Commencement nears in three college friends tale
Paula Jeffers, Chris Wentrich and Tony Dente, four-year pals, face love and risk as Paula confronts Chris about his recent kiss and possible trouble with Kilo Sherwood leading the Campus Anti Fraternity League. Drama builds around Dr Lud and looming commencement.
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Paula Jeffers
Chris Wentrich
Tony Dente
Neura
Paula
Tony
Chris
Cordman
Martin Lud
Luci
Dr. Lud
Methlike
Cardman Arch
Kilo Sherwood
Kilo
Gamma Tau
Tony Beale
Kile
Wentrich
Lud
Lck
Cardman
Dean
Dean Larson
Paulie
van Horn
Paulo
Bill Jenks
City
Sweetland
League
Unemployment Trend Amid War Defense Effort
The article argues unemployment is melting away as defense spending boosts industry. It cites 6,142,000 unemployed now, down from 8,500,000 last year, with a forecast that 3,000,000 more may find work by spring. It warns the shift may be temporary and compares future eras of employment to 1929, noting potential permanent changes depending on war outcomes. America’s mindset is to believe it can and will rebuild a larger economy.
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National Industrial Conference Board
Britain
United States
America
Record Run: Iron Ore Shipments Break April Volume
Industrial America aims to break records this summer as iron ore shipments from Lake Superior to the lower lakes set a new April high of 6,954,793 gross tons in 26 days, nearly doubling any prior April. General freight through the Sault Ste. Marie locks also shattered weekly records. The ore will become steel by midsummer or fall, strengthening the United States and its aid objectives.
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America
Lake ‘Superior
Sault Ste. Marie Jacks
Cracked Mirrors and American Press Abroad
A derisive critique of how American writings, including William Dudley Pelley’s book, are republished by Axis-leaning countries to misrepresent U.S. thought. The author argues Pelleys lack of U.S. standing and urges caution against foreign acceptance of such biased translations as indicative of American views.
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Axis
United States
William Dudley Pelley
Fuehrer
Pelley
Amarica
Man About Manhattan by George Tucker
New York notes recount a theater crowd meeting a stranger who hammed a handshake with a dramatic playwright at Sardi's. Katharine Cornell is celebrated by the Lotus Club as the fifth woman honored. Monty Proser plans a $100,000 Mardi Gras venture at Madison Square Garden. Chaplin attends a Polo Grounds game as a baseball fan. A play titled Not In Our Stars explores Irish American police hopefuls, riffing on Shakespeare’s line about stars and fate.
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New York
Lotus Club
Katharine Cornell
Mary Garden
Laurette Taylor
Amelia Earhart
Dorothy Thompson
Mark Twain
The
Lotus
General Grant
Admiral Peary
Paderewski
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Woodrow Wilson
Elihu Root
al Smith
Madison Square Garden
Monty Proser
Charles Chaplin
Giants
Polo Grounds
Harry
Horse Danning
Mel Ott
Shakespeare
Brutus
Words of the Wise and their sharp lines
A collection of wartime and political quips from notable figures including Thomas E. Dewey Secretary Hull Dr Chaim Weizmann and Edward Lebzestein. The remarks touch on criminal justice stability in the Western Hemisphere and the moral divide between the Bible and Mein Kampf.
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Hull
Chaim Weizmann
Barbs Science unveils drink promising full meal nutrients
A brand touts a single glassful providing steak, bread, and egg proteins. The piece quips about crepes suzette, warns readers to watch watches aging, jokes about spring germs and urban mischief, notes a Texas mechanic’s claim of stealing a plane for fun, and stresses knowing a reliable mechanic’s phone number for a vid auto.
International airline war looms after war ends in Portugal
Three allegedly Portuguese carriers Iberia Aero Portuguesa and Servicios Aereos Portuguesas face foreign ownership ties German Italian and French backing while Pan American Airways holds exclusive rights to Lisbon. Senate subsidy debates loom over American Export Airlines flights vs Pan American sole backing and reciprocal rights with neutral Portugal amid war tensions.
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Aero Portuguesa
Lisbon
Tangiers
Servicios Aereos Portuguesas
Spain
Pan American Airways
Portugal
United States
Congress
Post Office
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
New American Export Airlines
New York
Pan American
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Europe
Africa
Asia
New Zealand
Central
South America
U. S. Department of State
U. S. Civil Aeronautics Board
American Export Airlines
Department of State
Iberia
Atlantic
Britain
U. S
England
Hollywood Notes on comebacks and dreams in film world
Lucie Neville reports Hollywood chatter on Gloria Swanson’s return to film with Father Takes a Wife and a queenly ovation at Paramount. Speculation adds Mary Pickford may producer with Shirley Temple as protege and Edward Small signing Temple for classic Pickford vehicles. Expeditionary junkets for stars may head to Rio aboard military transports. Paramount plans a World Premiere junket on a rail gimmick, while studios eye England defense despite Atlantic film losses. Greenland distance noted.
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Hollywood
Gloria Swanson
Miss Swanson
Paramount
James Henri la Baily de la Falaise
Marquis de la Coudraye
Adolph
Mary Pickford
United Artists
Shirley Temple
Edward Small
Miss Temple
South America
Producers Association
Jock Whitney
Rio
Brazil
John Barrymore
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Wilbur
W. H. Pears
Carol Johnson
Panama City
Lynn Haven
Tont Veverka
Apch
Manhattan
George Tucker
Words OF
Thomas E. Dewey
N. Y
Edward Lebzestein
France
Texas
Skylark
Washington
Peter Edson
NER Service
Edson
Paul Harrison
NEA
Lucie Neville
Army Defense Industries
20Th Fox
Greenland
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