Actress Phyllis Brooks Testifies in Buckner Bond Case
Hollywood report says Phyllis Brooks, quizzed by federal agents about William P Buckner Jr and William J Gillespie, was amused yet unhelpful as a deposition witness. Other stars denied involvement while Loretta Young described Buckner only socially.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Phyllis Brooks
William P.buckner, Jr
New York
U. 8
John G. Walsh
Louis F. Maged
Securities Exchange Commission
Buckner
William J. Gillespie
Loretta Young
Miss Young
Pittsburghers Die Ten Years Earlier on Average
Dr I Hope Alexander city health director released a study showing Pittsburgh residents die about ten years sooner than Americans on average with an annual mortality age of 50. Council merged sanitation smoke regulation and food inspection into a single bureau of inspection. He questioned whether factors beyond medical care such as industrial environment or climate account for the gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
I. Hope Alexander
United States
Alexander
Council
Der
Governor-Elect James Names Cabinet Aide Appointments
Brig Gen Edward Martin of western Pennsylvania chosen as adjutant general. Dr John J Shaw named Secretary of Health. Martin is a World War leader and son-in-law of William S Ware, linked to Pennsylvania Republican circles. Shaw, born in Providence Rhode Island, practices in Philadelphia and married Beatrice Ware after meeting her in 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Wiliam S. Ware
Pennsylvania
Arthur H. James
James
Edward Martin
John J. Shaw
Providence
R. I
Philadelphia
Berg Heads Favorite Field in Augusta Titlist Event
National champion Patty Berg held the favorite’s role as Augusta opens for women’s golf. Berg led with a Scotch foursomes score before the 72 hole medal play that runs to Thursday. She faces champions including Opal Hill Marion Miley Dorothy Kirby Helen Hicks Harb and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Patty Berg
Miss Berg
Opal S. Hill
Kansas City
Marion Miley
Kentucky
Dorothy Kirby
Atlanta
Helen Hicks Harb
Little Rock
Columbia Teachers College to teach fishing course
Columbia University's Teachers College will add a classroom course on fishing next semester as part of a camp leadership series. The course covers bait and lure selection and how to cook or mount the catch, joining other offerings such as baseball poultry raising and piano tuning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbia University
Teachers’ College
Fatal Fall Ends Life of Local Customs Inspector
George Adams aged 68, night inspector at the U S customs house in Baltimore, died from a fractured skull after a fall down the steps on the freighter Trentbank at the dock last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
George Adams
United States Customs House
Trentbank
School Week Features Tuberculosis Health Films and Plays
A Monday program showed two reels on tuberculosis cure and prevention. On Wednesday a Greyhound Bus film was screened. Thursday brought a Senior girls play in Mrs. Hales room titled Yellow Tickets with cast members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M Adee
Greyhound Busses
Jane Jackson
Aloise Bril
Steel Helen Lillis
Miss McVancy
Margaret Bott
Willie M. Brumback
School Club and Sports Schedule Highlights
Calendar lists daily activities for Monday through Friday with practice times and events. Key items include Boy's Basketball Practice at 3 10 and a 1 30 basketball game Handley versus Waynesboro on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy's Glee Club
Handley
Waynesboro
Girl’s Glee Club
Executive Council Approves Assembly Program
At the January 9 executive council meeting plans were approved for an assembly program with the corridor commission and the monitor system to be presented soon. A committee of Mrs Solenberger's room members will craft an emblem for Mr Browning's room, and other badge assignments were made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corridor Commission
Solenberger
Shirley Williams
Edith Dunn
Isabelle Simpson
Browning
G. O
Itch Dunn
Jane Dick
Quarles
Richard Himelright
Post Graduate Class of 37 Echoes in Verse
A reflective verse urges lifting eyes from graves to what remains alive. It speaks of fond thoughts and a peaceful soul, honoring a Post Graduate, Class of '37, rather than mourning with flowers and tears.
