Lights and People in New York Gossip
A column of light vignettes covers the Windsor guard J L Nye at a royal ball, Merritt Parkway cow crossings, Sally Rand and Turk Greene at rodeos, Harold Ross collecting Bibles, Charles Boyer at Candle in the Wind, and New York’s crowds at shows with celebrity sightings and street scenes.
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Madison Square Garden
Sally Rand
Turk Greene
Boston
Montana
Hicks
New York
Charles Boyer
Air Force to Expand to 400000 Men by June 30
Washington reports the army air force will grow from 54 combat groups to 84 and reach 400000 personnel by June 30 with a goal of 500000 later. Secretary Stimson cites defense needs and Western hemisphere security, outlining training for 30,000 pilots and 100,000 technicians annually and a network of 100 plus training schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Washington
Army Air Force
War Department
Air Force
Stimson
United States
Western Hemisphere
Air Training
Department
Air Force Combat Command
Army
Army Air Forces
Henry H. Arnold
Partment
Fort Benning
State Policeman Saves Wind-Blown Pie
BETHEL CONN No problem is too minute for the Connecticut constabulary. State Policeman Robert J Murphy heard a woman's scream and dashed into the home of Mrs Joseph Lee. He climbed onto the porch roof and retrieved a freshly baked pie blown from the window sill to the rain gutter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Conn
Connecticut Constabulary
Robert J. Murphy
Joseph Lee
Murphy
Undie Shortage Baffles Chester Private
A private in army maneuvers at Chester South Carolina was missing three suits of heavy wool underwear. He later explained the issue by saying he wore them due to the cold morning.
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Chester
S. C
Minute Make-Ups ae Minute Make-Ups ae Do you know the double tissue trick
A beauty tip suggests using two tissues one in each hand to remove facial cream quickly. Wipe with alternating tissue surfaces to prevent dust from transferring to a clean face. Provided by Ledger Syndicate WNU Service.
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Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Sammy Jay and Farmer Brown's Boy Trap Tale
Sammy Jay spreads a tale about Farmer Brown's Boy building a trap. He distrusts the hunter, spies daily at the dooryard, and feeds suspicion among neighbors. Happy Jack questions the claim while Sammy hurries to share his gossip.
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Sammy Jay
Farmer Brown
Ammy Jay
Sammy
Green Meadows
Green Forest
Old Man Coyote
Buster Bear
Happy Jack Squirrel
Happy Jack
Associated Newspapers
WNN
All They Have to Do Now Is to Locate Him
Fort Bliss Texas section reports soldier Richard H Carroll of Battery C Sixty third coast artillery clipped a Cupid Club coupon from the Fort Bliss Cavalcade and sent it back to the editor with an address claiming Ohio Connecticut West Virginia and New York City.
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New York
Merritt Highway
Connecticut
Hutchinson Parkway
Bugs Baer
Fort Bliss
Texas
Cupid Club
Richard H. Carroll
Sixty-third Coast Artillery
Ohio
West Virginia
New York City
Employment Office Closes in Fitchburg Due to No Work
Mayor Alfred Woolcott announced the welfare department employment bureau in Fitchburg closed because there were no able bodied men on relief. Welfare costs ran $43,000 less than the same period last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchburg
Mass
Welfare Department
Alfred Woolcott
Average Texas farm grows to 329 acres
Texas average farm size rises from 1934 to 1939 with 329 acres per farm in 1941. The number of farms drops by 83,015 while cotton acreage falls from 17,700,000 in 1926 to 8,500,000 in 1941 and about 428,000 cotton workers shift to other work.
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Austin
Texas
Charles E. Baughman
State Department of Agriculture
Baughman
What to Do BY PHYLLIS BELMONT
Phyllis Belmont offers etiquette tips on handling men with poor manners. She urges readers to remain patient, avoid public corrections, and accept small courtesies like door opening. The piece notes women often expect men to act like gentlemen and critiques lingering expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Belmont
Willie
Mary
Jane
Ledger Syndicate
WNU
Letter Suggests Fifth Column Not New Pittsburgh
Louis Kossuth's 1851 letter aboard the USS Mississippi in Marseille hints at historic fifth column fears. The document, willed to the University of Pittsburgh, recalls Kossuth’s England and America tour and his rescue from a Turkish prison as he urged support for Hungary. The letter will be shown during the 90th anniversary of his American visit.
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Metor
Duke of Windsor
Prince of Wales
J. L. Nye
Bill’’ Nye
United States Secret Service
Guaranty Trust Company
Nye
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Pittsburgh
Louis Kossuth
University of Pittsburgh
United States
Mississippi
Marseille
France
Kossuth
England
America
Hungary
Dardanelles
Germany
The Junto Lives Again in Philadelphia’s Revival
The article recalls Benjamin Franklin’s Junto club founded in 1727 and its 2000-strong revival at the Academy of Music, noting its democratic makeup and secret proceedings. It credits the Junto with fueling Franklin’s scientific work, especially electricity, and highlights its four-decade influence leading to the American Philosophical Society and other institutions like the Library Company of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania.
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Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Ben
Junto
Council
Franklin
Ben Franklin
Oxford
The
Spence
Boston
Peter Collinson
London
Junta
Collinson
Howard McClenahan
American Philosophical Society
Library Company of
America
Union Fire Company
Pennsylvania
College
University) of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Hospital
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