Vincent Bendix Falls Into Bankruptcy in Chicago Real Estate Debacle
New York reports Vincent Bendix, famed inventor of wheels and aviation devices, faces voluntary bankruptcy in Chicago with holdings exceeding 5 million dollars including the Potter Palmer Lake Shore Drive estate. Despite the setback, his machinery companies continue to prosper as Bendix pursues future ventures.
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Retiring Smith College President ALTY Leaves Legacy
William Allar Neilson retires after guiding Smith College with a scholar’s rigor and an administrator’s drive. Like Barr of St John’s and Hutchins of Chicago, he champions education on its merits, inspiring students and faculty as he departs with the graduating class. He embodies a blend of Chaucer Shakespeare and Erasmus in campus life.
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Woman Couturier for Men Returns from Europe
Mrs. Whitman former Countess Lu cilla Mara de Vescovi designs ties for men after studying continental fashion. She counts stars like Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and Noel Coward among early clients. Her Venetian noble lineage includes council of ten ancestors and a Tintoretto marriage. She sang as a concert singer before marriage.
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Talent scouts seek new faces as Lasky picks fictional names
Jesse Lasky tests for new screen faces and assigns the names Virginia Vale and Robert Stanton to winners in a nationwide talent search. Freddie Bartholomew is demoted while James Stewart rises, and Wesley Barry signs for Stunt Pilot. NBC announcer George Hicks faces fan autograph requests ahead of royal coverage.
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Wesley Barry
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Hicks
DeMille Demands Extra Mic as Grant Performs
On a radio theater program Cecil B. DeMille arranges an extra microphone for Cary Grant who uses gesturing during performance. The Three Marshalls Peggy Jack and Kay faced five program changes over two months as submitted songs were banned for alleged offensiveness.
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Kay
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World of Tomorrow screens Captain Fury in old fashioned drama
The World of Tomorrow exhibit in New York features Captain Fury, a melodrama noted as old fashioned for today. Reports also hint at plans for a sequel to Angels With Dirty Faces titled Angels Wash Their Faces and mention Mickey Rooney heading to England to film A at Eton this summer.
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World of Tomorrow
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England
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Weltire Newapanee Union
Paul Writes Personal Letters Lesson Text II Timothy
A devotional study highlights Paul as a model for personal epistles and the blending of personal warmth with spiritual truth. It urges readers to write encouraging letters, pray, study scripture, and practice Christian courtesy and reciprocal fellowship.
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Philemon
Ellicott
Faith Beyond Proof Guides Inner Light and Truth
Quote by F. W. Robertson on belief arising from an inward divine sensation, not from learning or proof, describing faith as a light and truth felt within the soul. The fragment highlights spiritual conviction as a personal certainty beyond intellect.
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Around the House Tips for Easy Cleaning and Home Repairs
A series of practical household tips covers tea towel washing with borax for dirt removal and disinfection, scrambling eggs for easier sandwiches, repairing dropped casters with wax, preserving silver with ammonia, reusing velvet scraps for manicuring, classifying dessert lists for menus, adjusting high windows with curved hangings, and reconditioning soapy sponges by vinegar and water then sun drying.
Great Optimists and Promises in a Humorous Exchange
A lighthearted exchange features a duo discussing a second payment from a brother who owes fifty dollars. They joke about a high speed curve, staying home to listen to the radio, and taking a taxi if it rains, with final nods to a wife’s amusement and pot-luck luck.
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