Long Traffic Safety Record Broken Amid June Death Rise
The Corry Evening Journal notes that traffic death rates fell for months since 1937 but June deaths rose. It highlights increased gasoline consumption and highway safety efforts in big cities, while rural areas see upticks as vacation travel grows. It credits about 780 lives saved since 1947 and urges ongoing caution on improved roads and signs.
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Arms Race Across Nations In 1914 Expenditure Shock
The era's seven top powers spent vast sums on armament. Estimates show total likely near 20 billion, with Britain and France allocating large shares. Italy Germany and Japan commit high percentages, while peacetime civilian costs would rise as households divert income to defenses.
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Britain
Frener
Italy
Germany
Japan
Wildger
Shakespeare at the New York Fair Plays Cut Short
A skeptical note on Shakespeare at the New York fair where shortened plays left some fans unsatisfied yet others enjoyed the adaptation. The fragment suggests mixed reactions to the festival performances and the eréate food and timing issues amid the crowd.
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Poral
First Lady to host Hobby Lobby interview special
Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt guest hosts for Dave Elman on Hobby Lobby at 7 30 PM interviewing Connie Boswell violinist Tos Brisselli and John Donahue among others while NBC and CBS air a range of cultural programs. The segment also notes commemorations for U S Coast Guard anniversaries and broadcasts featuring James Moyle Rex Stout and James Kieran among others on various networks.
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Dave Elman
First Lady of the Land
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Tso Brisselli
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Donahue
James H. Moyle
Bureau of Customs
Light House Service
U.S. Coast Guard
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NBC
James Kieran
LaGuardia
Rex Stout
Nbc-Blue
Jimmy Walker
Sidonis Gruenberg
Fulton Quisier
Blue
Bebe Daniels
Hen Lyon
Hom
Fisher
Peter Arno
George Jessel
Frank Norris
Guy Lombardo
Tommy Dorsey
Graham McNamee
Mort Lewis
Blue Network
Little Jack Little
King's Jesters
Noble Sissel
Lawrence Welk
Emery Deutsch
George Olsen
Jan Smit
Charlie Barnet
Johanny Messner
Bruce Catton Explains House Rules Committee Power
Bruce Catton in Washington explains the pivotal role of the House Rules Committee in shaping which bills reach the floor. He details the control over debate timing and the influence of key figures like Adolph Sabath Eugene Cox and Howard Smith, with focus on labor policy and wage issues amid New Deal dynamics.
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Congress
House Rules Committee
Capitol Hul
Rules Committee
New Deal
Adolphi Sabath
Ilinois
Eugene Cox
Georgia
Howard Smith
Virginia
Tabor
House Labor Committee
Mary Norton
New Jersey
Andrews
Barden
North Carolina
Norton
Norton Bills
Famous Americans stamps selected by Post Office
The final group of authors poets artists educators inventors composers and scientists to be honored on stamps was announced by Postmaster General James A. Farley. Plans call for a seven group release of 1 to 5 cent denominations with designs and first day sales to be announced later. Notable honorees include Emerson Clemens Irving Alcott Cooper Longfellow Whitman Whittier Lowell Whistler French Saint-Gaudens Stuart Remington Mann Eliot Washington Hopkins Willard Hopkins Morse Howe McCormick Sevan Post, Bell, Reed Audubon Addams.
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Asth
Roosevelt
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Washington Irving
Louisa May Alcott
James Fenimore Cooper
Henry W. Longfellow
James Whitcomb R
Walt Whitman
John Greenteat Whittier
James Russell Lowell
James A. McNeill Whistler
Daniel Chester French
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Gilbert Charles Stuart
Frederic Remington
Horce Mann
Charles W. Eliot
Booker T. Washington
Frances E. Willard
Mark Hopkins
Alexander Graham Bell
Eli Whitney
Samuel F. B. Morse
Ellas Howe
Cyrus 3. McCormick
Philip Sevsn
Edward A. McDowell
Stentren Collis Poster
Victor Herbert
Ethelbert Nevin
Scientiss
Luther Barboni
Stanford W. Long
Walter Reed
John James Audlebon
Jane Addams
Sermons Heard By Phone In Grand Rapids
William VanderLasn, 90, listens to Oakdale Christian Reformed Church sermons via a home installed line. He connects each Sunday, opting to stay home rather than travel, appreciating remote access to church services.
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Grand Rapids
Twenty Years Ago Token From the Journal Files
A dated column recalls events from twenty years ago in the city. John B. Patterson offered to finance the new fire department headquarters with guarantees to complete the building after the election. Power outages disrupted service and a mass meeting was planned. A Sisters of Mercy vow ceremony at Mercy hospital drew many relatives. The Coryagi Columbus street car was moved to Youngsville for a future wedding on the trolley line to Sugar Grove. Local veterans and the Armory crowd prepared for a post of the American Legion. The Board of Commerce band planned a cancer benefit in the city park under favorable weather. Lieut Arville Hawley of the Salvation Army left for Granville to begin Army work. F. E. Whittiswy attended the annual reunion and picnic at Petroleum Center.
Barbs Peete Claims Scotland's National Beverage
A Scottish secretary of state names Barbs Peete as the nation's real beverage, amid odd chatter about soda water and national drink lore. A joking note suggests England fears wartime drafts, while other quirky lines touch on bridge experts in New York halls, a long lived English hen, and a barber shop beard dispute with a damages claim.
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Scotland
New York
Walling Weelad
Daily Dozen on Abdominal Injury History and Surgery
A fragment discusses the abdomen in historical warfare and martyrdom with references to Brutus Cassius and Montcalm. It notes abdominal injuries as fatal in ancient battles and mentions modern repairs and blood transfusions as life-savers. The text references Morertsay and the term abromins in a medical satiety context.
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Brutus
Saul
Cassius
Cato
Mark Antony
Wellease Montcalm
William the Conqueror
Teis
Morertsay
Hollywood film stars once flopped before fame
Hollywood's top stars did not soar instantly. Gary Cooper nearly quit after early failure in Children of Divorce, Isa Miranda prepared to go back to Europe, and Jean Arthur faced dismissal from her first role. Other legends like George Raft and Bing Crosby also endured rough starts before rising to prominence.
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Hollywood
Gary Cooper
Clary Baw
Montana
Paramount
Isa Miranda
Europe
Jean Arthur
George Raft
Bing Grosby
Seven Quiz Questions From Classified Page
A reader asks about common knowledge from a vintage page covering topics such as why cream rises in milk, definitions of post mortem examination, the ruler of Nordic countries, river basins, metric versus imperial lengths, a trephoscope, the first U.S. Chief Justice, early AL team histories, pronunciation for remonstrate, and the meaning of the letter S on American vacuums.
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Sine Haakon
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
United States
Army Air Fortress Sets New Flight Weight Record
The Army air corps fortress was acknowledged by the National Aeronautical Association to have broken altitude and payload records. It reached 2,200 feet with a load of 1,049 pounds of water and tea in a Dayton, Ohio flight on July 30. The previous record held by a Russian plane was 29,660 pounds at 1,801 feet.
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Army Air Corps
National Aeronautical Association
NAA
Dayton
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