Predicted 15 Percent Travel Gain Across 1940 Summer
New York and San Francisco fairs, lower costs, and added free spectacles are expected to boost summer automobile travel in 1940 by about 15 percent over 1939. The American Automobile Association cites 15 million cars carrying 52.5 million people on 48 billion miles last year, with projections reaching 60.4 million travelers on 55 billion miles in 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Ins
Motor Club
Tourist Bureau
American Automobile Association
New York
San Francisco
U S. Travel Bureau
What to Wear at the New York World's Fair
Brenda advises packing for comfort and light fabrics for the New York World's Fair. Wear sturdy shoes and a seersucker or chambray dress, with a versatile coat, a secure hat, and cool headgear for warm days. Prioritize comfort over fancy outfits for long days at exhibits and events.
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Brenda
New York City
The Diaphragm and Natural Breathing for Health
A historical note extols diaphragm training and belly breathing as a preventive and therapeutic aid. It laments public neglect of preventive medicine and cites reported benefits for chronic bronchitis asthma emphysema and post operative abdominal surgery cases.
Belly breathing advised after abdominal surgery
The piece cautions doctors and lay advisors about belly breathing exercises after abdominal operations. It outlines aims to prevent atelectasis and pneumonia, reduce adhesions, improve circulation, aid metabolism, and avoid harm in possible tuberculosis cases. It also notes risks for hernias and criticizes unreliable health advice from dubious sources.
Plan Utilitarian Clothes Merchants Deceptive Trade Practices
A critical note on utilitarian clothing merchants who allegedly trick customers. It argues merchants and buyers alike ignore basic physiology, treating the human body as a taboo topic and enabling crude sales tactics.
Shadow Boxing Highlights and Boxer Movements
Kins remains the only American army man to scale the heights while Al Hostak may defend his NBA middleweight title against Milt Aron in Chicago this summer. Arturo Godoy trains for a June 20 match with Joe Louis with sparring partners Billy Donahue Max Minnich and Henry Morez.
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Kins
al Hostak
Milt Aron
Chicago
Paul Damski
Gunnar Barland
Phil Brubaker
Arturo Godoy
Joe Louis
Billy Donahue
Max Minnich
Henry Morez
Godoy
J. J
Ken Overlin
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Cobina
Frisco Fair Reflections
Treasure Island
Personal Health Service
Zoric
Cedar Rapids
Third Street
Marion
Hilterunner Music CO
First Street
DIAL
First Trust & Savings Bank
Twelfth Avenue
S. F
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Merchants of
Hokum
Air Line
Sky Flight
Ginshere
Moedem
EER
Goodyear
Goopfyfar Palaa
OM Vatu
Goodyear Service Store
Second Avenue SE
Motorola Car Radios
RCA Home Radios
Chriss Dundee
Phil Glassman
Philadelphia
Johnny Barbara
Cocoa Kid
Billy Marquart
George Zengaras
Mike Kaplan
Tommy Cross
Leo Rodak
Jimmy Tygh
Eddie Dunne
Joey Archibald
Lee Savold
Billy Conn
Pittsburgh
Joe Dundee
Lou
Baltimore
Pablo Dano
California
Nel Tarleton
France
First Avenue
Kriz
E. A. Kriz & Son
Emil G. Kriz
First Street SE
Wilson Brothers
Wilson Bros
O’meara Clothing CO
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