Try These On for Size The Biggest and Smallest in History
Editor notes Jack Lait hosts as Winchell rests. A catalog of superlatives lists figures from Hollywood stars to world records: from Milton Berle’s quirks to Jean Muir’s feet, Bette Davis’s eyes, Primo Carnera’s size, and the Louis Schmeling fight network hookup. It also cites the 1905 Cullinan diamond, King Ranch acreage, and a 1927 California prune pie record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward G. Robinson
Hollywood
Olivia de Havilland
Jean Muir
Victor McLaglen
Bette Davis
Tommy Burns
Primo Carnera
Louis Schmeling
Stevens
Chicago
Bosnia
Deutsche Reichsbahn Gesselschaft
Germany
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Baltimore
Mr. I
Zanzibar
Great Britain
South Africa
Transvaal
Edward
Tower of London
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
King Ranch
Kingsville
Tex
California State Society
Harvard Dental School Museum
Covington
Chicago Historical Society
Leningrad
France
Palais de l’Industries
Paris
Taft warned against relying on a brief moderate recession
Dr. John Clark told Senator Taft that if a recession comes it will likely be more severe than a brief downturn. Clark cited 1920 22 lessons, noting rigid wages, strong organized labor, and farmer interests, urging careful public policy to avoid prosperity threats. He warned complacency could worsen the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
John Clark
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Clark
Joint Economic Committee
Congress
Russia
Europe
Kremlin
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Moscow
Marshall
UNO
General Assembly
London
Molotov
New York
Truman
Paris
Begin Money Making Plans for Your Club Early in the Season
Clubs are urged to plan fundraising drives including bake sales with profits going to worthy causes. Readied recipes for Prune Spice Cake and Graham Cracker Torte offer ready built sale items. Also included are kitchen tips like potato whiteing and coffee pot cleaning to aid home cooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Lynn Chambers Menu Highlights Dinner Recipe
Veal roast with sour cream gravy served with buttered noodles fried tomatoes and green beans with mushrooms followed by cinnamon rolls and a graham cracker torte with a beverage. The recipe is provided.
Practical kitchen notes and a look at postwar policy
A digest of food recipes for orange icing peanut butter cookies and prune pumpkin pudding pie. The article also reports Western Newspaper Union releases on U S foreign policy.
Why Lewis Won Easily at the Coal Mine Settlement
The coal wage dispute ends with Lewis securing major concessions. Benjamin Fairless, head of U S Steel, negotiates a wage increase of 45 cents an hour and a new 10 cent per ton tax. The agreement trims the workday to six hours and raises weekly average pay to 65 25, nearly five times the 1933 level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Benjamin Fairless
U.S. Steel
Legacy For Lucy Legacy For Lucy HEN
A narrator recalls John Grahame bringing a wife from England to Glencove and Lucy Grahame receiving a monthly inheritance from Mrs. Arnold. The judge confirms Lucy’s fee of one hundred dollars monthly for life, prompting John’s mixed emotions and a shift to caretaking. Lucy grows frail with flu while John’s attentions increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Grahame
England
Glencove
John
Lucy
Judge Arnold
Mrs. Arnold
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jack Lait
Winchell
Milton Berle
Seymour Sussman
Demon
J. Martin
Walthamstow
J. L. Hudson Company
Detroit
Fairmount Park
Philadelphia
Garmont Palace
U.S. Department of Commerce
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Dillon, Reed & Co
Dodge Brothers
Dodge Bonds
House Public Lands Committee
Lawton
Okla
Lee Motah
Albert Attockine
CIO
AFL
Harold Knutson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Knutsen
Knutson
John W. Hanes
J. Cheever Cowdin
John F. Connelly
E. H. Lane
Roswell Magill
Minnesota
BOP LM
Graham
Lynn Chambers
Western Newspaper Union
Maude Norman
Colorado Auto Parts Co
Denver
Colo
Larimer
Boston Terrier
Champion Blood Lines
Peter Dittert
Rt. J. Jefferson
Farm Machinery & Equip
J. HW. Nicholson Supply CO
Harney
Omaha
Nebr
Fairbanks
Wilber Rice
Route
Lincoln
M. Capriola CO
Elke
Nevada
Sears New Styles
Leonard Fitch O
K. E. Lookabaugh
Bears Roebuck & Co
Nebraska
Midwest
West CO - Lincoln
Real Estate
MISC
Martin Ciboske
Nerton, Kans
U. S
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkwam
Nef
Deen
Pitle
Dean
Pele
Securtry
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