The Nurse and the Thug Heroine of a Narrow Escape
Augusta C. Gores of Glen dale L I avoided a violent holdup by fabricating a police husband, drawing a car driver’s aid, and prompting a bystander to intervene. The assailant, drunk and armed, was shot as he fled, and the plainclothes officer who stopped him testified in court.
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Ello
Augusta C. Gores
Glendale
L. I
Savarese
Augusta
Metropolitan Avenue
Saint John’s Cemetery
Apes Test Coins in Siam to Fight Counterfeits
In Bangkok and other Siamese ports traders install large apes as coin testers. Each coin is placed in the ape’s mouth. good coins drop into a behind him, while bad coins are dropped on the floor with a loud chattering. The method is said to always be correct.
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Siam
Bangkok
Great Graves Depths Earn Honor Among Tribes
Collier's Weekly reports that in certain Colombian and Ecuadorian tribes a person's grave depth reflected status. Ordinary individuals received eight feet, while chiefs witch doctors and rainmakers were buried in “great graves” up to sixty feet deep.
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Colombia
Ecuador
Collier's Weekly
Park’s Fame Based on Voice in Wind Cave Discovery
South Dakota possesses a unique national park famed for its voice. Wind cave was discovered by a whistling wind heard at the entrance. The wind's direction shifts with outside air temperature, reflecting changing atmospheric conditions.
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South Dakota
National Park
Mount Rainier Ranks Third Tallest in U.S.
Mount Rainier in Washington stands at 14 408 feet, making it the third highest continental United States peak behind Mount Whitney in California and Mount Elbert in Colorado. It is the tallest volcano in the Cascade range, with Mount Shasta about 250 feet lower as its nearest rival.
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Mount Rainier
Washington
Continental
United States
Mount Whitney
California
Mount Elbert
Colorado
Rainier
Cascade Range
Mount Shasta
Star Dust ANT and early Clark Gable roles explored
The column surveys Star Dust ANT and the early screen work of Clark Gable, notes on the 1930 Painted Desert remake by RKO Radio, and the demolition of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks era sets to clear space for The Last Frontier. It also touches on Carole Lombard, tennis star Alice Marble, fashion forecasts from 1904 styles, Felix Knight's NBC radio program, and radio stars visiting the NBC studios in New York drugstores.
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ANT
Clark Gable
Painted Desert
Rko-Radio
George O’brien
Rko-Pathe
Lee Shumway
Gable
Carole Lombard
Alice Marble
Rye
N. Y
Carole
New York
NBC
Od s And Ends in Hollywood Rumors and Reconciliations
Radio host Fred Ibbett touts opportunities for newcomers as Tyrone Power mingles with Madge Evans on the East Coast. Ginger and Astaire rumors swirl about new partners while Julie Hayden rises on stage after stage experience.
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Fred Ibbett
Tyrone Power
Madge Evans
Madge
Julie Hayden
Holly
Eaedian
A Stitched Sampler In Floss That’s Gay
Colorful easy cross stitch sampler pattern 6128 offers an 11 by 15 inch panel with flowers and a color key. Includes transfer pattern and stitch illustrations. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. 259 W 14th St New York NY with name and address.
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Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th St
New York City
Favorite Recipe of the Week Coconut Cake Recipe
A home kitchen coconut cake recipe is given with ingredients and steps. Butter sugar and eggs beaten, coconut folded in, flour sifted with baking soda powder and salt, orange juice added alternately, then egg whites folded in. Bake two nine inch layers 30 minutes at 375 degrees and frost with boiled frosting.
Wintersmiths Tonic Endorsed For Malaria by Believer Letter
A reader shares a testimonial about Wintersmiths Tonic helping her mother since childhood. The letter says the tonic cured chills and fever during a malaria episode and encourages others with malaria to try the product from their drugstore.
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B. L
Wintersmith
Power a Blessing Power Quote
The phrase notes that power used to aid the oppressed and punish the oppressor becomes a great blessing, citing Swift. It reflects on moral use of force and justice.
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Adventurers’ Club
the Nurse and
the Thug
Floyd Gibbons
Laporte
Ind
Joseph Daley
U. S
Morel Ellerbee
Wilbur Greer
Berlin
Jack Rutherford
Port Washington
L. IL
Red Bank
N. J
Mike
Michael
Michael Hanlon
Michael Hyland
San Jose
Calif
Maharajah
Rad Shri Krishnkamarsinghi
Maharajah of
Bhawnagee
Maharanee
San Francisco
Britain
H. M. S. Forth
Clydebank
Scotland
Fred and
Ginger
Virginia Vale
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Goldwyn
Claudette Colbert
Felix Knight
Red
Irving Berlin
Astaire
Fred Astaire
Marcus Aurelius
Lies Shay
Ruse
Pis
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