Viking duty on fogbound Atlantic barge tested Pete Gear
Pete Gear of Sunnyside L I joined a coal barge crew in 1927 for a voyage to meet a ship 195 miles south east of Block Island. When the tow tangled, fog closed in and Pete rang the fog bell for 36 hours straight and then two more days, keeping the barge from sinking while the tug crew searched. A rescue plane finally spotted them and the tow was recovered after four days.
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Ello
Peter Gear
Sunnyside
L. I
Pete
Atlantic
Block Island
Long Island Sound
Montauk Point
Peter
New London
Promising Newcomer Geraldine Fitzgerald in Wuthering Heights Spotlight
Geraldine Fitzgerald, born in Dublin in 1914, rose from the Gate Players to stage success in New York and Hollywood. She starred in Wuthering Heights and Dark Victory after early work in The Turn of the Tide and The Mill on the Floss. Crosby and other stars also feature in this radio and film era overview.
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Wuthering Heights
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Edgar
Heathcliffe
Dublin
Ireland
Gate Players
Geraldine
England
New York Theater
Hollywood
Warner Brothers
Samuel Goldwyn
Ernc Rapee
Jane Froman
Jan Peerce
Screen Guild
Columbia
Rapee
America
Screen
Patent Office History From 1790 to 1925
The article traces the origins of patent rights from the 1790 act placing patent grants with the secretary of state to the 1836 establishment of the patent office under a commissioner. It notes Jefferson’s role in early petitions, the 1849 transfer to the interior, and the 1925 move to the Commerce Department by executive order.
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the United States
Congress
Thomas Jefferson
Sonally
Patent Office
Department of the Interior
Coolidge
Department of Commerce
Rudy Vallee to direct pictures and star in skit on air
Rudy Vallee announced his aim to direct pictures and acted in a dramatic skit on his weekly broadcast. He also served as master of ceremonies, directed music, and sang briefly. Lewis Stone received an award for 500000 miles driven in 34 years without a traffic accident.
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Rudy Vallee
Lewis Stone
Union
Ask Me A Quiz With Answers On Various Subjects
A reader asks about bridges aqueducts and wash bears and ponders topics from the origin of the round table to how a ship clock marks time. The piece includes Q A style exchanges confirming impeachment procedures sun earth rotation and Acadian descendants banished from Nova Scotia.
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North Pole
Nova Scotia
Senate
Aqueducts Bridges and Symbols in History
The passage explains that bridges span water, viaducts cross land, and aqueducts transport drinking water. It notes four stars on the President's flag, traces a sailor’s conspiracy to a first signer’s identity, and briefly mentions a raccoon.
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Boswell
Life’s Battle and the Duty of Heritage
The author frames existence as a continuous battle and argues we inherit struggles from ancestors. Every historical stage reflects a common destiny, and fulfilling our part sustains humanity’s moral life. We are descendants yet responsible for someone.
Discovery of Celluloid by John Hyatt in 1863
A New Yorker named John Hyatt injured his finger in 1863 and found collodion in the cupboard. The material hardened into a mass leading Hyatt to develop celluloid by combining camphor with collodion cotton. The resulting substance was light and moldable and used for billiard balls and many other items.
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John Hyatt
Hyatt
Wise and Otherwise Closing Lines on Life and Love
A series of wry maxims on sorrow, marriage, and perception contrasts. It jokes that a perfect husband is hard to find and notes people often ignore reason while clinging to prejudice. It frames common sayings with a humorous, cautionary tone.
Thoughts on virtue, generosity, and social duty
A collection of aphorisms on human nature. It muses on innocence after Adam, the folly of age, the illusion of ideals, and the value of listening and cheerful courtesy. It warns against privilege and urges politeness, generosity, and respect in social conduct.
Parental Co Operation Should Bear Fruit
A school teacher notes astigmatism in a pupil named Charles after nurse exam. The next morning the father replies with a blunt policy of punishment, saying he walloped him tonight and will wallop again tomorrow to help. The exchange suggests differing views on parental involvement and corrective steps.
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Charles
Charlie
Curtains Turn Kitchen Windows Modern with Red Oilcloth
Reader J B requests a kitchen window update using dotted swiss and red rick rack. The plan adds scalloped red oilcloth borders and tie backs, with guidance from Book 1 Sewing for the Home Decorator. Mrs. Spears offers Books 1 and 2 with embroidery leaflets for 25 cents each, plus 50 cents for both and a free set of stitches.
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Spears
S. Desplaines Sr
Chicago
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Adventurers’ Club
Bargeman
WNU
Bing Crosby
Virginia Vale
Universal Sound Room
Heaven
Crosby
Andrews Sisters
Brooklyn
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Phil
Adam
BY Ruth Wyeth Spears
Rick
Mark
Iby
uIck
Sentinel
Benjamin Franklin
Ohneca
Bsagsiat
Prince Albert
John Hobgood
P.A
P. A
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem
Mt C
Joy Tee
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