Conga Fever Hits New York After Cuban Dance Debut
New York reports surge of Conga fever as Cuban band delivers a wild razzle to clubs like La Conga Manhattan featuring Eddie Duchin Ramon Benita and Ethel Merman. Dancers swirl to drum led rhythms once banned in Cuba now drawing crowds and headlines as the latest dance craze.
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Bes
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Jack Whitney
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Mary Brian
Erskine Gwynne
Mae Murray
Ethel Merman
Hildegarde
Manhattan Film Studio To Rise On Tenth Avenue
New York prepares for its first major motion picture studio as Twentieth Century Fox begins construction on a large cinema complex on Tenth Avenue next month. Ed Wynn’s new show Hur ray for What stars Hannah Williams and Ehel Shutta, wives of Jack Dempsey and George Olsen respectively. Gloria Swanson and Jose Iturbi also headlined as possible cinema satellites in Gotham.
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Jack Dempsey
Ehel Shutta
George Olsen
Gloria Swanson
Privateering Rise in American Revolutionary Seas
The Continental Navy built 12 vessels and manned about 500 sailors as privateering and armed cruises expanded on the high seas.
Public Works Chief Responds To Mired Cars in Convincing Fashion
Commissioner of Public Works E. B. Melton rushed to a city street after complaints that several cars were stuck. His own car bogged down as troops of residents watched a wrecker free the trapped vehicles. Melton said the street will be repaired.
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Hopkins
Melton
Prison escapees recaptured after ride offer
Deputy Sheriff Calvin Nesbit stopped his car when two hitchhikers waved for a ride. The two men, later identified as jail trusties, had walked away from the Belleville courthouse more than 24 hours earlier and were returned to custody.
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Belleville
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Calvin Nesbit
Australian eucalyptus trees reach giant heights
The eucalyptus in Australia grows as large as the California redwoods and can exceed 300 feet in height, illustrating remarkable arboreal scale.
Camay offers 1¢ perfume with three cakes purchase
An advertisement promotes a perfume sample with Camay soap. Buy three cakes of Camay and pay 1¢ for a regular 1 oz perfume bottle. The ad claims Camay provides milder, finer cleansing with velvety lather and urges quick purchase before supplies run out.
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Maison Jeureile
Dream of a Rabbbit From Chafing Dish
A retro recipe feature by Mrs. Gaynor Maddox shows how to prepare Shrimp de Luxe for chafing dish parties. The dish uses butter flour broth anchovy paste shrimp cream egg yolks lemon juice and toast spears suggesting serving theatrics or stove top preparation.
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Gaynor Maddox
NEA
Welsh Rarebit with Ale Recipe Notice
A kitchen note presents two Welsh rarebit preparations. One uses ham with mustard and sherry as a served hot dish, the other a classic Welsh rarebit with American cheese, butter, egg, mustard and ale served on toast or crackers.
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George Rector
Word to the Wise: Baca Brother Trial Bravado At Houston Meet
At the Frontiersmen convention in Houston Texas Elfego Baca once faced a murder trial while his brother addressed the jury declaring his brother the second best pistol shot in the Southwest and urged a not guilty verdict. The jury complied.
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Houston
Tex
Elfego Baca
New Mexico
Elfego
Families throng Amanet pans for food amid floodwaters
Residents crowd around improvised pan markets on Amanet as floodwaters complicate access to food and essentials. Local officials urge calm while aid deliveries coordinate with relief groups to reach stranded families.
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