Dangerous River Road Night Crash Reveals Smuggling Peril
Jim McDermott of New York City recounts a 1926 patrol on the Tonawanda to Niagara Falls road where a speeding car struck his unit, flipping their roadster and nearly killing them. A Army officer group helped lift the wreck, saving both men as a second car barely escaped, highlighting smuggling and danger on the river road.
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ELSO
Niagara Falls
Jim McDermott
New York City
Jim
Immigration Border Patrol
Tonawanda
N. Y
Pulse
River Road
Roscoe Doane
Gary
Alma
Roscoe
Toscoe
Fix
Erie Canal
Itoscoe
Nascar
Tim
Ietrator
Nila
Fort Niagara
Wong Tat Road
Bhut Roscoe
Ot OA
Westars
Walon
New Refrigeration System byjets in Byets em
A new refrigeration concept uses hydrocarbon propane as refrigerant in a two cycle system. Propane is drawn from a drain, compressed, liquefied, and evaporated to cold, then fed into a small gas motor unit that powers a two cycle ice maker producing one ton of ice per hour at about five cents an hour.
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Byetsem
Peter Se
Serank
American Society
Igerating Engineers
Me ‘Gall
Ted
Wilette Pecktom
Supplyine Auton
New York
Luminary Eyes Quiz: Six Famous Pairs Revealed
A playful column tests readers memory by pairing famous figures with distinctive eyes. The six entries include Eddie Center, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph P. Kennedy, Shirley Temple, Mickey Rooney, and Greta Garbo, with the correct pairs noted at the bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Center
Joseph P. Kennedy
President Roosevelt
Shirley Temple
Mickey Rooney
Grete Garbo
Star Dust Winner and Star Names in Talent Quest
Virginia Vale selects a winner for the national talent contest with the girl to be named Virginia Vale and the boy to be Robert Stanton. Jesse Lasky hunts new faces as studios seek fresh screen talent and even high school graduates audition for screen tests amid shifting star ranks. Wesley Barry signs for Stunt Pilot while George Hicks, NBC announcer, anticipates royal coverage and fan letters seeking autographs from the king and queen visit.
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Jesse Lasky
Virginia Vale
Robert Stanton
Elris
M's
Hollywood
George Hicks
NBC
England
Hicks
Radio Theatre Tales and Banned Songs Revealed
The note lists stage quirks and microphone habits of Cecil B Deatile and Cary Grant on a radio theater program. It details the Three Marshalls Peggy Jack and Kay facing repeated song bans over two months, including Hallelujah Um a Hum and My Heart Belongs to Daddy. It notes network rulings blocking male singing, substitutions for alcohol imagery, and upcoming film titles including Captain Fury and Angels With Dirty Faces.
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Cecil B. Deatile
Cary Grant
Grant
Marshalls
Peggy
Jack
Kay
Daddy
Pegey
Preacher
Begz
Decorative Angels for Sheets and Pillow Cases Pattern 6348
Decorative angels in simple stitchery for guest linens with options like Good Morning and Good Evening. Includes filet crochet edging, transfer patterns of seven motifs sized from 4 by 16 inches to 3 by 9 inches, crochet directions, materials, and stitch illustrations. Send 1 cent coins to The Sewing Circle Arts Dept. 229 Wirth St New York NY with name, address, and pattern number.
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Patttern
Housetold Arts Dept
W. Mth St
New York
N.Y
All Around Man Was Worth the Money in Three Trades
A visitor in a country town is shaved by a barber who also works as a butcher and a paper hanger. The barber apologizes after cutting him, placing tissue over the gash. The customer surprises with a substantial tip, praising the barber who “deals in three trades.”
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Jim
Narrow Sculed Stig and the Harrow Necked Bottles
Fragmentary quotation presents obscure imagery about narrow scaled figures and bottlenecks. It hints at restraint and volume, with a murky reference to a page and a belligerent pour. The text is too fragmentary to determine a clear event, person, or place.
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Stig
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Lloyd Gibbons’ Adventurers’ Club
President Cardenas
Mexico
Spain
Francisco Franco
Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
Freddy [Martholometo
Jackie Cooper
Uncle Sem
Dionne
Hawaii
California
Star Dust
Virginia Vale Scouts Eye Graduates
Elbow Room
Freddie Bartholomew
Metro
James Stewart
Wesley Barry
Monogram Pictures
Tommy
Captain Fury
Mickey Roaney
Jock Benny
Garcia Bacatas
Aristippus
Rae
Shorkr
Todes
Berl Sats
Baberstore
JF Mora
Dleivrbad
Dean
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