American Legion to Hold Record Meeting in Fall
The American Legion plans the 1937 national convention in New York City marking the 20th anniversary of U S entry into World War I. An estimated 600000 veterans plus wives and children will attend as 40 and 8 and other reunions unfold across four days. Major General John F. O’Ryan will head the reunions committee and the auxiliary assembly runs concurrent with the main event.
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American Legion
New York
Fifth Avenue
Women’s Auxiliary
Sons of the American Legion
Madison Square Garden
Polo Grounds
America
Legionnaires
John F. O'Ryan
Pelham St. George Bissell
Justice Bissell
Legion
France
American Legion Auxiliary
William N. Corwith
New York Department Auxiliary
Charles Spencer Hart
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Denver
David Schultz
Jacksonville
Florida
Hart
Elks Magazine
The Great Stone Face
Nathaniel Hawthorne story from New Hampshire mountains tells how a village believes a future man will bear the image of the stone face and bring blessing. Ernest, a mountain boy, grows up waiting for the prophesied savior.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
New Hampshire
Ernest
Garden hoses and home winter prep tips from old times
An old tip suggests using a wheel rim as a hose reel for winter storage and advises gutter cleaning before cold weather. Also shares a home remedy for sunburn using baking soda paste to cool and reduce blistering. Associated Newspapers WNU Service.
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Associated Newspapers
WNU
The Great Stone Face Inspires a Village Hero
Ernest yearns for the new head of the Elks and awaits a savior for his village. Many visitors fail to resemble the mountain image until a poet arrives and unknowingly mirrors the face, showing how ideals shape character. Beatrice, Dante, and Browning are cited as sources of noble influence.
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Ernest
Mr. Gathergold
Beatrice
Dante
Paradise
Browning
Elizabeth Barrett
Chaucer
John Masefield
Robert Louis Stevenson
Hamlet
Rosalind
Western Newspaper Union
Leaf greens and beige create unified home decor
A family describes using leaf greens as the color theme for a single story home to evoke space and calm with beige and white contrasts. They detail new blond wood furniture, green rugs, white walls, and greenery accents, plus room plans, cost concerns, and reading inspiration.
Child stars and contracts shape Hollywood talent pool
The piece notes Sam Goldwyn’s young actors from Dead End under contract for Street Corners with possible loan to Mervyn LeRoy. Judy Garland stars for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer with three stories lined up. Universal keeps Deanna Durbin busy. Kitty Clancy, four, stars for Call Back Love at Paramount. Rubinoff guards his Stradivarius and Frances Farmer tours New York before stage debut. Lupe Velez shines in a role for which she was ordered, while Ozzie Nelson performs in New York and plans Hollywood move near wife Harriet Hilliard under RKO contract after a London Eagle Scout honor.
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Hollywood
Sam Goldwyn
Mervyn le Roy
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Judy Garland
Universal
Deanna Durbin
Paramount
Kitty Clancy
Frances Farmer
New York
Mount Kisco
Lupe Velez
Ozzie Nelson
Astor Roof
Harriet Hilliard
RKO
Ozzie
London
Radio Stars and Sponsors Dominate Headlines of Era
A collage of 1930s radio lore and Hollywood figures highlights long running Lone Ranger roots and Bergen McCarthy skyward salaries, plus film stars Dunne Lamour and Randolph Scott in high energy releases. The piece notes audience favorites and media buzz of the period.
Randolph Scott attends early film premiere and screen return
Randolph Scott watched crowds from an orange crate at the Lilac Time premiere with Colleen Moore and Gary Cooper in 1928, later seated as star of High Wide and Handsome. Jack Haley exits Show Boat but plans his own project soon. Adolphe Menjou and Katherine Hepburn feud on golf. Dorothy Gish to lead a Mutual serial The Couple Next Door. John Barrymore returns to radio in The Animal Kingdom and Accent on Youth this September. Scott also shoots a picture at RKO with Irene Dunne.
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Randolph Scott
Colleen Moore
Gary Cooper
Jack Haley
Adolphe Menjou
Katherine Hepburn
Dorothy Gish
Mutual Broadcasting System
John Barrymore
RKO
Irene Dunne
Unica
Should a Woman Shake Hands When Leaving a Small Group
The etiquette depends on context and impulse. If people are near you you would likely shake hands. if seated apart you would not move between them. you may shake hands with someone if they accompany you to the door.
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Virginia Vale
Rubinoff
Chicago
Lake Front
Trotter
Goshen
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Sian
Yang Hu-Cheng
San Francisco
Chinese Commission of Military Affairs
United States
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Charlie McCarthy
Pennsylvania
Dorothy Lamour
Akim Tamiroff
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Emily Post
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