Silent telephone alarm alerts police during burglaries
A posthumous patent to Ralph W. Carnahan of Shaker Heights Ohio describes a tele phone alarm that automatically dials police headquarters when a burglar approaches a safe or cash register. A metal heel plate and floor mat trigger circuits to either initiate a hold up message or inhibit it, while the tamper proof unit remains silent to the intruder.
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Washington
Ralph W. Carnahan
Shaker Heights
Ohio
Polie
Pointers and Moral Messages From Everyday Life
A collection of home hints and reflections on cinema shaping character. Advice on flowers and kitchen tasks sits beside quotes about movie influence on behavior, with references to Hawthorne and Napoleon as examples of virtue and courage. The piece blends domestic tips with commentary on media impact.
The Silver Screen Impact on Youth Education and Media
The essay notes that public schools claim about 20 hours weekly for a child, while movies exert about 2 hours weekly influence. It argues radio, newspapers, and films are the dominant forces shaping adult and youth attitudes, with cinema as the most popular.
Portrait of a gracious lady home with Regency influenced interiors
Betty Wells describes a pleasant small house blending eighteenth century English and colonial furniture with Chinese and nineteenth century accessories. The living areas emphasize tranquility and spaciousness with pale gray walls, misty green carpets, and canary draperies. Canopy and floral accents unite color, texture, and greenery around a white mantelscape and luminous sunlight.
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Bor
The Eye as Pulse of the Soul in a Glorious Moment
The piece speaks of a rare moment that grants purpose and destiny to one who discerns the good in all things. It extols the single eye as a steadfast ideal and the strong personality that sees, strives, and achieves. Western Newspaper Union.
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Western Newspaper Union
Gertrude Berg
George Reft
Paramount
John Barrymore
Bulldog Drummond
Broadway Plans for Deanna Durbin Face Care Hurdles
Industry insiders weigh a spring Broadway move for Deanna Durbin as her team and physician at Universal Studios discuss the impact on her welfare. Public appearances worry her managers, her mother, and her vocal teacher while crowds grow around her motion picture and radio work.
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Eanna Durbin
Universal Studios
Deanna
Radio
Home Heating Hints for Air Removing from Radiators
Home owners report steam and hot water radiators not staying fully hot due to trapped air in radiator coils. The fix is often automatic air valves, venting via the valve plugs, or kerosene soaking. If unresolved, consult an expert to service the valves. Hot water radiators may also need periodic air valve opening to release water.
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WNWU
You May Get Your Reward In Rugged Individualism
A compact, aphoristic piece contrasts public praise with private vanity. It defends suppressing vanity, mocks loud roosters at dawn, and extols true selfsufficiency. It notes a fool can serve as a cautionary example and hints that many Europeans gain celebrity only after visiting America.
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America
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Haven
Detroit
Chester Klukowski
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Fred Allen
Walter O’keefe
O'Keefe
Fred Alien
Loretta Young
Tyrone Power
Marjorie Weaver
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Fernand Gravet
George Brent
Errol Flynn
New York
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Aunt Jenny
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Miss Claire
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Russel Gleason
Twentieth Century-Fox
Leslie Howard
Bette Davis
Olivia de Havilland
Deanna Durbin
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R. W. Emerson
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