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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1938
Page
8
John F. Web endorfer of Mount Vernon New York distributed 250000 of the 1000000 received from selling his machinery business among 115 employees. The distribution was based on each worker s years of service.
In a newsy flavor column, insiders discuss star pressures on Star Dust Glamorous and the rise of opera cycle pictures. Gary Cooper, Meliza Korjus, and Rudy Vallee are noted among others, with studio bets on Madame Pompadour and Walt Disney's Farmyard Symphony.
The article notes that Malay has spread as a simple commercial language across the East Indies, with about 40 nationalities using it to the exclusion of their native tongues. This widespread usage marks Malay as a dominant lingua franca in trade and daily communication.
Four year old English American sailor Frank E. Clark docks in Savannah after a three month solo voyage from England in a second hand 30 foot fishing boat. He faced a hurricane during the trip but completed the voyage.
A Saugus clock at the home of Mr and Mrs Joseph McDonald has reportedly never run down and has always kept good time since its installation. The couple note the clock’s fifty five year run without fail and its reliable performance over decades.
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