DONOVAN FALLS SHORT OF INFALLIBILITY
A Corry Evening Journal column notes Col William J. Donovan of New York predicted a Republican comeback for New York State in 1932. He claimed Western New York would oppose Roosevelt and the New Deal, recounting past optimism from 1982. Roosevelt and Garner won New York by 400,000, and Donovan lost in a Lehman landslide.
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Corry Evening Journal
Exoept
Weot
South Street
Garry
Colegrove
William JP
Lombard
National Advertising
Fred Kimball, Inc
44Th St
New York
Bartlett
Milwaukee
Michigan Square
Chicago
Stormfeltz-Lovely
Detroit
Chamber of Com
Pittsburgh
Trust
Philadelphia
Corry
Cory
Donovan
William J. Donovan
Landon
Col. Donovan
New Yorks
Col Donovan
Roosevelt
Garner
Co. Donovan
The Duke of Whantaster Takes a Covert Holiday
The Duke of Whantaster King Edward VIII travels incognito on holiday avoiding official duties and foreign entanglements. He canceled a Riviera trip due to the Spanish civil war and instead sails the Adriatic by yacht seeking a quiet cruise away from Mediterranean tensions.
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Duke of
French Riviera
Europa
Alroad
Adriatic Sea
Ullle
Mediterranean
New Frontiers in Lake Erie's Southern Shore Rights
The shore from Lorain to Ashland spans eighty miles with Toledo Cleveland and Buffalo as major neighbors. Public demand pushes to reclaim lakefronts for open parks, using gifts or fills where needed. Legal ownership ends at the water, so projects rely on acquisitions and public-spirited parceling over years.
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Lake Erle
Toledo
Cleveland
Buffalo
Lorain
Ashtabula
Frontiers Open New Avenues for Communities
Turning from heedlessness to design, communities can beautify and open shorefronts for public use. While lamenting vanished frontiers, pioneers find fresh challenges and opportunities in every village. America remains full of new frontiers inviting action and imagination.
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America
Suffering of Eskimos Reveals Modern Civilization Gaps
Word reached a distant settlement that 100 Eskimos east of Barrow Alaska were near starvation. Food was rushed to the stricken coast guard and relief efforts aim to bridge remote Arctic gaps by air and sea. The piece contrasts public sympathy with uneven action and calls for sustained aid.
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Bar Fow
Alaska
Coast Guard
Issictmoa
Ley
Ruitio
Earth
Arctic
Antarctic
Star Signals August 19 Astrology Summary
The column notes that those born from August 22 to September 22 are least affected by today’s astral influences. Morning is bad, afternoon fair, evening good, with evening best for writing or clerical work. Travel, pleasure, and children bring benefits. beware fire or accidents in late September 1936. social favors from women noted in November 1938.
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Tosay
Trexler Game Preserve opens for public use
The Trexler Game Preserve in Lehigh County will open for public access as roads are built and a 700 acre tract is developed for picnicking. The preserve, created 25 years ago by General H. C. Trexler in Allentown, spans about 13,000 nerves and hosts hundreds of buffalo deer and elk in natural conditions near Tolite 309 between Slatington.
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Trexler
Trexler Lesaigh County Gaide
H. C. Trexler
Allentown
Ares
Shetween Slatington T ‘Grrl
Dillentoran
Russian actor Gregory Ratoff returns to acting after road setbacks
Hollywood recap shows Gregory Ratoff, under 20th Century Fox contract as actor writer and director, resuming a career in film after stepping away with The Road to Glory. He discusses never quitting acting, a planned return in Sing, Baby Sing, and hints at introducing his young Irish son Seamus to film work.
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Hollywood
Calif
Gregory Ratoff
Ikes
Nevetheless
Wm Gack
Ratoff
20Th Century-Fox
Jean Hersholt
Europe
Eugene Leontovich
London
Ama
Seamus
Tami
Execu
Questionable Quiz Answers From Historic Almanac
The text lists answers to trivia items about Quebec and Montreal founding dates, asbestos combustion, the White House site, etiquette hints, and a horoscope note. It cites 1608 for Quebec, 141 for Montreal, Washington and Major Pierre Charles L’Enfant as planners, with scattered errors.
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Quebéc
Montreal
White House
Quebec
Paris Fashion Notes From Crillon Show In August
Paris observers note rising Parisean hats and three quarter Persian coats at the Crillon Hotel bar. Designers like Robert Piguet present carnation printed percale and Persian chintz patterns with bold flame motifs and high necklines. Capes remain in vogue with Schiaparelli black wood and white organdy trims, and a fashion tip highlights capes for afternoon wear in Paris.
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Paris
Crillon
Robert Piguet
Schiaparelli
Local station master appointed as depot successor
Twenty years ago, W. P. Merritt was named station master at the depot, succeeding Mark Grey who resigned for a position in Eric. Rev. Father Byock departs for New York City to attend the Federation of Catholic Societies convention. Mrs Betsy A. Hawley dies at her son’s home in Carter Hill. A one year old child, Henry Muffy, suffers injuries after a bicycle collision with a car driven by Clyde Seley. Arthur Merry of Wattaburs injured in an auto accident yesterday. Various local names and events noted in the Journal files from August 18, 1916.
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W. P. Merritt
Mark Grey
Eric
Father Byock
New York City
Federation of Catholic Societies
Father Brock
Federation
Henry Muffy
W. Hi Duffy
Coltiaiona
Clyde Seley
Baby Senator Holt Plays Role in Coughlin Camp
Jay Franklin Washington reports on West Virginia’s baby senator Holt joining Father Coughlin at the Cleveland convention. The piece notes Holt’s clashes with New Deal allies, GOP leverage on Coughlin’s platform, and the broader tug between social security policy and calls for social justice as the political scene around Cleveland unfolds.
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Jay Franklin Washington
Bfr
Hush Dew Holl
West Virginia
Charles E. Coughlin
Cleveland
Vatican
National Union For Social Justice
Hall
Coughlin
Holt
Tyhn L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Colorado
Wall Street
Consolidated Coal
West
Penn
New Deal
Pennsylvania
Matthew M. Neely
Harry Hopkins
Hoist
John L. Lewis
Virginia
Father Coughlin
Roosevelt
The Sick Man of the American Economic Family
A 1936 analysis by Joseph H. Baird portrays agriculture as the sick man of the U S economic system after World War I. It cites over expansion, rapid mechanization, and rural debt as key causes, detailing wartime production boosts, farm income growth, and the subsequent collapse as Europe recovered, leaving farmers burdened and seeking relief from debt and income gaps.
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Joseph H. Baird
United Press
Washington
America
Europe
Atlantic
United States
Deram
Fool
U. S
Iraeil
Agriculture Department
Worl
Asurope
Tomerrow
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Bert Hawley
Carter Hill
Arthur Merry
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