Broadway Chatter on Prohibition and Hollywood Hustle
A column surveys Broadway banners, prohibition era liquor shifts, and star clashes. It notes a zone chairman failing to solicit his own wife and contrasts New York street life with Hollywood buzz as Cagney and Deitrich face job disputes and studio pushback.
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Liane and Cass Plan a Hopeful Gift for Working Girls
In a city romance, Liane imagines a home like a boarding club for displaced girls funded by an inheritance from the Robard estate. Cass urges, seeing a chance to memorialize Lusia, while Liane and Clive dream of travel and a life beyond poverty, hinting at future plans and a deeper connection.
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France
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Riddles 1 Why does a man feel more musical when he has his hat on
A compact aside presents two light riddle prompts asking why a man feels more musical with a hat and why firemen seldom lead safe rescues, inviting playful reasoning from readers.
No Rich Men Off in America Says Noted TaList
Veterans of Foreign Wars takes the anti bonus fight side. Al Capone is imprisoned in Alcatraz. A biped is a two legged creature. The Washington Senators manager is Bucky Harris. Women warriors are called Amazons. Kansas has death penalty in force. The champion swimmer turned actor is Johnny Weissmuller.
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al Capone
Washington Senators
Kansas
Minute Men defend town and sparks of trouble quote
The prompt asks about a war in which the Minute Men defended the town and cites a line about man born into trouble with sparks. It also includes a quip about escaping gas with a match and a Doctor and Kasa exchange about a safety match.
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