Mary Franklin in a perilous New York social intrigue
Society editor Mary Franklin tangles with gangland player Duke Martin and Nick Hart as she hunts for Janice French. A tense midnight chase unfolds from a nightclub to a Fontainebleau style apartment, ending with a police call and a shift toward a broader mystery. The piece centers on Mary, Nick Hart, Janice French, and Martin amid a danger stirred by a photo stash and a staged crime.
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Mary Franklin
Duke Martin
Satve
Janice French
Jim Shirley
Playboy
Ladd
Mary
Duke
Nick Hart
Mrs. Meadows
Jane Meadows
Nick
Third Avenue
New York Gazette
Miss French
Mademoiselle
Janice
Martin
E. 70Th Street
Whitehall
Rhinelander
Miss Franklin
the Gazette
Jim Chase
Headquarters
Horizontal 1 5 Late aviator pictured here
Puzzle clues refer to a crossword style chart with horizontal and vertical entries about aviators and related terms. Answers include round the world flight and figures like Gibbon and Sky Pilot.
Robot Monster in The Phantom Creepers Terrifies Screen
Hollywood May 13 Henry MacRae produces an eight and a half foot robot called Eddie for Bela Lugosi in The Phantom Creepers The robotic monster is operated by Eddie Wolf Hollywoods seven foot six inch star inside a 60 pound mechanical suit The plot centers on Lugosi a mad scientist who uses a meteor fragment to induce suspended animation and a radio controlled mechanical spider aids theft of the meteor as foreign spies chase world domination.
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Hollywood
Universal
Henry MacRae
Bela Lugosi
Eddie
Eddie Wolf
Wolf
Lugosi
Monk
George’s trip packing list ends with items and adjustments
George packed two suits five shirts three suits of underwear six ties and a razor. His mother advised one less tie, so one tie was removed and three handkerchiefs added.
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George
Rheumatic Fever Still Demands Vigilance From Public
The article notes that rheumatic fever remains a major crippling threat to children, with 1000 studied cases showing high fatality mainly from heart disease. It highlights uncertain causes, possible links to ear infections and nose throat conditions, environmental factors, and partial progress from dental care and climate changes, urging continued medical vigilance.
How Can I? Practical Home Advice and Film Biz Bits
A column offers tips on treating new clothes pins to prevent breakage and preventing bed sores with an alcohol rub. It notes routines for keeping tea towels clean, and contains a satirical digression about Hollywoods horror films, parents, and a belabored actor drawing unemployment checks in LA.
A World In Motion Destiny Unfolds Itself
A concise glimpse into rapid events as they unfold globally in real time. The passage evokes a sense of immediate change across places, presenting reading as a quick, minute by minute capture of ongoing happenings.
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Earth
Etiquette Tips For Letters And Parties
Roberta Lee answers readers on letter dating placement and hosting basics. The advice covers placing the date on the first page upper right and compiling guests for congenial company plus maintaining a soft modulated voice for charm.
Global daily minutiae of production and spending across nations
The text lists rapid hourly totals such as India exporting 370 pounds of chillies per minute, coal production at 3000 tons per minute, US life and casualty insurance payouts of $6000 each 60 seconds, and Bulgaria and Denmark military and alcohol metrics, all illustrating vast, recurring global activity in short intervals.
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India
National Guard
United Kingdom
America
Life, Casualty and Fire
Chile
Wells and underground water sources explored in Uncle Ray column
A reader asks where well water comes from and discusses drilling in dry belts of Kansas and Nebraska, underground pressure raising streams, and the role of rainfall. The piece explains seepage, underground rivers, and how water moves to supply wells, with springs from underground flow and wells rushing under pressure.
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A. Leonard
Kansas
D. C
Nebraska
California
Utah
Sperry Glacier
Montana
Alaska
Canada
United States
Uncle Ray
Uncle Ray Scrapbook Club Membership Request
A reader asks to join the Uncle Ray Scrapbook Club mailing list in 1939, enclosing a stamped self addressed envelope. They request a Membership Certificate a leaflet on making a Corner Scrapbook and a printed cover design for their scrapbook with name street or R F D.
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Uncle Ray Scrapbook Club
Uncle Ray
McKenney On Bridge Returns as ACBL Column
WMBE presents McKenney on Bridge by the ACBL secretary. The column offers bridge strategy notes and organization updates for players and clubs nationwide.
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Wmbe. McKenney
American Contract Bridge League
Bridge Quiz 24 Paris 100 Diamonds No Trump play
This item presents four bridge questions with scoring penalties and a solution. It analyzes overcalling South’s diamond opening, whether East should raise, the card to lead against South’s three no trump, and which card West should play on the second trick to maximize defense if East wins and returns diamonds.
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Paris
West
South
East
Declarer
FALLACIOUS: A Word for Deceptive or Misleading
A compact note on daily vocabulary presents FALLACIOUS as deceptive or misleading with guidance on pronunciation and usage. It contrasts innuendo about innumberable with correct forms and highlights common errors like deficit and mezzanine.
Unemployment figures withheld in Germany says minister
Labor Minister Dr. Syrup argues unemployment data should not be published claiming figures mislead as there are no longer any employable unemployed.
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Germany
Dr. Syrup
Argentina Wheat Crop Strains Global Storage Space
Argentina harvests a bumper wheat crop that overwhelms granaries and storage facilities. Farmers and traders scramble for space as shipments and logistics face pressure amid rising demand and limited silo capacity.
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Argentina
Headless Comet Appears in 1887 Sky
A description notes a lighter than air comet with only infinitesimal head particles and mentions 1887 sightings of a headless comet, contrasting with many comets that lack tails.
History Quiz Q&A Snapshot from Greenfield Page
Five trivia prompts with answers: 1 Patrick Henry known as the Orator of the Revolution. 2 Britain’s top industry is cotton goods manufacture. 3 Land of Goshen refers to Egypt given to Jacob’s family and later occupied by their descendants. 4 The mongoose is famed for killing cobras in India. 5 America’s petrified forest location is Arizona.
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Great Britain
Goshen
India
America
Patrick Henry
Egypt
Jacob
Arizona
Insects Show Supreme Evolution Among Invertebrates
Insects represent the highest grade of evolution among invertebrate animals, owed to their flight capability and adaptability to diverse living conditions, which grants them numerical predominance.
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Kingdom Come
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