No Dice Gamble Ends in Army Tent Shootout
Lieutenant Tommy Griffin recalls a 1922 Fort Bragg incident when a drunken sergeant pulled a .45 during a dice game. John was wounded in the hip as Joe fired in a struggle for the gun, chaos followed and both men were hospitalized while Griffin escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
Calliope
Denver
Tommy Griffin
Eighteenth Infantry
Fort Wadsworth
N. Y
Tommy
One-Hundred and Seventeenth Field Artillery
National Guard
Goldsboro
N. C
Fort Bragg
Pal
Seventh Regiment
Big Dick
Little Joe
Joe
Bill
John
Sergeant
Eddie Stetser Wins National Guard Title on Atlantic Beach
Eddie Stetser, 25, of the Atlantic City beach patrol, won the national champion life guard title after competing against 93 patrols from the Atlantic seaboard from Maine to Miami in a grueling test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Stetser
Atlantic City
Letters of Junius and their anonymous authorship
The Letters of Junius appeared from January 1769 to January 1772 in the Public Advertiser. They were a masterful political series attacking government leaders and even royalty. Authorship has been debated with about 50 candidates, but Sir Philip Francis is commonly accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junius
Public Advertiser
Great Britain
Philip Francis
Different Forms of Lightning Through History
The article notes that science misclassified lightning forms in the 19th century. Arago listed three varieties but one may not exist and two others have doubtful status, including sheet and ball lightning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arago
Star Dust Movie News Highlights Hollywood Marriages
Enry Fondas engagement to Frances Seymour Brokaw signals a growing union of motion picture stars with high society. The piece catalogs marriages of Barthelmess Cooper and Astaire into the social register and notes Brokaw’s charity work after inheriting wealth. It covers stars like Bette Davis, Jean Muir, Simone Simon, Ruth Chatterton, and others, with brief notes on films and projects including Pickwick Papers and The Road to Glory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enry Fonda
Frances Seymour Brokaw
Hollywood
Richard Barthelmess
Gary Cooper
Fred Astaire
Social Register
Mrs. Brokaw
Massachusetts
Rogers
George T. Brokaw
Mr. Brokaw
Henry Fonda
Europe
Dionnes
Eleanor Powell
New York
William. S. Hart
John D. M. Hamilton
Hale Hamilton
Ruth Chatterton
Spirited Kittens on Cross Stitch Towel Pattern
Advertisement for pattern 5572 featuring seven kitten motifs for cross stitch towels. Includes transfer pattern sized 5 by 8 inches for each day, color illustrations, and material requirements. Send cents in stamps to The Sewing C Household Arts Dept. at 259 Fourteenth St New York with name and address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Dept
Fourteenth St
New York
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Advancrers’ Club Fille
Floyd Gibbons
Johnny
Stetser
Atlantic City Trades School
Maurice Duplessis
Quebec
Moffett
Boston Navy Yard
Navy
Roosevelt
Beaver Creek
N. D
Betty Gentry
J. Rob Henderson
Long Beach
Calif
Isaac McRae
Baird and
Olney
Texas
Cowdrey Brothers
Uncle Sam
Virden
Koko Head Beach
Oahu
Pennsylvania
University of Santa Clara
California
Lawrence T
Buck” Shaw
Buck
Idaho
Sun Valley Lodge
Union Pacific Railroad
Ketchum
America
STAR DUST Movie + Radio
Virginia
WALEX
Bette Davis
Canadian Rockies
Lake Louise
Banff
Marjorie Gage
Simone
Simon
Salzburg
Warner Baxter
George Raft
Cary Grant
Randolph Scott
Fred MacMurray
Paramount
W. C. Fields
Metro
Jean Muir
Warner Brothers
Jean
Twentieth Century-Fox
Kyber Rifles
Western Newspaper Union
Coleman
Wichita
Kans
Chican
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Ess
Lincoln Caverns
Route
Huntingdon
Buffalo
Direct Supply Co
Tulsa
Tim Store
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