Nightlife coded notes hint at names and events
The fragment mentions a waiter ordering a Number 7 cocktail signaling a Miguel Finnola, a White House operator number 306, and various socialite and media figures. It notes donations to Salvation Army feeding 200 people, a hospitalization update, a birth for the Bob Starrs, and rumored managerial changes at NBC.
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Miguel Finnola
Washington
White House
Curran
Lewises
Salvation Army
Yuletide
Ned Norworth
168Th St
Bob Starrs
Playboys
Lenox Lohr
NBC
Niles Tr
Life in the old league yet debated in world and schools
The piece questions whether the League of Nations can mature from past failures amid new global tensions. It shifts to education, urging periodic teacher merit tests to improve tenure, pay fairness, and public confidence, referencing Des Moines as a case to watch.
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League of Nations
Geneva
League
Europe
Asia
Trades and Industrial Union Groups
Des Moines
Two Factions Emerge as New Deal Circle Splits
Report describes a division within the New Deal inner circle into two groups, McNutts and plain nuts, signaling fracturing alliances and shifting political dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Deal
McNutts
Just Plain Nuts
Destruction and hope amid grim wartime reflections
In an October column The New Statesman has George Bernard Shaw entertainingly doubting any final war victory as the Russian army nears Poland. He cites H G Wells’s warning about civilization and humanity, then counters with a sardonic quip about killing millions and ruins as tourist shows. He ends with a cautious hope that future generations may steer toward Utopia. The piece notes Hitler’s secret methods to block US intervention and questions their reliability.
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George Bernard Shaw
The
New Statesman
London
Poland
Shaw
H. G. Wells
Des Moines Board Plans Teacher Examinations
The Des Moines board of education announced plans to test prospective teachers next spring. The exams aim to measure appreciation of cultural heritage knowledge of subject matter and grounding in professional education.
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Des Moines Board of Education
One Shot Left And War Shifts Civilization
A war era meditation outlines Germany's preparation for quick victory and Allied starvation strategy. It weighs future outcomes if Germany wins or loses, noting resource buildup, air power, and naval constraints, while railings on democracy and public peril. It closes with a corrective sentence about an engagement to marry.
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Germany
France
England
Holland
Belgium
Switzerland
Britain
Broadway Celebrities and Nightlife Rumors in 1939
Walter Winchell on Broadway notes celebrities at New York venues and social scenes. Abe Lincoln blogger, J P Morgan in midtown, Dempsey restaurateur, Greta Keller at the Algonquin, and Eleanor Roosevelt chat with Gertrude Atherton, plus NBC newsroom dullness and a sharp quip about a turkey curtain.
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Abe Lincoln
Carl Sandburg
Abe
J. P. Morgan
Morgan Library
Agen
William Goetzes
20Th Century- Fox
8Th Avenue
Gloria Stuart
Third Avenue
Fritz Mandl
Hedy LaMarr
Greta Keller
Algonquin
Henry Ford
Howard Hawks
Paul Gallico
Paul
Gertrude Atherton
B. Gallant
Eleanor Roosevelt
Gali Ine
NBC
Ben Grauer
Russia
Abe Lyman
Will and Wardrobe of Wills Stir City Gossip
A fragmented city page notes a man’s death and a widow to receive much of his fortune while charities and dower rights complicate the will. It mentions rumored names from New Haven and a Midnighter, a reconciled musical duo the Billy Hills, investor payouts for Life With Father, and a possible trunk body found in the East River years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
David
New Haven
Billy Hills
Father
E. DeGoffs
Marie Kelly
Scandals
East River
Unclear notes on bank checks and alleged victims
An incomplete report describes a man who cashed several checks and later faced bank bouncebacks from California. It mentions victims named the Stork 21 Leon and Eddie and related hotels as investigators pursued leads for weeks.
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California
Stork
Leon
Eddie
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United Press
Associated Press
Tryon Edwards
Hitler
United States
Dewey
Japan
America
Walter Winchell
Daily Mirror
Merry
Geraldine Thorne
Iowa
Union Pacific Railway
SZA
Thomas C. Durant
Cynthia
Cynthia Bright
Doris Leslie
Louise Beebe Wilder
Will Durant
Greece
Sanford
Vicki Vatronal
Guy
John
Garner
Dial 2
Son Dear Friends
Ahi
Re Cay
Ginsberg
Diamond
Windsor
Baronne
Berwick
Bu Lady’s Elgin
Elgin
Jewel Bulova
Larse Center
Lady Elgin
Jewel Bulova “Dean
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