Roosevelt backs delay on new battleships amid talks for peace
The article discusses President Roosevelt delaying construction of two 50 million dollar battleships while seeking international agreement to halt such builds. It explains naval design aims, the impact of long range gunnery, and the shift toward armored decks to counter falling shells. It also covers proposed embargo ideas, economic effects of strikes, and tax revenue implications amid industrial tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Navy Department
Britain
Japan
Germany
Henry Ford
General Motors
Greatest Adventurer Is Unaware of His Title
A visiting journalist recounts the exploits of Hermann Bland, an unassuming mapmaker turned global wanderer. Bland’s fate-driven journeys, chosen by a pin dropped on a world atlas, lead him from Michigan to Siberia and finally to India, where destiny places his stamp in Kashmir.
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Yever
New York
Arthur Sullivan Hoffman
Robert Ritchie
Hermann Bland
Liverpool
India
Mediterranean
Suez
Red Sea
Hamburg
England
Bland
Cardiff
Hermann
Michigan
Herman Bland
Irkutsk
Siberia
Adventurers’ Club
Ritchie
Hoffman
London
Kashmir
WNU
Screen Stars Ranked In Popularity By Trade Poll
The trade press report ranks Clark Gable as the screen’s top star, with Shirley Temple second, and Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers third. The list also names Myrna Loy, Claudette Colbert, Norma Shearer, Gary Cooper, and others. The piece notes Cagney’s comeback and highlights TV and radio programs shaping future stars. It also covers Grace Moore’s temporary retirement and the Hollywood shock over Ross Alexander’s suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Taylor
Clark Gable
Taylor
Shirley Temple
Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
William Powell
Myrna Loy
Claudette Colbert
Norma Shearer
Gary Cooper
Frederic March
Jeanette MacDonald
Nelson Eddy
Lionel Barrymore
Hollywood
Ross Alexander
Aleta Freire
New York
Alexander
Anne Nagel
Stars and films teased in Hollywood gossip column
The column notes upcoming appearances by The Shiek with Valentino and Nino Martini, Jean Harlow and Robert Taylor in The Man in Possession, and confirms Joan Fontaine as Olivia de Havilland’s sister. It also mentions Madame X with Gladys George and references a Star Dust disclosure from months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valentino
Nino Martini
Jean Harlow
Robert Taylor
Joan Fontaine
Olivia de Haviland
Star Dust
Jesse Lasky
Gladys George
Union
Mental Inventory for a Productive New Year 1937
The piece urges a practical self check to foster New Year wishes into realities. It emphasizes taking action, planting intentional efforts, and nurturing progress rather than relying on mere desire. It concludes with a call to prepare oneself for steady work toward a better finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Syndicate
NU Service
Lacy Squares Form a Spread or Scarf
Filet crochet patterns present two squares that can be used together or separately for cloth, bedspread, or scarf. Uses string or mercerized cotton for a smaller size. Pattern 5695 offers instructions, charts, material needs, and illustrations. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. 259 W. Fourteenth St. New York NY.
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Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept
Fourteenth St
New York
N. Y
Character Traits and Social Wisdom Reflections
A set of aphoristic lines on personal virtue and social conduct. It covers judgment in marriage and divorce, praise within partnerships, tolerance, eccentricities aging into imbecilities, guarding hurts, humane aims, and the idea that a fact is not automatically suitable for discussion. It closes with doubt about perceiving fear as true prudence.
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Department of Commerce
Italy
United States
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Sapita Carter
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Missouri
Treasury
Beil Syndicate
James Cagney
Grand National
Cagney
Warner Brothers
Myrt
Marge
George Damerel
University of Southern California
Grace Moore
Eddie Cantor
al Jolson
Geech
Gooch
Chi
Postum
General Foods
Battle Creek
King Features Syndicate
G. F. Corp
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