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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1929
Page
4
Wisconsin and states push local option against federal prohibition
Amid debates on enforcement, Wisconsin and other states move toward local control to oppose federal prohibition. The piece traces the shift from local option to broader state resistance, noting potential apportionment changes and constitutional conflicts over the Fourteenth Amendment and race enfranchisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
By & Capinas
Washington
New Jersey
Newland
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Jon
United States
Bace
Decline of Broadway Theater Amid Talkies Rise
The piece notes a sharp drop in legitimate theaters from about five thousand two decades ago to under five hundred currently in operation. Through five months of the Manhattan season only 28 of 111 plays succeeded, blamed on rising costs, overproduction, and the impact of talkies on audiences and touring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United
Manhattan
New York
Stege
Karl Chapin May
BMW
UMP
May Blaves
Lat Pollock
Mr. Moneypenny
Talkies
Theater vs talking pictures sparks readjustment debate
A discussion about the impact of talking pictures on live theater. Critics argue cinema may shrink stage work while others see cinema and stage each finding its own niche. Industry observers predict a gradual balance as media evolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
England
Guardian
Talkies
May
Pollock
Hoover on Disarmament and the War Combat Question
In his Memorial Day address President Hoover urges that despite renouncing war and promises to curb armaments, nations continue to expand military forces. He calls for a practical plan to reduce arms to defend against outlaw attacks and warns that only ideas without action risk fool’s paradise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
The British Landslide and its Global Echoes
The piece argues the British election produced a Labour landslide signaling a shift from Baldwin era capital interests to Labour control under Ramsay MacDonald. It compares Washington's administration to the Baldwin government and suggests tariffs, labor interests, and modernization trends will shape policy, noting limited Liberal revival and radical coal nationalization as outcomes. It closes with a series of satirical asides on current events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Party
Labor
Baldwin
Ramsey MacDonald
Tories
Great Britain
MacDonald
Washington
Baldwin Tory
Congress
Norris
LaFollette
Walsh
Montana
Dill
Liberal Party
The fading era of Tin Pan Alley and Broadway excess
A retrospective from New York on Tin Pan Alley shrinking fortunes and the shift to theme songs. It notes publishers Warner Brothers Witmark & Sons and others eyeing major firms, the new contract era for songwriters, and lingering bohemian decor in Hoboken amid changing entertainment economics. It ends with a wry anecdote about a pampered youth and his father’s picture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tin Pan Alley
Broadway
Irving Berlin
Earl Carroll
George M Cohan
Sonny Boy
al Jolson
Warner Brothers Movie Outfit
Witmark & Sons
Tin Pan Alley Boys
Big Canyon
Gen- Heman
Just Folks by Edgar Guest
A poem about a city street where neighbors share a common daily life. The speaker contrasts humble, ordinary routines with imagined adventures and love, expressing a wish for romance within the everyday world and concern that others may not understand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Just Folks
Edgar Guest
Notable quotes on aviation growth and smuggling
Statements forecast rapid aviation expansion with 10 000 private planes by 1930 and 100 000 in three years. Customs officials describe liquor smuggling from Canada as a worsening, hard to curb issue. A former Pennsylvania governor is quoted on champagne evasion with a San Andres governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Stout
Stout Air Lines, Inc
Canada
E. W. Camp
U. S. Commissioner of Customs
San Andres
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Short Turns by Merrill Meade
In Atchison Kansas a man told a friend honestly about a dealer trade in price for his old car. The column jokes about Edison Lindbergh and radio era topics, notes lack of reader contributions, and pokes fun at city scenes and dancing events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison, Kan
Page Ananias
Jests Jingles By Jay at the Bridge Club
A humorous column mocks auto debt culture with a Kentucky boy’s suicide attempt and plans for installment plans. It lampoons insurers and pedestrians while critiquing reputational shame and unsafe driving.
Readers respond to Hoover education talk and farming critique
A Canton reader praise of Hurrah For Hoover appears alongside a Dayton, Ohio letter challenging Garet Garrett's The New Picture of Agriculture. The writer argues agriculture cannot match industry in efficiency, counters claims about checkrow corn planters and wheat costs, and labels Garrett's piece propaganda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton Daily News
Hoover
Department of Education
Garet Garrett
Virgil Jordan
Garrett
Tariff Commission
America
Mr. Garrett
Joe
Sal
Dawg Ganga
Witty Odds and Ends From Tit-Bits Jokes
A compact gag collection features quick quips and cartoon captions. Jokes involve fishing with an apple worm bait a tailor visiting a dentist and a house hunter seeking isolation for the cornet practice, plus a bishop’s wife amid anaesthetic recovery.
Letter to the editor corrects Canton Cadets dates
A reader letter from WM. T. Kuhns corrects dates about the Canton Cadets, noting the group formed in 1876 and active until 1888, with Decoration Day observances beginning after a member's death. The editor admits the date error and praises Kuhns for providing clarity despite the lapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton Cadets
Canton
WM. T. Kuhns
Prayer in Congress by Rabbi Abram Simon in House
Rabbi Abram Simon offered a prayer in the House of Representatives invoking God’s name to consecrate their work and asking for divine guidance on Decoration Day eve to honor those who sacrificed for the nation. He prayed for blessing upon the President Cabinet Congress and citizens and for peace and love in the land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abram Simon
Congress
Ironics Prank Kving LeRcue Absurd Pet Tale
A fragmented note describes a creature called a square shooter and warns about a man whose reputation is kept in his hip pocket. The odd text hints at mischief and distrust in a surreal, cryptic narrative.
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