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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1939
Page
8
Reader requests a plain valance for three windows with a davenport and end drapes. Plain cream glass curtains with tan green blue overdrapes, a four inch top valance board, under it a curtain rod, six inch deep valance, crinoline interlining, and folding allowance tacked to board.
Germany presses a Ukrainian drive aimed at a puppet republic to extend control over vast lands in southern Russia, Poland, Hungary, and Romania. The article traces German plans since 1917, the Carpatho Ukraine jump off point, and potential provocations to justify an eastern blitz, with Ukraine as leverage for Europe’s raw materials.
Columbia College of Drama and Radio in Chicago showcases a detailed miniature theater to teach stagecraft. Veteran stage manager Jack Reidy explains the model replicates a modern proscenium theater with scaled scenery lighting and control systems enabling students Marion Gluck Jeanne Smith and others to learn behind the curtain in hands on fashion.
In Aruba Dutch West Indies welder Barney Donaghey climbs a 100 foot oil tower to weld inside a smoke filled shaft on November 6, 1929. A sudden blaze traps him but his welder light fails and he descends through the fire to safety aided by his jumper and gloves. He reaches the bottom and finds his sleeping helper unharmed as fire crews battle the inferno.
Chinese tung oil has the highest specific gravity among fatty oils except castor oil. It sets to a hard jelly when heated and is used for paints and varnishes. It also serves in dyes and as a motor lubricant. In China it is used to waterproof paper.
A sybarite is a self indulgent person famed for luxurious living in Sybaris Italy. Seneca recounts a tale of a sybarite who cannot rest at night and says a roseleaf doubled under him caused his discomfort illustrating excessive softness.
A collection of aphorisms on free speech, public opinion, personal effort, and cautions about time and money. It notes that a pen needs brains and ink, history repeats, and an auto accident can occur in two seconds. It reflects on wisdom, judgment, and human folly.
John and his twin George vie for Mary at a dance as he declares she is his first thought each morning. Mary hints that George claims the same, and John realizes he wakes earlier to win her attention, earning a smile from Mary.
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