Runoff for Mississippi governor sparks Long influence clash
Washington dispatch analyzes the upcoming runoff between Hugh L. White and Judge Paul Johnson for Mississippi governor, noting potential support from Huey Long and Louisiana figures. The piece recalls past Roosevelt press conferences, their questions, and the president’s response style, contrasting with earlier presidents.
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Lylec
Wilson
United Press
Washington
Mississippi
Rhode Island
Hugh L. White
Paul Johnson
Dera
Johnson
Huey P. Long
Kingfish
Louisians
Theodore G
Man
Bilbo
Louisiana
Panama Canal marks 21st birthday amid record traffic
The Panama Canal celebrates 21 years since opening with $894,566,020 in costs and 82,672 ship passages. Traffic now far exceeds early years, capacity is 44 ships daily, but average transits in the fiscal year ending June 30 were 15. Navy milestones, possible third locks, and comparisons to Great Lakes canals are noted.
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Panama Canal
Nicaragus
United States Navy
Saulte Ste. Marie
Great Lakes
Publicity, Advertising, and Taxpayer Voting Interests
The Senate utilities committee hears editorials on advertising honesty. A New York Times critique spurs calls for candor in press coverage. A schoolteacher audits property owners versus voter registration, finding many unregistered despite high taxes, suggesting a broader disconnect between voters and public finance.
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Brown
Senate Utilities Inves
New York Times
Hopson
Board of Elections
Quiet zone sign pops up near White House area citywide
United Press reports a new “Quiet zone Do not blow horns” sign on Pennsylvania and West Executive avenues near the White House. Police say traffic, especially tourist drivers, caused office noise complaints, prompting the sign. Rumors of an underground passage to the Treasury are debunked as a former Civil War drain long unusable. Morgenthau’s office is not involved. Treasury steps up efforts to crack down on small income tax evasions. A journalist received a Treasury notice asking if 1932 taxes were paid and where.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
White House
James A. Farley
United Press
Congress
Pennsylvania
West Executive Avenues
Hospital
AS & Yesult Kraitic
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Morgenthau
Itis
Treasuy
Weather Expert Predicts Nice Fall in Rochester
An elderly forecaster with forty years in weather prediction, Frank in Schite, ages 74, shares an unconventional theory based on caterpillar observations, predicting a pleasant autumn in Rochester, New York.
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Rochester
N. Y
Frankin Schite
Plans for Corry big picnic lead list of town events
Twenty years ago notes from the Journal Files describe plans for a largest and best Corry town picnic. It reports CE Legters of Oil City moving to Corry, a chilly night with 44 degrees, the seventh annual Sids family gathering at United Brethren church, Sam Jacobson ill and Gib Shea recalled from vacation for business, and state hatchery superintendent William Buller traveling to Philadelphia for a convention while Mrs. Glennie Barker and children visit Jamestown.
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CE. Legters
Oil City
R. G. Lindsley
West Church Street
Mr. Legsters
Corry
Sids
United Brethren Church
Cor~ry
Olds
Sam Jacobson
Gib Shea
Chattanqua Lake
William Buller
Philadelphia
Dinner dress in black chiffon gains Patou appeal
Paris styles highlight a Jean Patou dinner dress in black chiffon with slender skirt fullness at the sides and full sleeves to the elbow. An overslip with a pink satin band at the bodice forms a low back decotlette, while other fall gowns at Mainbocher showcase crepe fabrics and feather trim for Mrs. Jesse J. Straus and Lady Mendip.
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Paris
Jean Patou
Mainbocher
Jesse J. Straus
Menlil
Mary Astor shifts toward comedy in Hollywood film
Hollywood notes Mary Astor, long typecast as the misunderstood wife or the other woman, seeks a switch to comedy. She recalls starting in serious roles, admits a taste for satire, and cites Dorothy Parker as a favorite, seeing a future for comediennes including Bette Davis and Jo Blondell.
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Hollywood
Calif
Mary Aston
Miss Astor
Siz
Hugh Herbert
Clark Gable
Conventoin City
Dorothy Parker
Comediennes
Bette Davis
Joan Blondell
Marion Davies
Glenda, Farrell
Veree Teasdale
Zann Pitts
Carbon from planes blamed for grain fire near Modesto
Modesto Cal August 20 Low flying airplanes are blamed for starting fires that consumed hundreds of acres of grain on a ranch near Varnalis. George Pink of Crows Landing reports a careful check found carbon particles from crop dusting planes at low altitudes causing hot embers to ignite the dry grain.
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Modesto
Cal
Varnalis
George Pink
Crows Landing
Bound to Be Read The Rose Petal Murder review roundup
A roundup review describes The Rose Petal Murder by Charles Givens with a dead editor’s stabbing and rose petals, plus notes on Tolush’s New Bethlehem Bernavd Guilbert Guerney, Saturday Island by Hugh Brooke, Al Barnes Master Showman by Dave Robeson, and Treasure Hunters by Harold Wilkins. It covers Gold Chase by Robert W. Chambers and Vitality by Elisabeth S. Cresser, highlighting atmosphere, plots, and portraits.
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Bobbs- Merrill
Charles G. Givens
Mert Baird
al G. Barnes
Caxton
Dave Robeson
D. Appleton Century
Robert W. Chambers
Besi
Star Signals Birthdate Guidelines From 1930s Almanac
Weathered advisories note favorable times for births and interactions. It lists birthdate ranges and optimal hours, advises favorable dealings with authorities on December 20, and highlights potential dangers from fire or rash speech. Contains scattered date references from January to April across years 1936 and 1958.
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United States
Atlantic
Bremen
France
England
Germany
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Leviathan
Journal
Glennie Barker
Wen
Jamestown
Mary Knight
United Press Staff
Hollywood Fil Shop
Martinsburg, Mo
Casper Haiducek
Shri Hoer
Marquise de
New Bethlehem
Bernavd Guilbert Guerney
Iser ‘Tolusti
New Hampshire
Maxim Gorki
Tolush
David Sokol
Hugh Brooke
Desort Island
Bahamas
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Harold T. Wilkins
Oxford __ University Press
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