Industrial Change Kills This Town
JOSEPHINE Pennsylvania, a wind swept mill town, has become a ghost city as its steel mill closed and moved. Nearly 200 vacant houses crown the hilltop once owned by the McKinney steel company, with a post office and a few homes still standing. The demise follows postwar shifts to Cleveland production, leaving ole folks and lingering hopes for revival as wreckers threaten remaining structures.
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Josephine
William Penn Highway
Pittsburgh
New York
McKinney Steel Company
Cleveland
City Orders 362,500 Towels After Shortfall
Des Moines officials allocate funds to supply 362,500 paper towels for city washrooms after a two month shortage and a lack of $144 to buy more. The purchasing agent said funds were unavailable until council action approved the purchase.
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Des Moines
Gypsy Rose Lee Talks Burlesque to Hollywood Studio
In a Hollywood interview Gypsy Rose Lee formerly Rose Louise Hovick discusses leaving burlesque behind for film. She explains fashion, weight, and climate quirks, reveals apartment living and Sunset Strip plans, recalls how a broken strap sparked her stripping act, and shares comic wisdom about life and success.
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Hollywood
Gypsy Rose Lee
Rose Louise Hovick
Hovae
Lee
Hays Office
Miss Lee
New York
Rose Lee
California
Snow
Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Strip
Simphas
Rebels Close On Bilbao From Bizcargi Mountains
Victoria Spain dispatches say Gen Rutilio Mola’s central columns crossed the Bizcargi mountains and neared Bilbao within six miles. Annihilation of the Basque battalion west of Guernica is reported. Insurgent field guns now in range of the Basque capital as first defensive lines approach Bilbao.
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Victoria
Spain
Rutilio Mola
Bilbao
Bizcargi
Guernica
Pilfered Houston manhole covers spark scramble for scrap iron
A wild scramble for scrap iron grips Houston as manhole covers and inlet grates vanish in large numbers. Houston street and bridge department Commissioner A. Starkey notes the thefts overwhelm any feasible guarding plan.
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Houston
Texas
Houston Street and Bridge Department
A. Starkey
Ten Step to a Million Pitched By Miss Lee
An interview captures Miss Lee recounting a show renamed The Gay Nighties and claiming nearly a million in earnings though not an outright fortune. She notes admiration for Jean Harlow and Shirley Temple, and describes ambitions with Parryl Zanuck, stressing versatility in drama, comedy, and impersonations.
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Miss Lee
Jean Harlow
Twentieth Century Fox
Shirley Temple
Mae West
Parryl Zanuck
Gypsy Rose Lerner Seeks Dramatic Film Role
Hollywood coverage notes Gypsy Rose Lerner, famed burlesque star, joining the film world with a dramatic role in You Cant Have Everything. She hopes to shed strip tease fame for serious acting, plans a September Shubert audition, and hints she may still perform burlesque in limited form.
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Hollywood
Gypsy Rose Ler
Gypsy
New York
Park Avenue
Tiny Tykes
Sid Grauman
Breen
Hays Office
Shuberts
Machines Create Jobs In The Machine Age
The Machinery Institute analyzes census data showing higher employment rates today than in pre Civil War eras. It attributes rises to smaller families, more working age adults, lower death rates, and concentration of population in prime ages. Most new jobs arose where science and technology advanced, with 15 million more workers now than in a century ago.
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Chicago
Machinery Institute
United States
Census Bureau
Institute
Reluctant Return Stages Three Comebacks After Show
A narrator recalls leaving a tight show on 4th street and the performance ending early. He admits the difficulty of returning, noting three prior returns and the likelihood of trying again, underscoring the weariness of repeated comebacks.
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4Th Street
Modern senators swap menus for quick sandwiches
Quotes from Paul Johnson and Mrs. Sarah Wormer reflect aging habits and nostalgia for past leisure as modern lifestyles emerge. Dr. Thomas Tawyl-Davies warns Europe of rising social diseases while others joke about shrinking or disappearing. Joaquin Vienna and Benito Mussolini share cautious, ironic views on war and peace amid changing times.
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Paul Johnson
Senate
Sarah Wormer
Denver
Colo
Europe
Thomas Tawyl- Davies
London
England
Ohio
Joaquin Vienna
Santa Clara
Calif
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Not Anxious For Children Says Kentucky Study
A Lexington survey by Dr. W. D. Funkhouser of the University of Kentucky finds marriage motives show many women place desire for children lower in rank. The study indicates only a minority ranked it as a primary reason for matrimony while a majority of the girls favored other aims.
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Lexington
W. D. Funkhouser
University of Kentucky
One Pair Shoes Worn 24 Years in Murray Ky Tale
Frank Beatman kept the same pair of shoes for 24 years. He had steel plates fitted to the toe in earlier days after his feet swelled from a milk route. Beatman also wears a second pair of overshoes similar to the youth pair, kept for two decades.
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Murray, Ky
Frank Beatman
Beaman
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TLS Pell
Kay Kyser
Basque City
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Garralakaka
Earraaaraks
Carter
Orville W. Erringer
Ark
Hamilton Trust Fund
Hamilton Depositors Corp
GMC
Lewis & May Motor CO
General Motors
Trucks & Trailers
Magnolia
Mobilgas
Mobiloil
Magnolia Petroleum Co
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