Kats Agency expands reach across major cities
Detroit Waline Kansas City Chicace San Francisco Atlanta Los Angeles listed for agency coverage in the periodical. Rates for subscription and advertising shown include options for one year six months and three months with carrier payment in advance.
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Kats Agency, Inc
Detroit
Waline
Kansas City
Chicace
San Francisco
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Onl
Virginia
Free Press as Peace Tool in World Settlement
The article argues for an international free press to accompany war settlements and peace treaties. It criticizes silenced foreign policy reporting, cites Japan as an example, and claims public truth could prevent wars and curb conflicts. It blames ineffective Atlantic Charter pledges and urges full visibility of world politics through a global press.
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Japan
Shahshahed
Roosevelt Faces A Democratic Congress With No Honeymoon
Washington reports indicate Roosevelt will confront a strongly Democratic next Congress with little chance of easy approval. The House and Senate are expected to resist presidential overreach and defend constitutional government, as shown by votes opposing the Jackson Hole National Monument and related Roosevelt actions.
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Roosevelt
Capitol
House
Senate
Washington
White House
Congress
House of Representatives
Jackson Hole National Monument
Wyoming
Roosevel
Ania
U Monument
Senate Defies Roosevelt on St. Lawrence Project
The senate votes 56 to 25 against funding the United States share of the St. Lawrence waterway. The split underscores constitutional checks on treaty approval and signals a push for Senate influence in foreign affairs. Bona German and Japanese officials mark the triangular pact anniversary with boasts of victory.
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Congress
Jackson Hole
Senate
St. Lawrence Waterway
Canada
Roosevelt
United States
St. Lawrence
Editorial on religion in schools and crime rates in America
A Houston Post column argues that declining moral and religious content in school readers aligns with a drop in age of criminality and rise in juvenile delinquency. It cites Hoover and warns against removing religious instruction while preserving democratic freedoms and avoiding paganism in education.
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Herbert Hoover
Hoover
United States
Prelude To Sleep by Anderson M. Scruggs
Poem excerpt inviting gathering sleepy sounds to weave into music for the mind. Describes autumn leaves, dusks, wind and rain, and crickets as night settles. Calls the reader to let day thoughts fade into valleys of dream as sleep approaches.
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Anderson M. Scruggs
Congressional debate echoes on British draft policies and global forces
The column reviews a heated Congress debate sparked by remarks linking Britain to draft policy where Canada and Australia also rely on varied conscription. It notes differing systems in India, New Zealand, South Africa, and the British Isles, outlining who serves where and how many volunteers and draftees are deployed.
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New Zealand
New Guinea
Egypt
Syria
Greece
Ugoslavia
Malaya
King
Alaska
Union of South Africa
North Africa
Libya
Draft Criticism of Allied Nations and Home Defense
The speaker notes Britain leads in draft strictness while total conscription is under four and a half million, less than half of the 11 million and more. Most Allied troops are American, with critique aimed at Canada Australia and South Africa. Defense shifted abroad, planes and rockets change the homeland role, and truth is essential to public confidence.
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Western Front
Canada
Australia
South Africa
Singapore
Philippines
Rambling Notes Of A Gadabout In Manhattan
Manhattan social scene highlights include Paul Draper at Waldorf Astoria with Stokowski and Menuhin watching. Draper’s sixth Waldorf engagement features Beethoven to Blue Danube and audience requests. Leo Reisman returns with new arrangements. Mario and Floria impress at St Regis Iridium Room. Marthe Errolle’s powerful Romberg numbers draw applause. Elwood Smith debuts as a baritone, Mike Moore Orchestra opens with hits and a Decca contract.
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L. L. Stevenson
Leopold Stokowski
Yehudi Menuhin
Paul Draper
Waldorf-Astoria
Wedgwood Room
Draper
Stitl Ches
Leo Reisman
Reisman
St. Regis
Iridium
Mario and
Floria
Mario
Fionna
Marthe Errolle
St. Louis Municipal Opera
Sigmund Romberg
Errole
Romberg
Robert J. Weeks
Old Greenwich
Conn
Washington Heights
Bob
Williams Club
Aubrey Decker
Corrinne Thompson
Ralph McCarter
Portacs
May
Cafe Society
Phil Moore
Moore
Decca
Elwood Smith
Josh White
Smith
Kenneth Spencer
Spencer
Forty Years Ago Today Highlight Local Moves
S N Huffard of the Chicago House Purnishing company returned to Graham from Norton where he had been looking after the interests of the branch house there. Mr and Mrs J R Horton visited relatives in Bramwell. Harry Benbow of Graham accepted action at Walton and Company commissary at Williamson.
