steps and perform on stage and radio. Her sisters Martha and Vet helped build a singing career with record sales rising, while Arlene Harris, the Human Chatterbox, overcame deafness after a Vienna operation and chats nightly on Al Pearce programs.
Del Tinney, producer of Youth vs Age, notes many applications come from elderly people while Elix Knight's November concerts were scheduled.
A washing machine company president learns a dealer in a small town sells more by not being perfect. The sales manager finds the key: mistakes humanize the demonstration. The perfect script failed until a flawed question and awkward moment convinced customers to buy.
Dr. Franz Weidenreich at Stanford University publicized bones found in Choukoutien upper cave western China. The seven person family dated to the Upper Paleolithic with artifacts suggesting ancient links to Central Asia. Three skulls including an elderly male showed exceptional preservation.
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