Haile’s Stance Trims Ethiopian Italian Row Across Nations
The piece notes Haile Selassie’s defiant stance during the Ethiopian Italian tensions and cites U S neutrality moves being reversed, with comments on Washington’s past actions in China Nicaragua and the Boxer uprising, highlighting American interests and global reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Haile
Uncle Sam
Congress
Ethiopia
Ching
Nicaragua
China
Halle
Mustolini’s Prestige at Risk Over Ethiopian Adventure
The Louisville Courier Journal suggests Mussolini faces international prestige loss if he backs away from plans in Ethiopia, while a potential concession could ease internal pressure and remove his black shirt stigma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mustolini
Eny
Louisville Courier-Journal
Glad News Loyds Odds On War Stay‑at‑Home Hope
Time magazine quotes Loyds of London odds that the United States will not go to war and not be invaded. Loyds has stopped taking bets on Italy and Ethiopia, believing they will go to war. The piece suggests the belief that staying clear of war is what Americans want.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glad News Loyds
London
United States
Time
lMoyd's
Maly
Ethiopia
Benson Field Proves Mecca for Red and Black Fans
An upbeat note predicts Benson Field will draw hundreds of fans as the Red and Black team intensifies its dives and sweeps without clear opponent details. The piece emphasizes renewed effort and local enthusiasm for a standout season kickoff.
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Benson Field
U S business activity shows gains over 1934 summer months
The Administrative and Research Corporation weekly letter reports a week ending August 24 delivering a 72.5 reading, up from 9.8 the prior week. Compared with a year ago the figure is 61.9 percent, indicating a stronger trend since early July despite summer fluctuations. The outlook suggests continued improvement into year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Sates
Administrative & Research Corporation
New York
Dow
Gracie Allen Back in New York for Grin and Guffaws
Gracie Allen and George Burns planned a New York visit with Gracie poking fun at photographers and reposters. She humorously noted arriving Monday at 8 o clock on the 20th Century Car No 264 with compartment No 2 and shoe No 44 except February.
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Gracie
Dothan Eagle
Greta Garbo
Daily For the Eagle
Gracie Allen
New York
Mark Twain
George Burns
New ‘York
Bane
Hitch-hiker debate marks a growing U S nuisance
The Selma Times Journal editorial argues hitch hikers are a notable auto age nuisance and security risk. It notes Wichita police fingerprinting shows two of five have criminal records and cites murders linked to hitch hikers in several states, including Pretty Boy Floyd’s death amid hitchhiking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma Times-Journal
America
Bingville
Wichita
Kan
Oregon
Virginia
Nebraska
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Ohio
3000 Miles of Scenery: Boulder Dam Grand Canyon
A feature surveys dramatic Western landscapes including Boulder Dam and the Grand Canyon, noting the peril and beauty of the route. It highlights the conductor of safe travel through remote scenery and points to the allure and dangers of long travels.
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Boulder Dam
Grand , Canyon
Wicked Light
Aerial tour from Los Angeles to New York on Transcontinental
The account describes a ten thousand foot climb from Los Angeles on a TWA flight to New York in a Douglas airliner. It notes skyline visuals, mountains near Cajon Pass, and a cross country journey with stops and contrast between cities and desert farming, including alfalfa storage and irrigation crops.
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Los Angeles
New York
TWA
Transcontinental and Western Air Line
Douglas
United Line
Boeing
Cajon
San Bernardino
Mohave
Victorville
Barstow
Power line to Los Angeles shapes desert frontier image
A dramatic description follows a brown streak across the Mohave desert and Death Valley, representing the dam to Los Angeles power line. It portrays a giant plane gliding over the valley, the dam and its circle segment, upstream shore, power houses, and a vast artificial lake filling the Colorado river gorges as waters accumulate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mohave Desert
Death Valley
Los Angeles
Colorado
Daredevil Flight Over Grand Canyon Like Boulder Dam Scene
Eyewitness describes a risky flight with engineer crew and pilot Coyle spanning a chasm on cables. The narration recalls dramatic maneuvers around power houses and near vertical wing tilts, while passengers ride in the airplane nose awaiting safety and space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North American
T. Park Hay
O. W. Coyle
Charon
Styx
Boulder Dam
Coyle
Arcturus
Dam road spans top of canyon in grand scenery
The narration notes a road along the dam for autos from Nevada to Arizona and a planned Grand Canyon visit at sunset. It states the Colorado River will take years to fill storied canyons, with unusual rains aiding fill without reducing downstream flow to Mexico, and implies providence approves the dam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Arizona
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Providence
Mexico
Canyon of the Colorado: Aerial Wonder above the Grand Canyon
The narrative describes a plane flying over a six thousand foot high mesa into the grand canyon. It details the Colorado River carving the vast gulf with turrets and castles of color and the sunset lighting the rim. It extols nature’s power and contrasts human cities with this immense natural spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Great Canyon
What is it that gives vitality good posture and it?
