Night club paths to stardom in early Hollywood careers
The column notes how stars like Grace Moore Frances Faye Alice Faye Eleanor Powell Arlene Judge Grace Bradley and Martha Raye built film careers from night club work. It also mentions Olympe Bradna moving from Paris to Hollywood and Marlene Dietrich signing a radio deal worth 5000 dollars weekly despite no current film contract.
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York
Grace Moore
Frances Faye
Bing Crosby
Alice Faye
Eleanor Powell
Arlene Judge
Grace Bradley
Martha Raye
Tertainers
Olympe Bradna
Paris
Hollywood
Shirley Temple in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and more stars
Shirley Temple reports losing another tooth at the studio as Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm receives changes to suit her singing role. Errol Flynn appears in The Singing Cop with Tahiti Lullaby, Walt Disney Mickey Mouse programs renewed for 26 weeks on NBC Sundays.
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Shirley Temple
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Errol Flynn
Tahiti
Walt Disney
NBC
S &Ed Network
Mickey
Odds and Ends from the Broadcast World
Eddie Cantor spoke at Columbia about comedy on the air and joked about teaching at a university. Richard Gordon recalled playing cops and robbers as a child, while Deanna Durbin prefers match books to stamps. Mrs. Martin Johnson will appear on Al Jolson's show May third. Jack Benny, named America's second best dressed man, has received many fashion tips requests. Frank Black favors the tip of a bamboo fly-casting baton. Mar Carlisle, working on Hunted Man for Paramount, has fresh gossip.
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Eddie Cantor
Columbia University
Richard Gordon
Sherlock Holmes
Deanna Durbin
Martin Johnson
al Jolson
Jack Benny
America
Frank Black
Mar. Carlisle
Paramount
Western Newspaper Union
Thrill Ended in Tragedy at 1912 Motorcycle Race
Harold T. Leach of Newark recalls a Sunday at a South Orange avenue race where Eddie Hasha crashed through the track fence and grandstand, killing Hasha and Johnnie Albright and injuring several others. Leach helped carry victims and fainted from shock, forever haunted by the event.
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Ello
Harold T. Leach
Newark
N. J
Hal
Hal Leach
South Orange Avenue
Eddie Hasha
Johnnie Albright
Hasha
Albright
Eddie
Halleach
Origins and Work of the American Seamen's Friend Society
The American Seamen's Friend Society formed in 1828 and incorporated in 1833. It pioneered seamen welfare by founding the Sailor's Magazine and the first sailors' home in New York. It ran a shipboard loan library since 1859 and in 1908 built the Sailors' Home and Institute. It helped erect the Seamen's House at Eleventh Avenue and Twentieth Street with two partner organizations.
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American Seamen’s Friend Society
Sailor’s Magazine
New York City
New York
Sailors’ Home and Institute
Seamen’s House
Eleventh Avenue
Twentieth Street
Sunspot Cycle Identified in Ancient Weather Records
Scientists find an 11 year sunspot cycle in weather records from trees and rocks, suggesting solar variability has persisted for perhaps a billion years. The discovery implies the sun’s activity has long influenced climate.
Elastic Stomach of Atlantic Black Swallower
The black swallower of the Atlantic depths has an elastic stomach and can swallow prey up to three times its size. Its stomach stretches to accommodate large meals, enabling extreme predation in deep sea waters.
Mourning Rings in Washington Era Featured in History
The article describes the custom of distributing mourning rings in George Washington's time. Relatives and friends received rings prepared with hair strands from the deceased. A Smithsonian collection holds several such rings from lesser Revolutionary figures. Washington's ring contains gray hair, while his younger hair was sandy.
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George Washington
Smithsonia Institution
Washington
Ohio Governor Qualifications Limited to Elector Status
A historical note states that Ohio electors alone meet the governor qualification. Article XV Paragraph 4 of the state constitution declares no person can be elected to any office unless they are an elector. The text emphasizes minimal requirements for statewide leadership.
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Ohio
Bald Eagle Easily Identified
The bald eagle serves as the nation emblem and is best known for its white feathered head which makes it easily identified.
English Lord's Romance in The Patrician
Lord Miltoun of English aristocracy falls for Mrs. Noel a married music lover. Lady Casterly confronts the pair triggering a crisis. Mrs. Noel reveals she wed a much older clergyman long ago, changing the tale of romance.
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L. Miltoun
John Galsworthy
England
Lord Miltoun
Lord and Lady Valleys
Mrs. Noel
Casterly
Barbara
Noel
Lord Miltou
Roosevelt threat and reform bill defeat analyzed
A Washington analysis argues Roosevelt faced a political rebuke over the 1937 federal reorganization bill. It notes the narrow 204 to 196 House vote, the six Supreme Court seats contention, and the resulting shift of power from Roosevelt toward a wary Congress.
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Roosevelt
Supreme Court of the United States
Mr. Roosevelt
Congress
Herbert Hoover
Springs
Senate
House
Sen
Hiram Johnson
Clifornia
Roosevelt dictatorship concerns endanger New Deal, pundit says
A political columnist argues the failed reorganization bill and Roosevelt’s dictatorship fears shifted Democrats away from the New Deal. He cites advertising tactics that linked the president to dictatorship and fears of executive control over spending and patronage, predicting reprisals and realignments.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Securities and Exchange’ Commission
General Accounting Office
Civil Service Commission
Congress
Roosevelt
Pendergast
Kansas City
Kelly-Nash
Chicago
Guffey
Pennsylvania
White House
Washington
Western Newspaper Union
Two Very Important Fashions for Spring Patterns
Two patterns showcase a two piece tailored dress with street and business wear options and a refined large woman friendly blouse and dress with cape sleeves. Patterns 1477 and 1499 cover multiple sizes with easy sew charts, and the Barbara Bell Spring and Summer Pattern Book offers 109 designs for 15 cents each.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
The Great Novelist John Galsworthy
John Galsworthy born 1867 into wealth and prestige. He trained as a lawyer in Oxford and practiced law before turning to writing. His fame rose after his first novel in the 1900s and peaked with the 1932 Nobel Prize for The Forsyte Saga.
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John Galsworthy
Oxford
Galsworthy
Lord Miltoun Delves Into Love and Parliament Turmoil
In a tangled tale from the Bell Syndicate he suffers brain fever after declaring love for Audrey Noel. Lady Barbara awakens to care for him as he battles indecision, convalescence, and a push to resign from parliament to join Mrs. Noel.
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England
London
Lord Miltoun
Barbara
Audrey Noel
Mrs. Noel
Sor
Noel
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound Promotes Pep and Cheer
For three generations women have praised Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a natural aid to tone the system and ease discomforts. The ad promotes cheerful, peppy energy to attract men and claims over a million women have reported benefits from using the product.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia
Love Him While Life’s Evening Tinge Glows
Poetic line urges telling a dear friend of your love before age and ending shadows come. Addresses the value of expressing affection to friends while alive. Emphasizes timely honesty and the warmth of friendship and loyalty.
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Jeremy Taylor
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