Octacon House by Phoebe Atwood Taylor
The story details a garbled post office scene and a murder of Sferine Lome by her sister Pome Frye. Asey Sey0 and Cape Cotcerertire appear as investigators, with Ambergris worth fifty thousand dollars found on the shore.
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Mysterious Eavesdropper Threatens Ambergris Plot
Pam confesses actions around the ambergris plan to move it to Boston. Asey suspects a hidden listener, noting Turkish tobacco scent, as he pieces together who is watching Pam. The scene centers on a garage, a stolen bike, and Mother's shattered past.
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Billy Chase
Spending Program Denounced by Republicans in Conference
Washington May 10 Republicans denounced the Roosevelt lending and spending program as a new deal raid on the treasury. They argued it would raise unemployment and trigger inflation. The House Appropriations Committee backed parts of the plan, saying it could create about 5,000,000 jobs.
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Hollywood portrait photographer Clarence Bull profile
In Mollywood May 10 The NEA Service profile notes Clarence Bull a longtime Hollywood photographer who shaped studio portraiture. He began as a Paramount cameraman twenty two years ago and later led a trend toward informal stage portraits. The piece highlights Bull's method with Greta Garbo and other stars, his humor, and evolving lighting styles.
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Dvorak's U.S. years and Slavic folk influence
Anton Dvorak, famed Slavic composer, directed the New York National Conservatory in 1892 earning 15000 dollars yearly. He studied American folk songs, shaping works like the New World Symphony before returning to Prague in 1895. He died in 1994 leaving several completed symphonies among his papers.
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Dvorak
America
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Movie Scrapbook and Portraits of Bul Porter and George Scarto
A fragmented history notes Bul Porter and caricaturist George Scarto with mentions of a US patent for a cake theme. It references John Barrymore becoming a homebody, his on set talkativeness, and praise for his wife. Adolf Zukor is cited as spotting him, with career notes from youth through silent films, including Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Spawn of the North, and a future 57th birthday on February 15.
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Free Finesse The Card Play That Cost A Game
A bridge column explains a tempting free finesse that fails and costs a contract. It notes eight declarers, only one played correctly, with East winning the spade king and shifting to hearts. The recommended line is to lead the spade ace then diamonds until the ace is played to guarantee game.
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Bridge Contract Problem Read by a Skeptical Player
A fragmentary bridge column discusses a three no trump contract. South plays to win, while East must execute a rare defensive move to defeat it. The text hints at a West with a nearly void hand and a focus on suit bids by the dummy, highlighting typical play and risks in bridge strategy.
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Early film era censorship and fashion shocks
A fragment notes the still department at Metro and a pre Hays Office era where pictorial spice trumped art. It mentions Bull’s relief when industry rules banned such pictures and his enduring shock at women's bathing suit styles.
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Bull
Roosevelt Hands Off Jersey City Free Speech Furor
President Roosevelt adopted a hands off attitude toward the Jersey City free speech controversy, citing local police matters and saying he could not address complaints that free speech and assembly were denied by Mayor Frank Hague. He dodged a question about removing Hague from the Democratic National Committee. Newark reports cite civil rights accusations amid parishioners urged to stand firm for free expression.
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Dangerous to Know at City Opera House Opens Today
Akim Tamiroff stars as a powerful racketeer in Dangerous to Know a drama of a man’s Achilles heel and social climbing. Gail Pattick a penniless socialite challenges him while Harvey Stephens plays a bond salesman. Anna May Wong and Lford Nolan also appear in the cast. A comedy is added. The British record offices as state papers from as early as 1100.
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Harvey Stephens
Anna May Wong
Lford Nolan
Gordon given long jail term and court actions
A court session led to Gordon receiving a long jail term for drunken driving and related charges after a crash on a road to Beury with fines set and alternatives noted. Witness Robert Spurr faced assault and battery charges. Hilda Eakie’s assault case prompted a grand jury action. Gordon and Snurr were jailed in Frederick County. New Market W C T U meeting rector Mary Shawbaker reinstalled as president with a program honoring Mothers Day and child health.
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ADIO Day By Day Radio Schedule Fragments
A dense OCR of radio listings and program notes from multiple stations. Names of shows and performers appear with times and stations such as WABC CBS WEAF NBC WIZ and more. The text mixes foreign phrases, dates, and varied program blocks including orchestras, drama, and sports segments.
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Announcement of delivery address in Portland
An announcement from Portland mentions Gregan Prot Barnhast of Hood delivering the commence in Hood Deliver the commence. The item notes a date in June and a prelude to the ceremony at the commence versity, with unclear wording around the event.
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R. Barnhast
Hood
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