Globe-Trotting Kerr Finds Hospital A Summer Stay
San Francisco era traveler Sanford Kerr 72 remains at St Luke’s hospital after a June bus crash near LaPorte City. Once mobile again he tours the ward in a blue robe and straw hat, hoisted by nurse Beulah Slocum and shows visitors five reasons he will not hurry to leave.
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Thompson
Japan
Sanford Kerr
LaPorte City
Kere
St. Luke's Hospital
Dorothy Donnan
Thelma Ruth Matthews
Mr. Kerr
Marjorie Johansen
Beulah Slocum
Celia Derr
Illinois Central
Cairo
Gazette
Tokio
Streamlined Circus Comes to Hollywood in Modern Edition
MGM researchers create a compact silver and gray streamlined circus titled A Day at the Circus for the Marx brothers. A single circular ring, 2000 comfortable chairs, neon outlines, and artistically painted tents replace traditional sprawling layouts. Cronin of Al G. Barnes offers praise for a smaller, higher class touring act.
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Hollywood
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Mervyn le Roy
Stanley Rogers
S. L. Cronin
al G. Barnes
Best-Dressed Scarecrow Is Penelope Shoo-Who Of New York City Wheatfield
New York column reports a horticultural trend as Manhattan embraces plantings. The piece notes the Rockefeller elm project on Fifth Avenue thriving against urban conditions and describes Sixth Avenue planning a similar garden campaign after the El removal.
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Manhattan
Rahway
Shoo Who
Jean Spada
Penelope Shoo
Hattie Carnegie
Miss
New York
Penelope Shoo-Who
New York City
Wheatfield
Ozorge Hoss
NEA
Gotham
Joyce Kilmer
Metropolis
Rockefellers
Fifth Avenue
Sixth Avenue
Iowa Senator Explains Support and Opposition in Washington
The Iowa senator discusses revisions to the Hatch bill and the administration lending bill, praising or criticizing provisions on revenue, social security, price fixing, agriculture, and national defense. He defends neutrality policy while advocating committee-led action and highlights tax and parity funding decisions.
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Roosevelt
Hull
Congress
Highway Patrolman Tests Figures On Passing Cars
Sergeant Day and his aide tested safe passing distances on a rural stretch, showing passing requires 150 feet at 10 15 mph and 900 feet at 50 60 mph. He urges stricter law enforcement vehicle inspections speed limits and school safety programs.
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Fred C. Henron
Ergeant
Clarence Day
Cedar Rapids
Sergeant Day
John Lewis
Koch and
Pasteur
Peace Officers’ School
Iowa City
Bill Jones
Iowa
Paper wasps craft nests from shaved wood and saliva
Wasps build paper nests by shaving thin wood films from surfaces and mixing with a gummy secreted saliva to form a plaster like substance. This creates a durable paper pulp nest structure used for brood chambers and shelter.
Simple Diet Adds Years and Delays Senility
Berkeley AP report summarizes experiments by Columbia University chemists showing simple diet modification can extend life span in white rats. Two methods used, one with extra protein minerals or vitamins, the other varying food proportions. Growth slowed yet vitality extended, maturity earlier, later senility. Wisconsin researchers counter with high fat diets accelerating tumor formation in mice.
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Berkeley
Calif
C. Sherman
H. L. Cambell
Columbia University Chemistry Department
Pacific Science Congress
C. A. Baumann
H. Jacobi
H. P. Ruschof
University of Wisconsin
Dog ownership widespread in Great Britain
Nearly half of households own a dog in Great Britain with an estimated 4 million dogs across the country. The figure highlights broad pet ownership patterns and urban rural distribution.
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Great Britain
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