Washington whispers point to Roberts or Stone as GOP pick
In Washington a parade of hints centers on Justice Owen Roberts or Justice Harlan Stone as a potential Republican nominee to challenge Roosevelt. Charlie Hilles is suspected of backing stalking-horse candidates while weighing a coalition for a convention city decision. The piece notes Senate munitions talks and a pending profits tax bill, with Connally delaying action and Trammell skirting a collusion bill. A light joke about rug cleaning ends the item.
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Rodney Dutcher
Washington
Charlie Hilles
Republican Party
Hilles
Roosevelt
Supreme Court of the United States
Owen J. Roberts
Harlan F. Stone
New York
Supreme Court
Stone
Roberts
AAA
Senate
Tom Connally
Finance
Treasury
Joint Committee On Taxation
Park Trammell
Naval Affairs Committee
Bone, Nye
Clark
Dictatorship echoes across America in Long case
The piece argues that Senator Long in Louisiana created a ballotless dictatorship, mirroring European dictatorships. It asserts democracy prevents political violence, warns that suppressing opposition through ballots or oppression breeds assassination risk, and compares Baton Rouge to a European dictatorship.
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America
Senator Long
King Alexander
Yugo Slavia
Louisiana
John Doe
Long
Baton Rouge
Nuisance and Menace of the Roadside Hitchhiker
The hitchhiker, a familiar auto age figure, is seen as a nuisance and menace. Police in Wichita fingerprinted offenders and found two of five had criminal records, while murders linked to hitchhikers have occurred across Oregon Virginia Nebraska New Mexico and Oklahoma. The piece questions the social harm and asks how much longer motorists will tolerate the practice.
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America
Ile
Bingville
Wichita
Kan
Oregon
Virginia
Nebraska
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Ohio education survey finds system not difficult enough
The governor's state survey committee reports Ohio schools fail to challenge students, with a retired railroad man on the panel seen as injecting his views. The piece cautions against taking sides and stresses broad thinking about schools and scholars.
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Ohio
Broad view needed on education reforms say critics
Readers argue a composite view requires all stakeholders input. Musicians praise music and artists applaud visual education while vocational and home making subjects face criticism. They note shifts toward life oriented schooling and demand a broader, modern view beyond classic education.
Magistrate Aurelio Uses Grim Article to Impress Traffic Violators
New York traffic court Magistrate Thomas A. Aurelio started a policy of having violators hear a reading from J. C. Furnas's And Sudden Death to illustrate the grim consequences of careless driving. Highway officials nationwide are seeking copies and considering similar measures to reduce infractions and lower accident tolls.
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Thomas A. Aurelio
New York
J. C. Furnas
Aurelio
District Tales of Long Ago by Edna Ervin
Gallia County once housed its only legal hanging that of Jim Lane in the 1840s. A drum corps led funeral rites in the park before a public scaffold near Pine and Second Streets. Lane, said to be insane, killed an aged man and attempted to harm a woman before his capture across the Ohio River.
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Gallia County
Jim Lane
Lane
Rodney
Gallipolis
Ohio River
West Virginia
Pine and
Second Streets
Browns Shafer elected president at Athens Fairgrounds
Carmi Shafer was elected president of the Brown Shafer family group at the Athens Fairgrounds. Will Brown became vice president and Lena Barker secretary treasurer. Harold Morgan captained Athens High School Red and Black basketball. John Newcome and Alva Hatch assisted Coach Harold Wise. Third annual McVay reunion and other local gatherings noted.
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Carmi Shafer
Brown-Shafer
Athens Fairgrounds
Will Brown
Lena Barker
Harold Morgan
Athens
John Newcome
Ohio Wesleyan
Alva Hatch
Ohio University
Harold T. Wise
Local Cabbage Weights and W. C. T. U Officers Named
The report lists cabbage weights from several residents with the heaviest at 20 pounds 12 ounces by Cyrus Jones of Hockingport. The W. C. T. U. reelected officers including president Mrs. Lovenia W. Sloane and secretary Miss Helen Lawrence among others. H. T. Bennett moved into a new house at 32 South High Street, completed by C. F. McBee.
