Hooded Cobra Faces Crooked Wrestling Tales at Lindy’s
In a Lindy’s club tale, Greek wrestler Eraklios Pappanakigaillos known as the Hooded Cobra describes wrestling as an honest sport while recounting a chaotic match in Ecuador where bribery and bets mix with ringside crowds. A dramatic scene unfolds as he lies about a fair fall and the referee’s count.
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Lindy’s
Eraklios Pappanakigaillos
South America
Ecuador
Tosing
Tam
Eraktios
Alvicio
Macombo
Thamp
Quito
Senor Ramon
Ramon
Tivanny
Prayer in a Quiet Room with the Friend
A speaker describes praying alone, sharing burdens and griefs with a divine Friend. In a quiet room the speaker feels tiny concerns observed by the universe, as the Friend listens, forgives faults, and answers prayers. The tone is intimate and reflective.
Mysterious exchanges in a Spanish setting unfold
In a curious dialogue, a character named fuakkios insists on staying in the car with babies while a woman is identified as the wife of Senor Ramon. A nickname Meesus Pap panokiyulikos appears after a final divorce, and a debate about wrestling contrasts with a notion of love as a different kind of horse.
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Senor Ramon
Cobra
Meesus Pappanokiyulikos
Eraklios
Jerry Ambler
Columbia
Purple Hills
Gene Autry
Man Braces For Snowbound Pass With Fading Cash
In May snow cuts off a rookie reporter Guy on a Denver escape road trip. He pleads with Mr. Moore for a job, but faces rejection and dwindling funds as a blizzard traps him at a remote filling station. A distant figure advances through the drift.
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Guy
Jackson
Mr. Moore
Denver
Senator Ostrand
Ostrand
Belef
Shack Gives Shelter In Fierce Winter Storm
A freezing night drives Guy to seek shelter for a distressed man and his ill wife. They find a road camp shack with a stove and provisions. he starts a fire and plans to keep them warm, then ventures back into the storm.
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Guy
Quiet Rescuer Refuses Political Shadow in Hospital
After a savage storm a bystander rescues a woman and a man from a shack. The trio is taken to Jackson for treatment where a hospital room becomes the stage for a moral crossroads. The rescuer, Guy, refuses a journalist’s offer tied to Senator Ostrand’s campaign and keeps his independence.
Crossword Puzzle Clue Pack Mixed Entries and Answers
A dense list combines crosswords clues with numbers and partial solutions across and down. Contains various hints including tolerable, seaport city, river names, and chemical symbol references, plus archaic spellings and partial word fragments.
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Arabia
Seaport
France
Tiny
Demand
Greedy
Duellar
Cryptic Puzzle Fragments Highlight Last Week’s Answers
A fragmented clue set lists last week’s answers with references to number 8 41 42 43 and a girl’s name No a4. The jumbled page suggests crossword style hints and misprints.
Hopalong Cassidy Star Tops Radio Polls and Films
Inez Gerhard III highlights Hopalong Cassidy actor Boyd as a top radio draw at 4 p.m. Sundays. The piece traces Boyd’s rise from 1910 film extra to major western icon, mentions Jane Novak, Walter Huston, Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Gordon MacRae, Ruth Roman, and other industry notes, plus a prize won by Ralph Sigwald and a statue in Charleston.
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Boyd
United States
Mutual
New
Jane Novak
William §. Hart
Bill
Paramount
Walter Huston
Barbara Stanwyck
Wendell Corey
Niven Busch
Ralph Sigwald
Horace Heldt
Charleston
D.C
Motion Picture Daily
Gordon MacRae
NBC
Reuk
Fred Wating
Caracas
Venezuela
Ruth Roman
TAKE MY WORD FOR IT DENTURES AND DICTION QUIZ
Frank Colby offers pronunciation debates on baton inflection and related mispronunciations. He argues the American standard is ba-ton or buh-ton, cites Baton Rouge as a rare BAT-un exception, and critiques dictionary entries for promoting an erroneous BAT-un form. He also answers reader questions on infallible pul- and Saint Vitus’s dance, with notes on Kensington etiquette origins.
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A. Eaton
Merriam Webster
Funk and Wagvalls
Macmillan’s
Winston’s
New Century
America
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Saint Vitus Darice
Saint Vitus
Germany
St Vitus
Vitus
Eight Lithuanian Brothers Reunite After 44 Years Separation
John Wesselena, a Boston shoe maker, finally located brothers Frank of Rochester and Michael of Wendale Idaho after 44 years apart. The trio had fled Lithuania together, but World War I severed ties with relatives in Europe. Frank and Michael had anglicized their surname to Wesla when seeking U S citizenship.
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Rochester
Ind
John Wesselena
Boston
Mass
Frank
Michael
Wendale
Ida
United States
Europe
John
Wesselena
Wesla
U. S
Minnesota Lifts Deer Hunting Ban Statewide
Minnesota opens the entire state to deer hunting except refuges and posted areas to relieve farmers and control the herd. Frank Blair, superintendent of game, says deer damage in farming regions forced this action and emphasizes relief for farmers and herd control. Chester Wilson, conservation commissioner, notes past mistakes of overprotection in state parks and calls for correction to prevent permanent park damage.
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Minnesota
Frank Blair
Chester &. Wilson
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Broadway
Main Street
Billy Rose
Billy Rosa
Alcidio
Ant
Aloicio
Raferee
Alcicio Ween
Senor Remon
Mr. Lindy
Grace Noll Cro
Fuakkios
Joe
Capital of
Bulgaria
Erbium
Inez Gerhard
Hopalong Cassidy
C. B. Demmile
Chester Conklin
Mack Sennett
NEC
Frank Colby Ball
Joliet
Iinois
Ag Jolly
Mike
Joe-Li
Lincoln
Midwest
Kensington
Webster's New International Dictionary
London
S. Hurok
Singer Marian Anderson
Erle Oriaag
Rae
Mother Kok
Ivor Nstu
Pinkham
Pela
Muller
Guy Iat
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