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November 12, 1938

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the talk of the town

Ribbon Around Bomb

Geoffrey T. Hellman

Talk story about Frida Kahlo, Mrs. Diego Rivera, and her exhibition of paintings at the Julien Levy Gallery. Most of the pictures at her exhibition are of …

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Brave New World

Richard O. Boyer

Reporter at Large about the new Williamsburg Housing Project, the largest federal housing project in the country. The new structures, built by the WOA at a…

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