Hollywood stars collection of oddball music and baton keepsakes
Hollywood film shop notes celebrities like Dick Powell Rudy Vallée Al Jolson James Cagney Joan Blondell Winifred Shaw and Tin Pan Alley songs in personal collections from batons to antique organ rolls. Powell and Cagney showcase rare artifacts while Blondell Shaw and others add preserved music and historic items.
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Hollywood
Dick Powell
Mexico
Peru
Inca
Rudy Valee
Hig Fraternity Alumni Association
al Jolson
James Cagney
Gaz
Joan
Book Notices Review World Politics and Poetry
Seldes exposes press bias in The Journalist and calls for reform while Wallis skewers American politicians with a sharp pen. Andrews argues for base-12 counting, but practicality wanes. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral remains a formal verse play, Fields of Gomorrah imagines a minister’s wife torn by love and creed. Whitall and Blanding offer English Years and Memory Room with mixed verse vitality.
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T. S. Iliot
Harcourt Brace
Thomas Becket
Eliot
Stokes
Nelia Gardner White
Lucy McKinstry
Fight for Constitutional Revision to Continue in Pennsylvania
Governor George H. Earle vows to persist in pushing a reform of the State Constitution despite Tuesday’s referendum setback. He frames the fight as essential for homeowners, farmers, and small businessmen burdened by taxes, urging supporters that momentum for revision grows among Pennsylvanians and warning against betrayal by halting the effort.
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George H. Earle
Tair
Earle
Weoq
Senate
War Fever and a Grim East African Scene
An American newspaperman William McDermott recounts a harsh East African coast experience near Ethiopia. Deserts blow heat and sand into eyes and ears, water is scarce and sold in goatskin containers, and crowded streets show signs of hardship and thirst amid a harsh environment.
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William McDermott
Hus
Ethiopia
Ardis
Italians Seek Glory Abroad Despite Harsh Climate
The passage laments Italian emigrants marching to harsh lands, dreaming of glory. It contrasts Sicily and Naples’ lush lands with tropical diseases, heat, and pests they will face, yet notes their patriotic songs and hopeful resolve as they depart.
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Sicily
Naples
Farmers in Jail Over Mortgage Dispute in Missouri
The Farmers Protective Association faced missteps as 15 members were jailed for conspiring to interfere with officers. Attacks on sheriffs and officials occurred in distressed farming communities resisting debt claims. A U.S. marshal intervened after overpowering and disarming captors. The piece calls for lawful, peaceful mortgage reform rather than violence.
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Farmers’ Protective Association
Missouri
United States
Bia
Nis Pidles
Sam
The Real Tragedy Huey Long and Democratic Perils
A Louisiana publisher contrasts Huey Long’s rare talent for sustained, rapid labor with his insatiable personal power. The tragedy lies in misapplied abilities and power abused, a democratic peril to be conquered by character, training, and citizenship education.
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Huey Long
Louisiana
Long
Twenty Years Ago Journal Clippings From 1915
A 1915 notice recounts a robbery case with a $50 reward offered for tips leading to the thief who took jewelry and $300 from a residence. It also notes a September 15 wedding of Gertrude Amidbys to Dr. James De Witt Jackson, plus brief society items: Henderson’s business trip to Meadville, Erie civic matters, travel of Mr and Mrs Rowe to Conneaut, and obituaries and local visits.
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Frank Deblas
Gertrude Amidbys
Eugene Curtis Ami Jon
James de Witt Jackson
Erle
Eid
J. ©. Jackson
City
Countess of Carlisle Named Among World’s Best Dressed
Paris styles Lady Carlisle praised by London paper for consistent fashion choices. She favors cropped hair, minimal makeup, and varied outfits from sporty suits to pastel tea gowns. She prefers Chinese-inspired silks and corded fabrics with high necks and tailored detailing.
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Paris
Countess of Carlisle
London
Lady Carlisle Ususity
Treasury advertises baby bonds in weekly magazines
United Press reports the Treasury Department will launch a six magazine advertising campaign to boost baby bond sales after ad posters failed in cities. Rural areas showed stronger demand. campaign includes two news weeklies three leading magazines and one editorial journal.
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United Press
Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Honda
Nhxt
Naional
New Deal
Portrait of a Lady Adorned With Pearls And Flowers
A fragment describes a woman who typically avoids jewelry, wearing only a four-tier pearl strand about her throat and selects flowers as accessories. She arranges garlands along a single shoulder strap, presenting a simple yet distinct style.
Highway Dept Plans Inspection Of Bridges
Department of Highways engineers begin a state wide inspection of bridges and overhead structures to ensure proper marking of all low clearances. Structures with 14 1/2 feet or less must be clearly posted at both approaches. New signs are installed, old signs repainted and relocated. Work to be completed by October.
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Hankisising
Department of Highways Engineers
Air motor runs toy plane model by young designer
Moscow reports a flying airplane model with a three cylinder aviation engine working on condensed air has been constructed by 16 year old model designer Andrey Kraxeny. In Pittsfield Mass William Perrson questioned persistent squeals after his car exhaust and an investigation noted 2 more incidents nearby.
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AIR Motor
Moscow
Andrey Kraxeny
Speed Trap at Reno Nets Fines and Deterrence
Pranklin state highway patrol set a Reno speed trap capturing 80 to 85 motorists in four hours. Drivers exceeding the patrol limit faced a $10 fine plus costs or five days in jail. Officers used a stopwatch and a measured highway strip to determine speed.
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Pranklin
Pranklin Detail
State Highway Patrol
Reno
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Seldes
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J. H. Wallis
Unite States
Wallis
Wal- WW
B. Hmerson
Andrews
James Whitsit
Philadelphia
England
Whitall
Henry James
T. S. Eliot
Leonard
Virginia Woolf
Lyton Strachey
Don Blanding
Dodd Mead
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Journal
H. Henderson
Meadville
William Postier
Erie
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Conneaut C
Gus Baeder
Frank Baeder
Margaret Baeder
Caroline
Mary A. Brigham
Pleasant Street
Gome
Mary Knight
United Press Staff
Liberty
Bond
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Highway Dept
Pittsfield
Mass
Wm. J. Perrson
Frank C.chapin & Sons
North Center Street
Corry
Penn's
Radio
Aleke
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