Toughest Spot in Baseball for Vitt as Indians Boss
Major league debut awaits Oscar Vitt who takes over the Cleveland Indians amid high expectations. The Newark Bears champ architected a strong minor league staff and will rely on star pitchers like Bob Feller as he aims to restore Cleveland’s pennant contention.
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Oscar Vitt
Cleveland Indians
Vitt
Cleveland
Bill McKechnie
St. Louis Cardinals
Pittsburgh Pirates
Boston Bees
Cincinnati Reds
Casey Stengel
Brooklyn Dodgers
McKechnie
Boston
Gabby Street
Sarge
Cardinals
St. Louis Browns
Messrs. McKechnie
Stengeler Street
Newark Bears
Syracuse
Baltimore
Columbus
Bears
Newark
Detroit Tigers
Allen
Feller
Bob Feller
Missions
St. Paul
Street
Browns
Cincinnati
Jim Turner
Lou Fette
Bees
Charming teen knitting and crochet fashions for spring
Western Newspaper Union highlights knit dresses bolero jackets and a knit jumper for young girls. Features include a plaid school dress a separate bolero a cute calot hat and colorfully embroidered mittens. Simple inexpensive crochet trims brighten dated cloth dresses for the season.
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Little Daughter
Wee Daughter
Big Sister
Western Newspaper Union
The Better Silks By Cherie Nicholas
In formal fashion circles the best dressed favor simple fabrics with pure dye silks that convey elegance. The feature dress shown is an elegant white silk faille gown with a wide horizontal stripe.
Fussy feminine trend returns for winter gowns
Evening wear focuses on ultra feminine satin and taffeta gowns with full flowing skirts. Designs include tight bodices and hoops, Empire silhouettes, and ruffled net skirts. Black and white prevail with pastel accents for a glam, slinky look this season.
Parisians Reveal Winter to Spring Fashion Shifts
The article notes white braid-embroidered black gowns and jewelry accents for winter, with emphasis on soft tailored suits for spring. It highlights small floral prints, the corselette waist trend, soft woolens, wood coats with fur, silver fox scarves, and straight-backed heels as style markers among Parisian elites.
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Paris
Star Dust Star Dust rises in radio film and newsreels
Toscanini concert broadcasts win peak audience praise and high critic tributes. Norman Alley's Universal newsreel of the Panay bombardment provides graphic history. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs marks a milestone in animated feature films with Dopey joining Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.
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National Broadcasting Company
Norman Alley
Universal
U. S. S. Panay
Orient
Walt Disney
Dopey
Mickey Mouse
Donald Duck
Remake Talks and Hidden Screen Tests in Hollywood
Paramount plans The Letter starring Isa Miranda as a thriller from Somerset Maugham while Warner Brothers eyes Trilby with Claude Rains and Anita Louise or Olivia de Havilland. The trade notes testing success, listing Frances Farmer Don Ameche Tyrone Power among rising stars, and surveys auditions from 52 000 applicants. A separate item describes a decorative cutwork pattern for a buffet set with transfer patterns and sewing instructions.
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Paramount
Warner Brothers
Isa Mirande
Somerset Maugham
Talking Pictures
Fim
Trilby
Claude Rains
Anita Louise
Olivia de Havilland
Svenhall
New York
Hollywood
Variety
Frances Farmer
Don Ameche
Tyrone Power
Questions and Answers for Quick History and Civics
A concise set of trivia covering the Great Divide the Father of His Country the author who urged one man over ten books presidential war powers posthumous child Cleopatra’s ancestry whether Jerusalem is walled a statesman with many places named for him the National 4-H pledge and the meaning of a scale model airplane.
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United States
Cleopatra
Jerusalem
Scale model planes and civic honors noted in text
The excerpt lists civic honors by naming towns and counties and includes a pledge of service to club community and country. It then explains scale model aircraft, stating a model scales wings from twelve feet to twelve inches for a small airplane and compares proportions to a full size plane.
Continental divide colloquial term and facts list
A collection of historical notes mentions the Continental divide separating river basins. Alfred the Great of England is named. A Ches terfield quotation from Letters to His Son is cited. The President cannot declare war Congress holds that power. A person born after the father's death is described. Greek ancestry is noted. A walled city with stones replaced is described and top-walk possible. Andrew Jackson and Benjamin Franklin are noted as the largest.
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Alfred the Great
England
Chesterfield
Congress
Andrew Jackson
Benjamin Franklin
Life at Lowest Ebb When Alarm Sounds Off
The piece notes how despite scientific progress early rising remains unpleasant. It contrasts modern devices like electric lights and radios with ancient times and jokes that a painless early rise would be a world changer, earning fame and gratitude for the inventor.
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Julius Caesar
Springfield State Journal
Entertaining Notes On Stage Stars And Skills
Jim Ameche, 22, Grand Hotel star, once held Kenosha high school debating title. Luise Barclay and Ruth Bailey studied music and acting for NBC shows. Fibber McGee inventor gadgets include icebox foot lever. Frances Carlon is granddaughter of James Whitcomb Riley printer. Les Tremayne talents span clay modeling swimming swordplay golf. Harriette Widmer praised for dialect work on NBC coast-to-coast program.
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Jim Ameche
Grand Hotel
Kenosha Wis
Luise Barclay
NBC
Ruth Bailey
Fibber Mee- Gee
Molly
Frances Carlon
Attorney At Law
John Carlon
James Whitcomb Riley
Les Tremayne
Harriette Widmer
Roark Bradford
Western Newspaper Union
Branded Merchandise Promises Quality and Reputation
Branded merchandise assures superior quality as manufacturers rely on repeat orders and advertising. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets made of May Apple claim to remove accumulated body waste as part of the advertising pitch.
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Dr. Pierce
Life Is Labor Tolstoy Quote Highlighted
A brief Life Is Labor note cites Count Tolstoy on happiness found in life and work, emphasizing labor as the essence of living.
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Count Tolstoi
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Republic
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Joe DiMaggio
Gene Autry
Kay Thompson
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Phil Regan
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Bridgeport, Connecticut
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American Chain & Cable Company, Inc
McKay Company
the Hodell Chain Company
Pyrene Manufacturing
Dominion Chain Company, Limited
Pyng Manufacturing Company of Canada, Limited
P. T. Barnum
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Prince Albert
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