24 Feb 1939
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Newspaper
Panama City Pilot
Location
Panama City, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1939
Page
1
Babson Park notes Railroads weathering the storm with rising traffic and revenue. Orders for steel rails and 800 new workers signal growth, while tax, labor, and political hurdles loom. Bonds look undervalued. many lines may need capitalization adjustments as mileage shrinks.
Miami wires report the United States Navy keeps the outcome of three weeks of war games secret as President Roosevelt's flagship travels away from the Virgin Islands. Observers suggest the critical phase may be near while dispatches from the Houston show no press updates after leaving Key West. The Houston visited Charlotte Amalie to receive mail and planned to sail again, not reentering harbor.
New York glamour story follows Thomas Valentino, a pioneer offstage noise producer with a 500 disc catalog. He creates sounds from snores to boat whistles and has become a sought after contributor to films such as The American Way and Gentle People. Valentino’s career started after a street-corner experiment caught a producer’s eye. He once faced an odd commission from the Byrd Expedition for winds and waves on records to match broadcast. The piece also notes social hubs like Armando’s, the Russian Tea Room, and Dewey’s rumored singing hobby.
Portrait of Rev J B N a slight challenged pastor from Chunnenuggie Ridge noted for uprightness and stubborn grit. The narrative recalls lightning etched vision and a tenacious recovery in Sneads Florida with a self described rocky road ethic, sacrifice as a virtue, and a detective like insistence on truth.
Gene Krupa, famed drummer, records a drum solo into a preexisting track at Paramount’s studio. He blends live drumming with an earlier recording of The Wire Brush Stomp, improvising and chatting as the microphone captures his voice. Krupa, 30, has led his own band since leaving Benny Goodman, practicing three hours daily and composing songs like Some Like It Hot. He once studied divinity at St. Joseph’s College and muses on how music and faith shape a minister’s discipline.
In Universal scenes for Three Smart Girls Grow Up Deanna Durbin fake singing and a recorded orchestra are shown. Flutist Robert Cummings looks romantic but the rest of the players struggle to keep straight faces as takes fail from discordant shrieks.
Port news notes the British motor ship Silverpine arriving with Far East cargo via Halifax New York and New Orleans en route to South African ports with Panama City to Cape Town sailing. Also ships Point Caleta and Topa Topa using Waterman S Samuel Co and agents, with cargo discharge and loading for Pacific Coast and South African ports respectively.
A concise reflection on living a devout Christian life as a path to paradise, drawing on Thos A Kempis’s themes of virtue, humility, and steadfast faith guiding daily conduct.
Word puzzle grid lists horizontal and vertical clues with numbers and scattered letters. Includes references to boy ruler of Yugoslavia, various clues for synonyms and terms, and an interconnected puzzle solution set.
Radio listings for WCOA Pensacola show today and Saturday programs including Rural Comedy Van Metre's Chillun Star Drama Hank the Hired Hand In The Groove Pensacola Dairy Kiddie Klub Revue Saenger Organ Reflections with scattered quotes about purpose and labor from Bulwer and Doudan.
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