Sawdust as Food Sparked by Harvard Breakthrough
A humorous but prescient riff envisions sawdust becoming edible in a future food system. The piece imagines households feeding families from sawdust derived meals, with sawdust shops, a new global barter of products, and potential political and criminal backlash if sawdust control arises.
Fancy Turns to Exotic Cottons
CHERIE NICHOLAS hails bold cotton prints for 1930s summer wear. Exotic prints from Asia, Europe, and the Americas inspire formal gowns and daywear alike. The feature highlights pre shrunk fabrics, versatile house coats, nautical beach coats, and coordinated separates for active lifestyles.
Miligan Case and the Shield of Protection
The Milligan Supreme Court ruling voided a death sentence for a civilian tried by military commission in 1864 Indiana. It held the right to trial by jury under the Constitution cannot be overridden in peacetime, stressing the shield of law protects all citizens. The piece notes other cases where constitutional rights thwarted harsh interrogation methods. Western Newspaper Union.
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Hollywood Pulse on Roosevelts Voice and Screen News
Hollywood reports that President Roosevelt is used as a diction coach at Selznick International. Carole Lombard plans at least three new films while Gloria Swanson, Gladys George, and others shape comebacks and radio work amid studio moves. The Screen Actors Guild strike threat ends with leaders uniting actors for better pay and conditions.
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Roosevelt
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Carole Lombard
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Gloria Swanson
Mazie Kenyon
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Gloria
London
Columbia Pictures
Carrie
Gladys George
Garbo
Spencer Tracy
Merle Oberon
Screen Actors’ Guild
Robert Montgomery
Jim Cagney
Lace gown with matching jacket tops fashion trend
The article notes lace gowns with matching jackets or capes as a fashion law of style. Norman Hartnell, famous for coronation gowns, designed this elegant evening ensemble. London and Paris show high enthusiasm for lace.
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Paris
Separate Bolero in Lace Elevates Simple Crepe Dresses
Boleros in lace, especially starched cotton lace, add versatility to wardrobes by pairing with plain crepe dresses. Simple, brief designs with short puff sleeves and wide revers suit most costumes, offering dressy effects in pastel shades and white. If you can sew, it requires little more than a yard of lace and enhances both daytime frocks and evening gowns.
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Cherie Nicholas
Renaissance of Interest in the Polka Dot Theme
The article notes a revival of polka dot fashion with large plate-sized dots and smaller confetti specks in contrasting colors. It highlights zig zag and irregular spacings, dizzy color combinations in sportswear, and silk fabrics like crepe and taffeta as favored grounds for dot patterns.
Romantic Jewelry Sets Highlight Sentimental Stones
Massive bracelets and clips showcase sentimental stones like turquoises corals garnets topazes and seed pearls for this season. The pieces emphasize bold style and heirloom appeal in a dramatic jewelry trend report.
Tassels for Accent Lanvin With White Suit Swing Jacket
Lanvin debuts a white suit paired with a swing jacket. The jacket features square box pockets and accent tassels at the arms, outlined by gay woolen trim.
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Centenarian Groom Weds For Seventh Time Near Dardanelles
Hassan, 127, a peasant from near Bigha in the Dardanelles Straits, marries his seventh wife aged 37. He stays fit with open-air living, no liquor or tobacco, walks to town for groceries, and hopes to live 20 more years.
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Bigha
Dardanelles Straits
Hollywood prepare party for Weber and Fields fiftieth debut anniversary
Hollywood plans a grand party honoring Weber and Fields on their fiftieth anniversary as a team. Impressions of their act will be staged by stars including Jack Benny George Burns Eddie Cantor and George Jessel and two motion picture producers.
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Weber and Fields
Jack Benny
George Burns
Eddie Cantor
George Jessel
Tio
Joan Crawford
Gary Cooper
Gary
Betty Davis
Joe E. Brown, Jr
Dixie Dunbar
20Th Century-Fox Pictures
James Dunn
RKO
Ginger Rogers
James Stewart
Paul Muni
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Questions and trivia from a broad inquiry list
A set of eleven factual prompts asks about religious sects in the United States, dictatorship comparisons with Hitler and Mussolini, the first steel ship, WWI costs in lives and dollars, global sound film theaters, methods to settle foreign debts, annual U.S. spending on criminals and education, the area of national parks, size of large bell buoys, the English king's crowns, the meaning of poltroon, and which city is farther north Paris or Toronto.
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England
Paris
Toronto
Russia
India
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Summary of assorted facts and figures across nations and history
A compact collection of numeric data and statements: population and governance notes on Russia, a Cunarder Servia built in 1881, casualty and financial figures, military equipment distribution, postwar economic divestment methods, criminal justice costs, land area, U S buoy specifications, imperial crowns, a negative moral judgment, and a location tied to Paris.
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