Critique of Government Payments to Farmers Across States
The piece argues the government pays farmers not to work via the AAA and processing taxes, citing West Virginia Mississippi Arkansas and Illinois figures. It contends the plan benefits landowners and raises living costs for workers, with profits going to out-of-state interests and no relief for farm laborers.
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West Virginia
AAA
Mississippi
Arkansas
Illinois
CWA
PWA
ERA
Roosevelt Popularity and the New Deal Support
The piece debates Roosevelt's popularity amid the Digest poll results. It questions whether voters support the aim of the New Deal or its methods, noting a majority backing the administration but growing dissent and uncertain broader approval.
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Roosevelt
Synthetic rubber tires may reshape future pricing and supply
An American example of ersatz rubber tires appears in Wilmington Delaware. DuPont and Dayton Rubber Manufacturing say the tires use acetyline salt and water and cost about 1 dollar per pound, competing with imported rubber. The technology mirrors real rubber production, and its use could help stabilize prices against foreign monopolies.
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Ersatz
Hitler
Wilmington
Del
DuPont Company
Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Company
Dayton, C
Roosevelt Vision and Policy Debate Among Public Analysts
The text questions how the public can decide policy when leaders and experts disagree. It argues that the final verdict rests on realized accomplishments. Roosevelt must win by changing many schemes of theorists and experimenters deemed more dangerous than hungry politicians.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Impudent Proposition Against Prohibition Big Bootleggers Rejected
Public press notes the government refused to compromise with large bootleggers who kept staff after repeal and sought to pay taxes to sell legal liquor. The piece questions why large violators escape court actions while smaller offenders are prosecuted.
Tarrytown Magistrate Finds Hit and Run Driver Cruel
In Tarrytown New York Magistrate W A H Ely convicted a motorist of cruelty to animals for striking a dog and leaving it injured without aid. The driver paid a $15 fine after the animal's leg was broken.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
W. A. H. Ely
Beauty Shapes Itself In Lines By Helen Frazee Bower
A poetic meditation on beauty found in nature’s lines such as beach silvering, pine fingers, and skyline poplars. The speaker compares graceful curves of ships and aging lips to enduring forms, suggesting beauty lies in lines rather than fleeting shapes.
NRA code chaos noted over diapers and dresses
Washington reports stage by stage misfires as the NRA debates where diapers and cotton wash dresses belong under the code. The dress code dispute ends with the audience determining most outfits were house dresses, not wash dresses. A separate note covers romance, Nazis, soft soap on Colombia ties, and a Virginia NRA executive retreat.
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Washington
NRA
Cotton Textile
NRA Policy Board
The Harpoon and Other Quips Across 1920s News
A satirical collage notes oddities from the era including birth anomalies, Ponzi’s release, a sculptor’s plea for Congress, police dress prompts, synthetic tires, and a Washington radio authority bid. The piece mocks politics, crime, technology, and media with wry headlines and quips.
The Once Over by H I Phillips Hot Dogs for the President
A satirical piece depicts a President stopping at a hot dog stand and two sausages volunteering to die for the United States. The dogs debate patriotism, politics, and sacrifice as they march to the grill and perish in a mock patriotic tableau.
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Baloney
Roosevelt
Roosevelt views New London boat race impressively
The piece notes President Roosevelt in New London for a boat race praising progress in heavy goods ship maneuvering. It mocks Yale and Harvard crews as shells and cites a Harvard class 1919 sign about paying their way home. Prof Billy Phelps gives honorary degrees with a witty jab at James Bryant Conant.
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Roosevelt
New London
Billy Phelps
Yale
James Bryant Conant
Harvard
Matabele War Chief Stars In Rhodesian Talkie
In Bulawayo Rhodesia natives begin the first Rhodesian talkie an eight reel film with a young Matabele warrior winning his aim despite the amorous old chief. The all native cast includes tribesmen who fought the Boers 49 years ago seen through Mount Wilson telescope near Pasadena California a candle at 5000 miles is visible.
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Bulawayo
Rhodesia
Births and personalities for June 28 in astrology brief
The note lists notable figures born on June 28 including James Robertson Samson Talbot John Y. Brown Lyman J. Gage John Boyle O Reilly Otis Skinner. It gives birthday horoscopes with favorable and danger periods and advice on love money and career plus hints about suitable living places and talents. It mentions a future child with analysis of temperament and potential schooling.
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James Robertson
Samson Talbot
John Y. Brown
Lyman J. Gage
Chicago
John Boyle O’reilly
Otis Skinner
Virginia to Equip Police Cars with Radio
Governor Peery authorized $4,000 from an unexpended balance to outfit 48 highway patrol cars with short wave radio. The plan follows Richmond's police broadcasting station move and a push by Henrico County and other cities to install radio gear for city police signal coordination.
