Hollywood Stars and a Radio Prize Draw
A plan to abandon Bank Night faces opposition as a radio sponsor weighs a weekly thousand dollar prize. Print codes, mail drops, and a live studio drawing determine the winner. Gracie Fields signs a four picture contract with Twentieth Century Fox to work in Hollywood, delivering English lines. Gloria Swanson plans change after Mae West and others, with Wings of the Morning in Technicolor featuring Henry Fonda and John McCormack and authentic Derby views.
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Hollywood
Mae West
Marlene Dietrich
Greta Garbo
Gracie Fields
England
Twentieth Century-Fox
Miss Fields
Lancashire
United” Artists
Harold Shuster
Henry Fonda
John McCormack
Sylvia Sidney earns weekly award as top talent scout
Hollywood gossip notes Sylvia Sidney earns the weekly honor for recommending Katherine Locke for a lead role in a New York play after spotting her in a minor part. Eleanor Powell plans an alumni group for her dance school but busy stars skip meetings. Ginger Rogers Buddy Ebsen Ruby Keeler Miriam Hopkins among top players. Eleanor herself rests ankle before Broadway Melody. Marlene Dietrich and Carole Lombard likened Milford. Miriam Hopkins redecorates John Gilbert’s house. Paul Muni uninterested in acting honors but plays The Bee on violin. Madeline Carrall lands the role of Flavia in The Prisoner of Zendar. Bert Wheeler commutes to Hollywood by air.
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Sylvia Sidney
Marc, Connelley
New York
Katherine Locke
Miss Locke
Sylvia
Commelléy
Eleanor Powell
Hollywood
Ginger Rogers
Buddy Ebsen
Ruby Keeler
Miriam Hopkins
Eanor
Marlene Dietrich
Carole Lombard
John Gilbert
Redecar
Paul Muni
Benny
Gids
Flavia
Zendar
Madleine Carrall
Bert Wheeler
Palm Springs
Walon
Moist-mash feeding for pullets improves winter production
Extension Poultryman H Alp explains moist-mash feeding of pullets during cold months. Producers moisten laying mash with milk, feeding only what the flock eats in five to ten minutes. Timing matters less than ensuring all birds access. mix includes dry bran heated without burning, cod liver, oil, corn, skim milk, and alfalfa hay to boost production.
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H. Alp
Extendion Poultryman
Cote _ ae ShunSeeeWNU Beri
Semi-Scald Method Best for Dressing Birds in Poultry
The semi-scald process, used by Iowa poultry producers, yields cleaner, more appetizing birds with better keepability. Birds are immersed in 126 to 129 degree water for about 30 seconds, then moved until skin shows. cool water for 15 to 20 minutes follows to shed body heat and improve preservation.
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Iowa
Hen Language Described by Dr Katz in London Lecture
Dr David Katz of Rostock University told a Royal Society of Arts child audience that hens use nine essential words for social life. One word signals danger, another intimidates rivals, a third encourages feeding, plus a triumph song after laying eggs. Cocks have a dawn song.
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David Katz
Rostock University
Germany
Royal Society of Arts
London
Katz
Salt in Chick Rations Boosts Growth Says Wisconsin Agriculturist
Good chicks grown on rations with no salt appeared milderly injurious when salt reached five percent. The Wisconsin Agriculturist notes chlorine aids stomach acid for digestion and reports benefits from adding one half to one pound of salt per hundred pounds of chick mash.
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Wisconsin Agriculturist
How Many Eggs to Set for Hatching
For those hatching their own eggs, set five eggs for every pallet aimed at for next fall. Some eggs break, are infertile, or fail to hatch. Hatchlings may be cripples and must be killed. When they hatch, half will be cockerels and some will die. culling should start and continue throughout.
Testing Turkeys for Pullorum Sparks Hatchery Caution
A Boston Globe report notes few reactors in turkey pullorum tests but stresses caution in breeding. It urges incubating only tested eggs and careful handling of turkey eggs amid uncertain outbreak risk.
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Boston Globe
Just a Poor Historian: Dodd and Deutsch in 1933 Germany
In 1933 the U S ambassador William B Dodd protested Nazi assaults on Americans, calmly pressuring Germany while not shying from truth telling His quiet dignity and democratic beliefs earned respect despite hostility He is depicted as a genuine scholar and public figure with ties to the University of Chicago and the Wilson writings.
