Weaps Campaigns Against Communism Fueled by Public Figures
An analysis outlines how Dies committee, Charles Coughlin, Mark Sullivan, and others push anti Communist sentiment. It argues the push to deport unions leader Harry Bridges and to delegitimate elected representatives signals a drift toward depriving civil rights in favor of anti-Communist rallying.
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Public housing gains permanency amid shifting housing views
An analysis argues that public housing has moved from a temporary depression measure to a lasting social policy. It notes 33 states permit local housing authorities, 29 have set up low rent housing agencies, and the field now shows professionalization through a national association. The piece contrasts diverse state actions with broader national implications of housing policy.
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Steady Consumption and Industrial Figures From Eld Era Board
A concise, if garbled, report notes stable consumption and the board’s remarks on industrial levels. It cites year 998, 1087 figures, and mentions MeG Conannier and Parlyen motor cars. The text hints at a bus of the Board and refrains from clear conclusions due to fragmentary OCR.
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Flynn critiques WPA reform plan with political removal demand
John S Flynn criticizes the Sheppard Senate report on WPA relief and recovery, arguing for removing recovery and regulation from politics and civil service to end patronage. He urges merit-based WPA administration free of White House influence and calls for congressional inquiry into political contributions linked to relief workers.
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Hollywood Film Shop Tale Reveals Errol Flynn Praise
A Hollywood party anecdote recalls a guest predicting a young Errol Flynn would be a star within a year. The tale, recounted decades later, highlights Flynn’s quick rise and a boastful compliment from a famous star present at the gathering.
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Taxes Follow the Living Even After Death
A snappy note on taxes haunting finances from cradle to grave. The taxman edges into funeral costs with 157 hidden charges and looms again over any inheritance. The quip underscores ongoing levy pressure on families.
Boat That Has Lasted For 2000 Years
The article notes the 2000-year-old Chinese junk as a enduring vessel in commerce and war. It describes its oblong sails square bow and decorated masts, its dominance in China’s inland rivers and coastal trade, and its reliance on skilled handling in Yangtze rapids. It mentions the junk’s ongoing role even amid conflict and its depiction in an illustration from 1923.
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Murder trial echoes and wartime chatter amid odd items
A Cleveland report mixes rumors of a murder trial with satirical notes on Nazi Goebbels and Harold Ickes, a new surgical lighting device, a British economist’s 1950s outlook, and stray mentions of boar hunting and fashioning a nation’s parlor sport. The piece reads like a collage of headlines and clippings with fragmented quotes and garbled names.
Foxglove’s double face as garden plant and poison
A Washington Post writer notes foxglove is non native to the United States, brought from Europe as a garden plant and often escapes to wild sunny hills and roads. Its tall stalk bears bell like flowers with nicknames like bloody fingers and dead man’s bells. Digitalis from foxglove saves hearts yet overdose causes blue visions, while properly administered it regulates blood circulation.
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United States
Europe
Washington Post
Largest east of Mississippi state details clarified
The text identifies Georgia as the largest east of the Mississippi with 60 263 square miles and Florida as 94 65 square miles, but the figures appear inconsistent. The fragment mixes state sizes and implies a correction or error in listing areas.
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Florida
Twenty Years Ago From the Journal Files
Twenty years ago in this community several news items appear. Captain John R Graf of Company A is noted for his actions at the Argonne, earning a major’s rank. A local wagon theft is reported on Columba avenue near May Love’s home. Miss Dorothy Leper hosts Triple K girls for Miss Margaret Duffy and Miss Mildred Crowell recently returned from school. The marriage of Miss Zippern Steen and Albert Leo Miller is recorded with a ceremony at St. Wizabeth’s church. Local women are elected to positions in a neighborhood group during a gathering at Mrs Austin’s home. Lewis T. McVelia returns from Camp Pieron, Ark, visiting his mother.
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War Home
Bath Pleasant Street
Margaret Duffy
Mildred Crowell
Zippern Steen
W . A. Stean
Albert Leo Miller
Daily Dozen Advice From Pennsylvania Medical Society
The article discusses common illnesses like the common cold and death, noting there is no preventive for the cold while diseases like smallpox and diphtheria have preventives. It explains how sudden temperature and humidity changes trigger colds, how colds spread, and recommends avoiding infection and building immunity by keeping the body fit.
Pitcher Plant Drowning Tactics Described in Odd Text
A bizarre, fragmented notice describes a carnivorous pitcher plant coating victims with sweet secretions to drown them. It mentions curved hooks and hairs guiding entry only, and cites a Dartingtonia Californica type found on the West Coast that drowns small birds and mice.
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