Cutler Hall Named Ohio Historic Site of the Year
The Daughters of the American Revolution recognize Ohio University Cutler Hall as Ohio’s DAE historic site of the year for its link to Manasseh Cutler and the Northwest Territory. The honor follows earlier DAR markers in Athens County and the Hocking River region.
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Cutler
DAR
Cutler Hall
Ohio University
Ohio Company
Northwest Territory
Manasseh Cutler
Doctor Cutler
Daughters of the American Revolution
America
Business Seeks Peace Through Domestic Policy
Business leaders in 1939 declare opposition to war and demand peace driven by domestic policy and stable growth. They attribute past crisis to wartime excess and pledge support for the President to avert European conflict and curb profiteering while building a healthy national economy.
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United States
Printing presses and the Freeman’s Oath century
On Sept. 25, 1639 the first American printing press began in Cambridge and produced The Freeman’s Oath. Stephen Daye started the venture after Rev. Jose Glover died en route. The Bay Psalm Book followed as the first English American printed work. The press now rests with the Vermont Historical Society as a symbol of enduring printing freedom.
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United States
America
Jose Glover
Cambridge
Mass
Stephen Daye
Vermont Historical Society
War Costs Reach Beyond Nations in Global Burden
The piece argues that wars impose costs on all, especially the United States, through higher prices and taxes. It notes insurers adopting war risk regulations restricting future policies for citizens likely to enter service. The imagery compares war's ripple to a stone cast in a calm lake and ends with a remark on cigarette availability in fancy boxes.
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United States
Propaganda in America Shapes Debate on War Embargo
Raymond Clapper argues that German propaganda aims to sway U S opinion to keep neutrality. He warns that German messages risk steering the nation toward war while praising British acuity and defending lawmakers who oppose lifting the arms embargo as America first.
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House
Hitleriam
Germany
Hitler
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Russia
America
War taxes and profit aim to curb neutrality drift
Bruce Catton outlines Washington debate as Congress weighs a drastic war tax and a war finance bill. Senator Bone proposes steep progressive taxes on war profits while Senator Nye urges strong confiscation aims, and Senator Lee backs a draft capital approach to capture remaining profits before neutrality is tackled.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Bone
Lee
Oklahoma
Senate
United States
Senate Munitions Committee
Nye
Why do happily married men seek banquets in old days
The passage questions past choices about outlawing panhandlers and then ponders why married men attend banquets, contrasting nostalgia with social norms and etiquette.
Civil Service system reach and safety education facts
The Messenger Bureau outlines that in 1938 the merit system operated in 562 local, state, and federal jurisdictions, with about 5 percent of large cities under Civil Service. It notes an elderly job handicap for women and a 1937 China war start date, plus safety courses in 5,099 high schools and 10,000 PTA safety activities in 1936.
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Civil Service
Civil Service System
Committee On
U. S. Secretary of Labor
G. Page
United States
China
Health Hints and Diet Health Hints and Diet
For swimmers body heat loss in cold water is rapid. Arctic animals retain heat via liver and fur, humans lack such adaptations. Submersion in 70 F water for 2 minutes can raise body heat demand fivefold. In 45 minute outdoor swims many children lose normal temperature. swimmers show blood cell changes and possible infection risk. Active movement in indoor pools and avoiding wind exposure reduces heat loss.
Rutland Social And Personal Highlights and Local Visits
Local notes report Mr Oscar Miller and Mrs Miller visiting Rutland relatives in Los Angeles while Howard Phipps traveled from Columbus to see kin. Irene Egnor hosted a birthday party for her father Arch Egnor, and a youth rally drew seventy five attendees at the local Christian Church. The football team defeated Middleport 14 to 0 with Hamden to visit next Friday.
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Rutland
Oscar Miller
Los Angeles
Cal
Will Theobald
Howard Phipps
Columbus
Irene Egnor
Arch Egnor
Bradbury
Utland
Bradford
Eileen Lyons
Akron
Dwight Kennedy
Malcolm, Kennedy
Edith Kennedy
Irene Fink
J. M. Sweasy
Floyd Dunfee
Torch
Selim
Zanesher Mornville
Clargray
Murray
Middleport
Hamden
Will Merritt
Lake White
Wayne Rupe
Worley Rupe
Ohio Birthplace Featured in Poets Corner Verse
A short verse laments moonlit scenes and Virginia hills but elevates Ohio as the poet’s birthplace, praising the grand old state with local pride. The piece blends regional affection with nostalgic imagery.
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Wabash
Bive Hills
Virginia
Ohio
Working Wives Cliffhanger as Marian Faces Strained Marriage
Marian Barkness, a devoted wife in 1939 Chicago, confronts a failing marriage with Dan as she questions his lack of ambition and faces temptation and gossip. Dolly, Dan’s sister-in-law, and Sally Blake complicate office life while Marian contemplates a fresh start after an emotional rupture.
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Marian Barkness
Dan Barkness
Dolly Barkness
Sally Blake
Marian
Dan
Delr
Abed
Dan Harkness
Mr. Fellows
Sally
Carma
Randy
Dolly
Pete
Julie
Medinah Club
Chicago
Eisenberg
Haydenville Social Notes highlights weekend visits and church events
Haydenville residents hosted or attended many gatherings from Sunday visits by the Dow Smart family in Sciotoville to ministers arriving in town Rev. Bancroft and Rev Lineberger. Socials included a surprise farewell for Mrs Lineberger, trips to Athens for a picnic, and W F M S officer elections with transport arrangements.
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Haydenville
Dow Smart
Sciotoville
John Gastin
Harold Gastin
Norfolk
Paul Gastin
Norfolk Naval Base
John Gustin
Carl Pollock
Columbus
C. S. Matheny
Wisconsin
James Allen
Frank Allen
Harvey Angle
Charles Patton
Nelsonville
Nellie
Louise Ohlinger
Cleveland
Hal Phelps
Logan
James Woolery
Frank Crothers
Nellie Allen
S. M. Hardgrove
Homer Carter
Harry Swaim
Chillicothe
W.F.M.S
Circleville
Cleve Beougher
Jacob Ginther
Gertrude Ginther
Sam Riddle
Woodsfield
Dana Ginther
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Moscow
Samme
Séministrationen
Berlin
Bruce Catton
Panhandlers
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Messenger Mentarns On Information Bureau
1Sth Street
Washington, D.C
Messenger Bureau
Morris
Millfield, RD 1
Hazel G. Byers
Poet's Corner
By Galbraith
Doctor
Billy
Louise Holmes
NEA Service
Ing
Jover
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Social Notes
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