Small World Prized by Rose and Breeze in Verse and Visits
selections of verse about roses and stars open the page, followed by social notes. Mrs. B J Baker of Little Rock visits her mother Mrs. B C Acker who recently moved to a new South Main Street home after purchasing Wiley Robinson’s store. Harrie Story leaves for a western flotuation visit with relatives. Various locals, including Mrs. M J Hayes and Mrs. Wade O Nea l, travel or host relatives in Arkansas and Texas, with plans to Hot Springs, Little Rock, and El Paso. Howard Stuart joins family from Tuscaloosa for summer, and J C Penney staffer attends.
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B. J. Baker
Little Rock
B. C. Acker
Wade O'Neal
Elk City
Okla
Wils Cobb
O'Neal
Pauline Sanford
W. R. Berry
Alma Gene
Hot Springs
Utcir
Tulsa
Fifth annual encampment opens for Arkansas home demonstration clubs
LITTLE ROCK The State Council of Home Demonstration Clubs opened its fifth annual encampment at Camp Pike with about 950 women from all counties representing 44,180 farm club members in 1,747 groups. Delegates arrived on schedule. last minute cancellations reduced the count due to infantile paralysis fears. The opening lawn program featured old fashioned songs, 75 lanterns, and Juanita Wage of Little Rock as accordion soloist.
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Little Rock
State Council of Home Demonstration Clubs
Camp Pike
Arkansas
Juanita Wage
Lite Rock
Tokyo Promoters Seek 1312 Foot Expo Shaft Above Bay
Tokyo plans a 1312 foot cylindrical tower in Tokyo Bay for the Japanese International Exposition. Promoters seek a height dispensation despite Tokyo rules capping at 100 feet and the Imperial Palace limit. The light alloy structure would include stairs an elevator mural walls a beacon and radio sight for aviation and air defense.
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Empire State
Tokyo
Japan
Empire State Building
Eiffel Tower
Imperial Palace
Tokyo Bay
Lust One More Mile
S Walter, an automobile dealer in Flushing, New York, asked a customer to sign a bill of sale after a test drive but the man suddenly refused. The dealer sought to resolve the dispute and determine the customer’s objections.
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New York
S. Walter
Flushing
Selecting Clothes to Suit Skin Tones by Betty Clarke
Betty Clarke explains how chartreuse clashes with a brunette’s sallow skin while pure green harmonizes better. A simple demo with cloth under the chin shows chartreuse exaggerating yellow tones and green balancing undertones.
Customer signs after mileage gauge waits for night
Walter was told the odometer needed another night to register a sale. He drove the car around the block as instructed and the customer, perfectly content, signed up.
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Walter
Road Back at Saenger and Two-Fisted Gentleman at New Columbia
The Saenger presents The Road Back based on Erich Maria Remarque with a noted cast led by Barbara Read and John King, detailing soldiers returning from war and unrest at home. At New Columbia the comedy drama Two-Fisted Gentleman stars Jimmy Dunn and June Clayworth, tracing a pugilist’s rise, a quarrel with his wife, and a determined comeback.
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Saenger
Erich Maria Remarque
Europe
Remarque
Germany
Foud
Barbara Read
John King
Richard Cromwell
Slim Summerville
Andy Devine
Louise Fazenda
Noah Beery
Columbia
Palooka
Jimmy Dunn
June Clayworth
George McKay
Thurston Hall
Tom van Dyke
Gordon Wiles
Mickey Blake
Miss Clayworth
Dunn
Long Island
Ginger
Color Rules For Clothes From Miss Cox In Boston
Miss Muriel Cox of Boston advises experimental testing to choose clothing colors. She uses a peephole card to identify background skin color and recommends matching colors to skin, hair, and eyes, with greens and pink tones favored and caution around navy blue for certain complexions.
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Muriel Cox
Boston
Miss Cox
Athletics Enlisted Against Tuberculosis in China
Nanking reports a welfare drive to cut tuberculosis deaths in China, employing exhibitions, posters, and newspaper ads. The education ministry mandates compulsory athletics as indoor study fuels spread, with schools ordered to close at 3 p.m. Chinese high schools run more hours weekly than American schools.
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Nanking
China
Education Ministry
Family Dwells Across Two States on One Farm
The Fred Kemna family lives in a single 6 acre farm split by the Illinois Indiana state line. Their home straddles the border near Danville and Perryville with living areas, kitchen, and bedrooms in both states. The Kemnas sleep in Indiana while Marietta, their daughter, stays in Illinois.
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Danville
Inl
Fred Kemna
Illinois
Indiana
Kemna
Perryville
Ind
Chinese Scrap Iron Guarded From Japan
Amoy China sets aside sixteen days for residents to collect and turn in iron and copper scrap. Chinese authorities fear Japan is buying scrap in China for rearming, despite export bans. Reports say iron is bought in China and sent to Taiwan or Hong Kong before transshipment to Japan.
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Amoy
China
Japan
Taiwan
Hongkong
Texas Leads Nation in Railroad Mileage, Taxes Paid
Washington reports that Texas operates more railroad mileage than any state, with Illinois second. The Association of American Railroads notes railroads paid 873,641 dollars daily in 1936 to meet federal, state and local taxes.
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Washington
Texas
Association of American Railroads
Illinois
Miller Asks for Primary Election
Congressman John E. Miller asks Governor Carl E. Bailey for a party primary to settle their contest before the special general election. Bailey's office declined immediate comment.
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Bailey
Little. Rock
John E. Miller
United States Senate
Carl E. Bailey
Democratic Committee
Edward I Era Food Fire Belief Sparks Smoke Debate
In a historical note set during Edward I's era, people cooked meals over a car fire due to a belief that coal smoke polluted the air, a practice tied to concerns about air quality and health in the period.
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Edward I
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