Congress Goes Home And Business Outlook
Congress shuts its doors for the summer, with no new crisis. The Corry Journal notes gradual business improvement, steady stock market gains, and calls for prudent public spending. A New York tax committee urges fair taxes and efficient services while warnings against wasteful public funds persist. The era of corporate reorganizations brings resurrected firms like Keith Orpheline and United Cigar Stores, signaling cautious recovery after receivership.
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Congress
Stock Exchange
New York City
Ieave
Rado‘Keith-Orphelim
United Cigar Stores
National Department ‘Stores
Roxy ‘Theater Corporation
Tomato a Centenarian celebrates notable age in Texas
Jacksonville Texas marks the tomato’s 700th birthday amid questions about birth records. The piece notes New England farmers first ate tomatoes, early beliefs they were poisonous, and witch lore. It recalls sixteenth century Mexico and French views, labeling the tomato a love apple now valued in juice and sauce booms.
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Jacksonville
Tex
New England
Mexico
Labor clash over NRA clerks sparks White House turmoil
Washington reports a heated dispute within the National Recovery Administration as union head John Donovan accuses NRA discrimination against Local 91 clerks. Gen. Hugh S. Johnson counters that Donovan was fired for poor work, while the labor board weighs hundreds of cases and a massive 14 page telephone directory highlights Washington’s litigious government employment.
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United Press
Washington
National Recovery Headquarters
Bue Eagle
Hugh S. Johnson
John Donovan
Clerks’ Union
NRA
Johnson
Newcastle
Donovan
Federation of Government
YRA
Labor Advisory Board
National Labor Card
Roosevelt
Cose
Cleaners Fined for Labor Violation in Pittsburgh District
Pittsburgh June 21 The A and P Cleaners and Dyers operating a chain in the district was fined 600 for labor law violations Investigators charged women were employed more than ten hours daily in three stores at a hearing before Al German F Halloran. Sharon Councilman Dies in Sharon Pa June 21 Conrad Carver a city council member died of a heart attack survived by his wife and two children.
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Corry Evening Journal
West South Street
Corry
United Prof
Pittsburgh
A and P, Cleaners and Dyers
Istrict
T. P Biland
Algerman F. T. Halloran
Sharon Councilman
Sharon
Conrad Carver
Ity Counell
Carver
Grife
Changing Hollywood profiles define film looks this year
Hollywood cameraman James Wang Howe says 1994 profiles differ from 1934 visuals with new masculine and feminine standards. He names Clark Gable like chins and strong mouths for men, and Constance Bennett and Maureen O Sullivan inspired feminine lines, highlighting a shift from Barrymore to newer silhouettes.
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Hollywood
Ace
James Wang Howe
Howe
Wallace Beery
Hey
Barrymore
Clark Gable
Constance Bennett
Joan Crawfords
Maureen O'Sulivan
Madge Evans
Garbo
Star Signals Optimistic Day For Octavine Readers
The forecast predicts favorable times ahead across courts banks and stages with unexpected favors from strangers and friendly contacts. Easing travel philosophy and eldercare appear as assets late June into February 1945 while speculation and pleasure loom in October and danger flags appear in July.
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Earry
Ederly Reigners
Wellesley College Expurgates Dorm Image in Ad
The administration of Wellesley College removed a picture showing two girl students in revealing gowns from a college booklet at a cost of about $200. A more sedate group photo has been substituted in the advertisement.
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Wellesley, Mass
Wellesley College
Paris Fashion Notes From Paris Polo Club and Garden Party
Paris stylist Jean Nash Dubonnet draws attention at the Polo Club with a black straw hat trimmed by two mustard ostrich plumes. Sacha Guilty's garden party ensemble features a fitted taffeta jacket with a rippling teplum and upstanding silver fox collar. Fashionables Frances Dean Virginia Edson Joan Brown Marie Baresa Jessie LaMachie and others plan a weekend at Findley Lake McElroy cottage after returning from America.
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Paris
Jean Nash
Madanne Dubonnet
Nash-Dubonnet
America
Chic Polo Club
Sacha Guilty
Frances Dean
Virginia Edson
Joan Brown
Marie Baresa
Jessie LaMachie
Guy Abbey
J. Frederick Kinley
McElroy
Findley Lake
Directors to Go Ahead With Poor Colony Plan
Directors of the poor will proceed with establishing the Franklin Park poor colony once legal obstacles clear. County figures Taylor and Willis have ten days to appeal Judge Graf's decision while a $2,000 down payment is made to Slobe Wrecking for war time homes in Franklin Park east of the city.
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Eric
Dime
Franklin Park
Lawrence Taylor
County East
Harvey Willis
J. Prank Graf
Armstrong County
Taylor
Slobe Wrecking Company
Werthe Aday
T. Woolf Sterrett
Fairview
Pool Board
Adrian Collins
W. G. Leblinswell
Comnty
Willis
Wattsburg
Nudist Colony Planned for Pacific Island Retreat
San Francisco reports a group led by Maurice Allard plans to raise funds to buy Vanna Vanna Island in the Gimbler Group, 260 miles west of Tahiti, to house a nudist colony. The scheme envisions 160 nudists sailing there, four hours per day workdays, and a self-governing community funded by $1,000 memberships.
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San Francisco
Cal
Utopia
Royal Island
Vanna Vanna
Gimbler
Tahiti
al- Tard
Vanna Vanna Group
NRA
Allard
Vanaa Vannans
Sinner Visits Parents After Warren Trip
Charles Sinner, employed in Warren, visited his parents Mr and Mrs R Ly Sitinner last evening. This brief note records the family visitation and local whereabouts of the son from Warren.
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Charles Sinner
Warren
R. Ly Sitinner
All Bran cereal relieves years of constipation claims
An reader letter praises Kellogg's Aut- Bran for relief from chronic constipation after years of pills. It notes bulk and vitamin B aid digestion, iron for the blood, and compares favorably to patent medicines. Two tablespoons daily recommended, with doctor contact for chronic cases. Available in red and green labeled Kellogg products from Battle Creek.
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Thos. F. Little
Wheeling St
Lancaster
Ohio
Kellogg
Battle Creek
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Heinz
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