Cling To Me Honor Roll Scene Changes and More
Fragmented OCR notes list song titles and phrases such as Cling To Me on honor roll The Scene Changes at 10 40 It s A Sin To Tell A Lie did you do your homework No Regrets Christmas holidays Solitude A students Tormented Hour test You Can t Pull The Wool Over
Eyes Honor Court A Little Bit Later On
A fragment shows a schedule of events and topics with phrases like Have A Little Sympathy and Until The Real Thing Comes Along tied to exams, faculty notes, and summer commencement. The item reads as a clausal snippet from a school program.
Neatness And Good Manners Pay
Editorial argues neatness and good manners influence job prospects and rewards. It weighs two approaches and urges readers to try improving personal presentation as a worthwhile effort.
Gossip and nontentious notes from the school crowd
A column spews schoolhouse chatter about crushes rumors and social intrigue. Mentions Farley Howard Ben Dutton Champe Conner Katherine Locke Joe Butler Hamman and Mrs Pierce as it pries into who is dating who and where couples gather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene
Farley
Howard
Ben Dutton
Miss Kelly
Katherine Locke
Champe Conner
Cupid Jr
Handley
Joe Butler
Hamman
Round Up News Notes From 1939 Sports World
Washington State Alumni seek better compensation for athletes. Sam Snead recalls a golf lesson to a deaf mute using pencils. Colonel Ruppert’s rites draw Who’s Who of sport. Duke taps $100000 from Rose Bowl for a new gym. Stidham praises Tennessee after Orange Bowl. Football players as public entertainers contrasted with low pay. New York Boxing Commission backing Farr-Burman verdict questioned. Pat Comiskey rises as top paid preliminary fighter. Jacobs predicts future earnings. Pro baseball nostalgia, major league counts corrected. old Hoss Radbourne noted. Yankee Stadium may be renamed Ruppert Stadium. all IL teams set 1939 training camps except Syracuse.
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Eddie Brietz
New York
Washington State College
Sam Snead
Colonel Ruppert
Duke
Rose Bowl
Cubs
Broadway
New York Boxing Commission
Pat Comiskey
Jersey
Mike Jacobs
Pat
Smart Boys
Charles Old Hos
Cadbourne
Providence
Cleveland
Detroit
Buffalo
Old Hoss
Radbourne
Yankee Ball Park
Yankee Stadium
Ruppert Stadium
Syracuse
Carolinas
Trues Dell Ticketing Tangles With Police Ball Plan
In Ames Iowa Officer Ray Trues dell sold tickets to a policemen and firemen’s ball at 1.10 each. On returning to his car he found a summons for overtime parking, a boomerang outcome from his ticket selling scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Ray Truesdell
Boys' Glee Club Elects Officers
The Boy's Glee Club elected officers at a January 10 meeting. Wilbur Kern became president, Basil Hayley vice president, and Courtney Jones secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boys’ Glee Club
Boy’s Glee Club
Wilbur Kern
Basil Hayley
Courtney Jones
Art Exhibit By Former Handley Students
An art show in Handley’s main corridor features Howard K Grove now at the Cleveland School of Art. The display runs daily 9 to 5 for another week, showing commercial design, fashions, composition, and color studies. Meta Whiting, student at Dobb’s Ferry, N. Y., contributed two works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley
Howard K Grove
Cleveland School of Art
Meta Whiting
Meta
Dobb's Ferry, N. Y
Miscellaneous Interview Fragments and Jokes
Fragmented dialogue lists odd quotes and quips from various speakers. Pat notes sword swallowing while Jenedith mocks inhaling a Camel and Ottie remarks his father must fund school books. Hatcher jokes about Hollywood kin while Lohr quips about a car being a horrible example and Nancy ends the exchange.
