Lucky office holders and public salaries in New York
A column criticizes public salaries rising $122 million over six years with the brass hats gaining the most and raises outpacing private realities. It notes extravagant urban salaries in the 1920s and urges belt tightening to harmonize compensation with present conditions. It also discusses the absurd sea water gold figure and asserts salt is more valuable than gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Research
Pizarro
Bottled Up: Sea Access Sparks South American Power Play
The piece argues Bolivia and Paraguay clash over sea routes with Bolivia seeking Pacific access via a corridor through Chile or tacit support from the United States, while Paraguay aims for the Atlantic via the Paraguay River. It warns that without a negotiated corridor or outside mediation, regional peace is fragile as nations fear being landlocked inland with a nearby ocean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolivia
Paraguay
Chaco
Pacific
Chile
Peru
Uncle Sam
Du Pont Cuts Dividend to Two Dollars Annually
Wilmington Del Aug 15 Du Pont De Nemours and Company reduced its common dividend from 3 to 2 per share annually and declared a quarterly dividend of 50 cents payable September 16 to stockholders of record August 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
DuPont de Nemours and Company
Garner a sprinter Albany
Speaker John Nance Garner Democrat vice presidential candidate sprinted 50 yards to catch a run after conferring with Franklin D Roosevelt, the presidential nominee, in Albany on August 15.
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Garner
Albany
John Nance Garner
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Twenty Years Ago in Corry From Journal Files
A 1912 reminiscence recounts Tom Long of Birmingham to wrestle Don Albright of Rochester at the Library theatre. Local notes cover Findley Lake summer crowds, a hospital elevator accident injuring several workers, new road work lighting, Ajax Works machinery, and the Bloomer Girls vs Corry team. Also noted are raspberries, local questions, and Masonic hall events.
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Tom Long
Birmingham
Ala
Frank Goteh
Don Albright
Rochester
Library Theatre
Findley Lake
Little Cory
Russia and literary notes fill new books mix
The piece reviews H Allen Smith on Waldo Frank and his Russia trip in Dawn in Russia, plus Frank Ditnot's Mad Sir Peter set in James era, The London Omnibus with Carl Van Doren intro, Water Gipsies and other British works, Pearl Buck at Ithaca with Sons upcoming, and an aluminum violin crafted from aluminum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Allen Smith
United Press
Waldo Frank
Kentucky
Russia
Scribners
Frank
Leningrad
Moscow
Nighni Novgorod
Walter Scott
Sir Peter
Macmillan
Frank Ditnot
Dilnot
James
Williams
Peter
London Omnibus
Doubleday Doran
Carl van Doren
A. P. Herbert
White House usher Ike Hoover and Roosevelt era anecdotes
United Press reports Ike Hoover serving as chief usher at the White House recounting his long service to multiple presidents. The piece notes his discretion, wit, and influence behind the scenes, protecting figures like Philander C. Knox and shaping guest experiences at state events. It also touches on film industry mentions and other historical vignettes from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Hoover
President Hoover
Ike Hoover
Domy
Ike
Lieland
Uees
Philander C. Riles
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Childern
Knox
White House
Est
Benjamin Harrison
Tice
Hoover Dry Law Views Split Nation's Press
Nation reacts to Hoover’s prohibition stance as press coverage heights the dry issue. Commentators and officials weigh the president’s speech, with curiosity and political reaction shaping the discourse across capitals and party lines.
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Nation
Hoover
Madison Square Garden film lifts Hollywood cast
Hollywood buzz centers on the upcoming Paramount release Madison Square Garden produced by Charles R. Rogers. Thomas Meighan travels from New York with Mrs Meighan to join a cosmopolitan, capable cast as Meighan is set to portray the president of Morrison Square Garden. Herold Lloyd’s Movie Crazy also bears Paramount affiliation as independent ventures expand Paramount’s slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Wagoner
United Press
Hollywood
Madison Square Garden
Charles R. Rogers
Paramount
Herold Lloyd
Lloyd
Thomas Meighan
Morrison Square Garden
New York
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Corry Evening Journal
Fon Davison
Center St
Corry
Dugan and Dempsey
North Center Street
K. of P. Hall
Barlow Hardware Co
Corry Hospital
Walter Clough
Will Breen
F. M. MacDonald
Findley Lake Road
Ajax Iron Works
Mohawk Condensed Milk Company
Sherman
Bloomer Girls
Martin Miller
Miller
Chicago
D. Moore
ELSA
Brie
Rome
Gustav
N. Center
Joseph Spiesman
Daughment
Journal’s Weekly
Noel Coward
Somerset Maughan
Arnold Bennett
Hugh Walpolé
P. G. Wodehouse
Edger Wallace
Rebecca West
Aldous Hussey
Virginia Woolf
Max Beerbohm
Pearl
Buck
Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell
Elle Eae
Frank C. Chapin & Sons
Jack Dake
Marion Nixon
William Boyd
Zasu Pitts
Warren Hymer
Wiliam Collier
Collier
James Gleason
Gardem
Gleason
Rogers
New York Athletic Center
Cakies
Joel McCrea
Rko-Radio
Constance Cummings
Harold Lloyd
Columbia
Charles Bielefond
the Thirteenth Man
Utica
N.Y
Joeph Taurisano
Philadelphia
Charles P. Stewart
Washington, D. C
Hulie
Mayne Mall
Weaver
Werner
Jaenliah
Eonnevelt
Hollywood Film Shop
Federal Reserve System
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