Venetian Gondoliers Face Keen Competition in Venice
Washington reports rising competition among Venice gondoliers this spring as retired gondolas were refurbished and put back into service. The Italo Ethiopian war influenced the return of old craft, with motor launches banned and tours shifting to the traditional boats. National Geographic notes tourists stay with gondolas after dark, gliding past bridges and doorways to imagined scenes and cemeteries.
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Washington
Venice
National Geographic Society
Gondola Journeys through Venice Lure American Tourists
Venetian businessmen favor motor launches and river steamers along the Grand Canal for speed and cost. American tourists often find Venice's gondolas somber yet charming as they glide past palaces, with gondoliers steering through byways and ringing church bells.
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Grand Canal
Florida
Venice
Welsh Society of Philadelphia Outlasting the Republic
The Welsh Society of Philadelphia is older than the United States, tracing back to colonial days when it was known as The Society of Sons of Ancient Bretons. It was aimed at aiding immigrants at the Port of Philadelphia and first appeared in the Pennsylvania Gazette with plans to meet annually on St. David's Day. Notable members listed include Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Charles Evans Hughes.
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Welsh Society
Republic Philadelphia
Welsh Society of
Philadelphia
United States
Society of Sons of Ancient Bretons
Pennsylvania Gazette
St. David's
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Charles Evans Hughes
Experts to study farmers' problems in national commerce
A committee of prominent industrialists led by Lewis H. Brown of Johns Manville will study agricultural welfare effects on industry. The effort, rooted in the Congress of American Industry resolution, aims to reveal farm prices buying power labor and tax issues and how farm welfare supports manufacturing and services nationwide.
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New York
Lewis H. Brown
Iowa
Johns-Manville Corporation
Congress of American Industry
Bureau of Census
United States
Department of Agriculture
SEEKS PRESIDENCY John W. Aiken Nominated by Socialists
John W. Aiken a forty year old hard wood finisher from Chelsea Massachusetts has been nominated for the Presidency by the Socialist Labor party in a recent party announcement.
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John W. Aiken
Chelsea
Mass
Socialist-Labor Party
Postman Seeks Dog Bite Record in America
Wilmington Delaware postman Louis L Lehan claims the title of most dog bitten postman in America. He has been snapped at score or more times and has suffered 14 dog bite wounds. He jokes about government stripes for each bite.
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Wilmington
Del
Louis L. Lehan
America
Lehan
STAR DUST Movie Radio Comedy Lions and Rainy Previews
STAR DUST Movie Radio promises laughs with Patsy Kelly and Lyda Roberts replacing Thelma Todd and featuring a lion in the cast. Mary Pickford and Jesse Lasky offer One Rainy Afternoon, while Freddie Bartholomew may star in Kim. Dracula's Daughter stars Gloria Holden and Marguerite Churchill as victims in a horror lineup.
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Leviad
Patsy Kelly
Lyda Roberts
Lyda
Patsy
Thelma Todd
Keystone
Charles Bickford
Draucula
Gloria Holden
Marguerite Churchill
Studio gossip on Powell Nixon Crawford and old Hollywood
The piece notes Dick Powell will be out for two to three months, possibly letting Rudy Vallee step into Stage Struck. It mentions Marion Nixon’s tonsil surgery, Joan Crawford boosting singing, and Franchot Tone with musical ventures. It references Technicolor woes on Dancing Pirate, Steffi Dann’s cold, and other star bits with names like Hoot Gibson and Leatrice Joy, Anne Shirley, and Anne’s planned annuity for her mother.
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Dick Powell
Rudy Vallee
Joan Crawford
Franchot Tone
Pioneer Pictures
Steffi Dann
Hoot Gibson
Harry Carey
Henry B. Walthall
New Mexico
Texas Rangers
Ames
Leatrice Joy
Herbert Marshall
Katherine Hepburn
Anne Shirley
Herbert Brenon
Anne
Mel Wood
M’liss
Lights and Lives on New York Streets in Wry Verse
A collage of New York street glimpses captures fashion, coffeehouses, and shop windows. Bright vignettes note Fifth Avenue glitz, midtown diners, dog-loving clientele, and the garment district’s bustle. It blends humor with city reverie and ends with a sharp observation on daily urban life.
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Fifth Avenue
Helen Hayes
Portsmouth Navy Yard Cited for Safety Marks
Portsmouth Navy Yard received safety citations for the pattern shop, sheet metal shop, and transportation shop for a fourth year with no loss time due to accidents in 1935. Acting Commandant Capt H R Greenlee presented letters of commendation to Master Patternmaker John H Foye, transportation foreman C B Stephenson, Master Sheet Metal Worker Forrest C Warrell, and leading men H P Bush and H L Robbins.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Portsmouth Navy Yard
H. R. Greenlee
Secretary of the Navy
John H. Foye
C. B. Stephenson
Forrest C. Warrell
H. P. Bush
H. L. Robbins
Tomorrow a New Day Quote by Richter
A reflective quotation urges letting go of past blunders and embracing tomorrow with resolve. It emphasizes starting fresh, cherishing today, and pursuing courage as a clear virtue without doubt or conflict.
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Richter
Mitsui Baron Ordered to Pay Record Japanese Inheritance Tax
Tokyo reports Baron Takakimi Mitsui, head of Mitsui interests, must pay inheritance tax of 10,717,750 dollars on an estate valued at 83,000,000 dollars. The Mitsui house comprises 11 families with total property near 350,000,000 dollars, inherited from his father.
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Takakimi Mitsui
Mitsui
Japan
Tokyo
Baron Mitsui
House of
Read the Grape Nuts Ad to Join Dizzy Dean Winners
The ad urges boys and girls to read the Grape Nuts feature in another column and learn how to join the Dizzy Dean Winners program for chances to win valuable free prizes.
Difficulty and Stimulus as a Word of Exertion Notice
A compact remark quotes Warren on difficulty and stimulus as mere degrees of effort. It frames exertion as a stimulus to all, including children and fools, and notes its use as a general notion rather than a concrete object.
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Warren
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