China drafts women for army in Hunan
Chinese schools mobilize about 20 000 high school girls in Hunan for volunteer service. They receive basic drill and arms training while their primary roles include refugee aid and first aid during evacuations. The first contingent entered field service late February with more to follow each month.
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Hunan
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Peter Rabbit and predators plan dinner in cautionary tale
Slory Tonight's Bedtime depicts Peter Rabbit hiding from predators Reddy Granny Fox Redtail Hawk and Old Man Coyote each craving dinner. The rivals quarrel over who should catch Peter, while the hare remains unseen beneath brush as the tense standoff unfolds.
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Sian
Coyote
Peter Rabbit
Old Man Coyote
Reddy
Granny Fox
Peter
Redtail the Hawk
Redtail
Coyote’s sly plan to trap Peter Rabbit in the brush pile
Old Man Coyote, Redtail the Hawk, Granny Fox, and others arrange an equal watching scheme around a brush pile to lure Peter Rabbit. Coyote schemes to exploit darkness and move silently as night falls, hoping Peter will run into his mouth while others stay posted. Blacky the Crow and Sammy Jay create a racket to delay Peter during daylight. T. W. Burgess WIN Service.
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Old Man Coyote
Redtail
Hawk
Green Meadows
Briar Patch
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Blacky the Crow
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Blacky
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T. W. Burgess
Della Robbia Motif Brightens Modern Home Decor
Ten years before Columbus discovery an Florence master Luca Della Robbia founded an atelier and used terra cotta and fruit motifs. Modern decorators imitate his garlanded fruit style to enliven formal rooms, pairing lemons apples oranges and fir cones with roses leaves and pansies in elegant arrangements. Betty Wells.
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America
Florence
Italy
Luca Della Robbia
Betty Wells
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Trees Prosper in Arid Plains Windbreak Tests Near Dalhart
Dalhart Texas forester Charles van Gorder reports an experimental project with 13 000 trees showing 80 percent survival under minimal care in a semiarid Dust Bowl area. Windbreaks from farmstead and field borders reduce soil drift and conserve moisture.
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Dalhart
Texas
Great Plains
Charles van Gorder
van Gorder
Oil Conservation Service
Dust Bowl
Rural Women Sew Less in Iowa Survey Finds
A survey of 1,031 Iowa farm women reported 80 percent of clothing was ready-made and only 40 percent of dresses were home sewn. Coats and underwear were mostly store bought, with cotton most common for dresses and hose. Expenditures averaged 64 dollars per woman with 17 dollars on dresses and coats, and about 2.33 dollars yearly for beauty budgets.
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Ames
Iowa
America
Elizabeth Peterson
Peterson
Late Night Tuxedo Dance Stands Out At Ambassador
After 10 p m formal attire is required in the Trianon room but Phillips Lord wore the waiter's tuxedo to dance at 9 00 pm drawing applause from spectators including Mary Brian. A 5 am racket by upstairs neighbors triggers a long watch by the superintendent who discovers the bulldog sleeping in.
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Mary Brian
Uptown
Hugh Gray
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Airdale
Aspetuck
Grays
Riverside Drive
Ruth Gray
John Charles Thomas
Broadcasting Company
Molly
Jim Jordan
Fibber McGee
Men Make the Best Tea, Canadian Expert Says
Vancouver. F E B Gourlay chief Canadian commissioner of the market expansion bureau questions housewives supremacy as tea makers. Gourlay a former Ceylon tea planter directs empire marketing in the dominion and says men are more conservative follow directions they buy differently and do not shop. He notes iced tea gains in England.
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Vancouver
F. E. B. Gourlay
Market Expansion Bureau
Gourlay
Ceylon
Canada
Dominion
North America
England
Dogs Buried in This Cemetery in Florissant
A photo shows a dog cemetery in Florissant where a 15 year old burial ground began when C. F. Bauer allowed a friend to bury a pet dog. Soon others requested permits and more dogs were laid to rest in the garden near his home.
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Florissant
C. F. Bauer
Change Road Markers to Towns Confusion
Churubusco Indiana residents are puzzled by road signs redrawing State Road 2 as U S Highway 33. Motorists halt to ask for directions while locals defend the mapmaker and receive little in return amid daily inquiries about the route change.
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Churubusco
Ind
Priest completes second Navajo catechism work
Rev Fr Berard Haile of St. Michaels Arizona, after 37 years, publishes the second Navajo English catechism to teach reading and writing the Navajo language. He was assigned to Indian territory in 1900 as priests and nuns work to master Navajo phonetics at the mission.
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N. M
Berard Haile
St. Michaels
Ariz
Father Berard
Indian Territory
STAR DUST Movie News Highlights and Returns
ALVIA SIDNEY finished You and Me with George Raft for Paramount and buys a New Jersey home near Flemington with old pine paneling found under paint. Irene Dunne adopts a four year old from the New York Foundling Hospital. Jean Arthur plans to return to You Can’t Take It With You after Yosemite vacation. Dolores Del Rio recounts Morocco trip with gifts and Paris wardrobe finds. Dolores avoided Spain’s civil war and Europe tensions. Gene Autry and Fibber McGee and Molly money troubles noted. Radio City’s Jezebel week shown as a success.
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You
George Raft
Paramount
New Jersey
Flemington
Jean Arthur
Columbia
Yosemite
New York
Dolores del Rio
Morocco
Africa
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Dolores
Europe
Movie Stars Share Chats and Polls From 1937
Cary Grant wields a novel present from Katharine Hepburn as Bette Davis hosts Mrs. Roosevelt at Clara Bow s cafe The 1937 Motion Picture Herald poll ranks Rosalind Russell above Joan Crawford George Brent buys a home near Kay Francis Spencer Tracy s popularity rivals Clark Gable and Robert Taylor Tracy Taylor Beery Tone may join Northwest Passage and Allen Jenkins vacation plans point to Mexico City Scaramouche and The Sea Wolf return to screens Western Newspaper Union
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Bette Davis
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Clara Bow
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Joan Crawford
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Spencer Tracy
Clark Gable
Robert Taylor
Tracy
Taylor
Wallace Beery
Franchot Tone
Allen Jenkins
Mexico City
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