Brookhart and the AAA role in American hardship
A critical portrait of Iowa figure Smith Wildman Brookhart and his AAA adviser position. The clipping compares U S S R successes to American unemployment, describing scenes of poverty at garbage dumps and urging readers to assess Brookhart’s stance amid national distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Wildman Brookhart
Iowa
Hardy Perennial
Sam
AAA
Portland Oregonian
Brookhart
Portland
Soviet Russia
Missouri
Little Smith
Omteago
AL ‘Toda
Lake Calumet
Public Works
Charles Richards
Taxpayers’ Civic Forum
New York
America
Soviet Union
United States
Stalin
Molotov
Colure Brookhart
Hollywood Censorship Debate and Federal Statutes
A discussion on self regulation versus government censorship in Hollywood. The piece reviews legal options under federal law, including 1920 and 1912 statutes on obscene films and prize fight footage, and notes penalties up to 5000 dollars or five years in prison for violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Congress
Jack Johnson
Johnson
Were Mothers of America Warned Against Evil Motion Pictures
The Gazette notes two contrasting views on protecting children from depraved motion pictures. It argues that mothers should shun films that present immoral content as they would avoid a pest house, warning of the baneful influence of such cinema.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gazette
Mothers of America
Adolescent Turbulence and Moral Foundations in Media
Quotations on cinema’s impact from Cardinal Hayes and Dr. Clark discuss moral influence of films. The piece contrasts strong religious and psychiatric views, noting perceived negligible link to youths’ disintegration. A light test comment about summer headwear ends with humor about a derby hat and a white cap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Cardinal Hayes
New York
David R. Clark
Detroit
Dreamy verse recollects Marjorie smiling yesterday
Afragmentary poem reflects on a memory of Marjorie Guest. The speaker recalls her yesterday as radiant and healthy, despite recent sorrow. He imagines the lost joy returning briefly, with her smile and charm brightening the scene.
Red Cross resuscitation methods questioned by expert
A physician criticizes the American Red Cross for altering Schaefer’s resuscitation posture in manuals since 1929. He urges readers to compare with Howell’s Textbook of Physiology and to request a booklet on proper methods via stamped envelopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piowell
Schaefer
Howell
Mods
Saunders
Aikens
Gullick
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Canada
Hazelton
British Columbia
Vancouver
United States
Laredo
Brownsville
Texas
Nogales
Arezona
Notable quotes on society and leadership from early 20th century figures
A collection of pointed statements from Strauss, Root, Phelps, Garner, Kilburn, Holly, Russell, Rockefeller, O Dunne, Roosevelt, Sabath, Rogers, Groves, and Insull. The remarks touch on literature, politics, education, gender roles, and personal virtue, reflecting era attitudes.
Respiratory First Aid and Drowning Prevention Debate
The article discusses drowning physiology, resuscitation methods, and cautions about devices like pulmotors. It cites Dr. Murphy urging head-down positioning for newborns, critiques ineffective methods, and promotes spinal safe breathing aids like carboxygen inhalators and prone-pressure methods under medical supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society For the Prevention
Murphy
Chicago
Health Department
Red Cross
tCanyright
Pan American highway survey steps forward with funding
Congress approved one million dollars to aid U S cooperation with Latin American nations in surveying and building the Pan American highway. An additional seventy five thousand dollars funds ongoing reconnaissance in Central and South America as construction interest grows across the Western Hemisphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cochabamba
Santa Cruz
Santiago
Chile
Peru
Ecuador
Columbia
Venezuela
Caracas
Caribbean
South America
Bogota
Rio de Janeiro
Alaska
Fair
Ashington
D. C
Congress
United States
Americas
Central
Asia
Danube
Europe
America
Rio Grande
Panama
Washington, D. C
National Geographic Society
Argentina
Latin America
Laredo
Mexico
D. F
Hull
Acapulco
Manila Galleons
Pacific Coast
Laredo-Mexico
Nogales
Arizona
Guadalajara
Automobile Club of
California
Argen
Tina
Canada
Costa Rica
el Salvador
Guatemala
Colombia
Brazil
Central America
State Department
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Central American
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Public Roads
E W James
Bolivia
Andes
Dry Marsh Poem Sees Quiet Marshes Fade
Jay G. Sigmund presents a short poem about drying marshes under a hot sky. Frogs vanish, birds are absent, and the farmer’s son trudges with plowed fields as crows watch the browning hills and a copper moon hangs overhead.
The Drunkard and Broadway Lore in 1934 Reflections
A broad critique blends theatrical nostalgia with gossip on Max Baer and 1930s Broadway. The author recalls The Drunkard’s era, Hazlitt's Coleridge tribute, and judgments on fame, breach of promise, and the Oxford spirit in a musing, opinionated column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Baer
Broadway
Baer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cedar Rapids
Rells
Coolidge
Edgar A. Guest
Marjorie
Personal Health Service
William Brady, M. D
Brady
William Minds
National Newspaper Service
West Madison Street
Richard Strauss
Dean Robert Kilburn Root
Princeton
William Lyon Phelps
Yale
John Garner
William H Holly
Rev Stanley Russell
Toronto
Secretary of Interior
Tokes
God
John D. Rockefeller
Eugene O'Dunne
Baltimore
Theodore Roosevelt
Joseph Sabath
Warren L. Rogers
Ohio Episcopal Diocese
Ernest R. Groves
University of North Carolina
Samuel Insull
Blackbird
Bittern
Jay G. Sigmund
O.omintyre
Peggy Joyce
Cross Roads
Harry Bannister
Ania
Third Avenue
Cincinnati
Nell
Barret
Hazlitt
Coleridge
Emily Dickinson
Oxford
England
Securities Laboratories
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