Revolving Door Tests Gentlemen and Lovers in News Lore
E V Darling logs a Walter Winchell column noting a Philadelphia inventor of the revolving door as a character test. The piece weaves in celebrity mentions, theatre gossip, and brief notes on performers, marriages, and a district attorney probe into a nationwide vice syndicate.
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The
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Philadelphia
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Jean Martin
al Clit Abner’ Kapp
Dehk
George E. B. Manning Jr
District Attorney’s Office
Vice
Sinking Hose Bedevils Downey Family in Odd Mystery
In Downey California George Di Peso burying a 50 foot green hose in his yard after it repeatedly sank into the ground at a rate of several inches per hour. Crowds gathered as the hose vanished. He received advice from distant callers and finally told the hose to settle or he would bury it himself.
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New York
Tokyo
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Gator Bites Keeper at Brackenridge Park Farm
Bill Kimbrell of 235 Pershing was treated at Baptist Memorial hospital for alligator bites on both hands after he threw water at an alligator to trigger a gulping snap for onlookers. The 6 p.m. Monday incident left him with twenty stitches.
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Bill Kimbrell
Pershing
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Kimbrell
Brackenridge Park
Crash Fatal Near Schulenburg
Schulenburg reports a fatal car crash west of town injuring 15 year old Philip Patterson. Clinton Elgin Winn 36 from Fort Neches was killed when his vehicle left the road and plunged into a ravine yesterday.
Girl Found Safe After Grizzly Bear Ordeal Near Libby
Ida May Curtis, 2, missing since a picnic near Libby Montana, survived a 21 hour ordeal after being carried away by a grizzly bear. She was found unharmed about 400 yards from the logging camp soaked from heavy overnight rain, with her parents Mr and Mrs Mortimer E Curtis and three other children nearby.
Daniel Cites Nation's Needs at Independence Day Talk
Belton Texas July audience hears Governor Price Daniel call for a balanced budget and decentralized government. He urges local level power and prays for the recovery of Senator Lyndon Johnson after his heart attack and hospitalization.
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Belton
Price Daniel
Texas
Sen
Lyndon Johnson
Dope Ring in Formosa Faces Death Penalty Warnings
Taipei Formosa July 5 The destruction of an international narcotics ring led Formosa Governor T K Yen to warn traffickers they face the death penalty.
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Taipei
Formosa
T. K. Yen
Friends Didn't Know Him Ernest Blackwell Admits Big 13 Change
Ernest Blackwell describes years of indigestion and illness before trying BIG 13 tonic on relatives' advice. He says after three bottles his health improved noticeably and friends hardly recognized him. Only at the local drug store, bottles priced $1.29 and $2.00.
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Fnally
Thad
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