Night Road Imminent Death Shocks Couple at Oak Lawn
Larry and Tony, stalled by a flat tire on a moonlit highway, seek help at Oak Lawn. A pale man answers their call for a telephone only to reveal his wife has been murdered, upending the night and foreshadowing tragedy.
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Larry
Caroline
Tony
Italy
Ruth
Bendy
Fitch
King City
San Jose
Scott
Santa Barbara
Lawrence Bellamy
Antoinette Taft
Call
Miss Taft
Bellamy
Pebble Beach
Mrs. Bellamy
Mr. Bellamy
Meg
Brenda
Cliff
Donny murder case looms in unfolding romance triangle
In a Bay Area frontier tale, Harold Donny’s murder dominates headlines as Tony and Larry confront a tangled affair with Ruth Bellamy. Tony fears gossip and Ruth’s stance while Larry vows they will always belong, even as a gossip-filled parting nears.
STAR DUST NOTES ON FORTUNE AND FILMMAKERS
A roundup of Hollywood chatter notes Norman Foster to star in The Outcasts of Poker Flat at RKO and praises The Ex Mrs Bradford with William Powell and Jean Arthur. Bill Hart wins $85,000 in his UA case over Tumbleweeds while Jack Benny partners with Goodman Ace on scripts. Show Boat and Old Man River hailed, Carl Laemmle sells Universal, Sally Eilers tours New York, Kay Francis White Angel praised, Fred Stone toggles studios, Rochelle Hudson buys a costume, Ann Harding eyed England.
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RKO Studio
Bradford
William Powell
Jean Arthur
Powell
Flo Ziegfeld
Ziegfeld
Bill Hart
United Artists
Fred Stone
Rochelle Hudson
W. C. Fields
Poppy
Ann Harding
England
Hollywood
Skyscrapers Require Solid Bedrock in New York
New York skyscrapers rise in two clusters on Manhattan near the southern tip and midtown where bedrock lies close to the surface. The rest of the island was once marshland later filled in, creating unstable foundations unsafe for taller structures.
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New York City
Manhattan Island
Uncommon Sense on Youth From Doctor Butler
The New believes that the younger generation's manners shock adults but will improve by reading classic literature. Youth is ardent and eager to find its place, but will learn through experience and mistakes. Doctor Butler has done good by admonishing, and the coming generation will soon be on the bridge.
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Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Doctor Butler
Butler
Blake column derides youth as light minded
By John Blake the columnist notes that the Bell Syndicate and WNU Service suggest society underestimates young people due to their carefree attitudes in their salad days. The piece carries a critical tone toward perceived juvenile laxity and its social implications.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
Foreign Phrases Glossary From Classical Roots
A compact guide to terms used in legal and scholarly writing. Each entry gives a foreign phrase with its language origin and meaning. It includes ad captandum vulgus and Lex talionis among others and explains usage context in plain English.
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Rome
Archimedes
Amazing new stove uses 967 air four percent fuel
Inventor W. C. Coleman introduces a cooking stove that generates gas from lead free gasoline. The device vaporizes fuel then mixes with air to yield about 96 percent air and 4 percent vapor. Coleman claims major fuel savings and efficiency with Band A Blu Burners. Wichita Kansas address offered for literature and a store check chart.
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W. C. Coleman
Dept
Wichita
Kansas
Greatest opportunity near the biggest man, moral reflection
The adage suggests that major chances arise close to powerful figures, emphasizing proximity to influence. It implies ambition should align with prominent leaders to seize pivotal moments.
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Raidenoyage
Kathleen Norris
del Monte
China
Mrs. Polhemus
Donny
Oakland
New York
Mrs. Patterson
Bruce
Aunt Meg
Gin
Virginia Valex
Ret Harte
Poker Flat
Norman Foster
Foster
RKO
Wm. Powell
Jack Benny
Fred Allen
Goodman Ace
Benny
Helen Morgan
Paul Robeson
Carl Laemmle
Universal
Thalberg
Metro
Carl
Junior Laemmle
Sally Eilers
Harry Joe Brown
California
Fifth Avenue
Empire State Building
Radio City
Aquarium
Louise Fazenda
Kay Francis
Florence Nightingale
Kay
Paris
John Blake
B . Bell Syndicate
Amazing
Canon
Raalle
NRC
Doan
S.S.S
Ny Tonic
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