Swinging Old Melodies Sparks Radio Backlash in Detroit
In a 1938 column Charles B. Driscoll notes Detroit radio stations’ backlash to swing versions of old melodies. Listeners complain of nasal singing and moral propriety fears, while industry figures debate songwriting and audience taste. The piece weaves in anecdotes about figures like Leo Fitzpatrick, O. O. M. notes, and Vincent Lopez, ending with a look at cultural mood.
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Charles B. Driscoll
New York
Detroit
Leo Fitzpatrick
Ford criticizes leadership and calls for self-reliance at Roosevelt meeting
Henry Ford, after a luncheon with President Roosevelt, said that many people are looking for a leader who is deceiving them and urged individuals to be their own leaders. He argued for less government interference and predicted different, not necessarily better, conditions with changes ahead. He declined to comment on a third term and said he would attend tonight’s Bureau of Advertising banquet as a guest.
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New York
Henry Ford
Ford
Roosevelt
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Borger Songster Headlines Maverick Jamboree At Auditorium
Dick Walker Borger Songster stars in Maverick Jamboree at the Municipal Auditorium with 15 big acts. He is a singing talking pianist and director of Borger High School Band. Sam returns from Amarillo for the show as tickets go on sale through Kiwanis Rotary Lions and the American Business Club.
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Dick Walker
Borger
Municipal Auditorium
Borge
Mavericks
Borger High School
Three Boys
Kiwanis Club
Rotary
Continued Fair Weather Predicted by Weatherman
Mr Collman predicts continued fair weather with higher temperatures and a light southwest wind. Lawns will need watering by tomorrow.
Building Permits Rise in Texas Cities
Texas building permits totaled 7 723 127 dollars across 36 cities in March, up 35.5 percent from February and 12 percent from March last year. First quarter permits reached 17 631 711 dollars, 2.9 percent higher than 1937. Cities exceeding prior periods include Abilene Amarillo Beaumont Big Spring Brownwood Cleburne Del Rio Galveston Houston Lubbock Palestine.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Abilene
Amarillo
Beaumont
Big Spring
Brownwood
Cleburne
del Rio
Galveston
Houston
Lubbock
Palestine
Fate of Nations Waits While He Gets Tobacco
The London diplomatic conference between French and British ministers was delayed as French Premier Daladier sought his preferred cigarette tobacco. Scouts sourced the cheapest French brand from French residents after none could be found at the embassy, then Daladier proceeded to 10 Downing Street.
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London
U.P
Eduuard Daladier
France
Daladier
No. 10
Downing Street
Senator La Follette Questions Naval Expansion Origin
Senator La Follette denounced the 1.1565 billion naval expansion plan on the Senate floor, insisting it originated with President Roosevelt rather than the Navy Department. He argued naval officers did not seek the expansion and warned of fears it distracts from domestic economic woes.
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Washington
la Follette
Wisconsin
Senate
Roosevelt
Navy Department
Tiam
United States
Vargas Expulsion Decree Targets Foreign Criminals
President Getulio Vargas issued a decree prescribing expulsion for foreigners convicted of crimes against state integrity. The move aims to prevent Fascism or Communism from entering Brazil as part of his Build Now program.
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Rio DE Janeiro
U.P
Getulio Vargas
Brazil
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Amarillo and vicinity: fair, slightly warmer tonight and Friday. West Texas partly cloudy with showers in extreme southeast tonight and Friday, warmer Panhandle and extreme west and north Friday. New Mexico generally fair tonight and Friday, somewhat warmer east Friday. Temperature range maximum 60 minimum 42.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Ford Dines Inside After White House Weather Glitch
The White House lunch for Henry Ford moved from the terrace to the dining room despite sunny skies and a 78 degree day. Weather Bureau noted a clear day while Ford and party avoided the terrace as the president’s secretary anticipated parking issues.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
White House
Henry Ford
Stephen Early
Ford
Executive Mansion
Steve Vasilakos
Pardons Board Weighs Reprieve for Vaughn in Texas
In Austin on April 28 the state Pardon Board considered only a reprieve for John Vaughn after his attempted electrocution failed last week. Commutation was not under review as Bruce W. Bryant noted. A new evidentiary window was sought for Vaughn’s claim he did not fire the fatal shots in the San Antonio hold up that killed Motor Policeman A A Edwards.
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Austin
O.R
John Vaughn
State Pardon Board
Vaughn
Act of God
Bruce W. Bryant
Pardon Board
United Press
A. A. Edwards
San Antonio
Bryant
Johnnie Banks
Matagorda County
Banks
James V. Allred
Dallas
Explorer says American aviator Paul Redfern is dead
Theodore J. Waldeck of New York reports finding the crash site and definite proof that Paul Redfern is dead after a four month search in British Guiana. He will report to Dr. Frederick C. Redfern of Columbia, South Carolina, father of the missing flyer.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Theodore J. Waldeck
New York
Paul Redfern
Redfern
Waldeck
Frederick C. Redfern
Columbia
S. C
Brunswick
Georgia
Brazil
Newspapers Learn How To Advertise Advertising
President James G. Stahlman of the Association told the advertising club of New York that newspapers have expanded their bureau of advertising. He called it the promotional arm of daily papers and said it helps advertisers use newspaper space intelligently and profitably.
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New York
A.S
James G. Stahlman
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Advertising Club of
New York Today
Stahlman
Bureau of Advertising
Pearl Buck Calls to End Best Seller Lists
In New York Pearl Buck asks booksellers and authors to abolish best seller lists. She criticizes them as iron molds on the public mind and says they are not reliable measures of quality or reader taste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Luce
Time
Harry P. Davison
House of Morgan
Yale
Yale Club
New York
Buck
LaFollette to Lead Third-Party Realignment Meeting
Governor Philip F. LaFollette plans a mass gathering in Madison on April 28 to outline a liberal realignment that could signal the creation of a national third party. The event centers on a new political program and broad liberal support.
