Agassiz on Leisure From Runner of the Mountain Tops
A review of Mabel L. Robinsons Runner of the Mountain Tops praises its portrait of Louis Agassiz. The scientist notes Americas rush and rapid travel, warning that speed erodes leisure and urging time to observe, think, and find our place before death.
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Louis Agassiz
Mabel L. Robinson
Random House
America
Switzerland
Boston
Yale
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Denmark through pictures a witty World’s Fair book
Roger Nielsen and Harald Toksvig present Denmark at the Copenhagen Danish Pavilion in New York. A compact picture book balancing text and images, it greets readers with a King’s welcome and short introductions, then explains Danish origins, culture, and notable facts. The well chosen pictures and clear legends invite readers to visit Denmark, with clever notes on Viking roots, Normandy, and New York's Danish links.
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Denmark
Christian X
Normandy
France
York
New York
New Horse Bay
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Maryland
Greenland
PWA Loan Debate Tarnishes Panama City Governance
The city seeks a 750,000 PWA loan for a municipal power plant amid deep debt and secrecy before an upcoming election. The editorial argues the proposal mirrors political self-interest, warns of “self-liquidation” by water rates, questions the loan’s viability, and calls for ethical, businesslike city government before expanding utilities.
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PWA
Panama City
Pensacola
Ias
Labor Laws May Be Smashed By Flank Attack
Bruce Catton reports that a House flank attack led by Howard Smith and Eugene Cox aims to probe the Wagner act and the wage hour law, threatening to move legislation from the labor committee to a fast track and split the Democratic Party over New Deal policy.
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Bruce Catton
News-Herald
Washington
Howard Smith
Virginia
Labor Board
House Labor Committee
Mary Norton
New Jersey
House
Rules Committee
Smith
Eugene Cox
Georgia
Rayburn
Bankhead
Cox
Democratic Party
Ing
Senate
Women pioneers in business defy male barriers
Ruth Millett notes women are quietly advancing in business and professions. Examples include Mrs. Sarah Terpening running a welding shop and teaching the trade, Rae Rambeau learning acetylene welding for aviation, and Audrie Leah Bobb applying to the Army Medical Reserve Corps. Others include Mrs. Dorothy Bennett Heckscher and Merry Hull in design and manufacturing, with Peggy Coffin promoting a World’s Fair role.
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Sarah Terpening
Chicago
Terpening
Rae Rambeau
Los Angeles
Starkville
Miss
University of Tennessee Medical College
Audrie Leah Bobb
U. S. Army Medical Reserve Corps
Miss Bobb
Army Medical Corps
Dorothy Eleanor Bennett Heckscher
New York City
Merry Hull
Peggy Coffin
America
New York
Blackout in flight sparks aviation safety studies
The article explains amourosis suga or blackout seen in pilots during sharp aerial maneuvers. Gravity from centrifugal force causes vision loss and limb weakness. episodes last up to 20 seconds. Solutions proposed include forward body bend, adjustable seats, back pressure belts, and inhaled carbon dioxide to raise blood pressure.
World’s Fair reshapes New York housing and acts talk
George Ross reports on how high hotel rates at the World’s Fair push single men into shared apartments as crowds gather. The piece also profiles Simeon Karavaeff’s ties to Will Rogers, notes Rogers’s pending flight with Wiley Post, and contrasts the grueling life of animal freak shows with glamor, highlighting T W Kelley’s 15-year career and a two headed calf’s appeal.
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New York
Manhattan
Rogers
Simeon Karavaeff
Pavlova
Will Rogers
Karavaeff
Roosh
Will
T. W. Kelley
Maine
Timbuctoo
Danbury Fair
Brussels
Kelley
Mind Your Manners Quiz on Social Letter Etiquette
A study of proper business and social letter form covers notepaper versus card for replies, dating notes by day of week, upper right corner details, avoiding beg to remain, punctuation after salutations, and suitable closings. The recommended answer favors notepaper, explicit dates, the address and date, natural prose, and a colon after the salutation with option (b) as the best closing choice.
Outline Map Puzzle Clues Across Horizontal and Vertical Entries
A crossword style prompt lists multiple horizontal and vertical clues including locations such as a French colony in Africa and terms like grain perfume and destiny. It requests an outline map answer and cross references for a historical word puzzle.
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Africa
Hollywood Casting Shifts Mark Bright Changes in 1930s Stars
Hollywood notes reveal top actors swapping personas in new films. Myrna Loy adopts a villainess role in The Rains Came while Anita Louise pivots to bold parts. Greta Garbo, Bette Davis, and Virginia Grey face drastic character turns, with Jane Withers maturing into a glamorous ingenue and other stars redefining images amid studio reshuffles.
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Hollywood
Myrna Loy
20Th Fox
Lady Esketh
Anita Louise
Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes
Mickey Rooney
Judy Garland
Tyrone Power
Ninotchka
Greta Garbo
Bette Davis
Queen Elizabeth
Alice Faye
Virginia Grey
Road Under Repair Detours North Florida Route
Road No. 1 the O Spanish Trail east of Lake City will close July 5 for reconstruction between Watertown and Olustee. Detour via Starke Lake Butler adds about 20 miles and will last two to three months, per State Road Department.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Lake Ci
Watertow
Olustee
Lake City
Baldw
Jacksonville
Starke al
Lake Butler
Griffin struck by ball in Philadelphia incident
A baseball fouled into the crowd at a Philadelphia game wounded spectator Vince Griffin in the thumb and then in the eye after the ball struck a girder and rebounded. The incident occurred as Griff was focusing on the play near the stands.
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Philadelphia
Vince Grif
Griffin
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Morris Fishbein
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NEA
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Irene Dunne
John Garfield
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Bobby Jordan
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