Purge Test Puts Smith Victory Over Johnston In South Carolina
In Columbia on August 31 1936 South Carolina backed Governor Smith over Johnston in the Democratic primary purge test. Red shirt supporters from Orangeburg and a Lee and Hampton statue set piece framed a dramatic display as Smith claimed a democracy win. Johnston offered no comment on the result.
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Shark nets and the hunt for sharks off distant shores
Uncle Ray explains massive nets used off Australia to trap sharks, with 1000 by 80 foot nets lowered to the sea bottom anchored at corners, weighted, and held by floats and drums. Sharks struggle but are caught, sometimes dead on surface, with handlers using ropes and knives. notes Africa uses smaller gill nets.
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Cranium Crackers Land Move and Property Shape Problem
Mr Hill and Mr Dale walk on vacant land in a square corner puzzle. After initial 60 feet apart they end facing such that Hills path 200 feet then 50 feet right while Dales path 100 feet left then 50 left then 100 right lead to positions that define their relative location and the property as a square.
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Mr. Hill
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Lessons In English From W. D. Gordon
A compact educational note highlights proper pronouns and phrasing with examples for common errors. It defines terms like Centennial and enigma, suggests improving vocabulary by daily practice, and presents today’s word BINOU meaning a finely crafted trinket with pronunciation tips.
Temple of Venus recall linked to Jean Arthur and Mary Philbin
Walter Winchell recounts a past cinema casting saga where a leading actress was dropped after two days in Santa Cruz. Jean Arthur allegedly asked 125,000 per picture, and Mary Philbin replaced her, fading from fame after a brief rise and quiet years since.
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Purdue to name co captains for first time in team history
Purdue announces co captains for the upcoming football season Joe Mthal ofary and Paul Humphrey from Terre Haute will share the honor marking a historic leadership arrangement for the program.
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Elevator incident at G Otte in 1857
In 1857 FE G Otte suspended an elevator event or mechanism. The brief notes a notable incident involving a person named FE G Otte and an elevator, recorded in the period context.
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Reynolds OKays Coan for Board
Senator Reynolds backs George Coan Jr. for the Federal Home Loan Bank board. The North Carolina Works Progress Administartor received the endorsement after his name was floated amid North Carolina primary politics and opposed by Rep. Hancock. The post was vacated by William Stevenson.
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Padres Pitcher Threatens No Hit But Team Fails
Dick Ward of the San Diego Padres pitched 16 innings with two singles allowed, losing a no hitter as teammates finally scored in the 16th. He beat Ray Prim of Los Angeles 1 to 0 in yesterday’s Pacific Coast League action.
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Los Angeles
England Eyes Underground Tubes For Motor Travel
England considers building underground tubes to ease motor traffic. Officials study feasibility and potential routes, aiming to reduce surface congestion and improve urban transport options this decade.
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England
Airlines foresee air taxi links for metropolitan airports
Officials of airlines believe airports in metropolitan areas will be grouped into definite categories and linked by air taxis that stop at Way-station ramps.
Trivia quiz answers from a vintage column
The item lists five trivia questions with answers: 1 333 hairs to cover an inch. 2 Ignace Jan Paderewski as Poland's premier. 3 An Eskimo hut. 4 Casuarina? Actually caster plant beans yield oil. 5 Petrified forest located in eastern Arizona.
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Hotel child care services and buffet etiquette Q and A
By Roberta Lee a reader asks about child care arrangements in hotels and how buffet meals are served. The response notes hotels provide maids to supervise children and that buffet dishes are served on trays with guests serving themselves. It also rejects the casual abbreviation tux for tuxedo as crude.
How Can I Relieve Tired Nerves And Dress Odor
A hot water bottle at the base of the spine is offered as a remedy for tired nerves and insomnia. A cold weather salad uses cream cheese on tomato slices in layered form. To remove odors from garments hang an apple stuffed with cloves in the wardrobe.
Bees in Hives Grow Wild in Domestic Settings
The text asserts that domesticated bees are not truly tame. It states that bees kept in man made hives behave as unpredictably as wild bees in jungle hollows.
Blease Fails to Enter Second Primary in State Race
Four years after the governor race Maybank leads Manning by 26 000 votes in a near complete tally as Blease misses a second primary for the first time. Maybank heads the public service authority overseeing the 37 500 000 Santee Cooper project in the state
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Cole L.blease
Johnston
Blease
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Maybank
State Public Service Authority
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