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Madison
Wis
Philip F. LaFollette
Union Plan For Methodist Church debated at conference
The Episcopal address to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South urged approval of a union with Northern Methodists in a move opponents call dangerous. Bishop Hoyt M. Dobbs read the plan while retired bishops Collins Denny and Warren A. Candler criticized it as overreach. Senator Carter Glass warned of racial implications as votes showed about 86 percent in favor overall.
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Birmingham
Ala
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
College of Bishops
Hoyt M. Dobbs
Shreveport
General Conference
Collins Denny
Richmond
Warren A. Candler
Atlanta
Carter Glass
Virginia
John M. Moore
Japs Reported Near Lunghai Railroad
Shanghai April 28 A Japanese army spokesman said the South Shantung army fought to within 10 miles of the Lunghai Railway between the Grand Canal and Pihsien and south of Tancheng. Earlier claims spoke of a wide hole in Chinese lines 50 miles east of Suchow and artillery range on the east west railway. Japanese planes bombed troop trains and 400 freight cars with locomotives were damaged near Suchow.
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Shanghai
South Shantung
Lunghai
Grand Canal
Pihsien
Tancheng
Suchow
Eastwest
Yellow River
Didn’t Know Girl Well Enough In Traffic Case
Newark New Jersey April 28 Samuel Rothfeders denied a charge of one armed driving. He told Judge William Mcenroe I didn’t know the girl well enough. The judge replied it is spring but do the thing right or not at all. Five dollars fine.
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Newark
N. J
Samuel Rothfeders
William Mcenroe
Picture Identification in Kidnapping Probe at Santa Fe
A cafe owner identified a photo of Peter Levine from a police poster as a boy seen with two well-dressed men Tuesday night in his restaurant. Levine, 12, from New Rochelle, was kidnapped February 24. no trace of the abductors has been found. State and local police had not announced a broad new investigation.
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Santa FE
N. M
Peter Levine
New Rochelle
N. Y
Cos Ms
Joan Karavanis
H. K. Dalbey
Levine
Murray Levine
Divers Dive for Truck Driver in Canal Rescue
In Homestead Florida on April 28 spectators watched divers attempt to enter a submerged truck in a drainage canal. Edward McGarrah, who had been watching, revealed he was the driver and muttered he hoped the truck would be recovered. A spectator corrected him saying they were after his body. Divers and an ambulance crew departed the scene.
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Homestead
Fila
Edward McGarrah
British and French Reach Agreement on Peace Time Alliance
British and French leaders announce full agreement on all points from today’s talks. The communique confirms a virtual alliance in peace time or war and notes rapid consensus at the London discussions. Insurance line references Neely-Greenhill Agency.
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London
U.R
Grenades Destroy Loyalist Brigade in Spanish Conflict
Nationalist forces wiped out the 22nd Loyalist Brigade in a hand grenade battle north of Castel lon de la Plana. Warships shattered coastal defenses and halted rail and highway communications as Loyalists attacked with grenades. estimates say over 600 killed and 20 prisoners.
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Hendaye
U.P
Castellon de la Plana
Mediterranean
Torre Endomenech
Cuevas Vinroma
Castellon
Alcala
Alcocebre
Wind Not On Plains It Is Pushed Or Pulled
Explains wind on the Plains as a product of high and low pressure areas. Describes how air moves due to earth rotation, with examples from Denver Santa Fe and Pueblo. Notes wind often comes from the southwest in summer and calms as temperatures drop. See WIND Page 2.
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Lewis Nordyke
Amarille
Denver
Santa Fe
Pueblo
Amarillo
Plains
Austin Man Named Head of Dental Association
SAN ANTONIO, April 28. The Texas dental society elected Dr. E. C. Berwick of Austin as president and named Dr. T. G. Duckworth of San Antonio president elect to succeed Berwick next year.
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Austin
Dental Association
San Antonio
U.P
Texas Dental Society
E. C. Berwick
Berwick
T. G. Duckworth
Ferguson Forum guides Texas race talk without confirming entry
The Ferguson Forum in Austin on April 28 discusses the governor race and the lieutenant governor contest while avoiding a firm statement on Mrs. Miriam A Ferguson entering the gubernatorial race. An inside page reprints a Dallas News account of a rally to draft her as a candidate.
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Austin
Ferguson Forum
Miriam A. Ferguson
McCraw
Ernest Oo. Thompson
University of Texas instructor Jacob Lorenz Neu dies
Jacob Lorenz Neu a 65 year old English instructor at the University of Texas died of heart disease while eating breakfast today in Austin officials said.
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Austin
Jacob Lorenz Neu
University of Texas
True False Quiz on Presidential Nominations
Five statements test presidential history accuracy. 1 Charles Evans Hughes was not the 196 Republican nominee in 196. 2 Franklin D Roosevelt did serve nearly four full years in his first term. 3 William Jennings Bryan was thrice nominated by the Democrats. 4 Martin Van Buren Grover Cleveland Theodore and Franklin D Roosevelt all served as New York governors before presidency. 5 James K Polk was not the youngest major party nominee.
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Charles Evans Hughes
U. S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
William Jennings Bryan
Martin van Buren
Grover Clevelrd
Theodore
New York State
James
Famous Last Words in Globe-News Want Ads
An ad feature lists famous lines tied to Globe-News Want Ads urging readers to place quick solicits before 6 30 P M for tomorrow publication. The snippet notes a motorcycle sale and ends with contact guidance for the Globe-News Want Ads line.
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Globe-News
Vidson
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