Lost Colony Clew Found On Rock In North Carolina
A stone slab found along the Chowan river bears Elizabethan inscriptions said to reveal the fate of Roanoke Island colonists and Virginia Dare. Dr. Haywood J. Pearce Jr of Emory University interprets lines crediting Eleanor White Dare and Ananias Dare as ancestors of Virginia Dare, born 1587.
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Virginia Dare
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Haywood J. Pearce, Jr
Emory University
Walter Raleigh
Ralph Lane
John White
Richard Grenville
Lane
Grenville
England
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Walter Raleigh
White
Eleanor White Dare
Ananias Dare
Virginia
Dr. Pearce
Ananias
E.W.D
Unpublished 1768 Washington Letter Found in Michigan
University of Michigan student John Alden discovered a May 17, 1768 letter from George Washington. Written to John Blair acting governor of Virginia, it urged a western boundary to keep present day southwestern Pennsylvania open to white settlement, for traders supplying Fort Pitt. The missive, in Gen. Thomas Gage papers at the William L. Clements Library, circulated among the Gage family for about 150 years.
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University of Michigan
George Washington
John Alden
Thomas Gage
William L. Clements
Americana
John Blair
Virginia
General Gage
America
Gage
Washington
Fort Pitt
Pennsylvania
Color Preference Indicates Children Temperament Says MU Expert
Mrs. Jean F. Johnson of the University of Missouri notes color choices reflect child disposition. Blue suggests cheerfulness, black signals moodiness, brown implies seriousness, green denotes quick intelligence.
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Columbia
Jean F. Johnson
University of Missouri
Johnson
Women Lead in Test for Jury Service in Erie County
Buffalo reports that women outpace men in passing oral exams for jury service in Erie County. Deputy county commissioner G Stuart Berrill says mothers help their children with school work, keeping abreast of affairs and boosting performance.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Erie County
G. Stuart Berrill
Two Broadway hopefuls rise from small towns to stage life
Des Moines and Independence bred Joy Hodges and Vivian Vance, two young women who rise through chorus gigs, auditions, and a Mary Dugan hit to join a Kaufman led project on Broadway. Hodges becomes Joy Hodges Jones in a show with George S. Kaufman while Vance, born Vivian Jones, later marries a Queens violinist.
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Des Moines
George M. Cohan
Vivian Vance
Wapakoneta
Ohio
Independence
Kan
New York
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N. M
Hodges
Frances Eloise
Joy
Chicago
Buffalo
Hollywood
Miss Hart
Hart
Miss Hodges
George S. Kaufman
Kaufman
Mary Dugan
Vivian Jones
Mary
Ethel Merman
Miss Vance
George Kook
Jackson Heights
Queens
Log Travels 1000 Miles Through Arctic Waters
A log drifted about 1000 miles from the Mackenzie River mouth near Aklavik to Bellot Strait on an Arctic cruise. Maj. D. L. McKeand found it last summer and brought it to Ottawa for study. Forestry labs confirmed the log as black spruce a species not found near Bellot Strait and estimated the log to be a century old.
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Mackenzie River
Aklavik
Bellot Strait
D. L. McKeand
Arctic
Forestry Laboratories
Department of Mines and Resources
Star Dust Star Dust NCLE SAM Is Producer Of The River
A roundup of Hollywood notes and film industry gossip including The River produced for the Farm Security Administration by Pare Lorentz. News covers Selznick and Paulette Goddard weakening rifts, Kate Smith and Hortense Odlum, Peter Lorre pranks, Norma Shearer nostalgia, and Olivia de Havilland plans.
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Ncle Sam
Thomas Chalmers
Mississippi
Kate Smith
Hortense Odlum
Kate
Mrs. Odlum
Old Fashioned Patchwork Stitches and Home Embroideries
Reader note on American handcrafts highlights antique patchwork embroidery, including double house and blanket stitches used in quilt edges. Describes luncheon set, napkins, and a leaflet with more stitches, plus Mrs Spears book Sewing offering 48 pages of directions, postpaid for 25 cents to Mrs. Spears Chicago.
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Mince
Bell Syndicate
WNU
All Gables
Tips to Gardeners Grow Better Flowers
Grow better flowers by matching soil type to plant needs. Rich soil suits zinnia petunia portulaca snapdragon stock heliotrope marigold salvia. poor soil favors nasturtium love lies bleeding Josephs coat celosia alyssum California poppy calendula love in a mist hollyhock. Heavy clay suits sweet peas pansies stocks carnations scabiosas snapdragons and many perennials. Light textured soil favors petunia portulaca celosia hollyhock love in a mist annual phlox calliopsis nicotiana and climbers. Partially shaded plots support calendula balsam mignonette pansy and vinca.
Favorite Recipe of the Week Soup Feature
A recipe for a red colored soup uses cream of celery or condensed celery soup with milk onion salt and paprika. Pimientoes are sieved and stirred in, then heated until hot. The dish serves six and suggests a red dessert option like raspberry gelatin. MARJORIE H. BLACK.
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Marjorie H. Black
Life Is Music Quote by John Ruskin
A fragment quoting John Ruskin on life as music and the idea of gentle, timely touch while warning that there must be no hurry.
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Dene
A. W
John Ruskin
Common Sense and Ironies in Daily Life
A collection of aphorisms on culture and society noting common sense as ideal, critiques of imitation, perseverance through hardship, and reflections on justice, tradition, and public taste in a brisk, period voice. It contrasts forefathers with modern habits and praises concise expression and honest dialogue.
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Charles Chaplin
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Peter Lorre
Mr. Moto
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Norma Shearer
Marientoinette
Ireland
Toby Doolan
Doolan
Warner Brothers
Olivia de Havilland
Anita Louise
RKO
Pick
Pat
Republic
Frank Black
Western Newspaper
Walon
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Pimiento Bisque
Swanee River
Todd
Smith Brothers
Smith Bros
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ED Durrell
Prince Albert
Copsright
J. Kaynoide
Eugenia
Mrs. Durrell
Prince Albert the National
Joy Smoke
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