Rising Flood Waters Slow Other Drives
Shanghai dispatches report Japanese forces capturing Anking Anhwei province while floods on the Yellow River threaten the Yangtze offensive. Chinese defense reports say dikes at Kaifeng Chengchow were breached to flood areas as civilians flee Chengchow. A Tokyo conference between Itagaki and Konoye signals plans to intensify the Chinese campaign and mobilization measures.
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Shanghai
Anking
Anhwei
Yangtze River
Hankow
China
Yellow River
Japan
Henan
Yangtze
Chengchow
Lunghai
Peiping-Hankow
Sunghai
Tungcheng
Hukow
Kiukiang
Honan
Kaifeng
Tokyo
Seishiro Itagaki
Fumimaro Konoye
Itagaki
War Ministry
Giet
South
Canton Hankow
Maude Adams Quietly Plans Return to Film Debut
Maude Adams, long based in Aurora New York convent life, hints at a pending Hollywood screen debut. The famed actress supports convents with earnings, engages in lighting and sound experiments, and recalls a camera mishap during her first test.
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Maude Adams
Cloak OF Silence
New York
Aurora
Upper
Hollywood
Long Island
Miss Adams
Steinmetz
Schenectady
Fifth Avenue
Sexton
Mr. Elznick
Modern Etiquette by Roberta Le er
Q and A guidance on hostess courtesies and table seating. It advises men to send a tasteful book and to offer courtesy when meeting the hostess again. It outlines seating distance to avoid awkward reach and elbow contact and says a married woman should send a gift in her husband’s name, not her own.
Look and Learn by A. Gordon Answers
A short Q and A feature lists five questions about travel costs a pioneer motto the Washing ton Crossing photo an etymology of mahatma and a Kentucky river claim. Answers note seven dollars per day David Crockett the flag was post event and the meaning great soul. The Nolin River is cited as a crooked watercourse in Kentucky.
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Washington
Delaware
Mahatma
Kentucky
United States
David Crockett
Nolin River
How Can I Make a Weatherproof Plant Tag
A Q and A column advises using indelible ink on white cloth for a plant tag and dipping the tag in melted paraffin to protect it from weather. The piece also covers setting dark colors in wash with vinegar and tenderizing tough steak with a vinegar olive oil rub before cooking.
Lessons in English by W. L. Gordon
A compact piece on proper address and word usage from Lessons in English by W. L. Gordon. It advises avoiding informal forms like Reverend John Allen and favors formal titles such as The Reverend John Allen or The Reverend Mr Allen.
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W. L. Gordon
John Allen
Reverend Allen
Mr. Allen
Camel Cigarettes Backed by Tobacco Growers
Tobacco growers including John Durham Jr and Calvin Wiggins claim Camel cigarettes use finer tobaccos. They cite decades of selling to Camel and personally smoking Camels, asserting Camel buys high quality leaves and costlier tobaccos for better smoking.
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Welker Cochran
John Durham, Jr
Calvin Wiggins
Camel
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George Ross
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Nixon
Los Angeles
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Marguerite
Anne Ashley
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Choarette
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Helen
Olive Tucker
Joe Dimaggio
Eddie Cantor
America
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King OF Swing
E.S.T
M.S.T
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