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Newspaper
Panama City Pilot
Location
Panama City, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1939
Page
2
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The literary guidepost criticizes William Gerhardt for flippant tone and disorganized structure in The Romanovs while acknowledging the book’s astonishing material. The narrative abandons rhythm and clarity yet compels with portraits of Anastasia and a dynastic drama noted as fantastic and richly documented.
Hollywood gossip column notes Steinbeck praising Grapes of Wrath film newsreel quality. Hedy Lamarr cast as George Sand in Chopin. Warner bans newsboys. Roosevelts in control of Samuel Goldwyn properties. MGM snubbed a $1,000,000 a year Hardy Family radio bid. Musicals surge. Metro six in six months. Our Town screen sets. Cagney takes long break from gangster roles. Maureen O Hara slimmed for Bill of Divorcement role.
In the late 1930s Panama City and Bay County showcase strong industrial and civic growth with new factories, buildings, and a buoyant business climate, yet government, schooling, and law enforcement lag under heavy debt and high taxes while public interest grows, promising reform in the 1940s.
DeWitt MacKenzie argues the 1930s upheavals mark a global revolution in social and political orders. Dictators rise with public consent, many nations face internal upheaval, and international law crumbles amid aggression. A world undergoing a readjustment to inequality reorders states and societies.
An article discusses escapes from normal life including reading, shunning company, movies, sleep, and extreme introversion. It notes many escapes are natural yet harmful if detracting from real life, urging attention and cautious guidance to help a withdrawn child rejoin social life and activities. Sleep is highlighted as a natural escape, with cautions about excessive slumber and possible medical causes.
Ruth Millett critiques a WPA project planning to measure 100000 women to tailor ready to wear clothing. She jokes that stable knowledge of women would benefit men and jokes about standard “facts” on jealousy flattery and brain power, noting men are uninterested in understanding women.
A fragmented crossword style puzzle from a historic page lists numerous clues and partial entries. It includes references to a European born actress, modern star, and various vertical and horizontal hints covering words from Climbing plant to cleansing substance, with several number markers and incomplete entries.
Dr. Morris Fishbein reports on sulfanilamide and sulfapyridine as major medical advances. The drugs have reduced deaths in pneumonia and meningitis, aided certain infections, and shown promise in endocarditis but caused potential kidney stones anemia and blood abnormalities, prompting new dosing techniques for safer use.
In New York Marty Fontana heads the Theater Guild property department supplying props for hits and flops. His 25 years in theatre include managing inventories from clothespins to a garden wall and creating stage sounds, with a memorable mishap involving a dam burst and a misfired cartridge that caused a theater panic.
Alicia Hart outlines cosmetic application to enhance skin tone with a light foundation, cream rouge on cheeks, and careful powder use. She advises matching powder to natural skin tone, using lipstick and rouge to suit dress colors, and maintaining several makeup sets for different hues.
St Louis police tracked a burglar for 12 blocks through alleys and yards, following fresh snow tracks to his home. The man was arrested after detectives observed he avoided well traveled sidewalks during the getaway.
The excerpt discusses drowsiness as a real symptom akin to pain, signaling internal conflict. It argues that while a hobby can provide relief, it may also become an obsession that excludes other aspects of life, though usually hobbies are healthy pursuits.
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