Unemployment and Migration Shaping 1920s America
A census style summary notes 72.85 million civilians employed and 8.2 million jobless, with 3.2 million seekers without work. Oakland reports 20 percent jobless among Blacks, 10 percent whites, mirroring broader urban unemployment. The piece discusses westward movement, Southern growth, and the pull of California amid mechanization and industrial expansion.
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Oakland
California
Los Angeles
South
Pacific Coast
British animal welfare visitors in Venice advise cat population study
Two British women active in animal welfare arrived in Venice to study the citys cat situation and propose humane solutions. The Health Department welcomed them and the cats as well, noting Venice faces rat and pigeon issues around St Marks Square. The visitors denied reports of bringing large cash to influence the citys cat population.
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Canals
Venice
St. Mark’s Square
Danville
McKissick Named CORE Director Amid Civil Rights Shift
Froop B. McKissick elected national director of the Congress of Racial Equality vows to push activist work while noting friends across Black Muslims and Communist fronts. The piece links his past with SLID and LID and situates the new Left at Wisconsin in a planned March on Washington aimed at Viet Nam policy, suggesting future alignment and clashes in civil rights and democratic revolutionary circles.
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Congress of Racial Equality
Durham
Froop B. McKussick
CORE
McKissick
Communist Party
James Farmer
Farmer
SLID
Socialist League For Industrial Democracy
The
New Left
University of Wisconsin
Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Froop McKissick
Litter on Danville streets prompts reader letter
A new Danville resident, Dr Richard Hi Klein, complains about persistent litter along Park Ave near Ballou Park Riverside Dr and S Main near the colleges. He calls for action, noting debris accumulated for months and comparing with New York City parkways.
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Danville
Park Ave
Ballou Park
Park
Riverside Dr
S. Main
New York City
Richard Hi. Klein M.D
New Haven, Conn
Danville Daily Rates and Policy Notice
The Danville Register lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, with rates for by mail and carrier delivery. Also notes AP affiliation, reproduction rights, advertising reps, and zones with rate adjustments and renewal reminders.
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Danville
Associated Press
Branham Company
Chicago
New York
Atlanta
Detroit
Dallas
St. Louis
Charlotte
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Kansas City
Cobblers Benches Wired as Lamps Baffle Future Archeologists
A quirky fragment notes cobbler benches used as lamps and asks whether these wired benches predated lamps that were later dismantled. It mentions protistids as primitive life forms with plant and animal traits and humorously claims many families have an uncle Charlie who is a mix of rutabaga and jackass.
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Charlie
Traffic share of highways in cities dominates federal road funds
Current Opinion in The Commercial Appeal notes new Bureau of Public Roads figures show urban streets account for 48 percent of vehicle miles despite only 14 percent of road mileage. Rural roads carry 14.4 percent of traffic on 72 percent of miles, shaping where interstate funds go.
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Bureau of Public Roads
In Grosse Pointe and Beyond American Outcasts Debated
A fragmented column critiques American youth slang and covert radicals as it discusses being “in” or “out” of status. It references Logan Act, politics, unions, and cultural markers from universities, corporations, and places like Washington and Greenwich Village.
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Michigan
Ania
Washington
Law
United States
Logan
America
Congress
Ameri Mand
John Birch Society
Arlain
General Motors
State Department
Ho Chi Minh
Greenwich Village
Hanoi
Grosse Pointe
Postattack and the image in Washington power planning
A discussion of a Johnson administration plan to build underground bunkers in Denton Texas and eight other sites to house federal staff for nuclear emergencies. The term postattack would be stamped on documents to educate the public and deter sensationalism, with federal agencies and executives ready to assume control during a disaster.
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Washington, D.C
Someitime
Johnson
Denton
Texas
Federal Reserve Board
Red Cross
Ton
Harvard
Mass
You
Battle Creek
Mich
Thomasville
Denver
Colo
Santa Rosa
Calif
Everett
Wash
America
White House
Moyers
Austin
York City
Presi
Rovernment
Santa Claws
Bel
Spaper Senator We must have an un American dogs in our neighborhood
In a curious community remark residents complain about a group of dogs and express relief that children return to school. The exchange hints at local tensions and social attitudes without detailing a specific incident.
Transit Strike Test New York Political Power
William F Buckley Jr analyzes the New York transit strike as a clash between public interest and labor union power. He weighs enforcement of the Con Don Wadlin Act, the roles of John Lindsay and Governor Rockefeller, and the potential long term impact on city and national policy amid a rare unified labor push and a wary public mood.
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New York Transit
Quill
Lindsay
New York City
New York State
New York
American
Mike Quill
Mr. Quill
John Lindsays
Blues
Reds
John Lindsay
Fusion
Rockefeller
State of
Mr. Lindsay
Calvin Coolidge
Decatur toast sparks debate on foreign policy and unity
The piece reflects on Stephen Decatur and his famous toast Our Country, urging unity in facing foreign policy, critiquing jingoism, and defending prudent conduct under government decisions. It contrasts Decatur's naval legacy with modern calls for independent diplomacy.
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Stephen Decatur
Maryland
Wigs
Washgesting
Stpington
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Decatur
Amer Decature
Ica
Norfolk
Congress
Benjamin Franklin
Continental Congress
United States
Viet Nam
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Virginia
Carolinas
Jess
Danville Register
Memphis
Appeal
John Chamberlain
Holmes Alexander
Polonius
Spaper
Illiam F. Buckley, Jr
Russell Kirk
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