Lingo of Drug Addicts Yields Insight Into Halfworld
New York report analyzes addict speech and behavior based on 238 terms from interviews and informants. Maurer outlines addict lingo like coasting and sleigh ride, terms for injections, and the psychology of addiction. He notes gangsters avoid narcotics, the addict life is harsh, and drug use can trigger aphrodisiac effects.
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Halfworld
New York
David W. Maurer
University of Louisville
Columbia University Press
Maurer
War Training Warns of Totalitarian First Hour
Munich lecture series speaker Lieut Col Siebert, head of the Kriegsschule, predicts the next war will be totalitarian from the outset with bombing, motorized artillery, and propaganda aimed at breaking enemy morale. He says victory depends on economy control, science, and mass military schooling like Italian youth.
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Munich
Siebert
Warsaw
Strange Life Of Bees At Texas Centennial Exposition
The Texas Beekeepers Association exhibits in the Hall of Agriculture at the Texas Centennial Expo. The piece explains queen bees are chosen as eggs, surrounded with sweets, and that a queen mates once and spends her life laying eggs. Workers assist the queen with feeding and serving.
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Texas Beekeepers’ Association
Lasparilla
Parlor Games Hit New York in Prolific Nutty Phase
In New York the parlor scene shifts from quiet amusements to wild games like Knock Knock and wacky table tennis gears. Bridges and Monopoly endure as staples while experts at Columbia note uncertainty about what the craze means as self amusement surges in 1936.
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New York
America
Molly
Tarzan
Papa
Columbia University
Bee Queen's Egg Production and Life Span Facts
The Dallas Journal notes a bee queen lays 2000 to 3000 eggs daily and spends ten months laying in Texas, taking vacation in the coldest two months. A worker bee dies by its own actions and lives about eight weeks. over 200 practical uses for bee products are cited.
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Texas
Dallas Journal
Two Firemen Die in Greenville Warehouse Blaze
In Greenville two firefighters Roscoe Daugherty and Earl Jenkins were killed when an explosion trapped them inside a burning downtown warehouse. They perished attempting to escape through a barred window as onlookers watched.
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Greenville
Roscoe Daugherty
Earl Jenkins
Foot Society hears osteopath on cold feet and foot care
Dr. Philip Spence of New York told the Foot Society of the American Osteopathic Association that cold feet reflect real physical issues caused by poor circulation, spinal lesions, or constricting shoes. He introduced a glove-like shoe with toe compartments and urged better shoe design and care for children to prevent lasting foot problems.
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New York
Philip Spence
Foot Society of the American Osteopathic Association
Spence
No Small Ones Lady and the Giant Orange Sizes
The dialogue features a lady asking for the largest oranges and a fruit dealer listing multiple exaggerated size labels from large to super-colossal, highlighting humorous shopping banter about fruit sizes.
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Stephens & Bryant
First National Bank
New York City
Sun Office
Thornton & Minor
Whitewright
Barbee & Bassett
Insurance Agency
United States
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