World News Gleanings and Political Broadside
A sprawling week in review notes Ethiopian turmoil with Haile Selassie seeking refuge, Wendel kidnapping probe links in New Jersey, tax policy hopes for balancing the budget, Marlene Dietrich heat collapse in Yuma, Roosevelt and Moley reunion aboard Potomac, and Italy Mussolini maneuvers over Ethiopia. Also covered are public enemy updates, Suez tensions, Borah in Ohio, Chaco War memories, and a fatal Ohio crash.
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Haile Selassie
Mussolini
Wendel
Geogan
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New Jersey
Bailey
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Nownal
Marlene Dietrich
Yume
Ariz
Mercury
Roosevelt
Raymond Moley
Mount Talut
Italy
Libya
Sage
Laura Spelman Rockefeller
New York
Citizens Appeal
Salvation Army
Boia Venture Agas
William Mahan
Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Wash
Warren
Harry Campbell
Kar Picieling
Chain Store Control Spurs National Debate in Senate
The Robinson Patman chain store measure clears the Senate and ignites a national argument over protecting small independent merchants. Critics warn it could roll back progress toward a horse and buggy era, while supporters say relief is needed to preserve small business and entrepreneurship. Two trends shift the scene: cooperative buying by consumers and chains selling stores to managers with continued supply contracts, allowing branches to stay open. Some oil companies are selling service stations likewise.
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Robinson-Patman
Werchant
Five Books Considered Most Civilizing Yet Time Halts at Buddhas and Confucius
A college paper surveys leading professors who name the five books most civilizing for humanity. Responses favor classics like Canterbury Tales, Hamlet, Don Quixote, the Bible, and Shakespeare, while omitting Buddhas, Confucius, and broader world literatures. The debate highlights Western bias and set of presumed universal truths.
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Chancer
Thackeray
Budelha
Confucius
Asia
Supreme Court frees press critics in contempt case
South Dakota Supreme Court overturns lower court verdict against two newspaper men charged with contempt. Court upholds free press principle, saying better to err in favor of critics. A separate forgery case led to a $300 fine and six months in jail, sentence suspended.
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South Dakota Supreme Court
Aberdeen American News
Supreme Court
Hollywood film uses animals for character parts in new trend
May 4 report notes animal actors gaining prominence in cinema with dogs and horses playing pivotal roles. Stories highlight Buck the husky in Call of the Wild and Prince the Great Dane in Private Number, while Paramount director Chester Franklin seeks a horse star for Wilderness after screening over 1,500 candidates across California and Mexico.
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Hollywood
Wimpole Street
Buck
White Fang
Roy del Ruth
Prince
Basil Rathbone
Loretta Young
Miss Young
Chester Franklin
Paramount
Franklin
California
Mexico
Eskimos' Health Improves on Coast Guard Mission
Hakimoa, an Eskimo divers stationed along Alaska's 2000 mile coastline, shows steady health gains. Reports from the cutter Northland and the mercy ship Coast Guard return to Seattle after a cruise to Point Barrow.
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Seattle
Alaska
Northland
Mercy Ship
The
Coast Guard
Point Barrow
Public life should be free of baseless slander says critic
A public figure urges that honest and reasonable criticism of public acts be allowed and not dampened by unfair attacks. The statement emphasizes accountability and open discourse in democratic life.
Twenty Years Ago Highlights From Journal Files
Twenty years ago events include auditing committee chosen by the Board of Commerce led by J Walter Clough and others to review the past year. Death of Buffalo resident Frank Albee noted. Hospital Auxiliary reports at least two hundred fifty dollars raised from Mary party event. May fifteenth announced for new auto livery service by Powers and Fields. Christian Science lecturers praised at Library Theatre. A P Mount and Son predict fine residences to be erected this summer. Nominating committee lists many names for future offices. Charles and John Swan visit Clymer for Trout fishing. Mrs Costello to Brookville for visit.
Washington's Grist Mill in Pennsylvania Still Stands
The old grist mill built by Washington in 1774 75 in western Pennsylvania remains. It lies at Perryapolis in Fayette County near Route 61 and is reachable from Uniontown Pittsburgh or Greensburg via Route 61.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Perryapolis
Payette County
Uniontown
Pittsburgh
Greensburg
Rovie
Star Signals May 5 Guidance For The Day
The column advises caution to avoid rash decisions about loved ones. It urges quick thinking to meet vexing daily situations. It notes birthdays and prospects of gain through speculation, travel, or children from March through August 1936 and travel or expansion in February 1937, urging self-advancement now.
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Maren
Paris Patou gowns for Mrs Firestone from Paris house
May 4 Paris dispatch notes Mrs Harvey Firestone’s Paris shopping from Jean Patou. She selects a blue ensemble in mousseline chiffon and faille silk with a matching blue hat, plus a navy blue crepe gown with organdy trim. Evening wear includes black organza floral print. afternoon outfits feature navy crepe techin and white organdy trims. A sport outfit shows blue and white linen with a white blouse and Panama hat. The feature ends with a fashion tip favoring blue and white for spring.
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Paris
Jean Patou
Harvey Firestone
Tire
America
Rita
Garbo Travels Under Alias After Ohio Mail Car Robbery
News items note Greta Garbo, the Swedish actress, returning to America from Hot Springs Arkansas under the alias Mary Holmquist after a 346000 robbery of a mail car on the Erie Railroad at Garrettsville Ohio.
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Ark
Erie
Garrettsville
Ohio
Greta Garbo
America
Mary Holmquist
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