New York Buzz on Ruth and Broadway Passages of Fame
The column broadsides Ruth's $25 000 price in Gehrig film with MGM plans and notes on Jimmy Walker and French refugee fortunes. It tags Life editor travels with Ginger Rogers, ex wardens gains, and Britain's broadcasts to Italy, while lampooning Broadway glamour and the Bowery’s hunger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babe Ruth
Goldwyn
Ruth
Gehrig
Jimmy Walker
MGM
Mickey and
Judy
Life
Ginger Rogers
Lawes
Sing Sing
Italy
Berlin
Rome
California
Simng
Cal
England
Broadway
New York
Bowery
Air Corps Tests New Food Ration On Desert Hike
A 100 mile desert hike by 14 air corps volunteers from Dayton tested a new emergency ration from the Chicago Quartermaster lab. The diet centers on a pemmican biscuit plus crackers and candy, aiming for 3500 calories daily in three packages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Corps
Fon
Ghio
New
Mexicaq
Ght
Panama
Alaska
Maj
D. B. Dili
Dill
U. S. Army Air Corps
LandUs Studies Propose Unified Farm Defense Plan
Washington report summarizes state land use committees recommendations to integrate agriculture with defense. Emphasis on decentralizing defense industries, price supports, rural health, nutrition, and expanded training for rural youth. Post war aims include rural works program and preventing land speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Ning —Commi
Claude R. Wickard
Western Hemisphere
Defense workers avoid flashy clothes in Chicago firms
In Chicago, defense industry workers show restraint in dress for work and casual wear, unlike World War I era styles. A Merchandise Mart check of firms selling men’s furnishings found workers favor modest attire and practical uniforms amid large defense spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
IIL
Uncle Sam
Merchandise Mart
Woman's Place In a Democracy Forum Opens at Stephens
Columbia Missouri November 6 marks a three day forum on the American woman and her responsibilities as a citizen in a democracy. James Madison Wood president of Stephens College frames three key life factors finances health and character as essential to practical female education and home life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Stephens College
James Madison Wood
Mr. Wood
America
Price control debate yields limited concession from Roosevelt
Washington reports Roosevelt backs a parity averages formula to curb dumping of government wheat and cotton, signaling restraint on wage inclusion in the price control bill. Farm leaders press for parity safeguards while labor dislocations threaten defense production across industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
Leon Henderson
Roosevelt
Henderson
Department of Agriculture
Taber
Defense Chiefs
Corplex
OPM
Tabor
Floyd Odlum
Odlum
Peace, markets and the farmer price problem in America
A writer recalls English journalists visiting in World War I era and discusses the peace prospects, League of Nations, and political speeches. He argues American farmers bear the cost of rising transportation and freight, noting railroad wage hikes would raise prices for farm goods and increase burdens on six million farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Arthur Balfour
Lord Northcliffe
London Times
League of Nations
America
Admiral Sims
Europe
Roosevelt-Churchill
Nature
Chicago
Tidewater
Liverpool
Surplus Food and Rising Prices Against Inflation
The passage questions inflation by asking where price ceilings exist and who shares price gains. It notes state per capita tax collections rising from 1930 to 1940, with Missouri and Alabama showing sharp increases and wide 1940 tax ranges across states, suggesting broader fiscal pressures beyond federal taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Tax Foundation
Alabama
Nevada
South Carolina
Nebraska
Uncle Sam
Cleaning tips for stains and bricks and linens
Scouring powder can remove stains from old dishes including tea and coffee cups. Glycerin lifts tea and coffee stains from table linen by applying and rinsing. Rub spots with glycerin and let stand, then wash as usual. To clean bricks mix powdered pumice with household ammonia into a paste, dry, then scrub with warm soapy water.
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Hitler
Fritz Thyssen
Germany
Jimmy Wong Howe
Edgar Magnin
Hendrik Willem van Loon
Jardine
Willy
Duke
Jimmy Dorsey
Decca
Clifton Fadiman
Harper's
Charles Poore
Times Mag
Herald Tribune
Daily
Willkie
Farmer
LandUs
India
China
Iran
Persia
Iraq
Russian Caucases
Japan
Indo-China
Thailand
Burma
Great Britain
Washington, D. C
Farmer Price Victory
Merry
American Association For Economic Freedom
Robert N. Wilkin
Cleveland
Joe Louis
Congress
North
South Atlantic
U.S.A
Louisiana
Denton Crow
Maritime Commission
T Wright A. Patterson
Western Newspaper Union
Barthelemy Thimonier
Sir Rabindrinath Tagore
Weeny
Drummond
Doan
WNU
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