Hollywood notes on seals stars and radio talents
The column highlights Slicker the seal in Spawn of the North and the dog replacing Cary Grant in Topper Takes a Trip. Tyrone Power earns band leader buzz in Alexander s Ragtime Band while Paul Wing coaches radio actors and Elaine Carrington guides Pepper Young s Family. Marie Louise Quevli and Felix Young record Kern tunes as Sonja Henie s My Lucky Star draws crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barrymore
Lynne Overman
Slicker
H. W. Winston
Seals
Asta
The
Thin Man
Constance Bennett
Topper
Cary Grant
Grant
Miss Bennett
Elaine Carrington
Robert
Patricia
Marie- Louise Quevli
Felix Young
Jerome Kern
Sonja Henie
New York
Western Newspaper Union
Dust Bowl taps covered lakes
Guymon Oklahoma reports optimism after a year of research on underground water in the dust bowl. A large subsurface body deep below the Panhandle could sustain permanent irrigation across Oklahoma Texas Colorado Kansas and New Mexico with wells flowing up to 1000 gallons a minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arid Panhandle
Southwestern
Dust Bowl
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
Kansas
New Mexico
State Board of Agriculture
Panhandle A
United States Geological Survey
State Geological Survey
United States Department of the Interior
F. L. Vaughan
Oklahoma City
Water Resources Division
State Planning and Resources Board
Vaughan
Works Progress Administration
Fist
Texas Panhandle
Joe C. Scott
Scott
Rocky Mountain
Blind Tampa carpenter builds his own five room home
Melvin E. Jones, a totally blind carpenter in Tampa, is erecting a five room dwelling for himself and his wife. He outlines the plans in his mind and does all the work solo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
Melvin E. Jones
Jones
Solomons Reign Questioned As Overrated Dictator
In Montreal at McDonald college Prof H G May of Oberlin college challenged the wisdom tradition by labeling Solomon a wealthy but dictatorial ruler. He argued Solomon used forced labor to mine copper and iron south of the Dead Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Novak
Broadway
Benny Venuta
Harold Titus
Montreal
Solomon
H. G. May
Oberlin College
McDonald College
Professor May
Dead Sea
Alden Standish
Monrovia
Calif
Lassoing Woodchucks Becomes Patient Maine Sport
RANGELEY MAINE Richard Haley risks a long wait to rope woodchucks by lassoing their entrance holes then watching for the first peek. He says the sport is great fun but requires patience as he may wait up to 45 minutes for a sighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rangeley
Maine
Richard Haley
Haley
Chuck
Rug From Old Coat And Scraps Of Felt
Reader submits a rug made from heavy wool and felt scraps. Foundation uses the back width of a heavy old coat with hem for weight. Circles of felt from old hats and pennants sewn from center outward form a 34 by 23 inch rug with specified circle sizes. Books on sewing and embroidery offered. address for orders provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Wyeth
Teader
Spears
S. Desplaines St
Chicago
Early Gold Rush Methods with Sheep Skins
Describes ancient gold prospecting using sheep skins weighed with boulders to trap gold dust in streams. Notes 6 000 years of persistent effort and the boom in gold as a pursuit.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound For Nervous Women
A vintage notice extols Pinkham's Compound as a general tonic for nerves and female health. It claims over 60 years of use, wide testimonials, and more than a million women reporting benefits from the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Igdia Em
Pinkham
After Death That Man Scorches With His Brightness
A compact reflection notes a figure whose brilliance outshines rivals in life yet is remembered after death. The quotation frames reverence for enduring influence beyond mortal limits.
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Horace
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Seal
Tyrone Power
Infant Publishers
Virginia Vale
Alexander
Paul Wing
Mr. Wing
TYRONE_POWER
Women In International
Ragne de la Guardia de Boyd
United States
Panama
Panama Railroad Steamship Line
Canal Zone
Sirkka Salonen
Europe
Teachers’ Training College
Finland
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
No. 10
Downing Street
Miami
Hazel Drysdale
Altahama
Los Angeles County
Bill DeCorrevent
Northwestern University
Sigma Chi
White House
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Amalgamated Order of Steamshovel ‘Watchers
Des Moines
Bankers Site Company
Manhattan
Patchin Place
Greenwich Avenue
Allen Prescott
Eighth Avenue
Alice Frost
Hansel and Gretel
Buddy Clark
Bob Burns
Norfolk
Sixth Avenue
Twelfth
Thirteenth Streets
Kay Kyser
University of North Carolina
N. Y.A
Shep Fields
Edward
Japan
Ernie Holst
Central Park
Harlem
Les Traymane
Claud Stroud
Stroud Twins
East River
Lyn Murray
Fibber McGee
Milt Arons
Spencer Bentley
Annie Dear
Billy Burke
Ernest Truex
Oscar Bradley
Joan Blaine
Beer Bros
Watts
Times Square Auto Company
Times Square
Bowery
WNN
Guymon
Okla
L. L. Stevenson
Savant
Wwe
WNU
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