Guatemalan Indians Learn of United States Study Finds
A Columbia University field report details the Santiago Chimaltenango community in Guatemala, home to about 1,000 Mayan Indians who learned of the United States during Charles Wagley’s five month study. The village clings to centuries old customs with corn as the staple, autonomous village life, and arranged marriages.
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New York
Santiago
Chimaltenango
United States
Department of Anthropology
Columbia University
Charles Wagley
Kansas City
Central America
Santiago Chimaltenango
Department
Huehuetenango
Guatemala
Cuchumatanes Mountains
Mr. Wagley
Wegley
Wagley
Yukon River in Alaska Navigable Stretch Details
The Yukon River in Alaska runs about 1765 miles with a navigable 1200 mile section. The river crosses multiple regions in Alaska, supporting transport and regional travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yukon River
Alaska
Peace Without Victory in Europe After Versailles
Leonard A. Barrett discusses Woodrow Wilsons phrase peace without victory and questions whether lasting peace arrived after Versailles. He argues Europe remains marked by hatred and mistrust, with war postponed but not eliminated.
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By Leonard A. Barrett
Woodrow Wilson
Europe
Peace Without Victory Says Scripturally Styled Column
The piece argues that true peace cannot come from force or victory alone. It contrasts neutral inaction with proactive responsibility and emphasizes understanding, shared burdens, and moral duty as paths to lasting peace rather than conquest. It cites the Versailles treaty and Hamilton to stress responsibility and forward progress.
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Alexander Hamilton
Western Newspaper Union
Smartly Small Rooms and the Allure of Closet Makeovers
A column celebrates compact home rooms with tranquil color schemes and scaled furniture. It highlights a fashionably large closet as a selling point, detailing wallpaper choices for each family member’s closet and the author’s pride in personalized storage.
Heaviest wood known weighs eighty one pounds per square foot
The article notes iron wood as the heaviest wood, weighing 81 pounds per square foot and sinking in water.
Stars and studios churn ideas for new film pairings
Hollywood notes reveal studios finding fresh pairings from outside their desks. Shirley Temple with Sonja Henie inch toward a skating picture. W. C. Fields and John Barrymore eyed for a Romeo and Juliet spoof at Paramount. Lanny Ross shifts to Columbia for leading singing roles as others sign elsewhere. Atlantic Flight stars Dick Merrill with stunt flying. Lane sisters join Warner Brothers. Norma Shearer supports Marie Antoinette projects. Henry Hull returns to film. Deanna Durbin to star in a younger Antoinette tale.
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20Th Century-Fox Studios
Shirley Temple
Sonja Henie
Miss Henie
Sonja
Paramount
W. C. Fields
John Barrymore
Romeo and Juliet
Dick Merrill
Henry Hull
M-G-M
Marie Antoinette
Norma Shearer
Deanna Durbin
Cuddle Toys from Odds and Ends Pattern 5932
Fun to sew and inexpensive gifts, this Odds and Ends item offers three cuddle toys with minimal trimming for ears mane and tails. Use scraps to create colorful toys children love. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle for pattern 5932 with name address and pattern number.
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Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept
Fourteenth St
New York
N. Y
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Carnera
Agricultural Hall
London
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Tousohold
Millie
WNU
Peary
Admiral Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Joseph P. Pollin
Cresson
Speedy Greyhounds
Epsom
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Australia
Virginia Wale
Victoria the Great
England
Anna Neagle
Lanny Ross
Nelson Eddy
Allan Jones
Lanny
Columbia Pictures’ Studios
Gabriel Heatter
People
Heatter
Lane
Warner Brothers
Priscilla
Rosemary
Waring
Dick Powell
Lola
Hollywood
Helen Menken
Warners
Clark Gable
Carole Lombard
Bob Hope
Do Mare
Union
William W. Keen
WIU
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