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Richmond
George C. Peery
John Q. Rhodes
Division of Motor Vehicles
Peery
Norfolk
Danville
Virginia
Henrico County
Henrico
To the Vanquished by I A R Wylie
A critical review of I A R Wylie’s novel To the Vanquished set during Nazi terror. It follows a doctor’s daughter on a Nazi list and a Storm Trooper officer, pairing a sympathetic view of oppressors with a hopeful but uneven love story. Doubleday, Doran, and Company publish at $2.60.
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I. A. R. Wylie
Miss Wylie
Hitler
France
Doubleday, Doran and Company
Diana Wynyard: English Star of Cavalcade and Stage Actress
Hollywood portrait of Diana Wynyard known for Cavalcade discusses her English background. daily routines, hobbies, and meals. It covers her early life in England, stage debut in 1925, move to America in 1932, film roles Rasputin and the Empress Cavalcade Men Must Fight Reunion in Vienna, height and onstage casting quirks, wartime life near London, and pride in supporting herself through theater without needing family funds.
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Hubbard Keavy
Hollywood
Diana Wynyard
Jane Marryot
Diana
Daisy
Dorothy Cox
England
Benn Levy
London
Vienna
Woolrich Arsenal
New York
THIRTY YEARS AGO TODAY REMEMBERED EVENTS IN BLUEFIELD AREA
From the Files Of The Bluefield Daily Telegraph recaps a 30 year old train wreck near Matoaka on the Widemouth branch of the Norfolk and Western, governor candidates Swanson Willard Mann Ayeta, and a Norfolk and Western fireman injured near Elliston Virginia.
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Widemouth
Norfolk and Western
Matoaka
Claude A . Swanson
Joseph EB. Willard
William Hodges Mann
Rufus A. Ayeta
Virginia
J. J. Bowers
Elliston
James L. Young
Bluefield Lodge
A. F
A. F. O. Bennett
Arch Hall
Bennett
Princeton Avenue
Norfolk and Weaterp
Hopkins named to head housing program in politics wary year
President Roosevelt highlights trained officials for key tasks and designates Harry Hopkins, famed for relief work and aloof from party politics, to lead the large federal housing project. Hopkins must avoid political maneuvering as housing runs through a congressional election year and stay free of graft risks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
Emergency Relief Administration
New Deal
New Deal” Service
Relief Administration
CWA
Broadway Gossip from New York Meantime
New York, June 27. Meanderings note Broadway men hustle for status amid social whirl. Sophie Tucker chats with the Duchess of York in London. Maxie Baer entertains with cards and dancing in night spots. stars attend Billy Rose’s Music Hall opening with Constance Talmadge Irving Berlin Irene Bordoni and more.
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New York
Broadway
Sophie Tucker
London
Duchess of York
Miss Tucker
Maxie Baer
el Morocco
Earl Carroll
Billy Rose
Music Hall
Constance Talmadge
Irving Berlin
Irene Bordoni
George Jessel
George White
D. W. Griffith
Elsa Maxwell
Fannie Brice
Harpo Marx
Helen Hayes
Charles MacArthur
Tobacco Road
Irene Castle
Gene Tunney
Dorothy Fields
Stork Club
St. Moritz
Michigan
Fred W. Green
Jim Londos
Summer social register highlights bluebloods and resort life
A social register notes nearly 300 New Yorkers abroad while many stay in the United States. Newport and Southampton are busy. private boats from sloops to steam yachts are listed, with fewer in use than last summer. Terry Donoghue, an Irish public figure and newspaperman, now runs a suburban Moulin Rouge and once delivered a Marxist speech from a parked truck after a long walk home.
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New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Boston
Buffalo
Washington
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Dayton
St. Louis
Chicago
San Francisco
Europe
United States
Newport
Southampton
Terry Donoghue
London
Terry
Donoghue
Donoghue Found Himself In Mid
Manhattan
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Merrirer
The
Associated Press
Wwe
York
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Atlanta
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
W. Va
Postoffics
Ccc
Helen Frazee Bower
Paul Mallon
Maryland
Germany
White House
Colombia
Hull
Bleagle
Blue Eagle
Bleagle-on-the-Potomac
Wirt
Ontario
Ohio
Charles Ponzi
Paris
WCHS
Charleston
Charleston Broadcasting Company
Federal Radio Commission
Once Over
H. I. Phillips
Franklin
Mme
Throwgh
Mount Wilson Observeatory
Pasadena
Calif
Bruce Catton
Screen Life In
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Henry B. Kitts
Bristol
Garry and Sheffey
Bidefield Architects
Mingo County Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
Williamson
D. BE. French
Kirke Simpson
Paul Harrison
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