Tipping and the wisdom of wage policy across services
A 1934 King Features Syndicate column questions tipping as a wage strategy, arguing airline kindness without tips contrasts with taxi drivers waiters and bellhops. It cites executives like Billy Durant, notes long distance bills, and recalls Model T Ford milestones as social commentary on earnings and merit.
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Tom
Harry
Corona
Calif
Faith
Hope
Charity
G. T. Simpson
London
Edinburgh
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Midtown society tales of clubs and rackets gossip
Walter Winchell recounts New York urban legends of Sasha Maeef owning the Russian Tea Room and Casino Russe near Carnegie Hall, profits from mint peddling, and retirement to racetrack life. Connie Im merman once ran Connie's Inn and Harlem liquor shops, now headwaiter at Hutton's. Lou Richman, Dizzy Club owner, escapes tax woes. Martha Graham alimony tale and Hearings complaints spark lively chatter in 1954 New York society pages.
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Midtown
Sasha Maeef
Carnegie Hall
Maeef
Casino Russe
Connie Immerman
Harlem
Connie’s Inn
Connie
Hutton’s
Lou Richman
Harry
Lou
Dizzy Club
Times Square Circle
Martha Graham
Billy Eckstine
Pagnucco
B. S. Pully
Bruce Stilwell
St. Regis Roof
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Butter’s long arc through history from ancient use to dairy staple
Cedric Adams notes butter’s overlooked role in Irish and European cuisine. From fifth century Ireland’s early butter usage to Norse ships in the eighth century and French adoption by the 1100s, butter’s growth spurred by churning innovations and symbolic trade signs. Minnesota dairy prominence noted.
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Emerald Isle
Europe
France
Hippocrates
Minnesota
Texas attorney general urges 29 insurance reform measures
Atty Gen John Ben Shepperd proposes 29 changes to Texas insurance law to close holes that allow promoters to profit at the expense of policy holders and creditors. He cites multiple foldings of surety concerns, policy cancellations, and losses to the aged, urging tighter controls, examinations, affidavits, and stricter eligibility for insurers.
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John Ben Shepperd
Texas
Commissioners of Insurance At
Austin
Shepperd
Board of Insurance Commissioners
Churchill Eisenhower talks to free US from colonial entanglements
Roscof Drummond analyzes how the Churchill Eden White House visit could shift American policy away from backing colonial interests tied to Britain and France. The piece argues U S leadership in colonial independence is vital to counter Communist appeal and win allegiance of colonial peoples.
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Roscof Drummond
Washington
Churchill-Eden
United States
Asia
Africa
Middle East
Truman
Acheson
Eisenhower
Dulles
Churchill
Eden
White House
Britain
France
Egypt
Suez
Iran
Latin America
United Nations
Commonwealth
India
Commonwealth of Free Nations
Geneva
Bedell Smith
Molotov
Mr. Dulles
America
New York Herald Tribune, Inc
Wilson Explains Why He Skipped News Conference
Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson told reporters in Quantico on June 21 that he avoided Washington news conferences to avoid wasting time on what he termed the McCarthy business. He said he did not want to tell reporters his thoughts on the matter.
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Quantico
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Washington
McCarthy
The Ice Cream Man Brings Happy Times to Amarillo
A reader recalls the cheerful music and simple joy of the ice-cream man in Amarillo. She cherishes childhood summers, contrasting them with wartime anxieties and urging teens to remember the “green years” and the happiness of eagerly awaiting the cart.
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Tony
Let Him That Ploweth Plow With Hope Motto
A farmer shares the motto Let him that ploweth plow with hope from the Bible to cope with hard times. The verse boosts morale amid low crop prices, market drops, and widespread discouragement, suggesting hopeful effort helps all trades endure setbacks.
Pull Up a Chair By NEAL O'HARA
Fingertip aquarium tale notes goldfish hatchlings tiny enough to swim in a thimbleful of water. The Los Angeles Daily News reports a headline about a woman losing surgery suit. Medieval England valued ale conners who condemned beer. Shakespeare's father was among them.
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Los Angeles Daily News
England
Shakespeare
Sunday School Class Chaos and a Pin Heist
Mrs Poke Rounett recalls visiting Mabel who taught a Sunday School class of girls. The scene at church erupts as a ten year old cries out, a pin is retrieved from Butch, and Mabel remains baffled by kids. The narrator notes Mabel’s past quarrel with her husband and suggests she may repeat the incident.
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Mabel
Butch
Poke
US Commands Respect in Latin America Yet Not Loved
The Caracas anti Communist resolution highlights the Communist issue across the hemisphere. It signals possible intervention under the Rio Pact but offers no final solution. U.S. policy must curb anti American sentiment, address trade and race criticisms, and monitor revolutionary shifts including rising Indian political influence.
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Latin America
A. T. Steele
New York Herald Tribune
Americas
Caracas
Ccn
Guatemala
Mexico
Argentina
Guatemala City
Uncle Sam
Mughacho la
United States
Joseph R. McCarthy
United Tle
Bolivia
Devel
Crossroads Report on proposed federal protection for insurers
Dear Mr. Ike argues against a government setup to shield insurers from hospital and doctor bill losses. The writer ridicules trickle-down ideas and warns that insurance bailouts could invite criminal schemes and moral hazard, insisting insurers can manage risks without government aid.
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Mr. Ike
Joe Louis
Remember When Twenty Five Years Ago in Roswell Visits
A look back at social notes from Roswell and surrounding area 25 years ago lists Mrs R Burke Sanders visiting relatives and friends in the city. The Stuart siblings Fred Betty and John L of Shattuck Oklahoma were visiting their grandparents E A Dawson.
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R. Burke Sanders
Roswell
Fred
Betty
John L. Stuart
Shattuck
Okla
E. A. Dawson
Courtney Kingsland
Hughes
Mexico City
Kemper Military School
Joe Ostrander
Taylor
Jefferson
The Movie Star Shelley Winters Talks About Kids and Cannes
Shelley Winters discusses her premature baby who teeth on real diamonds and jokes about her daughter’s teething. She compares Hollywood glamour with today’s stars and explains choosing a London studio near the airport to reach Paris. She rejects Cannes attendance and comments on romance abroad.
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Shelley Winters
Europe
London
Paris
Miss Winters
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Tri-State Letter Forum
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Henry Jenkins
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George E. Broome
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