Texas Hotel Association Resists Bar Rooms Until Legislature Action
A column of varied notes discusses hotel association opposition to opening bar rooms before state laws curb traffic and potential state monopoly of liquor sales. It cites possible 1930s political tensions, labor wage debates, a shooting incident in Dallas, Nazi era punishment ethics, Huey Long, rural farming prospects, and social notes on John Garner and a local wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Hotel Association
Dallas
Texas Newspaper Snippets Collect Quick Jester Lines
A mash of headlines and quips from Dallas News Tyler Courier Times Star-Telegram and other papers. It notes Haile Selassie secrecy jokes about Aunt Ellen and Uncle Tom marriages and a Denison Herald quip on a one volume encyclopedia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haile Selassie
Tyler Or
Courier Times
Ellen
Uncle Tom
Claude Callan
Star-Telegram
We can do something about Russian propaganda at home
The piece argues Washington should end diplomatic ties with Russia over Communist agitation. It cites Maxim Litvinov’s pledge against overthrow and calls for expelling or imprisoning propagandists, warning that Stalin could stop it with a word but won’t.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Rusa
United States
Jos. Stalin
Washington
Maxim Litvigoff
Sfer
U. S
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Pacific
Cowardly Proposal to Redefine War in Ethiopia Crisis
The piece condemns Premier Laval’s plan to redefine war to justify Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia. It argues that naming armed penetration as border protection hides aggression, weakens the League of Nations, and undermines the Kellogg Briand pact. It asserts England and others see this as war and warns against legitimizing deceitful diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Ethiopia
Premier Laval
Trance
League of Nations
League
England
Laval
France
Mussolini
Lelyel
Whydah Bird Weighs Heavier in Captivity Cites Optimist Note
A fragmented clipping notes the whydah, an African bird, reportedly gains weight in captivity. It references a Punch and Boston Transcript quip about optimism and near arrivals, suggesting crowded conditions at a place described as “around the corner.”
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Whydeh
Utopia
Boston Transcript
Tit For Tat Witty Exchange Among Friends
A facetious gentleman introduces his wife as “mine own” prompting a playful retort from a wife who calls her husband “mine owner.” The exchange reflects lighthearted gendered humor in social banter.
Weather, sports, and satire collage from era papers
A mixed set of quips, jokes and brief notices from various papers. It includes comments on Christmas shopping in heat waves, a Baseball in Europe idea, an eating contest, a traffic court exchange, a marriage rumor for a chess champion, a DuPont explosive remark, a restaurant hash exchange, a gag about a washing machine, and a reader’s ad lines from Brannon’s ads page.
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Jay
Bates
Texas
Associated Press
Frau Jeunmann
Huey Long
Congress
Robbie Burns
University of Texas
John Garner
John
Fannin County
Wynor
Emma
Thimble Theater
Popeye
Genlemen
Frien Rei
Jimmie
Camp Winky-Binky
E. E. C. Segar
Atlantic City
Tee Pott
Tacmon
Bil Dwyer
Tedke
Dallas News
Denison Herald
India
Australia
Edmonton Journal
Europe
Literary Digest
Alan
Montreal Star
Punch
du Pont
Senate
Atlana Constitution
Walter
Brannon’s
R. Browning
Elizabeth Davis Richards
Brannon's
Keene
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