Regulation Alarm Over Southern Newsprint Plant Plan
The Nashville Banner cites a government ruling that blocks Southern paper mills from using local slash pines for newsprint, risking higher imports and economic damage. It blames an economic adviser Mordecai Ezekiel and questions recovery policy while urging immediate protest and resistance.
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World Court membership debated in Senate postponement
The senate postponed the vote on joining the World Court until January 1945, with supporters arguing for peace and stability while opponents warn joining could entangle the U S in international disputes and weaken independent action. The piece argues for remaining outside to preserve freedom and avoid entanglements.
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Thomas Jefferson
Salary politics in Summers county congress race
The Independent Herald cites Democratic contenders for re election questioning loyalty to President Roosevelt while failing to justify opposing the veterans benefit veto. It suggests the moved support for the bill would increase salaries by about 8500 to 9000 dollars per year for each congressman, implying payoffs behind the voting stance.
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Song of Summer Quiets the Landscape in Heat
The poem depicts a cityless summer where birds insects and streams fall silent under extreme heat. The landscape sleeps with stillness dominating every feature from buzzing crickets to winged seeds, leaving only a few grasses and hawkweed gently resting in the oven like air.
Local Marriages And Notices From The Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Dr. G C Honaker of Mercer county wed Miss Frances Stone of Chicago. Miss Nan Dickerson of Athens married L E Thornton of Bluefield. Jesse H Franklin and Mrs Etha McCulloch wed at Rev J H Franklin’s home. The Rev BE Wiley notified of sister Mrs Vinney Parker’s death in Johnson City. Cr Brittingham of Danville IL engaged as Bluefield band director. Mrs R A Glendy of Princeton died. Ten years ago today Thelma Gladya Whitt and Hobart Jessee wed. Houston Laird and A J Tyree received degrees at Washington and Lee. Thomas McCoy formerly of Welch shot dead in a pistol duel at Ragland.
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Chicago
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Danville, Ill
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Etha McCulloch
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Highland Avenue
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Bland Street Methodist Church
Vinney Parker
Johnson City
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Athens
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Hobart Jessee
Albemarle Street
Houston Laird
A. J. Tyree
Washington and Lee University
Thomas McCoy
Formely
Welch
Ragland
Roosevelts New Deal Creed Shapes 74th Congress Election Fight
President Roosevelt unveils a three point social and economic reconstruction program for the 74th Congress, arguing a permanent liberal majority is needed. Despite mixed Republican and conservative responses, western Republicans back the plan while southern Democrats hold cautious or critical views about rapid social progress.
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Roof-Top Cottages At Park Avenue Spark Social Ironies
In New York a Park Avenue penthouse lease can fetch 500000 a year yet weekly rents exist. Roof cottages drew many to feign status, housing actors, socialites and workers who must dodge in and out via the staff entrance. Susan Palmer’s at Rockefeller Center hosts celebrities from Eddie Cantor to John D Rockefeller Jr and Mae Clark.
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Eddie Cantor
James Montgomery Flagg
Chamberlain Brown
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Irene Rich
Frances
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Roy Chapman Andrews
Earl Carroll
Rudy Vallee
Rudy
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Douglas Fairbanks
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Miss Palmer
Rockefeller
Mae Clark
Barbara Stanwyck
la Hiff
Warner Brothers
Harry and
Jack Cohn
Jesse Lasky
Moss Hart
Fred Stone
Will Rogers
George M. Co
John Barrymore
LaHiff
Nancy Carroll
Stonewall Steagall Holds Line On Housing Bill Fight
Washington reports intense backstage maneuvering over the housing bill centering on Stonewall Steagall. The Democratic chairman faces administration pressure as his committee votes show rigidity against liberal changes and alignment with the White House on key provisions.
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Jackson
Roosevelt
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The Once Over Honors Roosevelt With Yale Degree
The piece celebrates President Roosevelt with a playful honorary Doctor of Laws from Yale on June 20. It lauds his leadership during crises and his impact on national morale, while joking about Garner and other contemporary figures. The tone blends praise with light satire in a 1930s newspaper style.
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Yale University
Franklin J
Garner
Earl of Lonsdale Confesses as American Cowboy in 1870s
The Earl of Lonsdale reveals at a British dinner that he was an American cowboy in the seventies and once held up a mail coach. A light remark from a St. James insider confirms the anecdote.
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St. James
Washington weighs price codes and human instinct
A jumble of opinions notes Washington backing price fixing codes and compares human instinct to chiseling out of a paper bag. Mae West asks ex King Alfonso to star opposite her, joking about kings and wrongdoings. The new GOP chair promises a clean slate as New York police motorcyclists gain radios and radio programs.
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Mae West
Alfonso
New York
Advances in Medicine Overcoming Past Ills and Aiding Growth
Dr. Morris Fishbein reflects on medical progress from 1833 to today, noting longer life expectancies, reduced fear of disease, and the impact of physics and chemistry on medicine. He predicts continued gains through nutrition, genetics, and tech like the microscope and X ray.
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Morris Fishbein
Tropics
Attending Marvels by George Gaylord Simpson review
Bruce Catton praises Attending Marvels for its vivid Patagonia expedition tale. Simpson, a lively paleontologist, blends humor and poetry while detailing fossil finds and a harsh Patagonian landscape. Macmillan lists it at $3 amid light notes on overproduction.
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Patagonia
George Gaylord Simpson
American Museum of Natural History
South America
Simpson
Patagonian
Mr. Simpson
Earth
Macmillan
Wodehouse Hired by Paramount as Toodle-oo Writer
Hollywood gossip notes that P G Wodehouse, after a stint at a studio earning about $2,000 a week, is once again in talks with Paramount. He famously claimed the money was shameful yet did some script repair and dialogue work. Paramount is reportedly negotiating for his services again.
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Wodehouse
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