Ed Wynn to Head New Network of Stations
Ed Wynn named president and master of ceremonies for a planned third network backed by Detroit investors near Ford and other companies. The project aims to rival NBC and CBS with a unified evening show format and new station business arrangements.
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ED Wynn
Washington
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
Amalgamated Broadcasting System, Inc
George W. Trendle
Kinsky-Trendle Broadcasting Corporation
Detroit
WXYZ
Trendle
Ford Motor Company
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Briggs Body Company
Kelvinator Company
Frederick Stearns Company
Wynn
Trucks A Warning on Highway Safety in Texas
The Times warns that Texas may resemble California with no commercial trucks on highways within three years due to driver negligence. It cites an incident west of Deport where a truck crept along a soaked road, forcing a passenger car onto the shoulder and coating it with oil and ore, blocking the view.
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the Times
Texas
California
The
Motor Transportation Association
Deport
Oklahoma
East Texas
Jim Pierce
Practical Kitchen and Home Care Tips
Helpful hints cover washing milk tumblers in cold water first for easier cleaning. Tips suggest adding baking powder to beaten egg whites for meringue, nutmeg with asparagus, and using ordinary saddle soap for leather furniture care. Additional ideas include a stiff curtain rod to support a sagging stove pipe, cleaning rust with hot vinegar and salt, and preserving brooms by soaking in boiled salt water.
Freddie and Freddie Share Duet Inside the House
A brief dialogue captures a playful exchange where one asks about a brother and the other replies that he is inside the house finishing his part of a duet before joining.
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Freddie
Principal Confuses Step-Ins With Smocks In School Assembly
A principal ends a faculty meeting by asking women teachers not to wear step-ins to assemblies. His wife proves the miscommunication by showing step-ins and the officer correcting him that he meant smocks. The exchange reveals a humorous misunderstanding at the school.
Village Laughs And Oddities In Daily Banter
Witty exchanges unfold as a druggist, a sandwich maker, and a student named Sammy share anecdotes. A plumber visits for a prescription, Sammy laments school trouble, and jokes about warm paper and a bank note. A husband’s washing machine sparks homebrew rumor while Dame Fortune makes a doorbell joke.
Farcical witness and legal comedy at the bench
A humorous exchange unfolds as Balinski Zalinski testifies in a case. The lawyer struggles to extract meaning from the witness while Zalinski offers comically literal responses about brick factories and goods. The scene ends with another rural dispute and a laughing mother.
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Balinski
Ven
Zalinski
Weathered jokes and quips from a playful family scene
A collection of kid and adult banter with puns about weather, aging, and everyday mishaps. A mother and children trade playful barbs while a judge and residents exchange lighthearted quips about manners and mishaps.
Teacher's pun turns grammar lesson into punny zinger
A classroom exchange has a teacher asking Mary to identify tense in a sentence. Mary replies with a pun that swaps meaning, saying the shift from has to has money would be pretense.
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Mary
Blanton Calls for Shrinking Agriculture Dept Piggy Bank
Representative Blanton of Texas urged abolishing three fourths of the agriculture department bureau to cut costs. He accused Dr. Auchter and the plant industry division of wasting funds and time with lengthy answers and extra stipends. He noted $250000 spent since 1910 on one new potato variety.
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Washington
Blanton
Texas
House
Bureau of the Agriculture Department
E. C. Auchter
William A. Taylor
Bureau of Plant Industry
Agricultural Department
Auchter
Maryland University
The
Texan
Ducks Get Most of My Cotton Credit
An elderly Southern man explains his cotton crop net fell to deductions from Memphis freight storage taxes and commissions, leaving little credit. The quip highlights how costs erode proceeds in rural commerce. Sun and Semi-Weekly Farm News priced at $1.85 for one year to the same address.
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Memphis
Sun
One Day at a Time and the Golden Moments
A reflective piece extols focusing on Today as God governs Yesterday and Tomorrow. It urges daily duty and steadfast faith, preserving Yesterday’s memories and leaving Tomorrow in divine hands while individuals face only the present. A closing playful exchange shows Goofus and Rufus joking about memory loss.
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God
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John T. Nall
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Sherman
ELY & Sons
N. Travis St
Prestissimo
S. H. Montgomery Insurance
Reeves
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Miss Fortune
Mr. Zalinski
Willie
Walter
R. B. Nall
Sherman, Texas
Madam
Bobby
Jill
Jack
Tom Blanton
O. L
Pig) Jones
A-1
Whitewright, Texas
Doan
Doans
Mtn
Club
Club No
Dallas Morning News
Whitewright Sun
Dallas Journal
Okla
Arkansas
Louisiana
New Mexico
By Robt. J. Burdette
Rufus
Paul Stephens
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