Glamour and Glamour Roles Stirred by Opera Cycle Moves
The article notes Hollywood press agents push glamour roles on stars like NOREA LEEDS for The Last Frontier and the push to an opera cycle in films. It highlights mishap from a badminton injury, studio pressure, and new film ventures including Madame Pompadour and Disney’s Farmyard Symphony as operatic burlesques reach screens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norea Leeds
Gary Cooper
San Francisco Grand Opera Company
Metro
Madame Pompadour
Meliza Korjus
Walt Disney
Veteran Actors in New and Returning Roles
Tom Brown wears a neck brace for eight hours after an accident in The Duke of West Point. Eric von Stroheim sports a similar brace in Grand Illusion, hailed as a top foreign film of the year. William Powell returns to work in January in The Return of the Thin Man with Myrna Loy, signaling another long running Thin Man series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Brown
West Point
Eric von Stroheim
Brown
William Powell
Metro
Myrna Loy
Grand Old Man of Radio Rudy Vallee and his lasting impact
A reminiscence on Rudy Vallee as a pioneer of radio programs noting his tenth anniversary, the array of stars he nurtured from Alice Faye to Charlie McCarthy, and his role in shaping guest formats with Irene Bordoni as an early guest star. It highlights his influence, modest salaries, and audience praise for talents like Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radio
Rudy Vallee
Alice Faye
Charlie McCarthy
Irene Bordoni
Tommy Riggs
Betty Lou
Walker's hospital broadcasts spark citywide volunteer program
Ex mayor Jimmy Walker launches weeks of broadcasts from New York hospitals prompting entertainment figures and other friends to offer free work. The program aims to support hospital needs as public interest and volunteer drive grow across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Walker
New York
Wolves in Pennsylvania Farm Averts Wolves Attack
Oskar Baradinsky recounts a 1926 incident near Coatesville where wolves attacked a farm wagon. His uncle shot at three wolves. the horses screamed as the animals fled into the night. The farmer’s wife recovered, and the family returned home safely. One marauder weighed 145 pounds and was later shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elso
Oskar Baradinsky
Yonkers
N. Y
Adventurers’ Club
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Oskar Bradinsky
Oskar
Boston
Louisville
Lincoln Highway
Coatesville
Donald
Frank Buck
Africa
Leprosy Seen As Most Dangerous Disease In History
A historical viewpoint notes leprosy as the era’s feared illness, regarded between the Sixth and Fifteenth centuries as by far the most dangerous disease known.
Propelling Power of Whale Towed Steamer
Report notes the immense propelling power of a whale with minimal, scattered facts. A blue whale is said to have towed a steamer named Steel Harbor, though the passage is fragmentary and uncertain.
Six Hour Day Ideals in Utopia by Sir Thomas More
In the 1516 work Utopia Sir Thomas More describes a six hour day as the ideal working day. The imagined society favors concise labor and more time for leisure and study within a regulated schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Thomas More
Invented: the Linotype and its type casting device
Fragmentary note describes a Linotype invention and its role as a type casting device with unclear wording on common use and function.
Cancer Curable Now By Surgery Radium Or X Rays
Dr James W Barton notes optimism from the Royal Cancer Hospital meeting in London as staff report advances in curing cancer. Experts say early stage cancers respond to operation radium or X rays with high success and many cases can be completely resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Barton
London
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Royal Cancer Hospital
Cecil Rowntree
Messersmith Warns on World Trade Rights and German Expansion
G S Messersmith assistant secretary of state and former Berlin consul general warns that world trade needs protection as Germany’s new militarized economy under Funk and Schacht drives expansion. He notes danger of subordinating business rights to nationalist aims and cites German charter activity in South America as a concern for traders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
G. S. Messersmith
Berlin
Hitler
Germany
South America
Messersmith
Hull
Walther Funk
Mujalmar Schacht
Reich
Allergic Versus True Colds and Asthmatic Symptoms
The article explains light head colds may be noninfectious reactions to pollen dust or chemicals. It cites Dr. Louis Tuft distinguishing allergic rhinitis from genuine colds, noting sneezing nasal obstruction watery discharge and cough without fever point to allergy or asthma. It adds that nocturnal attacks may implicate bedroom irritants whereas postmeal episodes suggest other triggers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Tuft
Death Ray Debunker and the Man on Horseback
A fragment from a column notes The Debunker Rob Wood of Johns Hopkins, praised for debunking death rays and advancing optics. It mentions his medals, wartime tear gas work, and teaching head Gideonse warning of a disruptive “man on horseback” in modern humanities and diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rob
Death Ray
Ert W. Wood
Johns Hopkins
British Royal Society
War Office
Professor Wood
Harvard
University of Berlin
Harry D. Gideonse
Barnard College
Delightful sport yarn set with muff pattern 6224
Pattern 6224 offers a she set in sport yarn mainly single crochet for a firm body with decorative pivots. The muff combines purse and muff in a stylish grown-up design. Send 15 cents in stamps or coins with name address and pattern number to Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept 259 W 14th St New York NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th St
New York
N. Y
Death Bearers A fit of anger is fatal to dignity
A concise excerpt attributes the deadly impact of anger to dignity loss, likening it to arsenic’s harm to life in a quote attributed to Holland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Lydia E. Pinkham
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