California Dominates National Radio Auditions Says Report
The four National Radio Auditions since 1927 crown California as the music center with seven of forty finalists from the state. Ohio and New Orleans also figure prominently among finalists, while the 1930 event highlights aftercare and continued study for winners and losers alike.
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Golden West
California
Golden State
Atwater Kent Foundation
Ohio
United States
Carol Deis
Dayton
Genevieve Irene Rowe
Wooster
New Orleans
Colorado
Texas
Denver
Agnes Davis
Illinois
Michigan
New York
Arkansas
Pennsylvania
Oregon
North Carolina
New Hampshire
Virginia
District of Columbia
Missouri
Georgia
Rhode Island
Maine
New Jersey
Mississippi
South Dakota
Deis
Raoul Nadeau
Nadeau
Donald Nevis
Pasadena
Arthur Hammerstein
Grand Opera
Yeatman Griffith
Rowe
Atwater Kent Hour
Philadelphia Grand Opera
Gianna Schicchi
Puccini
Fox Movietone
Pacific Coast
Marie Healy
Manchester
N. H
Miss Healy
New England
Mid-West
Detroit
Valentine
Silvio
Detroit Grand Opera Company
Engelman
Milan
Italy
Carpi
Carmen Rosell
New Orleans Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art
le Petit Opera Louisianais
Castoria Brings Comfort for Fretful Babies and Children
Castoria is advertised as a pure vegetable remedy for babies and children with fretful sleep issues from colic or constipation. It claims quick relief from pain and helps children sleep, with dosing for older kids through school years. The tagline emphasizes the product’s authenticity with Chas. H. Fletcher's signature.
Simple Stretching and Jogging Endorsed for Fitness
Charles W. Paddock cites Hearst's International Cosmopolitan advice praising daily stretching and dog trotting as the easiest fastest way to boost circulation. He notes that fifteen minutes of jogging twice a week surpasses daily golf for conditioning and stress relief.
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Charles W. Paddock
Hearst
International Cosmopolitan
East Indian Potentate Named Richest Man on Earth
A United Press survey ranks the Nizam of Hyderabad Usman Ali Khan Bahadur Fateh Jung as the world’s richest man with wealth in gold bricks and coins estimated at 1 billion dollars. Rockefeller Jr. follows in second place.
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United Press
Asaf Jah Muzaffar-ul-Mulk-Wal-Mamalik
Nizam-ul- Mulk
Nizam-ud-Daula
Mir Sir
Usman Ali Khan Bahadur Fateh Jung
Nizam of
Hyderabad
India
John Davison Rockefeller, Jr
Notable Industrial Leaders Named in Time Magazine List
Time Magazine names Henry and Edsel Ford followed by John Pierpont Morgan as prominent industrial figures. The piece mentions Sir Basil Zaharoff and Indian rulers Sir Sayajt Rao III maharaja gaekwar of Baroda in a broader ranking of powerful personalities.
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Henry
Edsel Ford
John Pierpont Morgan
Sir Basil Zaharoff
Hig Highness
Sir Sayajt Rao III
Maharaja Gaekwar of
Baroda
Time Magazine
Alkalize Your System to Combat Colds Health Advised
Doctors urge a new cold remedy involving Phillips Milk of Magnesia. Start at first signs of a cold with a tablespoonful taken morning noon and night the first day and second day then only at night. The treatment aims to restore alkalinity to ease aches fever and weakness. Available at all drugstores.
New Champions Rally Across Sports This Year
Collier's Weekly predicts new champions in at least half of major sports this year as crowns will crash across the landscape before 1931 ends.
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Collier’s Weekly
Capping Oil Wells to Stop Flow Without Damaging Capacity
The article notes that capping a well can halt oil flow for a period without injuring its future producing capability. It cites approximately 828,200 producing oil wells in the United States.
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United States
Faint Heart and Marry Gertrude Capper’s Weekly Tune
A witty Capper’s Weekly quip about hesitation in marriage and a saying on reputations. The remark plays on fear of proposing and the idea that a small breach of honor grows into a large hole.
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Gertrude
Pop
Bonds of Matrimony and Norse Explorer Honored
Dialogue jokes about marriage contrast with a quip on survival of the fittest. A note honors Vitus Jonassen Bering for Alaska discovery and naming the sea and strait. The piece ends with a remark on reputational spots appearing larger to others than to oneself.
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Alaska
Vitus Jonassen
Bering
Bering Sea
Bering Strait
Woman Loses Fat in Four Weeks After Kruschen Salts Ad
A 1020 letter from Mrs. Fred Barringer of Lewistown Montana extols Kruschen Salts for rapid weight loss. She claims 256 pounds to 289 pounds in four weeks with daily dose and diet tips, urging readers to try, noting price and money back guarantee.
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Fred Barringer
Lewistown
Montana
America
Kruse Chen
Ady
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George Beuchler
Columbia Broadcasting System
Young Beuchler
Washington, D. C
Hazel Arth
Washington
D. C
Beuchler
Arth
WRC
The
National Broadcasting Company
Elfiss Carol
Raoul E. Nadeau
New York City
Donald Novis
Jenon Pansadena
Cal
Castoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
Goodman
Weakley
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