Cities That Will Sink Into the Sea Warns Of Coastline Change
The article notes the Eastern U S coastline gradually sinking with cities like New York and Boston eventually submerged, though thousands of years away. Geologists cite past shoreline positions, the Charlestown Navy Yard sill sinking seven tenths of a foot, and relics like old forest stumps and New England stone fences as evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York
Boston
Baltimore
Washington
Atlantic
California
Oregon
C. A. Davis
Charlestown Navy Yard
Virginia Beach
New England
Basement Games for a Winter Evening
Two simple floor games offer billiard style fun indoors. Clock Call uses a chalked clock face with numbers 1 through 12 and bean bag toss to hit 12 for a win while odd hits subtract from a player's score. Diamond Checkers draws a diamond with squares 10 to 70 and requires hitting each to win.
Style Made Combo a Success by Paul and Mary Ford
Paul and Mary Ford propelled to stardom with their version of How High the Moon a Capitol Records hit. The piece notes their fresh sound and top selling angle while weaving in assorted trivia about Les Paul birth in 1916, his radio era, stage work, and wartime service.
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L*5
Paul
Mary Ford
Capitol
Paul Ford
Les
Waukesha
Wisconsin
WHAD
Milwaukee
WRNJ
Racine
WISN
WTMJ
Mary
Colleen Summers
Pasadena
California
Jimmy Wakely
Gene Autry
Decca
Mockin
Wordplay puzzle yields animal anagrams
A list of transformations adds one letter to each base word to form new words then rearranges letters to spell animals, including birds and insects. Examples show adding C D A G H U E 5 0 Z I T Y and phrases about irregular plurals and regular plurals.
Balloon party games and early music star Les Paul tale
A mixed page notes balloon party games with High Steppers and Affectionable Balloon tricks, then shifts to a biography of Les Paul and Mary Ford. It traces Les Paul’s early studio work with Decca and Capitol, his Hollywood appearances, the 1946 Bing Crosby program, a car accident, and the 1949 marriage to Mary Ford forming a landmark duo.
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Jack Benny
Bing Crosby
Andrews Sisters
Decca Records
Les
Dick Haymes
Decca
Boys
Ciro’s
Hollywood
Golden Gate Theater
Frisco
Paramount
Mary Ford
Les Paul
Nola
Sugar Sweet
Mary
Mockin
Bird Hill
Puzzle Answers Compilation for Readers
A condensed list of puzzle answers across categories including DIAMOND PERIL TERRAIN RIANT DETAILINGS, CHARADES with A hand out, PICTURE WORD SQUARE, ADD-LETTER examples, THUMBNAIL SKETCH featuring Ethel Barrymore, FINDING ANIMALS with twelve entries, CROSSWORD PLURALS and various numbered items, HOW MANY puzzles with multiple numeric solutions including ages, quantities, and common phrases.
Leading actress with theater and film career highlighted
The piece surveys a prominent stage star born in Philadelphia in 1879, noting her Notre Dame schooling, New York theater debut in The Rivals, Priscilla in Secret Service in London, and later Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. It mentions her own New York theater opened December 1928 and a prolific film career.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Notre Dame Convent
New York City
Priscilla
Secret Service
London
Juliet
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Howard Olgin
Basement Games
Mother Earth
Joey Sasso
Hudson River
West Point
Andorra
Pyrenees
France
Spain
Colorado
National Geographic Society
Katy
Joan
Momma
Hare
Seal
Gnat
Raven
Violet M. Roberts
Theh Angele
Old King Cole
Fiddlers
Gotham
St. Ives
Arthur
Mother Hubbard
Wee Willie Winkie
Red Hill
Simon
John Brown
Joe
Slip Hager
PERIL
RIANT
Ethel Barrymore
Russell Griswold Colt
Jack
Jill
Tolo
BY AL Karalfa
Helen Pettigrew
Johnny Smith
Notion
Ordor
Pete
Smith
Johnny
Jackie
Mr. Smith
Pop
White House
Jones
Ralph
Mother
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