Trouble Ahead for Hitler
In Berlin Dr. Hans Lammers says Hitler intends lifetime rule, rescinding the seven year presidential election. The piece argues church abolition plans fail, religion and state clash, and potential religious persecution may doom his rule. The Insull trial hints at impact on holding companies and future sackings becoming individual.
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Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hans Lammers
Reich Chancellery
Academy of
Berlin
Hitler
von Hindenburg
der Fuehrer
Digest poll shows mixed sentiment on New Deal support
The Literary Digest poll of March and April found about 69 percent in favor of the New Deal, with Delaware voting against and Vermont split. A midyear recheck shows less than 51 percent in favor, with seventeen states voting against. Results are inconclusive for predicting party strength or policy impact.
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Literary Digest
Delan Mare
Vermont
Saugust
Delaware
Maryland
Vr.cn Snow
Tsente
Sme
Arsume
Summum bonum and comradeship in a mixed moral canvas
The excerpt weighs life's highest good as finding a partner and shared purpose while contrasting rich and poor, and praising communal struggle. It cites biblical themes, Ecclesiastes, and social critiques on rights, revolution, and personal virtue with quotes from Ben Hecht and others.
Polls and naval duels hint at shifting political winds
The piece notes the reliability concerns of a Digest poll as an indicator of party strength. It cites Maine's slight New Deal opposition, its Democratic governor re election, and near-succession of a Republican senator, plus a note on two Japanese warships colliding during fleet maneuvers and potential fallout if China does not apologize.
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Maine
China
A Blessing Nevertheless on Rain and Milkman Duty
A reader reflects on Friday night and Saturday rain and praises the milkman for early hours service amid weather. The piece argues drought fears require better rains and snows to restore ground moisture, noting we may endure more inconvenience from milkmen if it prevents a harsher drought next summer.
New York Diary Snatches and Odd Vignettes
A vivid, fragmentary diary styled as Arnold Bennett notes the city’s chatter and scenes. Mentions a Paris foreword request, a colorfully baked loaf, Rex Cole predicting future domestic electrification, tax talk, chandeliers from a Mantes chateau, and a pursers’ limelight on the liner Normandie with Henry Villar.
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New York
Arnold Bennett
Depot
Roxy
Frank
Paris
Riviera
Rex Cole
Mantes
Ohio House
Clay Morgan
Henry Villar
Normandie
Villar
Few Vivid Opera Singers Today
Column notes mixed with celebrity chatter from 1934. Observations on opera stars Grey Pons and Grace Moore, Libby Holman, Geraldine Farrar, Caruso, and others. comments on Otto Kahn, McCutcheon, Corey Ford, and Pal isms. Mentions Pavlova speculation, Noel Coward, Arliss, Hearst and Astor, Bernard Baruch, and a blind man with decorations.
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Vide
Geraldine Farrar
Garden
Schumann-Heink
Caruso
Lily Pons
Grace Moore
Otto Kahn
John T. McCutcheon
Corey Ford
Alaska
Nome
Lady Lous
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Jo Davidson
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Maurice Chevalier
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Noel Coward
Arliss
William Randolph Hearst
Vincent Astor
Bernard Baruch
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West 57Th Street
Madge Evans
Spencer
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Marcus Aurelius
Stanley Walker
Irene Bordoni
Clark Gable
Verne Porter
Porter
Peggy Joyce
Fritz Brewing Company
Freeport
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Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
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