Radio Forum and Broadcast Lineup Across Networks
The page lists upcoming programs across networks WEAF WABC and WJZ with topics and guests. Speakers include Morris L Ernst Channing Pollock Earl Browder and J B Mathews. Tonight features Al Pearce Margaret Speaks the Eddy Duchin Orchestra and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wjz-Nbc
Morris L. Ernst
Channing Pollock
Earl Browder
Communist Party
J. B. Mathews
WEAF
NBC
al Pearce
Margaret Speaks
Eddy Duchin
Marek Weber
Heidt
WABC
CBS
Eddie Cantor
Cavalcade of America
Radio Theatre
Columbia Workshop
WJZ
Alias Jimmy Valentine
Robinson
Truesdell Pleads Guilty in Municipal Court as Fine Paid
Truesdell entered a guilty plea in Municipal Court and paid a one dollar fine. The report notes no mention of a ball in the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truesdell
Fragmented romance notes in a muddled diary style
A disjointed passage reflects on fleeting affection and recurring kissing, with interrupted thoughts and unfinished lines creating a fragmented scene of emotion. The text reads like informal diary notes with stray phrases and ellipses.
Rhythm Band at John Kerr School Delights High School
Three years ago the John Kerr School rhythm band led by Mrs Shockey and Miss Mutchin son entertained the high school in assembly. The piece reflects on past programs six and twelve years ago including Miss Silvers post graduate group and the class of 1939 seniors in exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kerr School
Chatter on Notre Dame teams and campus events
The piece notes photos by Barr for the Hand iian Honor Court basketball, mentions the Neversweats beating the Future Farmers, sponsor Browning for the Notre Dame team, a joke about cream puffs at thirty paces, Aloise Brill managing the tweeting girls, an art exhibit in the main hall, and a sign off by Theodore Yokem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barr
Monogram Club
Browning
Notre Dame
Vance and
Champe
Aloise Brill
Among Our Cagers Frank Yeakle Cheeky Hank Star on Handley Team
Frank Yeakle known as Cheeky or Hank is a regular Handley varsity player who will anchor the hooping lineup this season. Tom, a first year varsity guard, shows veteran poise and handles the ball well, staying in the thick of the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Yeakle
Frank
Hank
Handley
Tom
Cheerleading antics at a high school game
Happy Dunlap yells nice shot as Cheeky attempts baskets. Tom Ritter is nicknamed Dimples. Shirley leads the cheering section solo while the Junior Varsity performs. Willie Cather mixes football with basketball. Oscar Bywaters laughs and bounces. Jonedith endures an awful time with her coat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Happy Dunlap
Tom Ritter
Shirley
Willie Cather
Oscar Bywaters
Jonedith
Petty Pilfering In Gotham Subway
New York City transit officials probe the disappearance of 5 million nick els roughly 250 000 from the subway last year. The tap was said to be done by collectors and accomplices turning back turnstile meters daily and pocketing the proceeds. Seventeen employees suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
City Transportation Board
City Subway
RIS Kidney Cleanse Ad Promises Restful Sleep
An ad claims thousands suffer kidney and bladder issues and promotes RIS as a guaranteed method to clean out the kidneys and bladder, reduce backache, and improve sleep. It lists Winchester Va stores selling the product at 50 cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
Winchester
Miller's Drug Store
Peoples Service Drug Store
Ady
Woman Accuses Man of Defrauding In Finance Deal
A 38 year old Greenville North Carolina resident was charged with defrauding a Baltimore businesswoman of 5200000 and sought by the FBI in the Pittsburgh district. Adrian L Dudley reputedly escaped a U S marshal last July near Binghamton New York and has been linked to further thefts. He was indicted in Williamsport Pennsylvania for violation of the national stolen property act and arrested in Los Angeles before escaping again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Greenville
N. C
Baltimore
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Adrian L. Dudley
United States
Binghamton
N. Y
tri-State
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Dudley
Harrisburg
Williamsport
Los Angeles
Harvard Traditionalist Felix Frankfurter Criticized
The Harvard Alumni Bulletin defends Felix Frankfurter amid critique, stating his fitness for the Supreme Court is not in question and calling him a traditionalist. The note recalls his Cambridge roots and friendships, and ends with a wish for his continued ties to the university upon joining the high court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Alumni Bulletin
