American standard of living high due to capital equipment
The article argues American living standards exceed those of other nations driven by abundant natural resources and especially by capital equipment and power. It cites per worker power, total assets of manufacturing firms, and investing in plant and operating capital as key factors, praising the American industrial system while noting ongoing challenges. It also comments on political prospects around Governor Lehman of New York and President Roosevelt.
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America
U. S
Bureau of Internal Reevenue
Tri-Cities
Lehman
New York
White House
Alabama
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Montgomery
France
California
Europe
Strange Honor for Divinity and War News
Fragmentary OCR text references Kublai and Xanadu with odd phrasing about honor and divinity, alongside a garbled copyright notice attributed to Arthur Brisbane. No clear event, dates, or identifiable entities beyond those corrupted terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xanadu
the Mendes
Chinese ruler and Montauk tea?
In Nanking Chiang Kai-Shek honored the first Ming emperor whose campaigns against Kublai Khan shaped China’s history. The piece mentions Kubla Khan, Marco Polo links, Coleridge poetry, and notes on tax methods and paper money. It cites a New York Universalist preacher discussing Christ. It reports a new France Spain treaty affecting wine duties and U.S. dollar value and bond beliefs. It ends with a reader seeking Hawaii information via the Honolulu advertiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kublai Khan
Kublai
Peking
Greast
Washington
Ickes Predicts More City Lines
Secretary Ickes forecast more municipal power plants under the PWA program. He said every city able and willing to finance its plant would eventually be able to do so. He praised Oklahoma Utilities Co for withdrawing its injunction against a PWA financed plant and expected that outcome to be final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
PWA
Ickes
Oklahoma Utilities Company
Three Men Blown to Bits in Oklahoma Dynamite Accident
Three men are killed when dynamite accidentally explodes on a highway bridge near Novata Oklahoma. C Gaines superintendent of the highway project identified the deceased as F Roundtree foreman and two unidentified laborers, with the blast occurring today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Novata
Okla
C. Gaines
Here
Gaines
F Roundtree
Man rescues from flames and saves fire badge
In Tacoma on July 3 George McAlvey rushed into a coset fire after his wife yelled it was burning. He saved a smoking coat and recovered his still-burning pipe from a pocket. From another pocket he recovered his honorary fire department badge given when he retired as chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
George McAlvey
Tacoma Fire Department
Silence by Sheriff Rumors Stir City Beverage Vote
Jeffer son county sheriff keeps silent as residents wonder how sellers plan to dodge an ordinance against beverages. Ten thousand petitioners press the city commission to call an election to void the rule.
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McDuff
Jefferson County
Abnormal Emotional State Not Easy to Explain
A physician discusses how defining normal mental state varies by person and circumstance. He notes nervous individuals overreact to minor annoyances, while major shocks can bring calm, outlining inherited or learned traits and Freudian ideas as explanations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Clendening
M. D
Losk
Smith
Office Cat and the Transmigration of Souls
A fragmentary set of dialogues and vignettes features a hobo bargaining at a pawnshop, a joke about a wife’s political choice, and quips on memory and health. The piece weaves humor with observations on human foibles and social behavior in a newspaper-like tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkins
Dawkins
War era humor and frontier bravado in a dialogue sketch
The excerpt features characters Rastus a war veteran, a Westerner, a colonel, and a husband and wife bantering about wage prospects, homesickness, toughness, fashion, and domestic roles. The dialogue blends racial and frontier stereotypes in a humorous but dated tone.
Italian stamps proclaim Ethiopia as colony with Haile Selassie portrait
New stamps mark Ethiopia as an Italian colony with a Victor Emmanuel portrait and Amharic Roman lettering dated May 9 1936. Stamps have three values and limited cooperation from British postal officials for return covers, while Canada and other territories may still assist collectors. Rumors say the U S Post Office may print more commissive stamps to meet demand.
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ALY
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Victor Emmanuel
Addis Ababa
Great Britain
London
Canada
U. S. Post Office Department
NEA Service, Inc.t
Social notes from Pines include visitors and a party
Mrs T W Howell Miss Obie Jones of Sheffield and Vernon Middleton of Shreveport were weekend guests of Mrs G C Vincett. Mrs G A Johnson visited her ill mother Mrs Minnie Fowler. Edith Peck Baren Vann and Ralph Oden visited Miss Winifred Vincent who hosted a Friday night party with outdoor games a treasure hunt and refreshments for numerous guests and friends.
