Roosevelt And The Press A Free Press Centenary
A long study of President Roosevelt and press freedom discusses early press conferences, editorials, and the Post Dispatch platform. It cites Melville S. Stone and Grover Hall on honest reporting, independence, and readers’ rights to critique government. The piece ends with nuanced praise and critique of Roosevelt’s policies and the Wagner Act context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Post- Dispatch
The
New York Sun
Melville 5
Stone
Associated Press
Cub
St. Louis
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joseph Pulitzer
Post-Dispatch
Grover ©. Hall
Montgomery
Ala
Bulletin of the American Society of Newspaper Editors
Tickets Sold Out for Alabama Stanford New Year Game
Pasadena December 13 1926 all 52229 tickets for the Alabama Stanford New Year football game have been sold with about 10000 applications refused. Auburn students Norman Harris Clyde Hendrix Jr and Seybourne Lynne expected home for December. Miss Mary Augusta Bibb spent weekend with parents. Peggy Davis Thelma Hatfield to return Friday from Montevallo as holiday guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
University of Alabama
Stanford University
Norman Harris
Clyde Hendrix, Jr
Seybourne Lynne
Auburn
Peggy Davis
Thelmira Hatfield
Montevallo
Office Cat by Junius
A breezy humor piece presents quick quips and sketches about packages, mail, teachers, doctors, and social small talk. Jokes include a teacher clashing with a doctor’s son over a visit fee and a photographer coaxing a smile amid impatience.
SPORTSMANSHIP IN GAMES AND LIFE EXHORTATION
The text extols real sportsmanship as fair play and perseverance, praising loyalty to opponents and good conduct whether winning or losing. It urges cheerful support for others, avoids unfair advantage, and ends with a humorous medical exchange about eye health and anemia.
A Lighthearted Tour of Friendship and Wit
A collection of quips and vignettes about friendship health and humorous misprints. Anecdotes include a man crediting birth before germs for his health, a doctor pun about biting insects, a scooter shin-scrape remedy, and a playful exchange on what twaddle means.
Youthful Slayer of Father Freed in Self Defense
Robbie Russell, 14, was exonerated on December 13 in West Memphis Arkansas after charges were dismissed by Justice R. C. Breece. He testified that his father W L Russell 50 a cotton picker advanced with a knife and he fired a 12 gauge shotgun in self defense to protect his mother and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Memphis
Ark
Robbie Russell
W. L. Russell
Justice of the Peace
R. C. Breece
Robbie
Russell
Supreme Court rules equality in education for Missouri case
The Supreme Court held that states must grant equal educational privileges to white and Black students. It ruled Missouri violated equal rights by denying Lloyd Gaines admission to the University of Missouri Law School and forcing him to study outside the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
University of Missouri Law School
Lloyd L. Gaines
St. Louis
Hughes
Missouri
Attitude Shapes Health and Illness Says Dr Clendening
Dr Logan Clendening explains how the mind influences sickness and health through attitude. He notes many misperceptions about illness and praises modern mental hygiene and psychotherapy as essential to patient outcomes and overall well being.
Causes of excess uric acid linked to diet and meats
Q A explains uric acid buildup comes from food, with meats especially liver and kidney rich in it. gouty tendency speeds accumulation. Editor notes offer seven Dr Clendening pamphlets for ten cents each with self addressed envelopes.
