Messersmith’s Warning on German Trade and Law Order
G S Messersmith, former consul general in Berlin, now warns that Germany’s militarized economy and expansionist policy threaten world trade and property rights. He cites Walther Funk and Hjalmar Schacht, noting a shift from optimism to concern over sovereignty and international law in commerce amid Reich expansion.
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G. S. Messersmith
Berlin
Hitler
Messersmith
Germany
Pete
South America
Hull
Walther Funk
Hjalmar Schacht
Reich
Debunker of Death Ray Goes Poetic
Professor Robert W. Wood of Johns Hopkins, recently honored by the British Royal Society for his work in experimental physics, adds light verse to his feats. He debunked death rays, invented tear gas for the Allies, and contributed to precision instruments and spectroscopy.
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Robert W. Wood
Johns Hopkins
British Royal Society
War Office
Wood
Harvard
University of Berlin
Man In Horseback and the Rebirth of Reason
Professor Harry D. Gideonse newly appointed head of Barnard College's social sciences department analyzes the clash between emotion and reason. Dutch-born, 37, he studied at Rotterdam, Columbia, and Geneva and taught economics at Columbia, Barnard, Rutgers and Chicago across a career marked by crisp critique of modern civilization.
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Harry D. Gideonse
Barnard ‘College
Gideonse
Rottterdam
Ted
Columbia
University of Geneva
Barnard
Rutgers
University of Chicago
Glamour pressure and a foot fracture end Star Dust Glamorous era
Star Dust Glamorous resists studio glamour push, wishes to marry instead. She injures her right foot after a stumble during The Last Frontier publicity, requiring a three week plaster cast. Meanwhile opera themed films rise as San Francisco Grand Opera sells out attracting studios to similar projects.
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Poe Leeds
Gary Cooper
San Francisco Grand Opera Company
Metro
Madame Pompadour
Meliza Korjus
Walt Disney
Actors Suffer Neck Braces In Old Film Notes
Tom Brown wore a neck brace for eight hours after an injury in The Duke of West Point. Eric von Stroheim also used a neck brace in Grand Illusion. William Powell signs a Metro contract returning to work in January with The Return of the Thin Man alongside Myrna Loy.
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Tom Brown
West Point
Eric von Stroheim
Brown
William Powell
Metro
Myrna Loy
The Grand Old Man of Radio Rudy Vallee Honored
A tribute to Rudy Vallee as a pioneer in radio program design and talent development. The article notes his influence since 1922, his role in shaping guest formats, and the careers he launched including Irene Bordonni and Tommy Riggs.
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Rudy Vallee
Alice Faye
Charlie McCarthy
Irene Bordoni
Tommy Riggs
Betty Lou
Walker starts hospital broadcasts draw studio help
Jimmy Walker ex mayor of New York begins weekly hospital broadcasts drawing many entertainment friends to work for him for free. He praises The Citadel and The Young in Heart while noting studios are producing Westerns and James Cagney shifts to Oklahoma Kid, learning to shoot like a cowboy.
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Jimmy Walker
New York
Citadel
James Cagney
Western Newspaper Union
Gander Groom Bobbie Loescher Tackles Showy Champion
Gander groom Bobbie Loescher of Los Angeles, two years old, handles a 38 pound champion gander at the Great Western Live Stock show where stock from several western states is exhibited.
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Bobbie Loescher
Los Angeles
Calif
Demolition of 250-year Strastnoi Monastery in Moscow
Workmen razed the Strastnoi monastery in Moscow with walls six feet thick that had recently housed an anti religious museum. The project followed a decision to clear the historic site for new development.
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Strastnoi
Moscow
Honesty as a Christian Duty in Evangelical Lesson
A lesson from Exodus and Luke emphasizes honesty in property rights, restitution of what is unjustly gained, and opposing church dishonesty. It warns against underhanded practices in daily life and in church, urging vigilant integrity and faithful testimony.
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Council of Education
Zacchaeus
Jesus
United Lutheran Church
God
Around the House Tips for Cooking Cleaning and Storage
Practical house guidance on keeping apples whole and avoiding waste by paring before slicing. Tips cover cleaning tea strainers, saving celery tops for soups, cleaning behind stoves, using linoleum wax, untangling fringe with clothespins, toasting animal shaped bread, sterilizing toothbrushes with hydrogen peroxide, and assembling a scrapbook for family clippings.
Notable Presidential Name Changes and Nicknames
The text notes that Ulysses Grant was originally christened Hiram Ulysses but changed to Ulysses Simpson on a West Point muster roll. It also mentions John Tyler in the Confederate Congress, Martin Van Buren with political nicknames, and claims Roosevelt and Wilson received Nobel Peace Prizes.
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Grant
Hiram Ulysses
West Point
Ulysses Simpson
John Tyler
Confederate Congress
Martin van Buren
Little Magician
Little van
King Martin the First
Death Bearers A Fit of Anger Theme Headline
A terse aphorism notes that anger harms dignity as arsenic harms life, attributed to Holland. It frames a moral comparison using stark imagery and a cautionary tone. The line reads like a reflective editorial or quotation fitting a mid century opinion page.
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Holland
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