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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1939
Page
3
The piece notes the striking likeness between Breton and Cornwall coasts, highlighting gray rocks and indented coastlines. It suggests St Malo as an excellent base for exploring the area and its coastal features.
A quirky guide notes that sport enthusiasts, per the American Wildlife Institute, use quirky collective nouns for birds and animals. It lists terms such as a gag of partridge, a wisp of snipe, a muster of grouse, a brood of quail, and a sleuth of bears.
Fragmented OCR text lists hotels and names with stray terms and figures. It mentions locations and prices in a garbled fashion, including references to Venetian blinds and fixtures. The readable items are hotel related but specifics are unclear.
In New York a profile of Sherman Fairchild traces his inheritance turning into aviation profits. The Civil Aeronautics Authority certifies his new 500 horsepower inline engine, praised for weight and power. The piece highlights his father George W. Fairchild and the family’s impact on aviation research and camera innovations. It then shifts to commentary on moving pictures trends and John Ford, noting stagecoach acclaim, Ford’s directing style, and his frugal habits as a Hollywood figure.
Man O War the famous racehorse born 22 years ago in Kentucky near Lexington, retired at Faraway Farms owned by Samuel D. Riddle. He earned over 1,000,000 in prize money, stud fees, and sale of foals, cost only 85,600 in 1918, and his offspring have won more than 2,500,000. Often called Big Red, he attracts thousands of visitors daily, with touring hours from 7:30 to 6 p.m.
A column by Virginia Yate discusses star lookalikes and evolving trends in films. It mentions Hedy Lamarr, Mia Markey, Joan Henmeit, and Barbara LaMarr, notes on Rex marketing of westerns, and the parlor of actors resembling past glamour figures. It also covers wind record experiments by Charlie Forsyth and DeMille radio plans with a stormy backdrop.
Lanny Moss celebrated a decade on air with a luncheon proposing a CB group of longtime hosts.Women nationwide protested, prompting an auxiliary group to be formed. Five years earlier Shirley Rost debuted onscreen and later joined a Silver Thesten broadcast as leading lady.
A compact quiz prompt with questions about Senara's Folly the Pacific in the Americas the first U S government department the youngest current congress member U S national income and related topics. It asks about wartime peace timing and national debt links and includes garbled phrasing and typos.
A jumbled OCR style item lists diverse facts including Alaska purchase, Panama canal geography, Latin lucre, a July 27 note from the State Department, a generational time concept, a 25 year old Lindley Beckworth, a 1933 commerce income figure, pearl oyster mention, Brest and Lwow, and a national debt cap.
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