Moving Sun Proofs Ancient World Round, Sailors Report
An old discussion notes Phoenician circumnavigation of Africa supported by a sun moving left to right as seen from different latitudes. It cites critics who believed in a flat earth and explains how the sun’s apparent motion proves a spherical Earth. Also mentions viewing from poles and equator, plus a Star Looking test offered by Prof Selby Maxwell via the newspaper for eye checks.
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Sun
Phoenicia
Africa
Minnesota
Florida
North Pole
South Pole
United States
Maxwell
Selby Maxwell
Looking Star
Northlake Star Publ. Co
Man Works Between Met Opera and Burlesque
Detroit based performer Jack Mann spans two worlds as he switches from the Met to burlesque. He played jailer Frosch in Die Fledermaus more than 25 times and notes similarities between opera and burlesque despite differing audiences and pacing. He says burlesque demands immediate joke delivery while opera allows slower scene development.
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Detroit
New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Jack Mann
Met
Mann
Frosch
The
Help Wanted in Pasadena Sparks Broad Employer Interest
P H Hammond a manufacturer advertised in the local paper to lay off a few men and help them find new jobs. Scores answered the ad and 19 employers bid for the men. All but one were hired by a competitor who praised the move and promised to hire the remaining man upon the boss’s return from sick leave.
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Pasadena
Calif
P. H. Hammond
Hammond
Judy Holliday shifts from Brooklynese in Phfft
Judy Holliday abandons her Brooklyn accent for Sir Laurence Oliver英 style in Columbia’s Phfft. She portrays a society girl, claiming the role is more solid than Billie Dawn, aiming to avoid dizzy blonde parts. Cornel Wilde’s Fox contract ends TV plans as he eyes future screen work with Yvonne de Carlo in Where the ...
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Hollywood
NEA
Judy Holliday
Laurence Oliver
Columbia
Billie Dawn of
Billie
Carole Lombard
Judy
Cornel Wilde
Fox
Yvonne de Carlo
Gladys Schmitt Brings Broadway Move To Spotlight
Pittsburgh author Gladys Schmitt visits New York to discuss turning her novel Alexandra into a Julie Harris stage drama. She plans summer work with her husband to shape a possible long string of short scenes, and recalls an earlier five act blank verse play from age 11.
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New York
Empire State
Pittsburgh
Gladys Schmitt
Publishers’ Row
Broadway
Miss Schmitt
Gates of
Aulis
David the King
Alexandra
Julie Harris
Julie ‘Harris
Miss Harris
Severe Growing Pains Prompt Attention by Doctor
Mrs R asks if her 12 year old granddaughter's leg pains and fatigue are serious. Growing pains are common but may signal disorders like spine curve issues flat feet or leg strains. Some cases need orthopedic or medical evaluation to rule out glands, tonsils, sinuses, or rheumatic fever and to relieve discomfort. The note adds Chicago's Board of Trade Building as a city fact.
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U.S. Highway 16
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Monroe
Devil's Own Frontier
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Chicago
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Pearl
Johnny Roberts
Jerry Gilbertson
Nile Outdoor
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la Crosse Highway
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Wendell Corey
Cartoon and News
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Myrna Loy
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Dana Andrews
Virginia Mayo
Rivoli
Ronald Reagan
Steve Forrest
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Oscar Homoixa
Allen Rivkin
Andrew Marton
Menry Berman
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Forrest Tucker
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MSUN
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