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T. W. Howell
Obie Jones
Sheffield
Vernon Middleton
Shreveport
G C. Vincett
G. A. Johnson
Minnie Fowler
Edith Peck
Baren Vann
Ralph Oden
Winifred Vincent
Charleen
Anna Lee
Louise Vice
Catherine
Jo Peck
Louise Smith
Margaret Palmer
Mildred McAllister
Blondy Scurlock
Inez .Maze
Nan Southern
Cecil “Hipps
Jimmy Adams
Russell Peck
Almon Walker
Byron Vann
Algie Couey
Pete Briscoe
Carl Vice
Alva Johnson
Tey Thompson
Paul Lemmond
Elgin Bowen
O. D. Moses
Esther Smith
Dennis Maze
Walter Tanner
Payne Peck
Jack
Ce St. John
Willis Fowler
John Henry Maze
Cecil Johnson
Local Gossip Sparks Rumor Orchestrates Wedding News
A fragmentary chat reveals a rumor about Pennington halted by a backing train and a pair of sisters set to marry. The conversation hints at surprise and community chatter rather than verified events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
Pennington
Dolly
Walla Walla Wonders In Winchell Column Parade
A playful Walter Winchell spoof by Jack Lait mocks slang and theater buzz after Winchell’s absence. The piece riffs on Walla Walla as ground for jokes about politics, show business, and con artists, naming figures and places with light satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Lait
Walter Winchell
bRupler
Robert
Ori
Jack Last
Walla Walla Walla as Reporter Rally Cry in 1930s Echoes
A collage of quotable lines and playful slang uses walla walla as a refrain. It mixes political jabs, Hollywood notices, and sports quips, naming figures like Leon Blum Rochelle Hudson Henry Fonda and Henry Fonda in a playful, era flavored montage.
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Rochelle Hudson
Hollywood
Walla Walla
Cold and marriage quips in a national humor column
A light front page item contrasts a stable national currency with jokes about illness and marriage. It notes a cold as a mean affliction and features a pun about a newlywed and old wed couple suggesting domestic sock duties.
Athens personals highlight local visits and moves
Miss Bebe Sanders visits Pittsburgh in the Woodroof home. Mrs. Walter McLemore returns to Memphis after visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Martin spend time in Lynville. Miss Minnie Bass visits Nashville sisters. Mrs. Louis Martin and daughters return from Sheffield after visiting Hendricks family. Mrs. Yarbrough undergoes appendicitis surgery at Powers hospital. the Isoms plan Ohio visits. the Lyle family returns to Chattanooga after a visit. the Joneses depart for South Alabama on business with a visit planned for kin. Ethel Carter returns from Bessemer. Mrs. W. T. McDaniel heads to Port Chester for daughter’s operation. Hon. R. H. Walker resumes outings after illness. Joe Sarver Jr. with Auburn cadets at Fort Benning and named Who’s Who scholar.
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Bebe Sanders
Charles Woodroof
Pittsburgh
Walter McLemore
Memphis
Tenn
Robert M. Rawls
R. C. Martin
Lynville
Minnie Bass
Nashville
Bertha Morris
Etta Bass
Louis Martin
Sheffield
Portchester
N. Y
Berthold Kennedy
R. H. Walker
Joe Sarver, Jr
Fort Benning
Auburn
Alabama
Omicron Delta Kappa
Potato and Cotton Prices on Upgrade in Alabama
Montgomery Alabama July 3 J C Garrett state and federal statistician reported potato prices in Alabama rose from 1.15 per bushel on May 15 to 1.55 on June 15 while cotton moved from 11.2 to 11.4 cents per pound in the same period. Cottonseed fell 1 per ton hogs rose from 7.5 to 78 cents per pound beef cattle up 5 cents and there was a small advance in chickens and eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
J. C. Garrett
Alabama
Athens curb market moves to Marion and Green streets
The Athens curb market relocates from the south side of the public square to the vacant lot at Marion and Green streets near the main business district. The move frees parking space and the former site will be replaced with a modern store building.
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Athens
Ala
Public Square
Marion and
Green Streets
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Walla Walla Walla Walla
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Father Divine
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Democratic Platform
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Robert E. Edmondson
Walla
Walla-Walla
Rusa
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Turner
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