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S. N. Huffard
Chicago House Purnishing Company
Graham
Norton
J. R. Horton
Bramwell
Harry Benbow
Walton and Company
Williamson
Around the Town Notes From Mercer County Community
Local column recaps from Mercer county highlights. Radio figures Woody and Buddy Williams split in divorce court. Bud Palmer, a coffee man, once a model, is noted. Hard Wood Products hires about 150, with Bill Cook as manager. Bus drivers and local residents appear in anecdotes. Dr. Ward Wylie serves in Army medical corps. C. I. Cheyney hosts a radio hobby show. NBC audition note. Community events include paper boys, mail carriers, and a charity tree drive led by Ruth Johnson French. Mercer county schools see leadership by Charley Archer amid shifts due to absence of some members.
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Wonder Valley
Woody
Buddy Williams
Mercer County
Buddy
Royal Vedon
Bud Palmer
Bud
Hardwood Products, Inc
West
Roscoe
Ward Wylie
Mullens
Army Medical Corps
Doc
C. I. Cheyney
Cheyney
Fatis
NHBC
NBC
C. I
India
G. I
Christmas Tree Association
Ruth
Johnson French
Bluefield Grate
Roy Bond
Camp Crier
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Tech
Eddie Steele
Pacific
Australia
Bill Cole
Board of Education
Henry Sargent
Levi Vermillion
Princeton
Deep Delta Country praised as vivid regional portrait
Reviewer John Selby hails Harnett T. Kane’s Deep Delta Country as among the best in the American Folksways series. He credits Kane’s knowledge of the delta, crisp writing, and restrained background context for a vivid river voyage from New Orleans to the delta. The work depicts a French and mixed ethnicity community living on land and water, with colorful locals, priests, and a broad panorama wrapped in precise English.
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John Selby
Harnett T. Kane
Lower
Mississippi Delta
Kane
Delta
Mr. Kane
New Orleans
Barrett Visits City Over Lambert's Point Piers
FP. R. Barrett who managed the Norfolk and Western piers at Lambert's Point was in town to oversee protection of the coal field and railroad interests. FP. R. Bailey departed for Ironton Ohio on business. Paul Bailey son of Mr and Mrs E L Bailey Tazewell street returned home from Augusta Military academy for Christmas holidays.
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R. Barrett
Norfolk and Western
Lambert's Point
R. Bailey
Ironton
Ohio
Paul Bailey
E. L. Bailey
Tazewell Street
Augusta Military Academy
Twenty Years Ago Today Christmas Mail Depot Opened
A parcel post depot was set up in a Bradmann building store room to handle holiday mail. Miss Isabelle Dillard was injured after being struck by a car on Federal Street. Miss Ruth Bodell arrived from New York City to spend the holiday season with her parents.
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Bradmann
Isabelle Dillard
John R. Dillard
Fulton Street
Federal Street
Ruth Bodell
New York City
W. A. Bodell
Henley Elected Commander At Mercer Camp Meeting
Ten years ago today H S Henley a Bluefield businessman was chosen commander of the Mercer county camp of the United Spanish War Veterans at the annual meeting held in the city hall. I C Shorr and Charlie Walk returned from the Miami Baltimore golf tournament. Dr G W Lavender and his son Bill came back from a trip to Asheville North Carolina.
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Henley
Bluefield
Mercer County
City Hall
Shorr
Charlie Walk
Miami
Fla
G. W. Lavender
Bill
Asheville
N.C
Hollywood Auditions For The Robe Open To New Faces
Hollywood scouts seek fresh talent for The Robe with Mervyn LeRoy and Ross directing. Writers and actors must mail photos and letters rather than queue at RKO. LeRoy recalls discovering Clark Gable Lana Turner and Phyllis Thaxter and favors instinct over routine testing. He plans Arrowhead Productions afterward possibly with Anna Lacasta and an all Negro cast if the project proves strong.
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Hollywood
Mervyn LeRoy
LeRoy
Ae Ross
RKO Studios
Merze
New York
Clark Gable
Lana Turner
Susan Peters
Warner Bros
M-G-M
Phyllis Thaxter
van Johnson
Tokyo
Shakespeare
Arrowhead
Anna Lacasta
Voice Of The People Opposes Virginia Poll Tax
A Virginia reader denounces the poll tax as a trick law and moral degradation. The writer argues it taxes non voters and harms civil rights while defending soldier voting and condemning legislative moves toward a constitutional convention.
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Virginia
Daily Telegraph
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