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Clendening
Logan Clendening
Lawrence County Notes From Aldridge Grove Community
Lawrence County Aldridge Grove scene includes multiple visits and family gatherings. Names mentioned include Jess Sparks of Moulton Delia Rainey Audrie Rainey Colman Rainey Edd Sandlin Buel Key Melson family in Birmingham Luke Sparks children recuperating from flu visits by W T Hill Floyd Hill Milford Rylant and others. Local residents farewells and weekend visits noted with kin and friends across Moulton Decatur Landersville and Double Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Sparks
Moulton
Delia Rainey
Colman
Audrie Rainey
Wren
Edd Sandlin
Oakville
Buel Key
Ike Johnson, Jr
Braxton Sapp
Bruce Dodd
Luke Sparks
W. T. Hill
Floyd Hill
Milford Rylent
Burl Key
George Royer
Genie Parker
Wendell Rylant
Ennis Mullican
Tennis Slaton
Near
Hartselle
Clara Mae Turner
Ben McMillan
Herbert Simpson
Double Springs
George Clemons
Ernest Armor
Caddo
Emmett Mullican
Decatur
A P. Mullican
William Melson
Harvie Cheatham
Doctor Baker Loses Suit Over Health Department Funds
Dr J N Baker state health officer lost a bid to obtain 80187 from the 1936 37 health department appropriation. Circuit Judge Walter B Jones held state comptroller Charles W Lee lacked legal authority to issue a warrant for the amount. Baker sought a declaratory judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
J. N. Baker
Walter B. Jones
Health Department
Jones
Charles W. Lee
Baker
Firemen Save Three Infants in Alamosa Pneumonia Rescue
In Alamosa Colorado three infants revived after pneumonia left them without breath. Firemen spent the weekend operating an oxygen respirator to restore breathing and stabilize the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamosa
Colo
Walter Winchell on Broadway Memoes of a Columnist
Walter Winchell shares rapid-fire gossip about Broadway stars shows and clubs from New York. It notes Noel Coward Eva Ortega Sid Goldwyn Sam Goldwyn Jimmy Roosevelt and Eleanor as Scarlett rumors while mentioning Natalie Paris John Ringling North Maurice and Cordoba and Sphinx humor from Bob Benchley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Gehrig
Lou
New York
Noel Coward
Eva Ortega
Alan Courtney
Sam Goldwyn
Jimmy Roosevelt
Sam
Screeno
White House
Eleanor
Scarlett
Powers model Frances Joyce Seeks Reunion After Estrangement
Frances Joyce, noted model, reports estrangement from her husband while seen holding hands with him at the Winslow bar. Aileen Whelan praised as pleasant after meeting at The Stork party on Tuesday amid mentions of Za nuck's film Thanks for Everything and a rented Magic Eye gadget. Mrs Vanderbilt invites actor Robert Morley to tea, in a nod to Oscar Wilde.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Joyce
Winslow Bar
Aileen Whelan
Zanuck
Peskay
Cornelius Vanderbilt
the Vanderbilt
Robert Morley
Oscar Wilde
Patricia Ziegfeld Honored by Ziegfeld Girls Club
Tuesday noon the Ziegfeld Girls Club will honor Patricia Ziegfeld at the Midnight Sun. Missouri Secretary of State Dwight H. Brown seeks 500 to give to friends and another order for 10,000 copies. Scribner's must grant permission. Also note Negro Actors' show boost at the 46th on the 11th and Merry Macs at the Onyx. Gaumont British Pix closes its New York office tomorrow. A local lad delays Christmas cards to avoid tense speaking terms.
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Ziegfeld Girls Club
Patricia Ziegfeld
Little Boy
Missouri
Dwight H. Brown
Scribner’s
Onyx
Gaumont
British Pix
N. Y
Slogan and gossip snippets mix in a lively column
A collage of lines on safety slogans and social rumors. Mentions include an accident policy quip, a one-arm driver tip, Sandra Ward becoming Mrs Waylter Donahue after divorce, a likely marriage to jeweler B Barzoon, Noel Coward imagery from a preface, and a note that a Mirror column received 5 000 mail pieces in November amid press agent and radio mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra Ward
Waylter Donahue
Mirror
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Mr Roosevelt
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Junius
Dee
Willie
Dad
Ferdinand
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J.W
Sally
Papa
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DR. Baker
Alabama
Business Institute
North Alabama
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Moutton Street
Walter Winchell
Broadway
Brunswick
Mary Martin
Daddy
Eddy Duchin
Cotton Club
Artie Shaw
Ina Ray Hutton
Andrews Sisters
Andrews
John E. Matthews
Mutual
G Street
West 52Nd
Jimmy Lunceford
Cole Porter
Betty Bruce
Syracuse
George Abbott
John Ringling North
Actors’ Union
Albert Johnson
Mildred Worthy
Casa Manana
Paradise Girls
Natalie Paris
Hotel Victoria
Nurray Natalie Paris
Herald
Albert Bannister
Frank Carroll
Beatrice Kenny
Maurice
Cordoba
Joan Clair
Elizabeth
Clifford Odets
Ed Wynn
Jimmy Cannon
Wynn
Odets
Bowden Sparkes
Brisbane
Cosmopolitan Mag
James Walker Memorial Hospital
Wilmington
North Carolina
Duke
Southern Cal
Rose Bowl
Bob Benchley
Egypt
Benchley
Sphinxy
Mitzi Green
Philly
John Anderson
American Theatre
Sidney Whipple
Mr. Anderson
John Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Outfit
Tennessee Valley Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance
Samson
United Furniture CO
City Park
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