A Super President in Mr Baruch
Rep William J Gratani cites Bernard Baruch as wielding extraordinary wartime power. He claims Baruch controlled food supply, price policy, steel copper and iron production, coke by products, and global supplies. Gratani cites Baruch's testimony before the committee to support the charge of supreme authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berney Baruch
Mayo
Shernan
Piineis
Senate
William J. Gratani
Hlineis
House War Expenditures Comiputes
Bernard M. Baruch
Barney Baruch
Alse
United States
Baruch
War Industries Board
Wilson
Paris
Ain’t Dead Yit as Mountain Man Fires Warning Shot
John Shell, 131, known as Uncle John, confronts his son in law George Chappell over custody of his six year old grandson in Leslie county. The old mountain man brandishes a flintlock declaring I ain’t dead yit as the feud ends with the father-in-law fleeing and the boy returning to his father.
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Gaele
Johnny Shell
Heck
Hell-Fur-Sartin Creek
Lestie County
John
George Chappell
Chappell
Leslie County
Schroeder Sets Altitude Record In Flight To 36020 Feet
Maj. R. W. Schroeder of Chicago soared to 36020 feet in a historic flight then survived a two minute unconscious spell after oxygen depletion. Instruments show he beat Roland Rohlf’s record by 5070 feet and faced minus 67 degree temperatures wrapped in electric heaters.
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Maj
R. W. Schroeder
Chicago
Dayton
Roland Rohlf
Major Schroeder
Returning Treaty to President After Senate Vote
The treaty failed in the senate by a 47 to 37 vote and was sent back to the president. W L Van Herm and G A Sanderson, secretary of the senate, are shown carrying the defeated document toward the White House.
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Congress
Jusserand
Paris
Wilson
W. L. van Herm
G. A. Sanderson
Senate
White House
Dean
Indiana
J. Knox, Sr
Jefferson St
Gary
Ind
Doan
Mountain Lion Slain by Hunter Near Elk
Mr J W Howell killed a mountain lion after it killed a full grown cow elk he had approached to within twenty feet. Howell dispatched the big cat then returned to his camp at the lodge.
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Mr. J. W. Howell
Mr. Howell
France's Greatest Beauty Crowned Queen of Queens
Lucille Bataille chosen as France's most beautiful girl by a committee of politicians artists and managers after a contest at Hotel de Ville. She won from nearly 1000 contestants and was crowned queen of queens with prize awarded.
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Mile
Lucille Bataille
France
Hotel de Ville
Filipinos Serve In U.S. Navy Numbering 5868
It is not generally known that five thousand eight hundred sixty eight Filipinos have served in the American navy. The fact highlights the contribution of Filipino sailors in naval history and national defense.
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Navy
The Author Chooses Change In A Draft Scene
A popular author in his study reshapes a line about John Smith. He tests wording, deciding to remove the word married as he crafts the next sentence.
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John Smith
Freezone promises painless corn relief at low cost
An advertisement touts Freezone as a cheap, painless solution for hard and soft corns and toe calluses. It claims instant relief with a drop of liquid, easy removal by fingers, and positions the product as the discovery of a Cincinnati genius sold by druggists.
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Cincinnati
Baby's Dire Peril in Staircase Fall Incident
A mother and her baby and young Kathryn are upstairs when Kathryn warns that if the baby keeps falling it will ruin herself. The child’s fall from the couch prompts a tense parental moment as concerns arise over safety.
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Kathryn
Little Sister
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MR. Baruch
John Shell
Schroeder
ST. Thomas
United States Marines
Jolly Rogers
Marine Corps
Chicago Housing Association
Pleasant Gardens
Henry A. Berliner
Foster- Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. Y
Eatonic
Sook Mucina Co
Chicega
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