Washington Brims With Social Season Under Hoover
Washington readies a brilliant social year as Congress extra sessions and the Ramsay MacArthur visit spark a season of dinners teas and receptions. Debutantes Miss Caroline Roebling and Princess Elizabeth figure among prominent debutantes with balls teas and a Bal Masque shaping Christmas week social events.
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Sue McCnamara
Washington
Washon
Hoover
Congress
Ramsay Macard
England
Ishbel
Jolly William Ward Taft
White House
Prince Albert de Ligne
Belgium
Princess Elizabeth
Caroline Roebling
Helen Ray Hagner
William Laird Dunlop
Hallowe’en Party Capital Society
Midshipmen’s and Cadets
Herbert Hoover
Capital
Eliza de Ligne
Vashon
Nutcracker machine tests giant bridge spans in 1930s effort
The Port of New York Authority and the federal bureau test model and full scale components of the Kill Van Kull bridge using the 10 million pound capacity testing machine. A half size lower chord sample withstood 9 102 000 pounds before buckling as plans proceed for the 1932 completion, arch span 1675 feet and total length over a mile.
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Oscar Leiding
Associated Press
Washington
Bureau of Standards
Kill van Kull
Bayonne
N. J
Port Richmond
Staten Island
N. Y
Port of New York Authority
Federal Bureau
R. 5. Johnston
A. H. Stang
Hudson County Boulevard
Merretton
Hudson River
New Kill van Kull
WIGGINTON MACHINERY PROMOTES PORTABLE GRADING MACHINES
An advertisement from the Wigginton Grading Machinery Company of Winchester Virginia offers portable and folding acting machines with packing use grading features and promises liberal discounts for readers who request their literature by mail.
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Wigginton Grading Machinery Company
Winchester, Va
Now Is the Time for Fall Painting Ad
WM. Waterall paints and varnish featured by M. S. Loy distributor at 442 N. Loudoun St. advertisement notes concern about too many people driving in mobiles and not enough steering plough handles.
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WM. Waterall Paints and Varnish
M.S. Loy
N. Loudoun St
Dieticians Warn About Hash Vitamins and Hidden Gaps
Readers are told vitamins exist in hash but critics warn about overlooked nutritional gaps. The Philadelphia Inquirer highlights concern over what dieticians omit. A Springfield Sun quips about American respect for virtue and burlesque choruses from a British critic visiting the U.S.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
America
Springield Sun
Untitled fragment prompts on cultural exchange and camps
Fragmentary text references the MacDonalds visiting and speaks of translation and cultural experiences. It mentions summer camps house parties and Dayton News style notes, but the overall meaning is unclear and lacks concrete events or entities.
Men of Turkey Are Irate Over Women's Makeup
A dispatch reports widespread Turkish anger over women’s use of rouge and powder in Constantinople. The semi official press quotes Djelal Noury Bey lamenting the rise of beauty fashions as a sweeping revolution that undermines natural beauty and moral order.
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Turkey
Associated Press
Cnnstantinople
Kent
Col
Mohammed
New Turkey
Djelal Noury Bey
Memphis Endurance Contests Sweep the City
Memphis residents rush through a wave of endurance contests starting with an 108 hour bicycle ride and followed by non stop chewing and silent living challenges. Evelyn Walker 15 begins a 24 hour silence fast while Murphy Gray types nearly half a million words in 31 hours as contestants pursue the 108 hour record.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Evelyn Walker
Murphy Gray
Straps Abandoned on St Louis Street Cars
St Louis officials report new street cars without dangling straps as fashionable riders avoid raising arms. An observant official cites current styles as reason. Authorities warn women and others to adjust behavior to stay within safety and law.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
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Taft
Coolidge
Hoovers
Coolidges
Mrs.Hoover
Firestone Rubber Plantations
Liberia
Africa
Firestone
Firestone Cotton Fabric Mills
New Bedford
Mass
Akron
Ohio
Shenandoah Motor Co
Handley School
R. L
RADIO
H. J. Mowrey Radio
W. Piccadilly St
Winchester
Crif
Germany
Lawse
Dayton News
Indianapolis
Tweed
Boston
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Cumberland Valleys
Hagerstown Fair Ass’n
Hagerstown, MD
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