Plant Wizard Swingle Heads Brazil Trade Push
Walter Tennyson Swingle, 68, the famed American plant wizard, travels to Brazil with Brazilian government support to guide diversification of crops and forest resources. His work aims to boost Brazil’s trade balance with crops like tung oil, rubber, and quinine, while expanding agricultural research and knowledge transfer.
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America
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Department of Agriculture
Paul Crosses Into Europe Lesson Text
A religious lesson outlines Paul the Apostle’s mission into Europe guided by the Holy Spirit. It notes providential hindrance, divine guidance, faithful witness, and a receptive heart as keys to spreading the gospel from Asia to Europe and beyond.
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Europe
America
Paul
Macedonia
Christianity
Ili
Star Dust and Radio Talent Search in Hollywood Circles
A piece on Jesse Lasky and radio aided talent hunts highlights Rowena Cook and Ralph Bowman renamed Alice Eden and John Archer for the film Career. It notes six others contracted and signals more talent searches by major studios. It mentions Jean Parker, Leslie Howard, Sally Eilers, Major Bowes, and Don Ameche, plus Columbia’s six History of Ideas series and Amache’s Connecticut house. ODDS AND ENDS mentions Author Author program and Information Please.
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Jesse Lasky
Hollywood
Rowena Cook
Ralph Bowman
Alice Eden
John Archer
Mr. Lasky
Fred Allen
Western Newspaper Union
Towels or Picture In Quick Stitchery Pattern 6242
A pattern offering quaint motifs for towels and small pictures or pillow-tops. It features cross stitch and simple stitches, with six motifs about 5 by 7 inches. Send 16 cents to The Sewing Circle, Household Arts Dept., 259 West 14th St., New York, NY for pattern 6242.
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Household Arts. Dept
West 14Th St
New York
N. Y
English Visitor Misled by Nevada Distances
An Englishman visiting a friend in Nevada walks with him to a mountain that seems nearby but proves to be 30 miles away. On the return trip they encounter an irrigation ditch and, after sitting to remove his shoes, the visitor says he plans to swim the river, illustrating the deceptive distance and arid surroundings.
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Leslie Howard
Selznick International
Nevada
Safety Talks The Careless Male
The male of the species is more prone to fatal accidents. In 1937 the National Safety Council reports 119.6 per 100000 males died in accidents in the United States versus 51.3 per 100000 women.
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United States
National Safety Council
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