Dr. Clendening discusses how posture reflects vitality and how proper alignment of the head spine pelvis affects energy. He describes balanced standing, chest expansion, arm relaxation, and foot placement as key to a good posture and reduced fatigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Clendening
WM. D
Majestic river scene of shifting light and color
The muddy stream between dark purple banks suddenly loses the sun and reveals a silver, diminished light transforming the colors. The river’s appearance shifts instantly in weaker light, creating a rare, majestic view unmatched elsewhere on earth.
Stormy sky and hail beset the flight
Pilot Coyle faces a storm front with lightning rain and a rainbow as the speed boat buckles through choppy air. He jokes about lightning passing through the metal ship while hail and thunder pound the cockpit roof, and warns of possible jostling and drops of five to fifty feet.
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Pilot Coyle
Mr. Coyle
Samuel Johnson
Buffon
Coyle
Mn Coyle
Six Clendening Pamphlets Offered by Mail
The editor announces six Dr. Logan Clendening pamphlets available for ten cents each plus a self addressed stamped envelope. Titles include Indigestion and Constipation, Reducing and Gaining, Infant Feeding, Instructions for the Treatment of Diabetes, Feminine Hygiene, and The Care of the Hair and Skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clendening
Logan Clendening
Lightning and safely navigating early civilian flight to Winslow
An aviator recounts surviving three hours of intense weather as his plane dodges forks of lightning. He notes St Elmo's Fire as static and heads back to Winslow Arizona for shelter, stressing routine, safety, and the weather briefing from Winslow. An associate plane from Los Angeles avoids the same storms with pilot Ernie Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Elmo's
Albuquerque
Winslow
Arizona
Winslow Field
Agricultural Bureau
Los Angeles
Ernie Smith
Hawaii
Flight progress noted as plane reaches Albuquerque
An hour and ten minutes after departure Pilot Coyle ensured takeoff, followed by Ernie Smith. The aircraft proceeded to Albuquerque with passengers disembarking after the leg of the journey.
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Coyle
Ernie Smith
Albuquerque
Remark on Nature Book Sparks Witty Exchange
A man finishes reading The Wonders of Nature and extols nature as marvelous while a wife quips that a woman needs no lengthy book to see that. He reflects on human insignificance, prompting a playful rebuke from her.
The Rounded Life Poem Fragment
A fragmented meditation on tempering life with balance and strength. The speaker seeks steadiness through hardship and a ballast of inner resilience to endure gains and shocks alike.
Doctor Questions Milk Habit Of School Children
A doctor examines students and asks a underweight youngster about milk consumption. The child says they do not drink milk and there is not enough milk for the hogs.
Community unity and duty in local governance
A dialogue emphasizes the need for Members to act with single purpose to move forward. The collector complains of weekly bill collection while a debtor hints at improvement by moving down two flights. The text also notes that much political advantage arises from grafting and ends with a quip about self-promotion.
Jilted Suitor Purchases on Installment Plan
A jilted fiancé declares he will not forget her and vows to remain hopeful while admitting he has bought many items on installment for the woman.
Mrs Smythe Browne Plans Elaborate Reception
Mrs Smythe Browne was making final arrangements for an elaborate reception. She instructs her old servant Bridget to prepare for the event as the narrative hints at domestic priorities and social duties.
Wichita Beacon brothers run Kansas paper and news
The Wichita Beacon is described as run by three Levand brothers who own the paper and manage circulation from morning until night. A fourth brother is a lawyer handling legal matters. The column notes their success and places their operation beside Bonfils. Mrs Ickes is mentioned as dying in an automobile accident nearby.
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Ickes
Albuquerque
Wichita
Kansas
Levand Brothers
Levand
Wichita Beacon
United States
Bonfils
TRY FLYING FROM COLUMBUS TO NEW YORK
Next Columbus, Ohio, then New ark, N. J., the New York airport. One night and a few hours, from one ocean to the other, no danger, even with wicked lightning, because of the high character and great skill of carefully chosen pilots. The last hop from Columbus to New York 482 miles, by train takes as long as the coast to coast trip by air. TRY FLYING.
