Americanism In Our Schools Endowed At University Of Chicago
Charles R. Walgreen and the Julius Rosenwald Family Foundation fund a combined 825000 endowment to create a chair for intensive study of American institutions at the University of Chicago. Walgreen says study of our bill of rights guards against foreign influences including communism and strengthens democracy. The piece urges other colleges to pursue similar endowments.
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Charles R. Walgreen
Julius Rosenwald
University of Chicago
Walgreen
America
United States
Mr. Walgreen
Rosenwald
Is Fascism or Communism Rising Among Statesmen
The piece notes a question raised by Congressman Samuel B Pettengill about a fascist trend in the United States. It cites his House speech contrasting Mussolini’s labor rhetoric with Italy’s later rights erosion and asks what American labor and democratic rights would say about similar moves by leaders.
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Samuel B. Pettengill
Indiana
Democratic Party
House of Representatives
United States
Pettengill
Murphy
Michigan
Labor
Mussolini
Italy
Sam Gompers
Ericaeas
Tyre
Germany
Farley
Warns of creeping fascism and centralization in America
The speaker argues that fascism means centralized national control risking the balance of three branches. He warns against a move toward executive dominance, congressional weakness, and bureaus over business labor and agriculture, urging reflection on Pettengill's warning.
Hollywood Mob Deluges Cemeteries And Weddings
In Hollywood crowds mob cemeteries and churches showing the same spectacle of curiosity. Jean Harlow is buried with flowers left in her hand despite a guarded scene. Jeanette MacDonald and Gene Raymond wed amid a throng of fans and police, the couple escaping with minimal disruption to their outfits.
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Hollywood
Country
Jean Harlow
Jeanette MacDonald
Gene Raymond
Economic Royalist Brought To Book
Elmer E. Taylor a news boy in Greenfield Massachusetts faces a one cent fine for delinquent social security taxes. Deputy collector Edward J. O'Donnell informs him he owes back taxes totaling several months and must deduct seven cents from twelve year old employee Stanley LaCount's $1.50 weekly wages. The case exposes tax collection issues in a small business.
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Elmer E. Taylor
Edward J. O'Donnell
Internal Revenue
Elmer
Uncle Sam
Stanley LaCount
Chinese general with 49 children would face tax evasion probe in US
A Chinese general said to have 49 children by age 40 would trigger US tax rules for dependents. If he resided in the United States exemptions per child could alter his income tax liability and prompt scrutiny for avoidance.
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United States
The Muffled Drum Poem Reflects on War's End
Henry Davis Nadig in the Christian Science Monitor envisions a future where schools teach peace through a universal rhyme, armored lines vanish from parades, diplomats earn medals for dissuading conflicts, and children no longer play at war, heralding history’s true course.
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Henry Davis Nadig
The
Christian Science Monitor
Forty Years Ago Today A Bluefield Telegraph Chronology
From The Files Of The Bluefield Daily Telegraph summarizes events dated forty thirty and twenty years ago. Notes marriages including J G Barnes and Miss Strother, Alexander Young leaving for Florida, and Bluefield water works chief. Also mentions municipal Bluefield election and deaths of Elizabeth Blackwell and Litchford.
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Concord College
Athens
J. G. Barnes
Tazewell
Strother
Giles County
Alexander Young
Deland, Fla
Mr. Young
Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Company
E. L. Palmer
Lynchburg
W. F. Palmer
Sara F. Thompkins
Bristol
Bluefield
Rosa Williams
A. C. Denny
Larkin Williams
South Blueie
J. H. Litchford
N. H. Woods
Court Bill Clash Drives Rift in Senate Democrats
A blistering judiciary committee report labels Roosevelt court packing as deliberate, urging rejection and signaling party splits. Seven Democrats who signed the rebuke praise orderly personnel changes yet warn the president's plan may redefine the court.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary
Roosevelt
Supreme Bench
High Court
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Court
Judiciary Committee
Fraternal Clubs Sing and Stumble Through New York Nite Life
In New York the Kiwanis Rotarians and Lions clubs host noon gatherings with amateur singers and occasional professionals. Notable guests include Morton Bowe, Edward Johnson, Sigmund Romberg and Knight McGregor, while Frank Buck’s jungle act at a Pago-Pago room event ends with monkeys causing a brief midnight commotion on Swinger Alley.
