Hidden Ways By Frederick van de Water on Bervics
The narrator escorts Allegra after a night of tension and hunger, sharing a tense ride and a meal at Mino's. They discuss Grove and past nights, then attend a late show as Allegra probes the narrator's feelings. The scene mixes longing, doubt, and a foreign cadence from a distant owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick, van DE Water
Bervics
Mino
Mr. Paget
Allegra
Det
Lomauat
Next Booth Encounter Raises Tension in Night Club
Mallory confronts Lyon Ferriter and Ione in a crowded club as his suspicion grows about a murder voice. Allegra urges truth as the group debates danger, guilt, and a looming payoff while a cab ride intensifies unspoken feelings and peril.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyon
Ione Ferriter
Allegra
Electro
Grove
Crisis over Asia Japan alliance stirs war fear
A column questions a perceived Far East crisis as Japan Germany and Italy align to defend each other. It argues American interests in China and the Philippines are minimal and warns against war driven by naval power politics and political expediency. It also critiques Elliott Roosevelt’s appointment and recalls TR era sacrifice.
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Washington, D
China
Japan
Germany
Italy
France
England
Poland
Hiller
Europe
Asia
Hitler
Philippines
Malayasia
Congress
Walter Lippmann
Winston Churchill
Elliott
Elliott Roosevelt
Ernest Lindley
Kiwi
Roosevelt
America
F.D.R
T.R
Fles
Peyton March
Portman reporter slain in London raid with his wife
In London during a Nazi raid Arthur F. B. Portman known as Audax, a noted racing reporter for Horse and Hound, died beside his bed-ridden wife. Australian Douglas Mackenzie and Gene McHugh of New York papers are noted colleagues. The piece recollects Portman and editorials from Broadway scenes and film figures in a wide panel of postwar gossip.
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London
Arthur F. B. Portman
Audax
Horse and Hound
Portman
Europe
Hiller
Portmans
Douglas Mackenzie
New York
Confrere
Gene McHugh
Gene
Mackenzie
Frilled Curtains Add Glamour to Windows
Frilled curtains create a lavish look by adding fullness with a diagonal dart at the back. A dash of glamour comes from rose and plum flowered chintz tie backs and valance, lined with plum chintz. One yard of each fabric suffices per window, and note covers lamp shade and spool table.
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Ruth Wyeth
Suitor's Slight Slip Turns Fatherly Inquiry Funny
Reggie sought a daughter's hand after months courting and asked the father for approval. He sent a letter spelling errors, asking for the hand of "the flour of the family." The father answered with a pun, asking if it is the flour or the dough you’re after.
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Reggie
Good Will and Fortune Equal by Moral Compensation
The text reflects on a moral balance where benevolence and malevolence, despite appearances, yield an equal measure of consequence through a hidden compensation of good will and evil. It contemplates ethical parity across fortunes.
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Wagner
Mino's
Ike Grove
Rhised
Ione
Lyon Ferriter
Ferrilers
Jane
Everett
Louis
Mallory
Hugh
Johnson Jays
Margaret Lindsay
Ann Sheridan
Adolphe Menjou
Sinclair Lewis
Red
Strawberry Sam
West Fifty-eighth Street
Sam
Jackson Heights
Fifty-eighth Street
Joan Burgess
Merl
Mike Romanoff
Cynthia Cavanaugh
Bertolotti
Los Angees
Paul Muni
Nigel Bruce
Hudson Bay
Midtowners
Georgette McKee
Hilda
Ramparts
N. H. Willis
Illinois
Mischa Auer
Joyce Hunter
Henry King
Auer
Literatica
Christopher Morley
Kitty Foyle
Leon
Eddie
Gal
Forty-eighth St
The
Armando
Mrs
Rutu Wyeth Spears
Bedford
Haggard
Anky
Lydia B. Pinkham
Handy Home
Taare Ens
Meme
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