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Columbus
Ohio
Newark
N. J
New York
Walter Winchell on Broadway snags tales and corrections
A Walter Winchell on Broadway item rails at reports about Joan Brondell and George Barnes as false, cites DOJ notes on anonymous threats, and debunks tax claims. It covers Burns, Heller at the State, Seymour Weiss, Red McKenzie, and a dig at public correctness while lampooning press errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Brondell
George Barnes
von Warner
Department of Justice
Lyman
Louis Reed, Jr
Lewis
Bugs Baer
Polly
Mort Ehrmans
The
Mirror
Farree
the Hollywood
Jackie Heller
Seymour Weiss
South
Roosevelt
Newlins
Huey
Phonograph Record Notes Mention West of the Sun Lulu's Back In Town
The memo lists records including West of the Sun reverse No 25069 Lulu's Back In Town reverse No 25063 and Got a Need For You Weather Man No 26072 as part of notes from Paddon and Stoopnagle and Budd.
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Lulu
Stoopnagle
Budd
Mike Riley
Horn
Draw ing room guests announced by Bridget at six
At six o'clock a prompt request is made for Bridget to stand at the drawing room door and announce arriving guests. Bridget eagerly agrees saying she has long wanted to greet the friends of her employer in this way.
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Bridget
Witty Exchanges Spark Laughs Over Animals and Lies
A string of quick quips features a woman and friend debating fish as brain food, a jab about honesty from an acquaintance, a rooster and cockerel exchange about Molly Leghorn, and a duck hatch pun. The humor plays on wordplay and rural animal characters.
Compensation Through Sacrifice and Faithful Hope
Fragmentary dialog references life’s sacrifice and tears, with a line about God’s rainbow appearing. The text shifts to a casual exchange about vacations and money, mentioning two weeks as a sample time frame. The tone mixes exhortation with casual planning.
Secret Girls Sayings About Success and Marriage
A wry quote describes success in marriage as a man earning more than his wife can spend, and a woman achieving success by landing such a man. The remark reflects a humorous view on gender roles and financial power in relationships.
Nudists plan masquerade and fashion woes joked
The fragment notes a humorous scene where nudists plan a masquerade and women fret over outfits. One quips that with varicose veins she might go as a road map.
Hard of Hearing Uncle Shts Family Prayer Prank
A humorous exchange describes an uncle who is hard of hearing and once conducted family prayer while kneeling on the cat. The playful artifact notes the uncle's antics and the family's amused reaction.
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Jasper
Sing Sing Seeks an Organ for Chapel
Local plea to donate an organ for Sing Sing Prison chapel mentions carpenters can repair. Notes Benny Ventura cutting costs to slim down and rumors of Don Low and Lillian Trotter NBC merger set for September. Myrna Loy to receive 2500 dollars from MGM in settlement.
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Sing Sing
Benny Venuta
Lanny Ross
Olive White
Rogers Post
Xavier Cugat
The
Waldorf
Mexico
Pat” Humphries
Don Low
Lillian Trotter
NBC
Prisco
Little Billy
Myrna Loy
MGM
There Really Is a Mr United States Says Lona Andre
Lona Andre says a Mr United States exists and lives in Ridgeway Pennsylvania. Arthur Lake recalls Marie Dressler’s quip about not letting success swell one’s head in Hollywood. Phil R Davis wires daily gardenias to Eleanore Whitney in Hollywood. Sunday papers arrive with city names unknown. The note notes corset department profitability in stores, driven by demand for fit and shaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lona Andre
United States
Ridgeway
Arthur Lake
Marie Dressler
Hollywood
Phil R. Davis
Eleanore Whitney
H’wood
Where Do Birds Get Their News in a Nifty Riddle
A reader letters page questions sources for quirky headlines in Bettes Homes and Gardens by Harlan Miller. The note jokes about a NY landlord and the meaning of rental figures, then asks if a dress firm can block usage of the phrase Blessed Event. The writer signs as Your Girl Friday.
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Harlan Miller
Bettes Homes and Gardens
New York
Times Square
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Eddls
Ton
Arthur Brimabane
Wallace
Gulf
Adolf
Massoun
Walter Winchell
Broadway
Red
McKenzie
Jack
Mound City
Bland
J. Healy's
Cracraft
Ace Scenic Sakoer. Ane
Luana Walters
Coast
Max Hoffman, Jr
Fred Waring
Dale Wimbrow
Isle of Capri
Onyx Club
Belanick
Jack Dempsey
Jimmy Walker
Surrey
England
U.S
Molly Leghorn
All-America Board of Football
Howard Jones
POP Warner
Christy Walsh
Elmer Layden
Frank Thomas
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