British War Debt Policy Sparks US Tensions
A London dispatch condemns Britain's stance on paying war debts to the United States and royalties on the Bren gun, noting Germany gains cash while Britain and the US face creditor tensions. The piece cites Hore-Belisha defending legal contracts and hints at a forthcoming June 15 note to the State Department signaling further defaults.
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Britain
United States
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Czecho-Slovakia
Czecho - Slovakia
State Department
Great Britain
Restocking Streams and the Life of West Virginia Fishing
The piece explains daphnia as vital live food for fish, noting a West Virginia bulletin on its role in sustaining streams and bass hatching. It cites state and federal stock of about 3.84 million fish annually, license revenue of 256 thousand, 2066 miles of streams in Monongahela forest, and calls dynamiting a felony while describing a long term restoration effort.
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West Virginia
Monongahela Forest Reservation
Fishermen urged to act as unofficial wardens across rural regions
A rural appeal urges all right minded citizens to act as unofficial fish and game wardens. It notes a fisherman’s paradise becoming one of the nation's poorest fishing states, while the conservation department does much to protect wildlife but cannot do it alone.
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Fisherman’s Paradise
Union
Conservation Department
Bible Censorship in Germany Highlights Nazi Policy
An American observer notes book bans on the Bible in Germany with shops allowed to order only on request. Religious shops few in number may sell, while the church faces persecution. Nazis target non Aryan origins and seek a state religion centered on German life and culture, with anti religious tyranny advancing.
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Germany
Hitler
Hollywood Dictionary Pigmy-Being married to more than one person at the same time
Definition entry notes a practice where a person is wed to multiple spouses concurrently. The term highlights a cultural or linguistic explanation of polygamy as used in historical contexts.
Twin brothers to load coal year after year in same mine
Readers forum notes two twin loaders will begin work in the same mine. Joe uses aluminum and John steel shovels to load 15 tons daily for 240 days yearly. Over 20 years they would haul 144 million pounds and differ by 12 600 pounds of dead weight, affecting work time and pay. Nick Miletich. Glen Rogers.
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Editor Gazette
Joe
John
Nick Miletich
Hound Dogs Chase Automobiles In Rural Grant County
A Grant County paper recounts two neighbor hounds risking life chasing cars and a stray cat while their owner laments the peril and wonders if a higher purpose spares the animals for unknown duties. The piece blends humor and rural reflection on safety and faith.
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Charley Knob
Spruce Knob
Grant County Press
Nature Training School Opens at Oglebay Park
The twelfth Nature Training school starts at Oglebay park with two weeks there and two at Lake Terra Alta mountain camp. Director A. B. Brooks leads an informal program for ages 16 to 90, featuring life sciences geology and astronomy with nightly fires and college professors from three states.
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Oglebay Park
Lake Terra Alta
A. B. Brooks
Woodland Cottage
West Virginia Nature Association
College of Three States
Wheeling Creek
Marshall County
Scrub Pine
Pleasants County
Tomlinson Run State Park
Hancock County
Terra Alta
Canaan Valley
Cranesville Swamp
Black Waterfalls
Moundsville Echo
Royal visit sparks plan for Canadian residence
A secret plan from King George and Queen to spend part of each year in Canada aims to bolster the British empire through personal loyalty. The suggestion follows the royal tour, proposing the royal couple live abroad rather than at Balmoral during summers.
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Washington
America
Canada
Balmoral Castle
Scotland
Atlantic
House
Sol Bloom
New York
Sol
Queen Elizabeth
Words That Speak Clearly For A Nation In Debt Debate
The piece discusses Stuart Chase's SEC study on investment banking language for the anti monopoly inquiry. It argues for precise emotion free terms and suggests using Our Economy instead of Capitalism to reduce ideological charge. The analysis stresses accessible, factual wording over rhetoric.
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SEC
Stuart Chase
Chase
Mr. Chase
the Gazette
Questions And Answers A Gazette home service feature
Readers can mail questions to The Gazette Home Service Bureau in Washington for facts, with a three cent return stamp. The page presents test questions and answers on geography, history, science, and culture, including notable figures and events from 1930s to 1938.
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Burea
Washington
13Th. Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
Centennial of Baseball Should Give Recognition To Writers
New York June 14 The observance of baseballs centennial lacks acknowledgment for the press corps shaping the sport with words and myth. The piece names Ring Lardner Hugh S Fuller ton Grantland Rice Roy Stockton Sid Keener and George Sisler era contributors as vital to the game alongside players.
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New York
Babe Ruth
John McGraw
Hall of Fame
Cooperstown
Lenin Museum
Bill McGeehan
McGraw
Cobb
Georgia Peach
Ruth
Bunyan
Bambino
Bam
Ring Lardner
Hugh S. Fullerton
Grantland Rice
Roy Stockton
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Gas House Gang
Pepper Martin
Mud Cats
Sid Keener
Star-Times
George Sisler
Sisler
St. Louis
Dean
Writers and memories of baseball press legends
The piece recalls figures from baseball journalism including Hanna Phelan Robinson and Dryden. It notes Hanna’s health and habits, Dryden’s artistic yet vulgar edge, and the overall reverence of colleagues like Schumacher and Salsinger for a sportful era.
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Bill Hanna
New York Herald Tribune
Bill Phelan
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Wilbert Robinson
Daffiness Boys
Garry Schumacher
Flatbush
Harry Salsinger
Detroit
Bozeman Bulger
Paul Shannon
Boston
Charlie Dryden
Charles E. van Loan
Dan Daniel
Bud Rennie
Fred C. Lieb
Gunner Hudson
Harry Neely
Dryden
Biloxi
Mr. Dryden
Dor othy Dix Letter Box on Singleness and Spoiled Youth
Dorothy Dix advises that a bachelor can stay single with astuteness and luck, warning that pursuing many keeps a man safe from temptation while flight helps avoid the one. A spoiled 18-year-old girl asks how to show she changed after lies and selfishness. Dix says wait and let two young men see her transformation naturally.
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Dorothy Dix
Advice to young men on delaying marriage and avoiding attachment
The guidance urges men to keep attention broad rather than focused on one woman. It warns against making a girl a habit, suggesting they flirt with many until they can afford a wedding ring. The message promotes circulating attention and not settling down prematurely.
Baering Down On The News By Bugs Baer
The piece jokes about TVA and Congress clamping down while TVA powers Tennessee dams. It quips government limits on private power competition and wonders if the dam will ever benefit people in Tennessee.
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Baering
Arthur
Bugs’ Baer
TVA
Congress
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