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Squire Kelley
Lodi
Webster Kenney
Pleasanton
Cyrus Jones
Hockingport
George E. Douglas
Judson
Lovenia W. Sloane
Bertha McVay
Emma McVay
Helen Lawrence
Frances Eccles
C. Augusta Morse
Sarah Williams
Clara McAdoo
Martha M. Berry
Laura M. Ballard
H. T. Bennett
South High Street
C. F. McBee
Reckless driving cited in tribute to Lawrence of Arabia
The letter cites the death of T. E. Shaw, famed Lawrence of Arabia, after a high speed crash while driving motorcycles. It warns that congenital recklessness steals brilliance and that 35,000 annual motor deaths in the U. S. sap the nation, urging safer driving to spare lives and destinies.
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T. E. Shaw
Shaw
DREAMING Poem by Mrs Mary Wahl From Glouster Ohio
Poets Corner invites Messenger readers to submit verses bearing name and address. This memory poem recalls a bride's wistful times since her loved one left, noting memories linger and life seemed young again while months pass.
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Messenger
Mary Wahl
Glouster
Ohio
Quotations From Public Figures Stir Debate On Society
A collection of remarks from figures like Mussolini and Viscount Snowden critiques include calls for drastic action to “civilize” and educate, while others discuss the harm of alcohol, economic risk in acting careers, and the denial of land access fueling poverty and unemployment.
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Viscount Snowden
Krakatoa Explosion Echoes Across World History
Yesterday's cartoon explains Krakatoa a volcano in Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java. The 1883 eruption hurled 250 billion cubic feet of dust ash and stones 17 miles high and colored sunsets worldwide. The blast was heard 3 000 miles away and seas rose 11 000 miles to the English Channel.
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Krakatoa
Pula Rakatu
Sunda Strait
Sumatra
Java
Rodriguez
English Channel
Ruth Woodson Finds Shelter and Sparks Interest in John McNeill
Ruth Woodson, a 19 year old orphan from Brooklyn, is stranded in a midwest town when stormy weather delays her bus ride. She is taken in by Penny at an old stone house and mistaken for Elaine Chalmers, whose grandfather built the house. Ruth grows drawn to John McNeill while Elaine vows to win back her former lovers. Penny hints at Ruth’s impending birthday as Ruth recalls past family tensions and contemplates writing to Cousin Bessie.
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Ruth Woodson
Brooklyn
Mid-West
Penny
Ruth
John Mecneill
Elaine Chalmers
John
Elaine
Graycastle College
John McNell
Annapolis
Teddy van Harrington
John McNeill
Worthville
Cousin Bessie
Bessie
Lawrences
Cecil
Letty
Bessie Lawrence
Ruth in Quiet Hunter Mansion Plans a Restful Fortnight
Ruth awakens in the Hunter mansion resolves to remain and enjoy a two week stay. She muses on a distant Elaine Chalmers and Penny's arrival while avoiding prying, then accepts a buggy ride arranged by Johan McNeill as she seeks solitude.
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Ruth
Hunter Mansion
Elaine Chalmers
Penny
Johan McNeill
McNeill
Ohio
John McNeill
Typhoid care and prevention from Dr Morris Fishbein
A typhoid patient requires isolation and expert nursing with fly screened rooms in summer, daily baths, clean mouth care, and regular linen changes. Nutrition should provide 3000 to 3500 calories daily as the illness weakens the patient, while vaccines of killed typhoid germs help prevention.
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Morris Fishbein
U. S
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Labor
Hubby
Edna Ervin
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E. O. Pettit
McVay
P. D. McVay
Albany
John Haning
Gilkey
the Public Forum
Poets’ Corner
Mussolini
Azat Wargmeh Martin
London
Sally Rand
Bertha Rachel Palmer
Evanston, Ill
Nellie Brooke Stull
George Clark
David Kat
HonoluLy
Lily Wildi
Laguna Beach
Calif
I James A.wetmore
United States
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