New York Portraits of Artists in Chinatown and Beyond
A wandering feature profiles Ewing Galloway, a veteran photographer famed for backwoods roles and globe-spanning work, and sketches Chinatown guide Chuck Conners. It also notes Amelia Harhart, Cornelius Vanderbilter, William Fahnstock, and P. G. Wodehouse, highlighting their careers, temperaments, and habits in a lively New York, 1933-era context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
Ewing Galloway
Daniel Boone Coonskin
Hendeywon
Collier
Tory Hall
Buy in September Drive Aims to Save Jobs and Economy
Consumers and industry align under the NRA banner as President Roosevelt leads a drive to raise wages and shorten workdays, expanding purchasing power. The second phase hinges on consumer spending to sustain employment and avoid economic collapse, with “Buy in September” urging timely action to fuel recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Eagle
NRA
Roosevelt
San Antonio
Amer
Oysters Offer Riches Beyond Farmland and Mines
Interesting feature explores the oyster as a vast resource with per acre value surpassing land crops and gold, noting a $20,000,000 annual crop value, 40,000 workers in 19 states, and 74,000 more expected. It covers oyster biology, history, and global variety, including gender changes in American and European types and nutrient richness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golrondas
Connectinal
Listen World We Must Go Back To Simpler Times
Elsie Robinson laments modern comforts eroding courage and independence. She urges Americans to relearn self reliance, endure hardship, and think for themselves rather than rely on others for thinking and making. A call to revive pioneer spirit without regressing to past dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Itl
Amerina
Tab
Nardy
Esau
Pioneer Xparit
Asa
Fea
Ine
Teachers to Enforce School Compulsory Ed Rules
Ten- and twenty-years-ago notes show attendance officers to supervise compulsory education in San Antonio for the new school year. Mrs Hugman Miss Musabrook Ray Barneburg and Joe Duvarri elected for nine months at 150 monthly salary. Officers to provide and maintain almanac and bulletin, per board approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Mra. R. C Hugman
Misa Eva Musabrook
Ray Barneburg
Joe Duvarri
Antarctic Adventurers and a Fatal Polar Quest
Edwin C. Hili reflects on Antarctic exploration and the 1912 Scott expedition tragedy. He chronicles Ellsworth and Balchen’s ties to Byrd and Amundsen, contrasts Arctic and Antarctic harshness, and recalls Captain Scott’s doomed march where Oates walked into a blizzard to save others, sacrificing himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antarctic
Lincoln Ellsworth
Chicago
Filsworth
Northwest
South America
North Pole
Amundsen
Ellsworth
Bernt Brichen
Eric the Red
Norway
Iives
Brooklyn
Byrd
France
Tag
Bourges
Balchen
South Pole
Arctic
Sera
Newfoundland
Robert
Evans
Oates
Gregoons
Bsenl
Sleen
Tnnt
Marry Go Round by Helen Rowland examined in style
A column by Helen Rowland discusses why women pursue beauty and fashion, arguing it stems from self esteem and societal pressures rather than vanity. It surveys perceptions of dress, nose work, and the impact on women’s confidence and social status, with literary asides and historical notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Rowland
Gilett Burgess
Ito
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chinatown
Fu Manchu
Chick” Conners
Chuck
Arryone
Amelia ‘Harhart
Rolf
Atlantis City
Cornelius Vanderbilter
Millial
California
Newport
UN Aid
William Fahnstock
Ate
Rockefeller
P. G. Wodehouse
Ciro’s
Frei
Rue Danon
Ica
Elsie Robinson
The
B. Pawkett
Bran Antonin Chamber of
Rene Nm
Mia
Allen
McLean
Eagle Pass
Bouldern Department
Edwin C. Hili
Amiraele
Timworth
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Mountaino Astee
Wendelsea
Polar
Aonty
Reston
Ellen
Terry
Bernhardt
Togo le
Ake
Seall
Nis
Sidan
Dently
King Fea
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