Secret of the Rockaway Rip Tide Adventure
Frederick V. Fell recalls a 1924 Rockaway Bay rescue tale. Four youths, two brothers and two city cousins, are swept by a ripping tide from a pier to Broad Channel. A lone rescuer and three others push a rowboat toward shore six miles away, narrowly escaping the ocean as spectators vow secrecy.
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Floyd Gibbons
Frederick V. Fell
Bronx
N. Y
Fred
India
North Africa
Rockaway Beach
Rockaway
Rio
Rhodesia
Harvey
Jamaica Bay
Mister
Channel
Broad Channel
Sixty-fourth Street
Adventurers’ Club
Canton Boy Crowned National Marble Champion
William Kloss of Greater Canton Ohio wins the national marble title after a playoff tie with Andrew Tanana of Throop Pennsylvania. Kloss posted the best tournament average, winning 49 of 57 games.
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William Kloss
Canton
Ohio
Andrew Tanana
Throop
Salt balance in the body and its origins
The article notes that perspiration carries salt and the body both absorbs and discharges it to maintain a constant salt level. It states salt is essential and lack can be serious, and claims human blood has the same salt content as seawater, citing Pearson's London Weekly.
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Pearson
London Weekly
Nose Shapes Declare Moral Character in Etiquette Quips
A Pearson's London Weekly piece mocks various nose shapes as signs of character. Squat or flat noses labeled as animal minds, middle sag indicating cruelty, pointed noses called sticky beaks, and long thin noses tied to narrow minds and religious hypocrisy. The writer warns such features reveal inquisitive traits and suggest readers guard letters.
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Pearson
London Weekly
Educator Dr William Low Bryan Retires From Indiana University
Dr William Low Bryan retires after 53 years on the Indiana University faculty and 35 years as president. At seventy seven, he set the record for the longest service by a state university president, and he champions the average student as a balanced ideal.
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William Low Bryan
Indiana_ university
Bryan
Fate and talent launch Matisse from law to art
The piece tells how Henri Matisse shifted from a law career to painting after an appendicitis illness, rising from poverty to acclaim with the wild beasts group, prize wins, and a Luxembourg purchase. It parallels Helen Morgan’s rise from penniless beginnings to global stardom, aided by a pivotal Backstage club moment.
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Enri Matisse
Fate
Picardy
Matisse
Luxembourg
France
Loopholes and Leaders In Washington And Yale News
In June 1933 Guy T. Helvering faced Senate scrutiny over a tax-dodge claim but was confirmed as internal revenue chief and targets wealthy evaders. R James Angell, Yale president, will earn 25,000 dollars as NBC educational counselor, shifting from Yale to radio and public interest duties. The piece notes Angell’s conservatism and critique of the New Deal, with histories at Yale and Michigan and a salary shift to broadcasting.
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Cuit Packer
National Biscuit Company
Ziegfeld
Sally
Billy Rose
Helen Morgan
WNU Service
York
Guy T. Helvering
Internal Revenue
Slim Jim Oil & Gas Company
Congressional Investigation Committee
Roswell Foster Magill
Washington
Dizzy Dean
St. Louis
Helvering
Kansas
Congress
Hastings
Couzens
Farley
Internal Revenue Post
R. James Rowland Angell
Yale
National Broadcasting Company
L. R. Lohr
NBC
Broadcasting
Baccalaureate
Rome
Europe
Dr. Angell
Supreme Court
University of Michigan
Lohr
New Haven
New York
Erasmus
Nicholas Murray Butler
Connie Veatares
Ammonia as Bee Sting Treatment Cited
Ammonia in mild solution is an accepted treatment for a bee or wasp sting. This simple home remedy has long been used to ease pain and reduce swelling after stings.
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Senate Civil Liberties Committee
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