Roosevelt urges formation of Parents Associations nationwide
The Amarillo Globe republishes an October Parents Magazine editorial in which Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks to fathers and mothers. He urges group conferences to discuss education, home roles, and school-home balance, stressing parental guardianship of future citizens and the need for high standards and sacrifice.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Parents’ Magazine
Rosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Morro Castle fire tale of a fireman and two girls
A Morro Castle inquiry reveals fireman Kempf leaping overboard with two girls to escape flames. He recalls the moment one girl asked if they would survive, and he vows to send a postcard if she lives. The lighthearted remark amid disaster stands out as a human, hopeful note.
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Morro Castle
Kempf
Bowers
Miss Green
Ivy
Wong Bo
Church and Society The Elusive Church State Balance
Glenn Frank argues that keeping church and state separate while preserving religion in national life is unsolved. He notes the church often aligns with economic or political forces in calm or crisis, including during war or conscription. He insists the church must remain free to act within conflicts of economy and state.
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Glenn Frank
Hitler
Germany
Tiger Island Low Serial by Grou Cuveaneun
Harvey Bowers, big game hunter, volunteers to transport Angus McLeod's wild animals to Singapore after McLeod falls ill. Ivy Green, an animal trainer, aids him aboard the Boldero while Captain Wong Bo plots a risky scheme. Tensions rise as trust, danger, and attraction intertwine among crew, passengers, and the shipboard menagerie.
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Harvey Bowers
Angus McLeod
Singapore
McLeod
Bowers
Ivy Green
Flint
Boldero
Ivy
Wong Bo
Orient
Helen
Mr. Flint
Gouverneur Morris
Health Talk on thigh injuries in sports days
Dr Morris Fishbein explains common sports injuries such as bruises and thigh muscle tears. He describes first aid steps including applying pressure, cold, elastic or adhesive bandages, and firm waterproof dressings. After swelling subsides heat aids healing and absorption of pooled blood.
Guiding Your Child Shifting the Burden
Alice Clarissa Richmond describes the morning routine struggle as mothers chase punctual breakfasts. Children delay waking, dressing, and preparing for school. The piece highlights universal exhaustion of mothers who manage wakeups, meals, and rapid departures.
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Alice Clarissa Richmond
Benny Named Highest Paid Entertainer of the Era
C M Mintyre reports Jack Benny, star of radio film and stage, as the era’s top earning performer. The article notes Benny's restrained humor, marriage to Mar Livingston, abstinence, and success across vaudeville talkies and broadcasts. Harlem sees economic strain yet maintains cultural figures like Bill Robinson and Ethel Waters. California border stations expect about 80,000 auto visitors this year, up 10,000 from last year.
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C. O. Mintyre
New York
Jack Benny
Benny
Mar Livingston
Gracie Allen
Malaprop
Bill Robinson
Rockefeller
Robinson
Florian
Richmond
Harlem
California
Famous Suffragist Puzzle Across and Down
A challenging grid clues set on a suffrage theme asks for identifying an American suffragist and fills with terms like star shape flower ozone and various descriptive words. The puzzle spans horizontal and vertical entries, seeking names, roles, and related nouns.
Bedtime Forest News From Paddy the Beaver
Paddy the Beaver visits Laughing Brook for a vacation and exploration. He chats with Bobby Coon about local residents Lightfoot the Deer and his growing antlers, Mrs Lightfoot possibly hiding fawns, and Buster Bear with twins. Little Joe Otter remains absent since spring.
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Paddy
Beaver
Ruby Coon
Bobby Coon
Laughing Brook
Lightfoot
Stammering port and a Swiss psycho analysis aid
The text recounts a port figure who mastered stammering with a Swiss psycho-analyst, noting social isolation and a dramatic moment when a pencil with a point sparked a Eureka reaction. It parallels Arnold Bennett’s impediment and mentions a surprising discovery.
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Port
Arnold Bennett
South Sea Islands
Switzerland
School Days Quiz From Old Schoolhouse Text
A fragmentary reader item presents questions on celestial distance the sun to earth about 92 897 400 miles and Bible placements in hotels attributed to the Gigeons. It lists lakes Lucerne in Switzerland and Lomond in Scotland.
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Lucerne
Lomond
Switzerland
Scotland
Word Builder and Meadowbrook Tales
A dialogue between two woodsfolk recounts a wary night scene. They discuss a dangerous prowler Yowler the Bobcat and a fisher named Little Joe Otter moving to a new brook. Fear and caution about potential danger to children punctuate the exchange.
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