Marietta Landmarks Drive Tourism and Heritage Pride
The piece argues for public ownership and restoration of Athens historic sites including log courthouse and jail, to attract visitors and boost southeast Ohio tourism. It urges marking Lord Dunmore’s route and Paul Jones land as part of a regional heritage initiative benefiting Marietta and Athens.
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Marietta College
Marietta
Athens
Athens County
Washington County
Ohio
Lord Dunmore
John Paul Jones
Traffic Safety Now Seen as Economic and Social Benefit
Authorities compare current traffic casualty efforts to early industrial safety moves. Safety improves efficiency, reduces waste, and cuts costs in gasoline, tires, upkeep and insurance while speeding travel and economic activity.
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Miment
Inir
America
Golf Widow Warns Prospective Brides
A humorous column portrays the wife of a noted golfer suing for divorce and offers a satirical recipe for avoiding a golfer’s absence. It suggests wives should play alongside husbands and distract them with chatter to provoke a retreat from the course and a more homebound life.
Hollywood Party Games Draw Star-Studded Crowd
At a recent Hollywood gathering Joe E. Brown and Martha Raye attended a party where post office games were replaced by playful contests. Apple-bobbing was avoided due to fears of unfair competition among stars.
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Hollywood
Joe E. Brown
Martha Raye
New Driver Warning Device Sparks Highway Debate
A debut device designed to warn drivers when they err on the road draws attention in claims of enhancing safety while pedestrians remain a key consideration for implementation and public acceptability.
Roosevelt Veto Hints Cloud Harrison Bill On Education Subsidy
Senate clash over a 300 million annual federal education subsidy pits Floor Leader Robinson against Harrison with White House counsel backing a Roosevelt veto in its original form. Officials argue automatic state funding deprives the president of influence, while tax disputes and Labor Board rulings threaten labor leaders like John Lewis and the power of sit-downs.
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Washington
Senate
Robinson
Harrison
Damon
Pythias
Roosevelt
White House
John Lewis
Labor
Labor Relations Board
Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Capitol Hill Voices on Court Packing and Tax Cases
Politicos on Capitol Hill speculate that continued court fights aim to influence future White House generations. The sole pending case is the processing tax, possibly costing the Treasury a billion if lost. Alabama unemployment tax looks likely to be upheld 5 to 4, with Stone signaling support.
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Capitol Hill
White House
AAA
Treasury
Alabama
New York
Justice Stone
Justice Roberts Rejects Sit-Down Hours For Court
In a late night office scene a watchman notes Justice Roberts working past conventional hours. He quips that a supreme court lacks a maximum hours law and declares no sit-downs for them.
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Justice Roberts
Supreme Court
Mr. Roberts
Government attorney lauds Wagner victory and McReynolds
A leading government attorney praised the Wagner victory and favored Justice McReynolds dissenting opinion. He said the dissent gave substance to the President's charge that the court was illiberal, adding that Hughes saved the court and McReynolds saved the President.
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Wagner
Justice McReynolds
Justice Hughes
McReynolds
Norway’s baby prince given huge beer mug gift
An Olean New York infant, reportedly on a whiskey diet since birth, is drawn into a humorous tale as the Norwegian royal baby is presented with a massive beer mug gift hoping for a smaller jigger sized present.
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Norway
N. Y
Supreme Court Weighs New Deal Revival
The Supreme Court appears poised to reinterpret key New Deal measures, signaling a potential revival of federal reforms. Justices face cases touching economic intervention, with implications for labor, industry regulation, and social programs as the era’s litigation unfolds.
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The
Supreme Court
New Jersey Graveyard Sitdown Strike Upends Cemetery
New Jersey gravediggers conduct a sitdown strike staying nights in a cemetery. Arbitral settlement is seen as probable though tensions rise as crews demand better terms.
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New Jersey
Supreme Court powers and the federal reach over commerce
A 1930s column argues Marshallian commerce power extends to interstate effects of intrastate interactions. It recalls Schechter, Wagner Act, and court-packing debates, critiquing administration complacency and personal ambition behind court decisions.
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Georgetown
S. C
Supreme Court
Marshall
Gibbons
Schechter
NRA
Jones and Laughlin
Let There Be Silence Poem In Memory Of Lincoln
Poet's Corner invites verses with name and address. Let there be silence and a prayer memorializing Lincoln's assassination tribute to a martyr and the gift of self sacrificing love that freed the slave. Led Sams
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Lincoln
Faith and the Bells by Leda Sams reads like a grave memory
A note about friendship and mortality as two girls share a summer day and hear a tolling bell for a young friend. The elder recalls foretold loss and the sudden death that follows within a week, leaving a lingering, haunting echo in the heart.
The City Street Scene from Anna Lee Brown
An eight year old from Hollister Ohio describes a bustling city street filled with honking autos, crowds, slipping ice, rising buildings, and the overwhelming din of streetcars. The speaker longs for country life as a contrast to urban noise and crowds.
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Anna Lee Brown
Hollister
Ohio
Notable Quotes on Labor and Leisure From Public Figures
A collection of remarks from William Green AF of L president Prof J B Nash William Allen White and Robert Sherwood discussing sitdown strikes labor unrest leisure and earnings. The quotes reflect tensions between labor leadership radicalism and the allure of ease and wealth in American life.
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William Green
A. F. of L
America
J. B. Nash
New York University
Lewis
William Allen White
Sage
Emporia, Kans
Typhus Fever Facts And Historical Outbreaks
Typhus fever is distinct from typhoid and spreads by the louse, not insects or contaminated materials. The disease caused wars and poverty, with high mortality in some epidemics. modern treatment relies on serum and symptom-focused care.
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Morris Fishbein
United States
Russia
Poland
Africa
South America
Siberia
Shipboard Cat and Crew Hold Martha Aboard Mystery Vessel
Martha wakes on a steel walled stateroom aboard a ship bound unknown with chloroform, a Chinese guard, and a looming threat from Mista Ciznik. Speddon and a stern Chinaman guard her while questions swirl about Betty Haynes and a potential voyage with revenue boats in pursuit.
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Martha
Betty
Betty Haynes
Speddon
Miss Haynes
Mista Ciznik
Gerry Neal
Mista Neal
Ling
Ciznik
District Tales of Long Ago
Gallipolis recalls the 1818 founding of the African Methodist Episcopal Church by John Gee and others as the village grew from 1790 roots. The original meeting place, later rebuilt as John Gee Chapel, honors its founder. the church's 119 years mark steady service and trusteeship.
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Harry R. Horn
Gallipolis
Frank Scott
John Gee
Lightbourne
Kanawha Valley
Fielding Spears
Eliza Ball
Martha Gee
Emily Napper
African Methodist Society
Welch Travels to Col umbus to Meet Son and Enlist
Mr. C H Welch journeyed to Columbus to rendezvous with his son Edwin C Welch a Kenyon College senior on the way to the east coast to enlist in the Coast Guard. Kaiser William captured January 30 near Stewart is said to be the Kaiser in disguise claiming duty to stop munition trains and wrongfully seeking submarines at the docking. Four thousand people attended Gloucester flag raising with J P Woos Sr as principal speaker.
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C. H. Welch
Columbus
Edwin C. Welch
Kenyon College
East Coast
Coast Guard
Kaiser William
Stewart
Sherif Lowry
Parker
Athens State Hospital
Kaiser
Ross
Gloucester
J. P. Woos, Sr
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George Brown
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