Family Fights Flood Hardships in Rural Refuges
The Ives family Andy Kate Hope Dave and Granny move to the wilderness to build a home. Flood rains force them to a refugee camp where former friends the Websters snub them. A square dance eases tension as Hank Butler tries to kiss Hope and she resists but is seen by Mrs. Webster and Dreen who assume the worst. Andy falls ill with malaria.
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Ives
Andy
Kate
Hope
Dave
Granny
Websters
Hank Butler
Harbisonville
Newcastle
Deely
Mr. Flipp
Flipp
Sig Flanagan
Bayou
Flanagan
Mr. Ives
Miss Hope
Mr. Burke
Jerry
Absalom Flipp
Swapping Work and Growing Tensions in Outpost
Dave recovers from fever as he and Big Halleck swap labor on new ground. Hope argues for independence while Big forms wary bonds with the family. Jerry Burke visits, courting votes and legal future in a fragile frontier community.
Kate Smith Leads With Warm Radio Presence And Film Roles
Profile notes Kate Smith hosts three programs on Mutual and ABC while remaining relatable about cooking and home life. It highlights her broad appeal, the Busy TV and film scene including Janet Leigh and Rosalind Russell, and industry moves from Dan Duryea to James Cagney, plus odds and ends about traffic films and Mol e Hill name change.
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Kate Smith
Mutual
Kate Smith Music Room
ABC
Miss Smith
Communists Debunk Marian Vision in Ploesti
In Ploesti Romania hundreds reported a Virgin Mary image in a shop window. The militia removed crowds and whitewashed the window while the Scanteia newspaper blamed reactionaries for the spectacle and claimed sunlight caused a rainbow reflection.
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Bucharest
Ploesti
Scanteia
Russians Build Machine To Fight Locust Pests
Moscow reports a new Russian machine to battle locusts. The auto spreads poisoned bait over 80 to 100 hectares per day, travels at 20 miles per hour, and casts the poison balls across six to 10 yards.
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Moscow
Russia
Tass
English Village Pays Bills With Nothing but its Land
SEDGEFOLD ENGLAND This Norfolk village runs on land. The 700 villagers haven’t paid local taxes in 15 years. The tax rate is fixed at eight pence on a pound of real estate, but not collected. Sedgeford has paid expenses and funded a war memorial and an athletic field by selling sand from a village sandpit.
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Sedgefold
England
Norfolk
Sedgeford
Neighbors Cheer as Law Nabs Juke Box Operator
Compton California bar operator Willie Jackson was jailed for keeping a music box running after two in the morning despite his protests that he was unaware of a curfew. Neighbors cheered the enforcement of the curfew.
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Law
Compton
Calif
Willie Jackson
Wisconsin Grandmother Becomes Dinamiter Permit Holder
Elkhorn Wisconsin grandmother Myrtle Dobbert, described as the first licensed dynamiter in the state, earned a certificate of competency but learned the law bans hiring women at mines or quarries. She will work for her husband Paul and has 25 years in the dynamite business.
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Big
Granny
Hope
Big Halleck
Elkmorn
Wis
Myrtle Dobbert
Elkhorn
Wisconsin
Countess Foils Burglar At Mentmore Towers Hideout
AYLESBURY ENGLAND. The 57 year old Lady Rosebery confronted a burglar in her bedroom at Mentmore Towers. She kept a pistol in a hidden spot and the intruder fled after seeing the weapon.
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Aylesbury
England
Lady Rosebery
Mentmore Towers
Rosebery
Yorkshire Hens Lay Green Yolks in Yorkham
London officials investigate why Yorkshire hens yield eggs with emerald yolks. The ministry reports over 250000 weekly green yolk eggs among five million eggs sent to Yorkshire packing stations. Normal in other aspects, the eggs are moved to confectioners to avoid housewife complaints.
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London
Ministry of Food
Yorkshire
Professor Declares Music Now Lacking Originality
Dr Curt Sachs of New York University told Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh that today’s popular music lacks originality. He blamed both writers and listeners noting writers reuse old clinches while audiences favor familiar tunes for ease.
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Pittsburgh
Curt Sachs
New York University
Carnegie Tech
Housework Might Trigger Sudden Asthma in Housewives
Atlantic City report says routine housework can trigger sudden asthma in harried housewives, per American Medical Association briefing.
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Atlantic City
The
American Medical Association
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