Magic Island and the San Francisco Bay Bridges Rise
February 18 marked the opening of Treasure Island created in San Francisco Bay as an axis for the 1939 world’s fair and a future airport. Army engineers, ferry traffic, and six lane causeways linked Yerba Buena, the Bay Bridge, and Oakland with a new 300 acre island rising from 2 to 26 feet depth, becoming a central hub for aviation and exposition amid WPA funded development and grand hangars.
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Elmo Scott Watson
WU Western Newspaper Union
San Francisco
Market Street
Oakland
Yerba Buena Island
Senithie
Asia
America
United States ‘Army’ Engineers
Yerba Buena
Pacific
Treasure Island
California
Culbert L. Olsoh
Angelo Rossi
Leland
San Francisco Bay
Yerba Buena Shoals
Bay Area
Army
Liberal
Exposition Towers Rise on Treasure Island Amid Pacific Style
The pamphlet describes the Treasure Island layout with the 400 foot Tower of the Sun at the Court of Honor and radiating exhibit palaces. It notes Pacific style architecture blending ancient oriental forms with Malayan and Cambodian influences, color schemes, vermiculite stucco for a golden glow, and decorative motifs including elephants and relief murals.
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Court of Honor
Bay Bridge
Pacific
California
Orient
Pebble Beach
Santa Barbara
Eoru
Santa Clara
Death Valley
Southern Cross
del Monte
Treasure Island
Dfe
Ty rone Hollywood radio ban stirs studio row
Twentieth Century Fox head Darryl Zanuck orders Tyrone Power off radio after theater exhibitors protest over too many star appearances on air. Joan Blondell signs with Columbia for two films a year in a five year deal. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will be retired from circulation April first after record global grosses. Madeleine Carroll’s New York sighting exposes fan fashion. New war themed pictures prompt caution in portrayals of foreign nations.
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Tyrone
Darryl Zanuck
Twentieth’ Century-Fox
Zanuck
Dopey
Madeleine Carroll
New York
Europe
Hollywood
Miss Carroll
Cafe Society
Kyser Signed For Record-Setting $12,500 Weekly
Fame hits Kay Kyser as his band signs a New York engagement with a weekly salary of 12500, an all-time high. The note mentions Raymond Paige’s title confusion for a new program with Hildegarde as the girl and Universal owning the name, leading to the final choice 99 Men and a Girl.
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Kay Kyser
New York
Raymond Paige
Paige
Hildegarde
Universal
The Matachines Parade Through Mexican Lent Heritage
The Matachines are bands of wanderers in Mexico who tour villages during Lent. They perform a drama about Montezuma with rattles for music, depicting his people's desertion, Malinche’s lure, a king and people's reunion, and the killing of El Toro as a symbol of misfortune.
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Mexico
Montezuma
Malinche
el Toro
Ideal Fat Loss Plan Promoted With Kruschen Salt
A newspaper ad encourages women to try a 28 day fat loss plan emphasizing light fatty foods, lean meats, fruits, vegetables, and a daily half teaspoon of Kruschen in hot water. It claims Kruschen is a safe blend of six minerals, not a single salt, and compares it to spa waters. It stresses affordability and urges immediate purchase at druggists.
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U. 5S
The Ablest One Quote on Navigators by Gibbon
A compact saying notes that winds and waves favor the ablest navigators, attributed to Gibbon. The line highlights skill and judgment guiding seafaring success across rough seas and uncertain routes.
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Gibbon
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Magic Island
Las
Cutler
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Island
Exposition Company
Yerba Buena Shoal
Treasure- Island
Fountain of the Evening Star
Tower of the Sun
Golden Gate
Virginia Vale
Joan Blondell
Columbia
Paris
Jean Arthur
Warner Brothers
Phil Baker
Eee
Rolla
Maste
Billings
Mont
ARES
THE
Penman
Salina
Kans
Oregon
U. S
W. Graven
Alling Bldg
Portland
Ore
Leggat
Write Record Service, Ltd
SISI
Western Ave
Seattle
Wash
Public Dental Laboratory
W. 42Nd Street
N.Y
Thomas Fuller
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