Talking Slate Developed to Answer Phone Calls
New York reports a "talking slate" added to telephone gadgets. A user-recorded message is played to answering calls while away, then erased with an electric eraser. Bell Labs developed the steel ribbon device, which stores messages magnetically and can handle multiple calls, with use in Highstown field offices for daily market quotations.
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New York
Bell Telephone Company
C. N. Hickman
Bell
Highstown
N. J
State Department of Agriculture
Eleven-County Farm Security Meeting At McKinney
A Farm Security meeting for eleven counties will be held in McKinney on Friday December 3. The session, with Extension Service cooperation, will explain aid under the Bankhead Jones Act and show financing options for low income farmers. Regional Director C M Evans and Extension head H H Williamson will speak.
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Mckinney
Farm Security Administration
C. M. Evans
Dallas
H. H. Williamson
Texas
Extension Service
College Station
Cooke
Grayson
Fannin
Denton
Collin
Hunt
Tarrant
Johnson
Rockwall
Ellis
FSA
Evans
Williamson
Social Call Leads to Quip About Laundry
During a casual chat Mrs A asks Mrs B what she’s doing and Mrs B replies she is washing the baby's clothes. The operator interrupts with a punny line, saying she is ringing them.
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Mrs. A
Mrs .B
Mrs. B
Jogging Pete Seeks Work Digging Potatoes
A humorous exchange shows Jogging Pete asking a farmer's wife for a potato digging job. She objects that digging starts later, but he volunteers to stay on the farm until digging time arrives, highlighting a quirky rural moment.
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Pete
Former constable held in slaying Leonard
Carl Gilbert 25 was shot in the West Side Cafe at 6 p m and died. Sheriff Henry Chaney took custody of J D Hallam, former constable, after obtaining seven witnesses. Gilbert, who planned a Hollywood trip with I W Rogers Jr and Marshall Clounch, left home after a week here. He survived by a sister Lois Wilkerson and two grandmothers, plus an uncle Ed Gilbert in Leonard.
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A. C. Blumenthal
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Peggy Fears
Corns march through history and color blind student found
The article muses on the origin and spread of corn from Central American farmers to the Americas, praising its nutrition and global adaptation. It then notes a Texan college student Miss Mary White, color blind, illustrating dominant and recessive genes, with mention of hereditary baldness in women.
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Yucatan
Mexico
Valley
Guatemala
Southwest
St. Lawrence
South America
C. Stuart Johnson
West Texas State College
Canyon
Texas Technological College
Mary White
Tohoka
Miss White
Squeaky Shoes and Fly on the Mike Costly to Studios
Hollywood notes Richard Thorpe lists top studio irritants delaying film work. Items include house flies on mikes, airplanes over stages, sneezes, birds nesting in rafters, stray cats, squeaky shoes, offstage hammering, train horns, whispering visitors, and crinkling newspapers. These noises halt production and trigger retakes, costing studios thousands annually.
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Hollywood
Calif
Richard Thorpe
Myrna Loy
Rosalind Russell
Comman House
Difference Between Result and Consequence
A teacher asked her class in spelling to state the difference between the words result and consequence. A bright girl replied results are what you expect and consequences are what you get.
Week's Hints for Home Tidbits and Care
Weekly care and cooking tips cover decorating with creamed cheese on pastries securing rug slip aids with jar rubbers drying coconut refreshing greasy pipes with baking soda and vinegar and starching summer garments.
Sun Ad Offers Typewriter Paper and Ribbons for Sale
The Sun advertises typewriter paper typewriter carbon adding machine paper and typewriter ribbons for sale. It lists available stock and pricing details for office use and personal writing needs.
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The
Sun
How to Use the Phone Properly in 1937 advise
In the August 26 1937 issue of the Underwriters Report readers are urged to improve telephone manners. The guidance covers prompt answering, speaking clearly into the transmitter, identifying the firm, using a pleasant tone, avoiding filler sounds, and ending with a polite close to leave a good impression.
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Underwriters
Virus stages seen in throat could aid measles control
Doctors long knew measles is caused by a virus but could not see it. Last week Prof Jean Broadhurst, a woman bacteriologist at Columbia University, reported a visible stage of the virus in the throat. This finding may allow diagnosing the disease two or three days earlier and enable control by vaccines.
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Jean Broadhurst
Columbia University
Changeable Men Provoked by Brief Romance Talk
Dialog shows a woman noting rapid shifts in affection toward Jim and another remark declaring men unpredictable. The exchange highlights a trivial quarrel about evolving feelings and social amusement, reflecting lighthearted domestic banter.
Birthstone joke from father and daughter dialogue
A light hearted exchange where a daughter asks for a birthstone and a father responds with a playful twist, claiming he cannot recall but suggests a grindstone as the birthstone. The quip captures a family moment with a pun on gemstone.
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Wiley Padan
Pene
Uackie Fields
Simsey Mc Larnin James J. Jeffries
Wanie Rosenbloom
Man Mountain Dean
Becherk
Han Apsey
S Rivers
Godfrey
Sornenberg
Uiseainer
Helen Hayes
Elen Troy
Whitewright Lumber Co
Jace
White
Jim
Barbee & Bassett
Insurance Agency
L. LaRoe €& Co
Iluminating Engineering Society
Le.s
Ile.s
Amua, ‘Paste Company
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