The Brighter Side on Dominoes and Broadway Gaming
Damon Runyon notes dominoes as popular among elderly Americans and city dwellers across the United States. A Broadway gambling room near Forty-Ninth Street draws business and professional patrons who bet on games like dominoes and checkers, with high stakes chess once totaling ten thousand dollars and a lone kibitzer observing unseen by the players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Eisenhower
United States
Tor
Broadway
Big Street
Forty-Ninth Street
Chess and soldiers cross paths in old New York digs
A faded reminiscence traces chess in coffee houses of New Yorks East Side where soldiers and civilians mingle. The piece notes generals once favored poker and bridge, while a roost of dominies exists in Beverly Hills. It cites Eisenhower as a dominos man, with war and chess likened across eras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lower East Side
New York
Big City
Eisenhower
Italy
Aiken Claims Shipbuilders Overpaid by Broad Margin
Senator Aiken charged the maritime commission overpaid Waterman ships by more than sixteen times their valuations. He cited five vessels bought or repurchased since 1931, naming the West Kyska Lafayette Rofress Gateway City and plans to submit Pan Gulf and City figures for Senate review.
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Washington
Aiken
R-Vi
Maritime Commission
Lindsay Warren
Waterman Steamship Company
Alabama
Sen Geeeean
Warren
United States Shipping Board
Waterman Company
Commission
Lafayette
Ski Board
Lake Bros. Steamship Company
Sulit
Gateway City
Waterman
Senate
Pan Gulf
Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corporation
Chicken Farm Pays Off At One Dollar An Egg
Springfield Ul October 23 Ins Joseph H Jones a newspaper man started a chicken farm in Springfield Township three years ago and now he is getting one dollar per egg The rooster and two hens shipped from Oregon are from the Hanson line Their descendants lay large white eggs with high yields averaging 90 eggs a year per hen and 210 to 250 eggs for the trio annually Eggs and chicks have been shipped nationwide and some to South America to establish a family there
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Joseph H. Jones
Springfield Township
Jones
Oregon
Orange Blossom
Hanson
South America
Ration Roundup Summary of Stamp Validities and Coupons
The notice lists valid expiration dates for ration book stamps across categories. Meats and fats stamps C to F run through Oct 30, processed foods blue stamps U to Z through Oct 20, sugar Book 1 stamp 14 through Navy dates, five pound canning stamps 15 and 16 through Oct 31. Shoes stamps 18 valid indefinitely, air sheet stamp 1 Book 8 valid Nov 1. Gasoline 6-A and 8-A by region expire Nov 8. other regions 2 to 3 gallons. Fuel oil coupons valid through Jan 8 1944, each worth multiple gallons. Salmon noted as key fish food.
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Associated Press
Navy
Rocky Mountains
Health views on raw vegetables and nutrition myths
A column debunks raw vegetable fad claims noting raw juices can be less digestible than cooked vegetables. It cites carrot juice overuse and oxalic acid concerns, while stressing cooking aids digestion and nutrient use. Questions cover adrenal function, arthritis links, calcium, and home TB treatment with climate impact deemed minimal.
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M. C
Woman Pays $100 To Stop Fight At Lamont Store
Louise McGraw paid $100 to break up a street fight in the rear of her Great Falls business. Returning to the front she found her purse missing with $100 cash, keys, and ration books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Mont
Louise McGraw
Safety Zone Becomes Raleigh Street Incident Note
A street safety zone near Fayetteville Street in Raleigh is mentioned with an unspecified incident. A person was treated by a physician for back injuries. The text also notes the 60 acres of the District of Columbia were ceded to the U.S. by Marland in 1790.
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Fayetteville Street
Raleigh
District of Columbia
U.S
Marland
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King Features Syndicate
Ime
International News Servigs
Kibitzer
Stannley Fields
Roscoe Ates Rose Wobart
Michael Wral
Qodbury Oak
Lannes
Jane Yrazee
Alice Faye
John Payne
Jack Oakie
Frisco
Dick Foran
Cherokee Strip
Broadhurst
Michele Morgan
Alan Curtis
Aubrey Smith
Barry Fitzgerald Tarquin Olivier Mary Gordon Dooley Wilson
Dooley Wilson
Vorme
the ~ Adventures
Gene Tierney
Hollywood
International
Rooshan
Beverly Hills
Fornia
Candia
Ng Alex
Ashley
Ashley Automatic Wood Stove Co
Columbia
Chicken Farm
Salmon
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Logan Clendening, M. D
Clendening
Columa
M. G
Pacific
Mee
Tae
David Nempsteat
Lothar Mendes
Salem Street
Thomasville
Gracie Fields
Monty Wooley
H& Et
Sartin Day Cleaning CO
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