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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1940
Page
10
Eddie Cantor shares vivid reminiscences from 1916 to 1940 spanning misadventures in Los Angeles, Broadway memories, famed encounters with Will Rogers and the Prince of Wales, and moments at Boys Town and NBC Radio. He notes friends, venues, and songs that shaped his career.
Dr Leo poldo Melo Argentine delegate to the Havana inter American conference sails to New York aboard the United Fruit liner Jamaica He carries a letter from President Roberto Ortiz expressing goodwill toward the United States Melo describes himself as a great friend of the United States and expects to arrive in New York Sunday
Dr. Logan Clendening extols games for full body development and mental focus. He notes golf and tennis train different skills, warns against overemphasis on one sport, and cites an anatomical study describing muscle use in major sports. He encourages recreation over excessive competition and highlights overall fitness.
Arthur Baer recounts the Florodora Sextette’s original NY stage fame in 1900. The six dancers included Vaughn Tex Smith Margaret Walker Marle L Wilson Marjorie Relvea Agnes Wayburn and Daisy Greene. The duo of chorus boys faded from memory while the sextette endured as a unit.
Washington reports from Secretary of Labor Perkins show wage earners in large cities faced a 0.7 percent higher cost of living on June 15 versus March 15. Food prices rose 28 percent, rent 0.1 percent, with slight declines in clothing, fuel, ice and house furnishings. The mid June level stood 1.9 percent above a year earlier, 10.7 above June 1933, and 18.1 below December 1929.
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Your horoscope outlines daily guidance for all sun signs with focus on finances, discipline, and prudent choices. It covers Aries through Pisces with cautions on investments, spending, and health, and notes personal growth and responsibility as key themes for the day. Copyright 1970 Eiie Features Syndicate Inc.
A Queens County deputy clerk relates a tale of a visibly worn shirt on a New York City train ride to his Jamaica office. He asks for laundry return or donation as an oil rag if not possible. The Long Island Railroad could not be reached for comment. Today in History notes Germany’s 1914 ultimatum to Belgium.
House with three year old stucco shows fine cracks. Repair by packing cracks with Portland cement and water to a thick cream, or one part cement to three parts sand for wide cracks, wet the stucco first, press cement into cracks, and brush in cream. Linoleum laid by amateur cracks. reattach using rooting cement, heat soften, press, and weight until set. wipe excess cement with turpentine. If pattern pieces available, replace damaged sections with matched pieces.
A concise reflection on faith as a sustaining power. Tolstoy’s maxim frames belief as life’s driving force, offering a philosophical viewpoint on resilience and purpose.
Massachusetts archaeologists Theodore A. Morde and Lawrence C. Brown report finding a vanished Chorotegan city in Honduras. The site, once surrounded by a stone wall, yielded sculptured idols, utensils, a six note flute, and razor blades from a civilization circa centuries before Mayan times. They expect to return with a larger expedition after floods.
Probate Judge Fosseen weighed how to execute the will of inventor Andrean G. Ronning who left more than 250 000 in estate since 1927 with a tenth set to a religion and a two tenths for scientific promotion. Heirs seek to void those clauses and claim 69 622 should be divided among them while the State presses for the trust to be carried out. The court noted several ambiguities and asked who should receive the disputed funds.
The State replied that was the court s problem as preachers had called up and said they fitted right into the picture.
Robert Hanley aged 33 of Brooklyn died from injuries after slipping and falling about 20 feet into the hold of a towing tug in Buffalo harbor last night.
Henry Giayre, a research chemist from Palmetto, Florida, runs backyard experiments in chemical gardening. He claims a tomato vine reaching 16 feet tall has yielded 1,200 tomatoes.
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