New York City Prepares for Fair of Century Opening
Grover A. Whalen reports New York City readies for the World’s Fair of 1939 with 15 million guests expected. Amusement areas include 280 acres of rides and villages from Havana to Merrie England, plus a 10,000-seat amphitheater and a 2 million child audience for the Children’s World free admission zone.
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New York City
New York
Manhattan
World of Tomorrow
Broadway
New York State Marine Amphitheatre
Fountain Lake
Billy Rose
Eleanor Holm
Havana
Merrie England
Old London
Richard Byrd
Penguin Island
Sun Valley
Grover A. Whalen
The
Fair Corporation
Europa
Jupiter
Gleb Derujinsky
Yoakum Set to Get 100 Acre Landing Field
Charles R. Horan and William F. Luce of the U S civil aeronautics authority survey the Yoakum area for a landing field and an airways directional beam radio station. Nine beams will connect Houston and San Antonio for aviators. A 100 acre site is planned with funds for the fiscal year starting July 1 1940.
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Yoakum
Charles R. Horan
William F. Luce
United States Civil Aeronautic Authority
Washington, D. C
Airways
Houston
San Antonio
What the Answer Means to the Rich Pin Money Tradition
Edward Finch explains how pins once priced beyond reach defined a yearly budget by the wealthy. The custom required husbands to provide pin money on the first two days of the new year, a practice that evolved into broader meaning as pins grew affordable.
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NCE
Western Newspaper Union
Subscriptions Paid Acknowledgments From The Kegle
The Kegle records thanks to readers who renewed subscriptions since the last report. Names listed include C C Orts Wm J Meyer Mrs Rud Jaeggli Aug Boksch G J Bohnenkamp Marvin Haase Mra N Petrash Johnnie Williams Erwart Raab Mrs Louise Pieper and others from Moulton Houston WonderPool and surrounding areas.
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Kegle
C. C. Orts
Moulton
Wm. J. Meyer
Rud. Jaeggli
Aug. Boksch
G. J. Bohnenkamp
Marvin Haase
Mra
N. Petrash
Johnnie Williams
WonderPool
G Mueller
Erwart Raab
Houston
Louise Pieper
Ill and Hospitalized Names Around Texas
The notice lists individuals hospitalized in Texas facilities. Sick John G. Mueller is in Shiner hospital. William Hinch underwent an operation at LaGrange hospital. Joe Meyer is a patient at a San Antonio hospital.
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John G. Mueller
Shiner Hospital
William Hinch
LaGrange Hospital
Joe Meyer
San Antonio Hospital
Puppet shows and Dalmatian puppies noted in historical snippet
The passage traces puppet theater roots from Greece in 300 B C to Europe and the United States by 1739. It also describes Dalmatian puppies as pure white at birth with black spots developing weeks later.
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Greece
Europe
Italy
United States
Sponges Grow Largest Off Florida and The Bahamas
The biggest sponges in the world are found off Florida and the Bahamas. A typical specimen easily absorbs the contents of a large pail of water and then asks for more.
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Florida
Bahamas
Astral Lamp Invented by Count Rumford
American born Count Rumford invented the Astral lamp to remove the shadow cast by the heavy base of the Ar gand lamp.
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Count
Count Rumford
Bandera Family Spends Weekend With Mr George von Lienen van Moul
Mr Richard Meitzen and family of Bandera spent the past weekend in the home of Mr George von Lienen van Moul.
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Richard Meitzen
Bandera
George von Lienen van Moul
Man's instinct to climb amid danger of drowning
The Western Newspaper Union notes that man, unlike other animals, cannot swim by nature. Once he can walk, his urge to climb emerges. when faced with danger in water and lacking swimming skills, he will tread water instead of learning to swim without instruction.
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Western Newspaper Union
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Hallettsville Orange Crush Bottling Company
Edward Finch
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