NRA reforms and distribution errors in Johnson testimony
The article notes General Johnson’s Senate testimony backing a middle course for NRA reforms. It discusses preserving private freedom while imposing limited government restraint, and Congress tentatively plans revisions. It quotes Prof. Saxon on distribution pricing, price policy, and the wartime disruption of natural economic forces and price rigidity.
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Johnson
NRA
General Johnson
Senate
NRUA
Congress
Argu
G. Saxon
Yale University
Ceremony Seals Pan American Pact To Limit War Damage
A recent Pan American Union agreement aims to limit material damage in war. The Roerich pact requires a special flag over protected cultural sites and urges enemy aviators to avoid bombing those buildings. The piece argues for stronger preservation of churches libraries and art treasures as humanity’s heritage.
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Yassing
Pan American Union
Bocken
Tatler
Roerich
Streamlined Freight Cars Bring Modern Efficiency to Rail
A fragmented report notes the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad increasing crew size with eight additional workers. The article praises streamlined freight cars and new locomotive design as a shift toward efficiency, while onlookers marvel at technological progress in rail transport.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Rajoicisi
Dots Fashion and Norfolk Prosperity Highlight 1929 Paris Style Notes
Paris styles explore dots from pinhead to large, showing dots can be of varied materials and colors across fabrics with fashion tips on background contrasts. The piece links dotted fabrics to broader trends and rail freight logic, then shifts to Norfolk prosperity notes from George L. Wadsworth, secretary of the Builders and Contractors Exchange, citing growth since 1928.
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Paris
Tae
Norfolk
George L. Wadsworth
Builiers and Contractors Exchange
Teexle the Persian cat uses paw to eat
In Nashville Teexle, a year old Persian owned by Mrs. TP Luna, demonstrates an artful dining habit. The left front paw lifts food from a dish and conveys it to her mouth in a dainty manner.
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Gat
Nashville
Tenn
Teexle
Luna
Cowboy congressman Gassaway loses hat in Washington light
Rep. L. Gassaway of Oklahoma nicknamed cowboy congressman becomes a local curiosity as his worn high-heeled boots and ten gallon hat draw crowds. Hundreds tried on the hat, stretching it out of shape, prompting a replacement. Meanwhile stone survey markers get bronze tablets to explain their purpose, and stamp curios flood the market with misused Farley issue stamps.
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United Press
Washington
L. Gassaway
Oklahoma
Gassaway
Bick
Ransch
Copats
Captain Kidd
Curio
Philippines
Sant
United States
Farley
Postofice Department
Bub
Bygd Antarctic Cameramen Story Of Byrd Expedition
Hollywood reporters John L Herrmann and Carl Petersen recount their 18 months with Admiral Byrd on the second Antarctic expedition. They risked blizzards and freezing cold to film 130000 feet of footage, while performing camp duties and surviving plane wrecks. Petersen helped capture Byrd’s pole flight and Mount Grace measurements, with peaks later named for expedition members.
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Hollywood
Lena
John L. Herrmann
Carl ©. Petersen
Herrmann
Paramount
Petersen
Admiral Byrd
South Pole
Admiral Burl
Harold June
Little America
Mount Grace Mietinley
Ford Range
Mis
Arith Hawkers
Sue
Ayoll
Notable Books on Humor and Tech in Modern Thought
A column surveys works by Stephen Leacock and Jonathan Norton Leonard, praising their takes on humor, technology, and society. It notes Leacock's critique of humor's rapid pace and the role of political cartoons, while Leonard frames future tech wealth and mismanagement. The piece also reviews Elmer Rice's Not For Children, calling it an unorthodox theatre study and a sharp broadway critique.
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Stephen Leacock
Dodd Mead
Leacock
Elmer Rice
Commercial Theatre of
Broadway
Jett Wa
Rice
Goward fcCann
Twenty Years Ago Highlights From April 23 1915 Journal
A report from the Journal Filex notes 131 members signed for the new Board of Commerce and Industry. An large audience attended a Library Theater Jest evening featuring a lecture on Christian Science by Bicknell Young of Chicago. Federal agents arrived to probe foot and mouth disease at Tilch farm. Notable local movements include H Welas at Spring Creek and Burl Crippen at Glyndon on lambing duties. The police urge attention to bicycle lights. Alfred Morrison of West Church Street injured at the U S Chair plant. Mrs Haru Bonatee seriously ill with pagumentm and remains worrisome.
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Bicknell Young
C. B. By of
Chicago
Between Two Worlds review of John Gibbons book
A foreign critic John Gibbons offers a favorable view of the United States in his volume Between Two Worlds. The piece notes his balanced, amused portrayal of American masses and his occasional apologies for them while detailing his Atlantic journey from New Orleans to New York.
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America
John Gibbons
Dutton
United States
New Orleans
New York
Gibbons
States
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