Felix Frankfurter
Frankfurter
Higher Salaries Luring Doctors
Baltimore officials report 14 Maryland mental hospital doctors have left in three years, with three resignations in two weeks. Dr. George H. Preston warns the exits threaten medical standards unless pay improves to attract and retain physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
George H. Preston
Mental Hygiene Board
Maryland Resents No Good Oysters
A shipment of Chesapeake Bay oysters arrives west in response to Washington State Governor Clark D. Martin's gift for Maryland Governor Herbert R. OConor. OConor had noted Maryland lacked suitable oysters for the inaugural feast and invited Martin East to prove Maryland waters yield top seafood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Chesapeake Bay
Washington State
Olympia
Herbert R. O’conor
Clark D. Martin
Washington
O’conor
Maryland
Martin
Senate Judiciary Committee Deliberates Murphy and Frankfurter Noms
Capitol Hill reports routine Senate business as the Judiciary committee reviews the Murphy and Frankfurter nominations. The Federal Monopoly committee restarts its patent study while the appropriation subcommittee weighs a House approved 725 million relief bill. House sessions include various speeches and Democrats caucus to ratify committee assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Federal Monopoly Committee
HOUSE
Proselyting In High Schools Will Be Investigated
San Francisco January 16 The San Francisco academic athletic association will investigate reports that athletes were lured to local high schools with promises of free car rides and ice cream. Arthur Fagin, president, says the group had no rules on proselyting in high schools and may report findings later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Arthur Fagin
Association
Odly
Fagin
Playoff Set For Oakland Open Golf Championship
Dapper Dick Metz of Chicago and E. J. Harrison of Oak Park Ill meet today in a playoff for first and the Oakland Open title after finishing tied at 21 under par over 72 holes. The two will split half of the post tournament gate receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Dick Metz
Chicago
E. J
Dutch” Harrison
Oak Park
Ill
Awey
Ney
Lucas Released Without Condition by Pirates
Veteran National League right hander Charles Fred Lucas was released unconditionally by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Lucas, in organized baseball 19 years, won six and lost three for the Pirates last season, starting 13 games and completing four. Release announced by Pirates president William Benswanger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Charles Fred. Lucas
Pittsburgh Pirates
Lucas
Pirates
William Benswanger
Connie Mack Sees Five AL Teams Hiring Challenge to Yankees
Fort Myers Florida January 16 Connie Mack at 76 declares the Yankees are beatable. He notes five American League teams reached pennants last year and says the Indians Tigers Red Sox Athletics and St Louis may contest the Yankees this season if they play hard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Myers
Fra
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Yankees
St. Louis
Athletics
Indians
Tigers
Red Sox
Yan
Treasury Status shows January 13 receipts and debt rise
Treasury figures for January 13 report receipts of 7.89 million dollars and expenditures of 23.07 million. Gross debt stands at 39.53 billion, up from the prior period, signaling ongoing fiscal expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Blame Denied In California Car Crash Suit
The Bixel System files suit for 203 dollars against Illeana Laurel wife of Stan Laurel claiming she rented a car in April drove at high speed ran a boulevard stop and wrecked the car against a tree. Mrs Laurel counters by blaming the plaintiff and questioning her driving license and ability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Bixel System, Inc
Illeana Laurel
Stan
Com
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Great Britain
California
Ford Frick
National League
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Ottie
Hatcher
Allie
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Federation of Women’s Clubs
Angler
Sing, Incorporated
David I. Walsh
Rochester Civic Orchestra
Goodrich
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Toodle-oo
Theodore Yokem
D. D
Tom Whitham
Petty
Gotham
Dr. Frankfurter
Harvard
Capitol Hill
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Associated Press
Hamburger’s
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Bronx
Jerome
Greenfield
Cuest Corps
Vicks Vaporub
Winchester Furniture CO
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Amazing Transitone
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