The Greatest Holding Company and Government Regulation
The piece argues that federal regulation seeks to destroy holding companies and, by extension, private enterprise. It compares the U S government to a massive holding company financing states and services, warns of socialization, pyramiding of funds, and loss of individual business rights, and calls for defense of private enterprise against government-led regimentation.
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United States
Russia
Germany
Beautifying Main Street as a Civic Duty
The piece argues towns should not raze streets to appear attractive but should invest honestly in improving Main Street. It notes visitors notice streets first, emphasizes economic benefits of beautification, and urges use of honest materials instead of gaudy fronts while retaining existing structures and rhythms.
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Main Street
Thought Throttled by Nazi Rule Hits Berlin University
Thought control under a dictatorship stops a history course by Hermann Oncken at Berlin University. He had presented an interpretation diverging from the Nazi version, illustrating how authoritarian regimes curtail free inquiry and suppress truth seeking in universities. The column hints Old Man River may have learned of the Townsend plan.
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Hermann Oncken
Berlin University
The NEWS Behind the News by Paul Mallon
Washington report notes a slight drop in demagoguery in House bonus debate. Lobbies of American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars clash as Patman bills influence votes. Senate likely to pass a different bill before White House action, with strategists hoping for concessions in a presidential campaign year.
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American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Legion
VFW
Patman
Senate
House
White House
Vinson
Tydings
Roosevelt
Swanson Bypasses McCarl On Pay For Naval Families
Navy Secretary Swanson quietly continues paying return transportation for families of abroad serving officers despite Comptroller McCarl’s order. An unnamed naval disbursing officer handles the payments and could be sued, but McCarl cannot sue an unidentified party. The matter ties back to front-page discussions from two weeks earlier.
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Navy
Claude Augustus Swanson
McCarl
Swanson
Prophesied 7 Foot-2 High Jump Dream Looms
A California athlete predicts a future 7 feet 2 inches high jump record. The piece notes a past missed measurement and a humorous aside about a speeding car in London where policewomen chase drivers, with slim odds of escape unless a hair strands loose.
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California
London
Wolfe’s Of Time and the River Reviewed as Overlong
The review notes the Thomas Wolfe novel runs about 1000 pages and feels excessive yet calls it one of the era’s best American novels. It praises splendid prose and vigorous Americanism while suggesting a shorter length would improve the work. The story follows a Southern man who aims to write plays, studies at Harvard, teaches in New York, then travels Europe before returning to America.
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Washington
Tommy
Kipling
Harvard
New York
Europe
Kidney Stones Linked to Diet And Vitamin Deficiency
Health experts trace kidney stone development to diet patterns and vitamin deficiencies, especially vitamin A. Studies note lower stone incidence where dairy farming is common and cereals dominate diets, with inactivity and urinary tract abnormalities contributing as factors.
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Asia
India
Plan to create state iron industry park in Southern Ohio
History notes 19th century Southeastern Ohio iron industry with about 70 charcoal furnaces. Buckeye Furnace at Jackson County leads a project to restore and preserve the site and surrounding acres, including a covered bridge and potential water mill relocation. Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society backs funding and future maintenance. Notable local figure George Wrightmire of Ohio State University born at Center Furnace.
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Ohio
Old Buckeye Furnace
Jackson County
Jackson Countians
Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society
Ohio Furnace
George Wrightmire
Ohio State University
Center Furnace
Lawrence County
Public Forum Letter Critiques March Editorial
A signed reader letter from Nelsonville March 20 questions The Messenger editorial The General Is Right, defends Father Coughlin criticizes Ford and Johnson and urges The Messenger to expose both sides. The writer challenges coverage of politics and economics and warns of changing order.
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the Messenger
Huey Longs
Father Coughlin
About Your Children About Your Children
Olive Roberts Barton offers parenting guidance for a mother and father coping with a withdrawn eleven year old. The writer urges active paternal involvement to reconnect the boy with his interests, friends, and responsibilities, warning that delay can worsen his drift.
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Joe
Horace
Jimmy
Dade
Guillaume Tirel Taillevent Father of French Cuisine
The cartoon explains that Taillevent (1315 to 1395) served as chief cook to Charles V and Philip VI of France. He authored the first French language cookbook and is regarded as the father of French food, though some details about his life remain incomplete.
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Guilleaume Tirel Taillevent
Charles V
Philip VI
France
The High Priest of the Royal Table Dies in France
A famed Grand Chef known for extreme fasting died and was buried in St. Germain-en-Laye near Paris. His tombstone at the Museum of St. Germain lists remarkable fasting feats including a claimed ambidextrous feat.
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Royal Table
St. Germain-en-Laye
Paris
Museum of
St. Germain
Woman in Black Ermine Drives House Secrets
Millicent Graves becomes entangled in a mystery surrounding the woman in a black ermine coat. Norman Happ explains the financier father’s alienated household, Cynthia’s séances, and an astrologer’s influence as Millicent seeks who runs the estate and what threats linger.
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Millicent Graves
George Nrimgold
Millicent
Middie
Drimgold
Jarvis Happ
Happ
Happs
Norman
Robert Caise
Norman Happ
Cynthia
Ocr
Father
Bob Caise
Bob
Farry Feilding and Family Mystery Prompted by Harry Felding
A fragmented 1955 Carleton piece hints at secrets around a woman named Farry Feilding. The text mentions asking Harry Felding to learn more about what the father allegedly told about the situation and timing.
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Farry Feilding
Harry Felding
Dad
Shadow
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Johnson
Jay
Ford
WLW
Donald Richberg
Richberg
National Economy League
Napoleon
Scott
Nelsonville
Haiti
Faustin
Methodist Church
Glorksburg
L.underwood
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Bunny Leavitt
Dolon Bros
Berkeley
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Wells Park
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Harry Felaing
Oie
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NEA
Jones
Brown
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