Labor Day Split Splits AFL Over Union Organization
The AFL executive council suspended ten unions with about 1.1 million members amid a broader battle between craft and industrial unionism. Leader John L. Lewis pushes for an industrial approach while Green and most AFL leaders back crafts. A new rival arises threatening steel sector organizing and potential strikes amid fragile finances.
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Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Federation
John L. Lewis
Lewis
A. F. of L
Sound sense amid campaign propaganda urges long term view
The piece reprints Dan A Wallace remarks on voters choosing for future generations. It cites two voices from a train discussion in Alabama and the Northwest about security and debt. It argues congressmen and presidents must safeguard the country’s resources for the next generation and avoid heavy burdens.
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Dan A. Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
Minnesota Sentinel
Wallace
Republican National Committee
Landon
Alabama
South
Hypocrisy of parental mercy and manhood myth
A reflective column mocks parental coddling that cripples spirit, contrasts bravado with fear when faced with pain, and skewers critics of Roosevelt and economic policy. It argues conscience vs money, questions civic stances, and ends with a corrected quoted line about a boy undergoing a boil lancing.
Weighing football on radio versus live games this fall
A couple debates spending on football this fall arguing tickets gas and meals cost a lot. She prefers listening on the radio at home citing weather and comfort while he notes a few games matter and they might skip most live games for home broadcasts.
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Purdue
Telepathy, film men, croquet, and a cafe mood in New York
A reflective piece in the voice of Arnold Bennett sketches telepathy notes about Harry Langdon and a postcard from India. It trails through cinema gossip, croquet hobbyists like Woollcott, Norris, Seuttt, and Ruth, plus a lunch wagon scene and Rupert Hughes’s charity tales.
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New York
Arnold Bennett
Harry Langdon
India
Bob Davis
O. O. McIntryre
Hawaii
Boston
Green Pastures
Roark Bradford
Bill Corum
Primo
Harry Burton
Paris
Vienna
Central Park
Alexander Woollcott
Neysa McMein
Kathleen Norris
King Ed Seuttt
Leprosy Warning in South Seas Tale Sparks Debate
In White Shadows in the South Seas a Polynesian princess appears with a mirror showing a white spot suggesting early leprosy. A dashing English officer loves her as he patrols the Marquesas, while literary quips about Hugo and crooks color a mixed, opinionated review.
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South Seas
France
England
Marquesas
Victor Hugo
Penne
Joe Uis
Olympic Committee
Vitamins and birthdays mix in quirky health column notes
The piece lists vitamin A amounts in foods and daily needs for a baby, then shifts to a astrological warning about a lively day. It warns of difficult conditions in employment and mentions caution with writings and secret societies. It ends noting Anton Dvorak as a notable nativity.
Vitamin A and D in Infant Diets Stressed in Health Text
The text outlines daily vitamin A needs of about 1,500 units and 2,000 units per teaspoon of cod or fish liver oil. It notes vitamin C requirements near 20 units daily with various fruit and vegetable sources listed. It praises fish liver oils and synthetic vitamin D concentrates as key sources for infants and mentions ten to fifteen drops of condol daily to meet vitamin D needs, each drop delivering 300 units.
Remedy for Dry Skin and Calcium Advice in 1936 Notice
A 1936 health column advises on skin dryness with a “Dew of Sahara” remedy and carbolic preparations, plus cautions on a calcium supplement for a 14 year old. It warns that a physician is the best guide and emphasizes vitamin D for calcium metabolism.
Blind Devotion To Job May Wreck Tony's Romance
In a syndicated advice column a cautionary tale follows Tony bound to his career risking a fiancé and wedding. The letter writer asks how to gauge a lovestruck suitor and a friend questions dating someone much older while seeking lasting happiness.
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Job
Tony
Ork
Dear Miss Manners Advice on Crowd and Trust
The reply urges convincing the circle of friends of the boys' integrity and not exposing them unless there is solid proof of unworthiness.
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Miss Manners
Notable Local Accidents Reported in Gazette
Ten to twenty years ago in the Gazette, Lou Scheibel of Kansas City was killed yesterday at Frontier Park all mobile races when his car locked wheels with Pete Peter’s car and crashed through the fence. Martin Bestman sustained a head gash and bruises when a car was crowded off the road and went into a ditch on Alburnett Road. Frank Bob and wife with daughter Alma and Alice Spevacek left by auto for California. George Sheets, his daughter Betty and mother-in-law Ella Newman were injured in a north New Hampton collision. Sheets in critical condition with a fractured skull.
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Lou Scheibel
Kansas
Frontier P
Pete Peter
Martin Bestman
Alburnett Road
Frank Bob
Alma
Alice Spevacek
Auto Tool
California
George Sheets
Ella Newman
Mrs Jameson Returns From Visit After Shoulder Injury
Mrs W F Jameson who simmered a fractured shoulder while visiting at Maynard has returned home. The Rev Wilbur L Clapp of the First Baptist church left for Chicago for the national B Y P U board monthly meeting. George G Grape and family returned from an air trip to Omaha and Lincoln Nebraska.
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W. F. Jameson
Maynard
Wilbur L. Clapp
First Baptist Bar
Chicago
Natior B. Y. P. U
George G. Grape
Omaha
Lincoln
The Kitties Band Featured at the Alamo This Week
Dr. and Mrs. E R Burkhart and daughter return from summer vacation in Europe. Mrs Joseph Swab suffers a broken arm after a fall from a step ladder. John Booker, injured in an accident at starch works days ago, died last night at a local hospital.
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Alamo
E. R. Burkhart
Europe
Joseph Swab
John Booker
T Starch Works
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Michigan Ave
Allen-Klapp
Fifth Avenue
Associated Press
United Frere Ress
Noah Porter
Qiem
Darling
Roosevelt
Mallon
Hoover
Russia
Mr. Roosevelt
Italy
Hollywood
America
George Clark
Babe Ruth
Ruth
Roaring West Street
Bill Hogg
Rupert Hughes
Lawrence Tibbett
Jimee
Rupert
Frederick O’brien
Saulsalito
O’brien
William Brady
Anton Dvorak
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Sahara
Genevieve Kemble
Mary Manners
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