The Seven Who Fled by Frederic Prokesch review
A Harper prize winning novel set on a Kashgar to Shanghai caravan. Seven Europeans escape political danger with a Chinese merchant seeking Shanghai while each follows a distinct fate across Tibet and Kunlun. Prokesch crafts vivid landscapes and deep psychological conflict with objective narration.
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Hollywood Wardrobe Wars and On Set Antics
Hollywood buzz and studio scenes as actors and crew rehearse for Rosalie 45 Fathers and High Flyers. Gary Cooper, Ernest Truex, Jane Withers, and a monkey star in chaotic takes with dogs and a toy bulldog.
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Japan Seeks War Finance Tightens Industry Control
Japan moves to fund the war effort by reorienting capital toward munitions and essential wartime production. Finance officials announce steps to curb nonessential industries, restrict new corporations, and favor export needs for a wartime trade balance, signaling tighter private investment and stricter industrial oversight.
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Just Be Simple Mass judge coaching juries in plain talk
Massachusetts observers note a speaker urges judges to act like umpires calling balls and strikes in trials. The idea is plain language aids juries and could reduce confusion by avoiding high flown phrases. The comment warns jurors tune out long charges and complex testimony.
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Adrenal Glands and Their Functions Described by Fishbein
The article explains adrenal or suprarenal glands located above the kidneys, noting removal causes death in humans and feeding effects in animals. It covers adrenalin and cortin, their medical uses, and how adrenalin raises blood pressure and assists in shock. It also notes external gland aspects and links to emotional arousal and sexual development. It ends with brief notes on petroleum leaders and the Deutsche dogge breed name.
When a mother seeks help at home for a heavy burden
Olive Roberts Barton writes to distressed wives and mothers about seeking heart to heart advice. She suggests a minister or family veteran as trusted confidants, noting the need for sympathetic, near home support and the safeguarding of confidences inherent in professional ethics.
Adventure romance on a perilous island rescue
Grant Harper, now in love with Kay Dearborn, searches a remote island for her after she is taken aboard a cruiser and separated from Melita and Priscilla. He finds Kay hiding and together they flee through dark terrain toward the awaiting Mistral, guided by a flashlight and a cautious captor.
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Huang
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Mac
Mac Forrest
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Mistral
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Fairweather Cove
Kay
Forrest Brothers
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Harper
Mae Forrest
Chinoak
Priscilla
Chinsok
Aneloroch
Bay
Pye
Harpers
Thuy
Trusted Advisor For Troubled Hearts and Quiet Counsel
A column advises seeking trustworthy, confidential guidance for emotional hardship. It urges ministers or wise counselors, emphasizes silence and impartial judgment, warns against money influence, and notes the value of trusted confidants over burdens borne alone. The piece ends with a historical aside about the British Order of the Bath and a jest about cleanliness.
Conference Squads Start First Workouts Across Texas
Texas coach Dana X. Bible leads 45 Longhorn candidates in their first drills as Southwest Conference prep begins. Texas Tech, TCU, SMU, Baylor, Rice, Texas A&M, and Arkansas teams begin conditioning under glare of fall camp with coaches stressing speed and discipline. A Rosetta Stone discovery from 1799 is noted.
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Soame
Eric Race
Dana X. ‘Bible
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Dutch) Meyer
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Lloyd Russell
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Fred Thomson
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Souttier Association Tuesday results across cities
Memphis 3 Lite Rock New Orleans Nashville Knoxville 5 Nashville Atlata 7 Chattanooga 4 Chicago 8 St Louis $ Brooklyn 4 Boston 2 only games played across the circuit with scores listed.
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Bostanza
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