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Newspaper
Panama City Pilot
Location
Panama City, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1939
Page
1
An article urging retention of strong naval power to keep the United States out of war. It reviews history showing naval weakness drawing nations into conflict and argues that naval strength supports neutrality and safeguards essential interests amid global upheaval.
Rear Admiral John Towers outlines how naval aviation extends sea frontiers, arguing air and sea power must work together. He details selection, training paths for officers and enlisted, and notes Pensacola as the central flight training hub.
C V Thompson, author of I Lost My English Accent, hails American women as decisive, articulate, and directing family life. He also critiques American men as bores with limited conversation, joking that the ideal is American girls marrying Englishmen, prompting a playful reaction from the reader.
Excerpt from The Trampling Herd traces beef in America from Cortes era to frontier collapse. A Spanish ship bound for New Spain carries calves destined for the mainland, the first of their kind to begin the cattle era in the New World.
In Beaver, a prospective couple visited the courthouse to file a marriage license but the bride to be altered plans at the last moment. Clerk Hazel Kenney swore them in as witnesses before the couple bolted from the room into a crowd.
Last in a five part series on hearing urges thorough exam before advising on devices. It notes vanity keeps some from wearing aids, recalls ear trumpet origins, and defines modern devices as sound intensifiers. It cites Beethoven Reynolds Goldsmith Luther Meredith and Chesterfield as examples of successful the hard of hearing. Five practical rules encourage frankness, gratitude, medical consultation, avoiding quacks, and joining support groups.
In New York Albert Berryman a longtime headwaiter at the Paradise Restaurant reflects on his four decade journey from an assistant cashier at the Eastern Hotel to maître d hotel status. He recalls his Parody Club opening on the stock market crash night of October 29, 1929 and discusses his cosmopolitan background language mastery and staff loyalty. He notes tipping has declined since the days of special dinners at Reisenweber's where Earle Dodge and Vincent Bendix tipped generously.
Hollywood gossip notes on DeMille lunch breaks, Karl Marx Brothers tagging, David Niven war publicity, and upcoming life stories from Beethoven to Knute Rockne with action and comedy focus. It covers Eleanor Powell toe-dancing, Joan Bennett singing in House Across the Bay, Joan Crawford fashion spoof, Gable’s tougher role, Weissmuller wrestling bids, marquis gag, Marlene Dietrich Universal project, Greta Garbo disguises, and Deanna Durbin selling 100 Men and a Girl in Soviet Russia.
A complex historical puzzle listing numerous clues across horizontal and vertical sections. It mentions eminent educators, various words like freedom from war and doge's medal, and includes references to maritime, Islamic, and musical terms, with a note about an answer and a reviser of educational methods.
Hats and calffares are really married this season says one of Fifth Avenue s smartest mod ists The chic woman has her hair done immediately before buying a hat She knows a hat that flatters a smooth crown may look dull if ends are uncurled An upswept coiffure with hair brushed upward pairs with deep crowned dressy hats A cloche up front down back suits bonnet problems Long bobs pair with tiny hats but require simple upkeep Learn to comb after removing a hat to avoid an elab orate coiffure
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