New Yorkers Farm as Matter of Form
George Ross reports on Bill Cranker's City Health Farm in Manhattan which favors rustic exercise over machines. The piece notes celebrity adherents including Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and stars like Cagney and Hayes, plus a morning dog walking routine. It also surveys Manhattan idols from theater to finance and ends with a playful tale of a stray manuscript, titled Home.
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George Ross
New York
Radio City
Bill Cranker
Cranker
Manhattan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nancy Carroll
George O’brien
Regis Toomey
Walter Abel
Jimmy Cagney
Jed Harris
Sam H. Harris
Lynne Fontanne
Helen Hayes
Brock Pemberton
Max Gordon
Katharine Cornell
Maurice Evans
John Gielgud
Tallulah Bankhead
Guthrie McClintic
Noel Coward
Moss Hart
George S. Kaufman
Radio Row
Irving Reis
Col. Kilpatrick
Madison Square Garden
Metropolitan Opera House
Edward Johnson
Lucrezia Bori
Wall Street
House of Morgan
Johnny Green
Peter van Steeden
van Seeden
Green
Havana
van Steeden
Breen
St. Moritz
Paris
Vienna
Central America
Mr. Breen
Mr. Green
Origins of playing card suits and the word fan
The original German and French card suits were cups swords money and batons representing clerics soldiers merchants and workers. The word fan derives from the Latin vanus meaning a Roman grain winnowing implement using air currents.
Huey Forces Win Smashing Victories In Legislature
Henry Averill reports in Raleigh that Governor Clyde R. Hoey's administration dominates the legislative revenue measures. The sales tax remains with few exemptions, meals exemption rejected, and only a small increase in individual income tax. Diverting highway funds and a tax on building material were opposed but compromises preserved administration gains. Social Security costs fall on state and counties, and new taxes on intangibles are allocated evenly. Insurgents lost influence as the measures passed with the administration intact.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Henry Averill Raleigh
Clyde R. Hoey
Hoey
Assembly
Calvary Baptist Banquet Volunteers Brighten Evening
The junior department of Calvary Baptist church hosts a banquet in the reception hall at 8 oclock with an arranged musical program featuring an orchestra from Thomasythe. William Penn Honor Roll Increases Nine students posted honor marks this term as the grade list shows seniors and juniors attaining high percentages. State Teachers Association to Meet In Raleigh Friday The North Carolina Negro State Teachers association meets in Raleigh for its fifty sixth annual session with events at Washington high school Raleigh Memorial auditorium and Shaw university. Dr Charlotte Hawkins Brown will retire as president.
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Calvary Baptist Church
Thomasythe
William Penn
Wiliam Penn High School
Willie C. Parks
Benjamin Lucas
Edith Williamson
Lena Smith
Grace DeBerry
Evelyn Drake
Ocle Phane Parks
Otis Wells
Waldine Knox
State Teachers Association
Raleigh
North Carolina Negro State Teachers Association
Washington High School
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
Shaw University
Charlotte Hawkins Brown
Palmer Memorial Institute
Sedalia
Flora Hayes
Randleman
West Willis Street
Daisy Cunningham
East Washington Street
Tourists Chase Harlem Safaris and Royal Play Tastes
New York report notes foreign visitors seek Harlem nightlife and landmarks such as the Savoy Ballroom and Small's Paradise. It also recounts King Edward VIII’s private theatre visit at Lady Cunard’s Grosvenor Square home with Roger Livesey and an offbeat, command performance.
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Lady Cunard
Roger Livesey
Livesey
Water-car Rowboat Vendors Along the Nile
In Cairo water-car vendors wade into the Nile offering orange bissoms and other wares. The scene captures river commerce and local flavor as boats skim the water.
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Cairo
Egypt
Nile
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Viola Jackson
Rosa Wood
Perry Street
R. W. Mason
Reidsville
Esther Ingram
Luella Burris
Zadha Miller
Sophia Fay
Leala Lindsay
Etta Moore
Clementine Welborne
Edna Mae Burris
Andrew Torrence
Ralph Morrison
Boyd Moore
John Torrence
Jerry Edwards
Edward Torrance
Thelma Little
Greenhill Cemetery
Budweiser
Anheuser Busch
Harlem
Lenox Avenue
Dusky Belt
Savoy Ballroom
Small’s Paradise
H. G. Wells
Hollywood
Lywood
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F. W. Woolworth
14Th Street
New York City
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Sevel
Ment
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Pat Brown, Inc
Washington Street
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