Night Baseball Comes to Major Leagues, Harridge Says
Major league president Will Harridge predicts night baseball will spread across the leagues as after dark games prove profitable. He notes Brooklyn crowds at Ebbetts Field and cites minor leagues as proof, estimating 10 to 12 night games per club could boost finances while keeping daytime schedules intact.
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Ruth Record Stirs Race For 1939 Home-Run Crown
Baseball tradition looms as Hank Greenberg trails Babe Ruth’s 58 yearly mark, with Ruth’s 1927 pace in mind. Greenberg’s August surge faces September tests and lefty park biases as aging stars and trades reshape rosters including Cissell, Heving, Harris, Page, and Wyatt moves.
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Love Finds Andy Hardy fuels hopes for revived Judge Hardy films
Hollywood notes praise for Love Finds Andy Hardy with a strong cast led by Mickey Rooney and Lewis Stone. Gary Cooper enjoys Donny fashion in The Cowboy and the Lady. A canoe test surprises Jon Hall in New York. By ion, Byron White tops football pay at 15000 for eight games, rival Sammy Baugh earns 12000. Glamour tips from Al Siegel aid stars like Ethel Merman and Dorothy Lamour. Don Ameche ill with appendicitis delays European trip.
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Hidden Garden by the Sea in Miss Matilda's Twilight
In a coastal village a retired shopkeeper Miss Matilda Bell recalls a long-ago romance with a naval officer who died at sea. As sunset paints the garden red, a former lover pleads against a life apart, while Matilda contemplates reunion and sacrifice amid melting memories by the shore.
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Wise and Otherwise: Quotations on Speech and Society
A psychologist argues a child must express ideas but not on slain wallpaper. A writer notes girls moved quicker eighty years ago. A Scot jokes about free speech after a phone nickel. The piece weighs on marriage timing, money, and happiness.
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America
True partnership and a life played squarely together
Two silhouettes merge as Tom declares a true partnership and readiness to face anything with his partner. Miss Matilda watches from a dusky window above the garden as the sea croons a lovers’ song.
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See by Mirrors Tapestry yearuns weaving and reflections
A Collier's Weekly excerpt likens the weaver to those who must monitor progress by looking into mirrors. Progress is judged from the back of the tapestry, while the loom's front view reveals the final image. The metaphor emphasizes reflective oversight in craft.
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