Morgenthau and Woodring clash over war plane buys
Treasury chief Morgenthau leads a coordinating committee on Allied aircraft purchases, drawing opposition from War Secretary Woodring. Army and Navy say deliveries to allies stay on schedule, with Glenn Martin and Lockheed expanding production. Also notes on Washington politics, press club event, and Louisiana attorney general race.
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Washington
U. S. Army
Navy
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Treasury
Army Air Corps
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Henry Woodring
Capitol Hill
Woodring
Morgenthau
Army
Edison
Johnson
U. S
Henry Gibbins
Adm
Ray Spear
Air Corps
General Arnold
Johnson and
Glenn Martin Company
Martin
Lockheed
Finland, Poland, China aid debated amid treasury strain
A column argues Finland's defense was hopeless without allied help and warns against costly foreign relief. It urges voluntary funds rather than expanding federal spending while noting similar duties to Poland and China. The piece also discusses a political flap over wire tapping and Hoover.
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Finland
Mr. Hoover
FBI
OX STAGES SCREEN RADIO Amid Hollywood travel scenes
The Warner Brothers lot hosts constant sea bound shoots with stars like Errol Flynn Brenda Marshall on ships Albatross Madre de Dios for The Sea Hawk and Ann Sheridan James Cagney en route to New York for Torrid Zone. Merle Oberon George Brent and Pat O'Brien sail from China to San Francisco for All This and Heaven Too. Virginia Lee Corbin, once a box office a list, is making a comeback as an extra in Diamonds Are Dangerous.
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Warner Brothers Studio
Errol Flynn
Brenda Marshall
Ann Sheridan
James Cagney
Honduras
New York
S. S. Arturo
States
Merle Oberon
George Brent
Pat O’brien
China
San Francisco
Heaven
Bette Davis
Channel
England
France
Isa Miranda
Virginia Lee Corbin
Dinah Shore Shifts Networks After NBC Publicity Push
Dinah Shore rises as Columbia star while NBC publicity teams reportedly spent much on photos stunts and writers. The intended darling of NBC moves to a rival network for her first commercial program, contrasting the big buildup with the outcome.
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Dinah Shore
Ben Bernie
Columbia
NBC
Dinah
Hollywood jurors in Rudy Vallee show prompt kiss prank
Twelve Los Angeles tourists drafted as audience jurors for a Vallee show were fed and entertained but their verdicts remained undisclosed. Benny Venuta shared the tale during a rehearsal with John Barrymore as guest star as a photographer sought the Great Lover’s kiss with Madeleine Carroll.
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Hollywood
Los Angeles
Rudy Vallee
Benny Venuta
George Jessel
John Barrymore
Mr. Barrymore
Barrymore
Madeleine Carroll
Young musician seeks summer tour with All American Youth Orchestra
Joseph Freni, 23 year old student of the French-born Westinghouse program soloist on Musical Americana, aims for a summer in South America. He is a NYA All American Youth Orchestra candidate to tour Central and South America under Leopold Stokowski. Final auditions not held yet but listeners praise his performance on Musica Americana.
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Joseph Freni
Westinghouse
Musical Americana
South America
NYA All American Youth Orchestra
Central
Leopold Stokowski
Musica Americana
Pattern No 8597 Shows Two Summer Suit Frocks
The pattern offers a tennis frock with swing skirt and an inset belt plus a pinch-waisted jacket-blouse. It allows two jacket-blouse styles with scalloped sleeves or a round collar, ideal for sports cottons or silk prints. Sizes 12 to 20 require material estimates.
Strange Facts Music to Silence Rowed the Atlantic
A quirky note describes Shinto festivals in Japan featuring a religious orchestra whose members go through the motions of playing yet produce no sound. The silent music, believed sacred, is directed to the gods and deemed inaudible to humans.
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Japan
Nine men cross Atlantic by rowboat since 1876
Since 1876 nine rowers have crossed the Atlantic. Six did so in pairs, while three went alone. The latest is Joseph Lawlor, who rowed solo from Boston to a small port in Swain in 1911.
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Atlantic Ocean
Joseph Lawlor
Boston
Swain
Record of $225,000 auto liability settlement on Long Island
Collier's notes the largest single accident auto liability settlement to a group of injured station wagon victims on Long Island. The amount reached $225,000 and was paid months ago without litigation.
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Long Island
Collier’s
Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription Ad
An advertisement urges women to use Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription to combat functional periodic pains over time. It claims to build physical resistance through HODEOVINE nutritional assimilation.
Manners Not Idle But Fruit of Loyal Nature
A brief reflection cites Tennyson on manners as the fruit of a loyal nature and a noble mind, suggesting steadiness and virtue guide conduct.
Tricky Quiz Questions on History and Language
Answers cover depth of Mark Twain the senses at sleep the place to buy a wimple Bible price of rubies Mary Ball mother of John Adams Confucius timing before Christ oldest year in cars shellfish terms ill tempered insignificant and close mouthed two parts of a fraction
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Mary Ball
United States
Confucius
Answers to a set of trivia on culture and biology
The list provides ten items covering measurements senses crafts geography and biology. It includes twelve feet, sense of hearing, milliner's work, wisdom, Washington, five centuries before, reverse, and a trio crab shrimp clam. It notes the umbrella tree flower with a 15 inch diameter and ends with the mathematical terms numerator and denominator.
Zinc Bareira: World’s only town made entirely of zinc
The city of Zinc Bareira in Portuguese East Africa is described as the only town built completely from zinc with all dwellings, stores, church, hospital, and barracks made of the metal. It houses about 2,000 people and reportedly took six months to construct to withstand the hot and damp climate.
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Bareira
Portuguese East Africa
Dialog Sparks Welcome After Name Dropped
A commercial traveler recalls being admitted after revealing his identity to a gatekeeper. The exchange turns on the traveler asking the guard why entry was granted and the guard responding with curiosity about the claimed identity.
Old Habit Rumor Sparks Teasing About Smith Family
In a crowded room remarks swirl about Smith and his wife who has left him for the third time in a year. A bystander notes she once worked as a cook, sparking gossip and wry smiles.
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Smith
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National Women’s Press Club
Merry
Dies Committee
Noah Mason
Illinois
Jennings Rondolph
District of Columbia
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Henry Wallace
Harding
Louisiana
Eugene Stanley
Huey Long
Stanley
Lord Clive
Nelson
Chamberlain
Alice Longworth
General Johnson
Relief For
West Point
Russia
Poland
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Jackson
G-Man Hoover
Norris
Senate
Virginia Vale
Western Newspaper Union
Atlantic
Pacific
Paramount
Galesburg
Hll
Hollywod
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Zinc
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Smith Bros
Tra
Jim Hood
Prince Albert
Ener, Telesecomaten-Salem
N.C
Sim Hood
Thad Coleman
Thad
Grand Ol Opry
Aaron
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