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York
William B. Dodd
Hitler
Germany
America
University of Leipzig
Thomas Jefferson
University of Chicago
Bancroft
White
Julius Streicher
North Carolina
Blue Ridge Mountains
Baby auto speeds on highway with hiccuping hops
A Vancouver Province item recounts a tiny car reaching sixty mph with each 60 feet causing a five foot hop. A motor cop stops the midget motor and asks the driver the cause. The driver replies the car jumps because he has the hiccups.
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Vancouver Province
Burglary in a Drug Store Reported in Atmosphere Tale
The writer of word thrillers dictates a scene where One-eyed Jake tiptoes through a shop floor pausing with a hand on the counter as silence prevails. A secretary jokes about a pin drop while the author notes the burglary setting in a drug store.
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Jake
Proposals and Acceptance Echo Across Evening
A brief exchange shows Harry proposed to you last evening and you accepted. Today you reciprocated with a proposal, and he accepted. The lighthearted moment captures mutual intention in a pair of engagements.
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Harry
Turn About In A Motor Car Quip In Gloucester
A Gloucester item notes a witty exchange about fair play. The motor car owner quips that the car 'broke me first' after another man comments on the aged vehicle prompting a brief, humorous exchange between the two observers.
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Gloucester
England
Journal
Not a Hoot Gus Indifferent Banter in Annapolis Log
A brief, playful exchange centers on a horn issue and attitude. Gus insists the horn is fine while Mr. X notes indifference. The dialogue reflects a casual, humorous local log item from Annapolis.
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Gus
Mr. X
Cure Voice Over Phone lullaby to help sleep fantasy
A humorous snippet from the Sheboygan Press features a caller requesting help from a doctor over the phone. The doctor offers to sing a lullaby to aid sleep in a lighthearted exchange.
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Shéboygan Press
Highbrows Dialog Sparks Dickens vs Encyclopedias
A witty exchange captures a dual love for literature and reference works. The Mouse voices a fondness for Charles Dickens while the other prefers encyclopedias, highlighting a clash of tastes between imagination and knowledge.
Grandson’s quip on cinema seat turns into joke
A young man takes his grandmother to the movies. After ten minutes she wants to leave citing the seat as uncomfortable. He retorts that she has not turned it down, delivering a light hearted punch line about the chair.
Back Again At Twenty You Left The Farm For The City
A rural life reflection contrasts leaving the farm for urban work over 25 years. The speaker questions the purpose of labor and earning money to live in the country. The tone is contemplative and suggests nostalgia for rural roots amid city life.
I’m Glad I’m Not on the Serving Committee This Week
In a lively church supper scene Mrs. Smith of Walnut Street revels in a new leap of fashion through a surplice waist dress. Her daughter Kay admires the style, and plans to share the pattern with friends while discussing future sewing projects and party outfits. Pattern details from Barbara Bell are advertised for readers.
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Mrs. Smith
Walnut Street
Mrs. White
Mary
Jane
Betty
Kay
Barbara
Bell
Barbara Bell
Barbara .Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell’ Syndicate
WNU
It Does That First Bird Don’t you know bet ter than to sit on this chimney
It does that first bird scolds the second for sitting on the chimney and getting dirty while the second bird spots the first.
No Return Engagement Sparks Tense Exit
The fragment describes a woman reacting to a broken engagement by flinging the word engage menting to her right hand and storming out, illustrating a sharp, public consequence of a rejected engagement.
Impossible Judge Foreman Insanity Exchange
An Omaha World Herald line quotes a theater-style exchange in a courtroom chorus with a judge asking for an acquittal excuse and the foreman replying insanity as a possible defense. The brief joke highlights courtroom absurdity.
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Omaha World-Herald
Poor Old Grammar Pedagogue Question
A brief college style quip questions why the phrase I have went is wrong given that the teacher remains present and the student humorously defends a nonstandard form. The piece plays on grammar pedantry and common misuse in a light, tongue in cheek tone.
April Foolery in the Office Mischief
An office boy arrives late and is quizzed about his birthday by a stern manager who jokes about April 2. A psychologist recalls remembering being spanked at age two for upsetting wine, using the anecdote to illustrate how memory often anchors in memorable mischief.
Worm and Trouble: A Warned Turn in the Tale
A dialogue snippet notes caution and aquestioning turn by a worm figure. It hints at consequences if the worm risks action, suggesting tension between restraint and potential retaliation in a fablelike frame.
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