Celebrate Trees and Community News in Texarkana
An affluent column notes trees as gifts of shelter and joy, then shifts to local social updates. Selected Dorothy Weeks returns to Texarkana. various visits among Misses Feild, Mrs. J.T. West, and Rev. and Mrs. J.W. Erwin. Circle No. 5 hosts a Baptist meeting. Young Peace Pioneer group elects officers. Socials include bridge for Mrs. Ava Perkins Webb and remarks on friends in Dumas and Little Rock. Jeanne Robertson becomes Mrs. Byers. wedding at Texarkana home with simple attire and flowers. couple travels to Fayetteville and Missouri, settling in Hope.
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Young Peace Pioneer Group
Miss Mary Wilson
South Elinst
M Wilson
Nancy Fae Williams
Rosalyn Hall
James Hannah Ward
Country Club
Sam Young
Dallas
Texas
Curtis Robertson
Jeanne
R. E. Byers
Cummings Byers
Mr. Byers
Wallace Lily
Texarkana
Byers
Misa Jewelle McCulley
Dick Erwin
Crossett, Ark
Scott Stores
Hope
Fayetteville
Missouri
New York Notes On Hollywood Stars At Polo Field
New York column notes Will Rogers Memorial Polo Field hosts charity polo with Ginger Rogers and Joan Bennett. Celebrities including Spencer Tracy, Walter Wanger, Boris Karloff, Loretta Young, and Joan Crawford attend. Shirley Temple’s brother Jack Temple is mentioned among Hollywood toilers. Mike Romonoff makes headlines in Manhattan during Bermuda trip preparations.
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New York
Manhattan
Beverly His
Will Rogers
Hallywood
Darryl Zanuck
Ginger Rogers
Joan Bennet
Motion Picture Relief Fund
Blonde Ginger
Spencer Tracy
Walter Wanger
Charlie Farrell
Miss Bennett
Polo
Prants
Ralph Morgan
Joan Crawford
Franchot Tone
Nancy Carroll
Jean Hersholt
Boris Kureloff
Robert Montgomery
Loretta Young
Pat O'Brien
Betty Warner
Frank Borzage
Kay Francis
Hollywood
Up in Air Over- Cinema Success
The Prince has drifted through several pictures, mainly at the 20th Century Fox lot, as Darryl Zanuck plays an imposter. He was to portray Prince Mike Romanoff in Ellis Island but the role was altered at the last moment. Tests showed he did not resemble the part.
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Prince
20Th Century-Fox
Darryl Zanuck
Ellis Island
Prince Mike Romanoff
Centennial Commission fund drive gains across counties
President discusses progress of the Centennial Commission money-raising campaign. Sixty three of seventy four counties are organized with enthusiastic meetings and some have begun soliciting funds. All counties to be organized by week’s end. Pal mer predicts the full requested amount will be subscribed by August 15 20.
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Centennial Commission
Commission
Fresca
Palmer
Roosevelt Strikes on Health Insurance Expansion Plans
In a press statement Chairman Arthur Almeyer of the Social Security board suggested possible expansion to include federal health insurance. He warned health protection problems are rising and proposed safeguards against illness parallel to defenses against want in unemployment and destitute old age. The board is studying broadening the act, ordered by the president last April 7.
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Arthur Almeyer
Social Security Board
Atmeyer
State Rights Clash Over Interoffice Stamps Sparks Drama
State leaders condemn Post Office control over interoffice communications between Salem and other cities. Budget Director Wharton and State Treasurer Volman call it regulation by death and a bid to erode local self government. Gov. Martin urges caution as officials plan to define state sovereignty amid federal messaging rules.
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Salem
Orc
State Board of Control
Uncle Sam
State Department
Post Office Department
Ealem
Wallace Wharton
Rufus C. Volman
Charles Martin
Wharton
McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary
Holman
Cotton loan rates and subsidies outlined for 1937 base production
The plan fixes loan rates at two and a half cents per pound plus a three cent subsidy on about 60 percent of the 1937 base production. Benefit payment rates cannot be fixed yet but a range is indicated as likely, with sufficient information to estimate the probable rate.
Labor official proposes action in Metal Trades plea
John P. Frey, head of the American Federation of Labor's Metal Trades Department, suggested a course of action in response to a busy fee members question. The remarks reflect AFL stance on organizing efforts within the industry.
Communist party work cited with suggestion to investigate federal department
Frey says agencies helped the Communist party carry on its work and suggests starting investigations in the federal department in this city. Mason replies that that has been done. Neither official names or agencies are specified.
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Communist Party
Frey
Federal Department
Mason
Tomato Sign Sparks Seasonal Crop Sales surprise
AD advertised ripe tomatoes with a bold sign and drew enough customers to sell all his fruit daily. Returning buyers remembered his name and kept returning. After the season, he had savings. He then learned tomato juice was healthful and planned to start selling it at home. OD agreed to join the venture next year to make and sell juice.
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OD R
New Fall Pattern Book Offers Easy Sewing of Elegant Frocks
This Buttered description highlights a new design with rippling front drapery ideal for club luncheons and bridge parties. The detailed sew chart aids easy construction, promising a distinguished look once finished. The Fall and Winter Pattern Book, 32 pages, showcases sizes 34 to 48 with photos, price 25 cents for the book or 15 cents for pattern alone. Send name, address, style number, and size to Hope Star Pattern Bureau, 211 W. Wacker Drive, Chicago, Ill.
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Carol Day
AIL
Paris
Hope Star Today
Pattern Bureau
W. Wackler Drive
Chicago
Ill
AD’s Pure Tomato Juice Business Growth Lesson
AD buys a press and seals bottles to sell tomato juice. He advertises locally then nationwide, expanding production and staff. Higher sales reduce cost per bottle, widening access and creating a profitable, steady business benefiting both AD and customers.
Tomato juice industry credits advertising for growth
The article notes the tomato juice industry employs hundreds more part time workers and spends over half a million dollars yearly with canning and labeling manufacturers. It states industry sales exceed twenty million dollars annually and attributes public health benefits and low prices to strong advertising, arguing the idea flourished due to advertising.
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