Rhodes turns to gambling resort under Italian rule
On Rhodes, a Mediterranean island with ancient ties to Caesar and Homer, grand casinos rise on sea front promenades by Mussolini's order. The once ancient Greek city now hosts gleaming gaming halls while historic ruins and the Knights of Jerusalem palace linger, drawing international gamblers to a modern, modernized paradise.
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Paris
Caesar
Cicero
Signor Mussolini
Italy
French Riviera
Rhodes
Asia Minor
Egypt
Far East
India
Homer
Mohammed II
the Knights of Jerusalem
Helios
Talking to Yourself at Twenty
A reflective piece pondering what advice one would give a younger self. The narrator muses on talking to a self at age twenty or fifteen, stressing care for teeth and hair, balanced pleasures, and using leisure wisely to gain beauty, health, and knowledge. Written in a mid-century reflective tone.
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Western Newspaper Union
Demure Portrait of Roberta Gale in Silk Crepe Gown
Roberta Gale, a young Radio Pictures featured player, appears demure in a silk crepe gown with lace cap sleeves and an inset at the neck. The attire emphasizes modest elegance suitable for a studio publicity still.
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Roberta Gale
Young Radio Pictures
Player
Light Topics From New York Follies and Fables
A light column with anecdotes from New York life. A manicurist withstands a pushy customer as a would be diplomat jokes about role and age. A publicity shy couple’s attempt to marry quietly ends up front page news. A lawyer’s clandestine plan to hide a marriage backfires hilariously. A child questions if a father would remarry after death. An astrologer notes Jupiter and Saturn while a druggist’s horoscope misreads the stars.
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New York
Scientists to Study Dinosaur Eggs in Red Lodge
A summer 1932 gathering of leading scientists will inspect the site in Red Lodge Montana where dinosaur eggs were found. The congress aims to examine the discovery and surrounding geological context with on site field work and exhibits planned for attendees.
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Red Lodge, Mont
Congress of Savants
Egg Mayor Ousted and Fossil Find Stir Wyoming News
Mat Wagner, recently elected mayor of Winona Minnesota, had an election annulled after a corruption conviction tied to a one cent per dozen egg sale above 18 cents. In related notes, Princeton University paleontologists report discovery of dinosaur eggs in the Beartooth region, with Dr Frances A Thomson and Dr W T Thom coordinating a regional guide project and studies on prehistoric life and fossils attracting world scientists to an international congress.
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Mat Wagner
Winona, Minn
Princeton University
North American
Roy Chapman Andrews
Gobi Desert
China
International Congress of Geologists
Beartooth
Here
Frances A. Thomson
Montana School of Mines
W. T. Thom
J. C. G. Siegfriedt
Doctor Siegfriedt
Oakland woman seeks Wimbledon honors in England
Mrs. Lawrence A. Harper of Oakland California, runner up to Miss Betty Nuthall of England in the national championship last August and the top ranking American woman, has sailed for England to compete at Wimbledon. She is accompanied by her husband.
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Lawrence A. Harper
Oakland
Calif
Betty Nuthall
England
Harper
Languages of the World and their Varieties
A 1921 Western Newspaper Union note estimates over 5000 languages and dialects exist, with more than 300 distinct vocal articulations. It ranks Chinese as the most spoken language, followed by English Hindustani Russian and German.
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Union
Fountain Oil Well Strikes First Flow in 1861
The Fountain, the world’s first flowing oil well, was struck in Pennsylvania’s oil region in June 1861 and produced about U00 barrels daily.
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Fioneer
Pennsylvania
Saw-Toothed Grasses Kill Western Wildlife
The Department of Agriculture’s Biological Survey warns that saw-toothed seed parts of squirreltail and similar grasses on western ranges pierce mouths of elk deer and moose. Jagged seeds embed in tissues causing infections abscesses and death. Efforts aim to eradicate these grasses from the Wyoming elk refuge and Sullys Hill game preserve North Dakota where problems persist.
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Department of Agriculture
Elk Refuge
Wyoming
Sullys Hill
North Dakota
World’s zipper inventor Sundback gains lasting fame
Gideon Sundback, a Swedish engineer in the United States, perfected the interlocking zipper first suggested as a safety device for pockets in 1914. The fastener, now manufactured worldwide and used on tobacco pouches clothing and many items, surpassed earlier failed attempts and has brought Sundback wealth and lasting recognition.
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Gideon Sundback
United States
Canada
Austria
France
Germany
Sundback
Jazz in Japan and the fading of war songs
The piece notes Japan’s rising jazz scene and a decline in demand for gunka and Shoka. It observes students forming bands in schools, widespread humming of tunes, and comments on social habits and a rapid car with a 200 mile per hour claim.
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Japan
Islands
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San Fernando Valley
Los Angeles
A. F. Mercer
Thomas Arkle Clark
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