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5 picks · 1936–1939

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RUBBERNECK WAGON
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about a trip to Chinatown in a sightseeing bus. Description of the passengers; the guide's travelogue, etc. Tells about a visit to …

"Taxi-Dance"
a reporter at large ·

Reporter at Large about taxi-dance halls on Broadway and Seventh Avenue. There are eight between Forty-sixth and Fiftieth Streets. Tells about a visit to …

PENNY ARCADE
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about the Broadway Sports Palace, 42nd St. & Broadway, owned by William F. Schork, of Schork & Schaffer, who also operate a similar …

CAFE ROYAL
a reporter at large ·

TEPORTER AT LARGE about Cafe Royal, located on the south-east corner of 12th Street and 2nd Avenue. It is the forum of Jewish intelligentsia, the place to …

The Rather Difficult Case of Mr. Kaplan
fiction ·

Mr. Parkhill, who teaches English to foreigners, has a difficult time with a student, Mr. Kaplan, who has very little grasp of the English language.