Penelope Gatlin and the Split Destiny of a Child
Theodore Gatlin adopts a girl naming her Penelope to heal a failing marriage but the wife rejects the child. Penelope is sent to Mrs Gatlin, a ball strikes her nose, and she is spirited to Europe. Gatlin dies in a motor accident after bequeathing Penelope all his money. Ten years later in San Francisco psychiatrist Stephen Burt tests Nance Belden a girl with dual personality and saddle nose. Nance is sent to San Quentin after her criminal record weighs against Burt's explanation. Lanny the nurse urges hope but Nance wins a letter smuggled out by a conspirator.
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Theodore Gatlin
Penelope
San Francisco
Stephen Burt
Dan McNamara
Nance Belden
Saddle Nose
McNamara
Burt
Lanny
Nance
San Quentin Penitentiary
Lanny Dear
Nancy Belden
Hellion
San Quentin
Rebecca Lanning
Dan
Nancy Belden Escapes San Quentin Gate Meant to Quietly Hide
Lanny hides Nance Belden after a bloodied escape at San Quentin. Nance warns of police, while Dan McNamara reports the escape by speedboat found in the Marina. Lanny denies aiding the escape and insists she would alert the warden if plans were discussed.
Boxing night escape across San Pablo Bay thriller
Nance Belden being pursued after an escape is rescued by Lanny and Dan McNamara. A gunfight and boat chase occur as they hide her in McNamara’s house and prepare medical care. The trio plans to outmaneuver pursuing police while tending to the wounded convict.
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Nance
San Pablo Bay
Carquinez Straits
Central Office
St. Francis Yacht Club
Martina
Dan
Lanny
San Francisco Directory
Burt
Nance Belden
Dan McNamara
Pye
Quotes Co operation Essential
Ambassador at Large Norman H. Davis argues that Japan must cooperate with major naval powers to preserve peace in the Pacific and Far East. He says arms reduction benefits all, warns against anti treaty talk, and notes naval fleets are limited by the London treaty until 1987.
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Norman H. Davis
Japan
Pacific
Far East
Employee Representation By President Roosevelt
The labor board now enforces anti discrimination aims and conducts secret ballot elections under government supervision. These elections give employees a fair chance to choose representatives, either individually or as part of a labor organization. Results will show who employees want to represent them in this industry.
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Roosevelt
Labor Board
Public Interest in Crime News, Editorial View
Paul Bellamy argues crime reporting is a newspaper duty to inform the public. He contends open coverage exposes evils in government and society, urging transparency to spur public action against wrongdoing.
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Paul
Relief Not Wanted by Harry L. Hopkins
Federal Relief Administrator denounces relief by cash and favoring direct relief over work relief. He warns against welfare rhetoric and the idea of denying cash to those in need, insisting the current system should not rely on commissary provisions. He asserts opposition to a welfare-only approach and calls for real reform.
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Harry L. Hopkins
Industry in War by George H. Dern
Secretary of War argues private industry must lead wartime production under civilian management with government control. History shows government plants alone cannot meet major supply needs. The piece stresses reliance on private sectors for essential war materials and national defense.
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George H. Dern
Secretary of War
War Department
Effort Not in Vain By Lincoln Ellsworth Antarctic Explorer
Lincoln Ellsworth reflects on his failed transantarctic flight as weather delays a polar Star mission aboard the Wyatt Earp. He notes the expedition yielded new map features and fossils from regions once thought snowbound.
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Lincoln Ellsworth
TPP
End Codling Moth by Spraying Trees
Chandler of the Illinois State Natural History Survey advises orchardists to prune heavily and spray thoroughly to combat codling moth infestations. He lists six yeses on tree condition and pruning to ensure effective spraying and notes that 10 percent of Illinois apples in 1934 were infested.
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Chandler
Illinois State Natural History Survey
WNU
Illinois
Korean Lespedeza Offered as Emergency Hay Crop
Dr A J Pieters of the USDA says Korean lespedeza can fill an emergency hay need for Midwest farmers in 1935. Advice includes seeding 25 pounds per acre with winter wheat or oats, inoculating seed, and planting on land not weedy. Seed supply is good and volunteer stands are likely where grown before.
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Midwest
A. J. Pieters
United States Department of Agriculture
Doctor Pieters
Pieters
Cut Boar Tusk Removal on Newborn Pigs Says Wallaces Farmer
The article explains that pig tusks are temporary and of little value except defense. To prevent injury to sows and fights among pigs, hog men trim teeth near the gums with special nippers. Do not injure gums to avoid infection. remove tusks when pigs are a few days old and do not keep on breeding boars.
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Wallaces
Tanning Cow Hides For Farm Use In Winter
Farmers facing low prices for cow and calf hides are advised to salt and cure hides on the farm. Salting, drying, and shaping into rugs or car floor mats preserves hides without tanning. Calf hides make attractive bathroom rugs, though end products will be stiff yet handsome.
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Missouri
Drouth-Resistant Plants From Desert Exploration
H L Westover and C R Enlow of the United States Department of Agriculture return after seven months in Turkestan and Turkey with nearly 1800 seedlings. They report a desert grass that regrows after wind uprooting and a sedge propagated only from root cuttings.
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Russian Turkestan
Turkey
H. L. Westover
C. R. Enlow
United States Department of Agriculture
Literary Digest
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Stevie
Darling
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Dearie
Daniel
Crime News
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Dr. Caldwell
Ney
Garfield
Doan
Doan’s
A. L. Turnbull
Roosevelt St
Hot Springss Ark
Dr. Co
Ivan A. White
Edinburg
Texas
Spurlock-Neal Co
Nashville
Tenn
Mall Pasta
Falls Chemical CO
Emphis
Tean
Henselae
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