Screen stars battle for top popularity in motion pictures
The trade press reports Clark Gable as the screen’s most popular actor with Shirley Temple dropping from first to second. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers rank third, Robert and William Powell follow, with Myrna Loy Claudette Colbert and Norma Shearer among other top names. Cagney’s Great Guy marks a strong comeback, and new radio and TV style programs promise to groom future stars.
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Clark Gable
Taylor
Shirley Temple
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
Robert
William Powell
Myrna Loy
Claudette Colbert
Norma Shearer
Gary Cooper
Fredric March
Jeanette MacDonald
Nelson Eddy
Lionel’ Barrymore
The Charleston Mystery Haunts a Sailors Pay Day
Edward Wagness recalls a U S Navy tale of fear aboard the battleship S S Charleston built in 1905 at Newport News and commissioned in the Atlantic fleet. A mysterious tramp steamer threatens Magdalena Bay on May eighth while the crew waits for disaster that never comes.
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Edward .Wagness
New York City
United States Navy
Ed Wagness
S. S. Charleston
Newport News
West
Horn
New York Harbor
Charleston
Navy
Magdalena Bay
Mexico
Pacific
San Diego
Calif
The Paper-Making Machine: A Giant in Industry
The center of paper making is the paper-making machine a gigantic assembly of intricate mechanisms. A full-sized unit runs about 200 feet long weighs nearly a million pounds and costs over a half million dollars. It contains around fifty motors twenty five pumps thousands of feet of pipe and many miles of wiring. Each unit must coordinate perfectly to produce satisfactory paper.
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Scientific American
Titian Influence Noted In Dress From Fashion Tome
A fragmented note discusses Titian the famed Italian painter and links his color influence to the era's dress sense. The text hints at a stylistic comparison between cloak hues and wardrobe, though details are sparse.
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Titian
England's Parliament and the King's veto power
The article explains that supreme legislative power rests with Parliament dominated by the House of Commons. It notes the king summoned Parliament and historically could veto bills, but custom now requires royal sanction of laws passed by Parliament. The monarch's real power lies in influence over his ministers.
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England
British Empire
House of Commons
Privy Council
Trees and Flowers of Bible Times
The International Bible Encyclopedia lists trees and flowers growing in gardens in Palestine during Bible times, beginning with oleander and other species referenced in ancient cultivation.
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Bible Times
International Bible -Encyclopedia
Palestine
Greatest Adventurer Unaware of Right to Title in History
A New York Adventurers Club meeting recalls Hermann Bland as the greatest explorer who never claimed the title. Journalist Robert Ritchie narrates Bland’s life from Hamburg roots to mapmaking, a Cardiff inheritance, and daring global journeys begun by chance and fate.
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New York
Adventurers
Arthur Sullivan Hoffman
Robert Ritchie
Hermann Bland
Liverpool
India
Mediterranean
Suez
Red Sea
Hamburg
England
Bland
Cardiff
Hermann
Michigan
Destiny
Atlas
Irkutsk
Siberia
Adventurers’ Club
Ritchie
Modern sewing patterns offer sizes for all ages
The Sewing Circle Pattern advertises patterns 1987 1211 and 1210 for girls from age 4 to 20 and women. It promotes frocks house coats and a diverse range of fabrics from taffeta to broadcloth with size details and yardage. Orders go to The Sewing Circle Pattern DeptRoom 1020 211 W Wacker Dr Chicago Ill. 15 cents each.
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W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Ill
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Good Breeding Emphasized by Cato on Social Conduct
A classic aphorism notes that good breeding reflects internal regard through external signs. It ties manners to sense and to dialogue with worthy company, highlighting social polish as a measure of character.
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Cato
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