Ty Cobb Talks Yankees and Keller’s Rise to 1940
Ty Cobb praises the Yankees depth and fitness as they ride a pennant run. He notes young players Gordon DiMaggio Rolfe Keller and pitchers, and predicts Charlie Keller could become a 1940 sensation challenging Ted Williams. Cobb stresses ambition discipline and strong hands for success in baseball.
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Ty Cobb
Yankees
Gordon
DiMaggio
Rolfe
Keller
Charlie Keller
Red Sox
Williams
Cobb
Mothers Legion pushes to keep America out of foreign wars
Kathleen Norris urges joining the Mothers Legion as a national movement to prevent war. She warns that cooperation with war plans could send sons to battle and harm families, while promising strict antiwar pledges and organized political influence to avert future conflicts. She cites churches and veterans groups backing the effort and urges readers to support forming chapters locally.
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Mothers’ Legion
American Legion
Dental History Explains Why Teeth Decay Occurs
Doctors Miller and Crombie compare 25 children aged 10 to 14 with no decay to 25 peers with severe decay to uncover factors behind tooth decay. The study, reported in Lancet, notes 90 percent of school defects are due to decayed teeth and seeks how some avoid decay.
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H. G. Miller
D. M. R. Crombie
Lancet
London
Lessons From Dental Health Test For Children
The health column notes no wealth difference between groups but finds younger children with bad teeth and older children with good teeth. Key lessons: proper diet and health habits matter most, including fruits leafy vegetables and dairy. outdoor play and rest support teeth. Natural infant feeding is better than artificial feeding. avoiding early severe illness also helps teeth preservation.
Everyday health depends on the liver and its many functions
A medical writer explains the liver’s extensive role in filtering blood, influencing circulation, digestion, and other systems. The piece notes the liver handles 60 to 100 activities, supports tissue building, and can be kept active by bending and breathing exercises.
Screen-Radio notes bright TV and stage stars
Ovie stars shun radio while ZaSu Pitts cellulizes a serial role on Big Sister and Aileen Pringle portrays a newspaper woman on Joyce Jordan. Ilka Chase premieres Luncheon at the Waldorf a women’s world program with guest interviews. Joan Fontaine and Brian Aherne tour plans include a Del Monte flight and a fall stage return with Rebecca and My Son My Son.
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Ovie
ZaSu Pitts
Aileen Pringle
Joyce Jordan
Girl Inferne
Ilka Chase
the Waldorf
Miss Chase
Aunt Martha Yard Figures Bring Gone With The Wind Charm
A new department offers yard cutouts from wallboard or plywood using jig or coping saw. The sample figures recall Gone With The Wind with Scarlett O Hara and Melanie Wilkes. Patterns Z9067 and Z9068 show a 24 inch belled skirt figure with a flowers box and a belle with a sprinkling can, 15 cents each, order from Aunt Martha Box 166 W Kansas City Mo.
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Scarlett O’hara
Melanie Wilkes
Martha
Kansas City
Question Box on Infantile Paralysis and Allergies
Q A at what age is infantile paralysis most common A At two years of age About 85 per cent of the cases happen during the first four years Q Can one be allergic to eggs A Yes The commonest foods causing allergic symptoms are wheat eggs and milk Q What is ezena A Ezena is the third or dry stage of catarrh which gives breath a bad odor.
Ten Thousand Letters Pour In For Rudolph Valentino Portrayal
Edward Small receives about 10000 letters and photographs from young men seeking the unknown actor to play Rudolph Valentino in a life of the Great Lover. Jean Hersholt has completed production on his second Dr Christian film and plans a home for aged actors funded by the Screen Guild Show donations.
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Edward Small
Rudolph Valentino
Small
Jean Hersholt
Dr. Christian
Hersholt
Motion Picture Relief Fund
Odds and Ends of Screen Personalities
Janet Logan, Paramount starlet, known for chic attire, appears in her first feature in an old fashioned bed sheet as a coverall. Joe Emerson and the Hymns of All Churches choir record hymns for small churches. Over $100,000 in lost legacies recovered for heirs on The Court of Missing Heirs. CBS sound man eyes Betty Lou Gerson’s bracelet for keeps or for sleigh-bell effects. Gene Autry prefers flying in full cowboy regalia and cannot remove boots midflight without stopping travel.
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Janet Logan
Paramount
Hollywood
CBS
Grand Hotel
Betty Lou Gerson
Gene Autrey
Desperate action at school as parent confronts staff
An excited mother brandishes a heavy hammer at an infants school seeking Miss Davids after her child tore breeches. The principal directs her to a room to talk, while the parent declares she will drive in the nail herself.
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Miss Davids
Rascal
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