Miami Real Thing This Time Boom Boosts Local Building
Miami in 1940 sees a genuine boom with 15 million dollars spent in the first 11 months on new hotels, apartments, and homes. Eleven cities add 43 hotels and 2993 rooms, 176 apartment buildings with 1745 units, housing 169000 visitors. Holiday bookings rise, rates may ease, Tropical Park races run Jan to Apr, and notable entertainers booked for Miami Beach venues amid a bustling tourist surge.
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Thomas W. Hagan
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Miami Beach
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W. M. Taylor
Miami Chamber of Commerce
Biscayne Bay
Roosevelt
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Wendell Wilkie
Tropical Park
Hisleah Park
Dade
Broward
Colonial Inn
Paul Whiteman
Sophie Tucker
Harry Richman
Royal Palm
Ted Lewis
Abe Lyman
Tony Martin
Harrison in Hollywood in The Road to Rio and More
PAUL HARRISON reports from Hollywood on Don Ameche in The Road to Rio double role and the light hearted mischief around Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell. A playful fund drive for Bing Crosby is recounted with studio input and tax deduction details.
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Don Ameche
Road
Hollywood
Rio
U.S. Vice President Elect and Puzzle Clues Overview
A dense crossword style puzzle lists clues across and down covering terms from politics to geography. It references the U.S. vice president elect, various scientific and linguistic definitions, and a map of filled answers including animal names, crafts, and common words, all framed as an official puzzle note.
An Umbrella for Bombs
A canopy of steel strands designed to intercept bombs would explode them prematurely. Offered to the defense program's National Advisory Research Council by co inventors E Burke Wilford of Philadelphia and Thomas H Latta of Buffalo NY. The system would span 50 feet diameter atop a 150 foot tower with 225 feet of cables covering about 500 feet diameter.
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National Advisory Research Council
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Philadelphia
Thomas H. Latta
Buffle, N
Matty Bell Credits Ray Morrison For Pass Era In Southwest
The article notes Matty Bell credits Ray Morrison, a Vanderbilt alumnus and former SMU coach, with popularizing the forward pass in the Southwest. Morrison built a pass oriented attack for Texas teams, earning the nickname Mus tang Aerial Circus, influencing Texas, Rice, and broader Southern football strategies.
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Knute Rockne
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Morrison
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Joss Neely
Rice Institute
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Neely
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Gune Ning
Matty Bell
New Year Resolutions for a Fresh Start
Ray Peacock remarks on common New Year vows and the momentum to quit habits like smoking, noting how promises falter as partners in reform tempt each other. He warns that self control wavers and urges a firm, two week commitment to begin genuine change.
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Ray Peacock
Submerged Mountain Range Found Off Alaska Coast
Lieut. Commander RE. DB. Horne reports a submarine mountain range 3,000 feet high but 8,000 feet deep off the Aleutians. Coast and geodetic survey ships have completed about 20 percent of a new charting study begun in 1984. earlier maps relied on Russian charts from the 1600s.
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Juneau
Alaska
RE. DB. Horne
Aleutian Islands
Aleutian
State Doctor Has Treatment by J B Worges NEA Service
LITTLE ROCK Ark Dr FL Walguthers, an orthopedic surgeon with 20 years in Little Rock, claims a simple method for treating a fractured pelvis will revolutionize surgery. The old practice casted patients from armpits to toes, leaving them immobilized for four to six weeks.
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J.B. Worges
NEA
Little Rock, Ark
FL Walag Vuthers
Little Rock Ark
Elen
Br. Corruthers
Turnbuckle Traction Method For Pelvic Fractures Described
A surgeon describes a traction system using a turnbuckle to spread and align broken pelvic bones. Casts hold legs in position with embedded linelles, allowing 20 minute operation and wheelchair mobility afterward. The method aims to avoid laparotomy and manage childbirth risks.
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Issind
Carruthers
No News Is Bad News in a Free World
A 1941 essay warns against Soviet and other controlled news, arguing true freedom requires diverse, independent reporting. It reframes lack of news as mind control, contrasting American press freedom with propaganda in Russia Germany and defeated France. It notes the Newspaper Publishers Committee coordinates weekly reader messages from 350 newspapers.
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Russia
Germany
France
Newspaper Publishers Committee
Crosby’s generous gifts in 1940 reach churches and groups
Several churches hospitals and orphanages received well over 20 dollars of Bing’s money in 1940. The Tacoma Community Chest got 1000 too. The screen colony notes he aids many individuals as well. He offered another check after a rushed apology.
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Bing
Tacoma
Crosby
Cocktail Card Law Sought For Girls 10S Angeles
In California proposals seek a cocktail card system to verify age for girls near 21, barring minors from alcohol service. Advocates compare to raft registration cards. measure to be considered by the state legislature.
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Angeles
California
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