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Rotarians
Lions Clubs
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Morton Bowe
Edward Johnson
Metropolitan Opera House
Lions
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Brotherhood of Man
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Phil Baker
Harry Welsh
Clarence Willard
Sigmund Romberg
Knight McGregor
Edward Mulholland
Rotary
Fred Allen
Jack Benny
Ed Wynn
Manhattan Island
Frank Buck
52Nd Street
Buck
Page Darwin
Democratic Field Day Promises Food Fun and Talk
A satirical piece previews a three day Democratic workers event featuring outdoor games, chowder, beer, and candid dialogue with leaders while poking fun at White House aloofness and party rhetoric.
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Ers
Barbec
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Alme
What Today Means To You On June 22 Birthday Guide
Mary Blake outlines June 22 as a birthday profile with peak hours and danger periods. It notes personality traits, potential career paths in writing entertainment teaching and sales, plus a child born that day may show dramatic or scientific ability and later success. It lists notable individuals born on June 22.
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Mary Blake
Cupid
Screen Life in Hollywood Letter From Fred MacMurray
In a letter to Hubbard heavy Fred MacMurray discusses the price of fame. He hates being constantly recognized and seeks anonymity even for 24 hours, noting the difficulty of meeting the public and the burden of stardom while affirming his love for acting and home life.
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Hubbard
Fred MacMurray
Hub
Ventine
Belair
Cruial Good Fairy
Throwing The Harpoon The Polar Direction
A series of wry political quips on Soviet leaders and domestic politics. Satirical lines reference Stalin and Garner as figures, critique court reform ideas, and mock foreign film publicity while noting public expectations of humor.
Kennebec river book opens Rivers of America series
Bruce Catton reviews Kennebec Cradle of Americans by Robert P. Tristram Coffin, edited by Constance Skinner, published by Farrar and Rinehart. He praises the river as a national epic seed and Coffin’s Maine portrait as colorful and thoughtful, noting early English settlement at the river’s mouth.
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Farrar and Rinehart, Inc
Constance Dsay Skinner
Robert P. Tristram Coffin
Kennebec
Mr. Coffin
Plymouth Rock
Coffin
Wage lines diverge as dairy farmers face rising costs
A Department of Agriculture chart shows labor wages and dairy farmer income diverging. The dairy sector, with over two million producers receiving weekly checks from creamery buyers, fears wage increases will lift farm prices. The Grange urges Congress to postpone wage hours action while debates over related measures continue.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Liel
Tional Grange
Congress
Grorge
Wheeler
Montana
Salvation Army Aides Attend Camp at Crockett Springs
Adjutant K. E. Moss announced two local Salvation Army corps youths, Miss Maggie Taylor and Miss Virginia Lee, have gone to Crockett Springs Virginia for divisional Young People's camp and a school for ten days. The camp hosts over one hundred promising youths from Virginia and southern West Virginia.
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K. E. Moss
Salvation Army Corps
Maggie Taylor
Virginia Lee
Crockett Springs
Salvation Army
Virginia
West Virginia
Adjutant Moss
Bells of Wakeeney wed Hillman brothers pattern
The Bells of Wakeeney wedding tradition continues as Arvilla M. Bell ties the knot with Harold F. Hillman, fourth Bell sister to wed a Hillman brother. Earlier marriages began in 1927 with Jessie Bell and Edgar Hillman, followed by Ula Bell and Ernest H. Hillman Jr. in 1929 and Oakie Bell and Arnold Hillman in 1931.
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Wakeeney
Kas
Hillman
Arvilla M. Bell
Harold F. Hillman
Jessie Bell
Edgar Hillman
Ula Bell
Ernest H. Hillman Jr
Oakie Bell
Arnold Hillman
Kennebec a saga of ships and rugged independence
The Kennebec valley born Church of England culture shows in its river history and shipbuilding. A century of self reliant life produced a lasting ethos and a nation solution hint in the rugged individualism. The book priced at $2.50 is praised as a must read.
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Maine
New England
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