Air Vets Soar After 30, Some Gave Leg to Fly
The piece honors long serving aviation figures like Ben O Howard, Alexander P de Seversky, and Wiley Post. It recounts Howard losing a leg in 1923 crashes, later becoming a research pilot with United Airlines, and notes his continued flight career and prowess. It also touches on Alvin York’s postwar story and the era’s changing fortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Wright Brothers
Ben O. Howard
Alexander P. de Seversky
Zealous Czechs Plan Rebellion Against German Domination
Zealous Czechs plan rebellion against German domination as Nazis puzzle combat strategy in an editor’s note from Joseph W. LaBine. The piece, released by the Western Newspaper Union, frames resistance and military considerations within a broader wartime context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Newspaper Union
Czech Saga of Exiles and Wartime Resolve
The piece traces Czech resistance to German occupation, noting exiled Bohemians and Moravians across borders and a pronounced will to oppose Nazi rule. It references Eduard Benes, Thomas Masaryk, and Chicago as rallying centers, while outlining international sympathy and ongoing Czech diplomatic activity amid Depression era U.S. economic context. It also highlights U.S. wage and capital trends from 1929 to 1938, and labor gains versus capital losses in 1937–38.
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Adolf Hitler
Prague
National Assembly
Benes
Eduard Benes
Czech Republic
Thomas G. Masaryk
Munich
University of Chicago
Cage
Philadelphia
Thomas Masaryk
Chicago
Konstantin von Neurath
Berlin
Fuehrer
Hitler
Germany
Bohemia
Moravia
Reich
France
Poland
Bohemia-Moravia
U. S
Department of State
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
John Lewis
C. L O
Supreme Court's shifting balance amid New Deal era
The article notes farm economy shifts and research labs in Peoria New Orleans Wyndmoor Pa San Francisco study crops. It describes Supreme Court justices vacationing in Washington and analyzes the evolving liberal conservative balance with Roosevelt appointees and midline members, suggesting court dynamics are loosening rigid ideologies.
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Ers
U.S
Department of Agriculture
Peoria
New Orleans
Wyndmoor
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Black
Reed
Frankfurter
Douglas
Butler
McReynolds
Hughes
Stone
Roberts
Jackson
Roosevelt Third Term Debate Stirs Democratic Ranks
The piece surveys party leaders and voters debating President Roosevelt seeking a third nomination. It notes traditional limits on consecutive terms, mentions Ickes and Early statements, Garner as target of attacks, and Farley’s national tour fueling speculation about Roosevelt’s plans.
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Hale
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
Roosevelt
White House
Ickes
Interior Department
Look
United Efforts
Stephen Early
Early
Garner
Democratic Party
Mr. Ickes
Farley
Senaelse
Michigan
Sena
Evangelical Booth Plans Return to Live in October
London visitor Evangeline Booth declares she will move back to reside next October. The Cooper Union General Booth era leader, once welcomed and hissed, spent 30 years in Hartsdale New York commanding the Canadian army from her cottage, famous for a coal bonnet reward.
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Evangeline Booth
London
Cooper Union General Booth
Bennet Stillen
Canada
Hartsdale
N. Y
Consolidated Features
WNU
Gravity and Levity Quote Echoes in Reflection
A quotation contrasts gravity with levity, noting one side sinks due to lightness while the other rises with gravity. The line plays on fate and folly, exploring fate and self-awareness in a concise, reflective mood.
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By Lemuel F. Parton
Ben Howard
New Mexico
Olive Howard
Howard
United Airlines
Omaha
St. Louis
Tennessee
Alvin York
Pall Mall
Tenn
Lou Angler
Joseph W. Labine
Baron von Neurath
Washington
Supreme Court
Abed
Justice Hughes
Kentucky
Justice McReynolds
SEC
Jerome Frank
Tommy Corcoran
Bill Douglas
Robert H. Jackson
High Bench
Robert ‘Jackson
William Bruckartwin
National Press Bldz
Washington, D. Cc
Saturday Evening Post
Mr. Early
Ueftie Cemetee
Br. Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Jum Farley
Arya
Garfield
U the
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