Big Business Meets a Welcoming Mission
A King Features executive helps a young man reach his soldier brother by coordinating dock details and access, illustrating a human side of big business. The Emporia Gazette urges patience with retailers amid rising prices, noting distributors must balance costs while keeping retail prices low through efficient operation and open competition.
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King Features
New York
King
Emporia
Kan
The
Gazette
the Gazette
United States
Industrial News Review
Conscience Blues Echo Through New Orleans Robbery Case
A Memphis born Negro, Jessie Long, confesses to police in New Orleans he robbed two women of $30 in 1940 after years of wandering and guilt. He says repeated attempts to seek forgiveness via preachers failed until restitution and confession offered peace.
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Jessie
United Press
New Orleans
Dick Tracy
Decatur
Father Divine
Memphis
Mobile
Natchez
St. Joe
Jessie Long
Methodist
Baptist
Roosevelt estate allegations taint late president's liberal image
Westbrook Pegler reports on alleged schemes tied to Franklin D Roosevelt including claims of bilking loans, maintaining Hyde Park estates with holding companies, and a critical view of employer generosity. The piece cites a Cronk broadcast script from 1936 claiming neighbors doubted Roosevelt as a good employer and recounts former workers' grievances and affidavits.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Hartie
David G. Baird
Elliott
Charles Harwood
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Alf Landon
Kansas
Republican National
Cronk
Hy Park
Dr. Cronk
Social Security
Myron Husted
Husted
Mr. Husted
Roosevelts
Doctor Cronk
James Roosevelt
White House
Ezra Plain
Sarah’ D. Roosevelt
Mihailovich defense highlights in wartime propaganda row
Washington notes recall Mihailovich spoke for four hours from notes after 30 days of preparation. The piece accuses propaganda and torture in Moscow style trials, linking Tito's Yugoslavia and Soviet influence to shaping the narrative against Mihailovich. It emphasizes distrust of wartime loyalties and postwar political manipulation.
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Washington
Mihailovitch
Communist Party
Red Army
Years Ago Today and Noted Local Happenings
Notices announce Pearl May South’s marriage to Jerrie Williams of California. Social items list visitors, post office substitutions, shopping plans, births, and travel. The Balkan trial commentary critiques a Belgrade show staged by the Communist government, denouncing it as propaganda and a distortion of justice.
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W. T. South
Pearl May
Jerrie ‘Williams
California
Mack Brown
Annie Roger
Chattanooga
Mattie Barker
Russellville
Sartor
Dallas
Texas
Sadie Rolfe
Decatur
H. B. Hockensmith
Kentucky
Gussie Green
New York
Buttrey’s Department Store
Bryan McAfee
Cullman
S. H. Malone
F. H. Pointer
Tri-Cities
C. L. Price
Sam Blackwell
Florence
R. A. Hadden
Pasadena
Cal
J. D. Jervis
Tito Army
Communist Party
Miahilovitch
Mihailovitch
Balkans
Christian Science Monitor
Reuben Markham
Bulgaria
Rumania
UNO
Belgrade
Moscow
Belgaade
Russia
Roosevelt interview broadcast killed by GOP pressure
Oiler affidavits claim Roosevelt paid workers 2.25 for nine hours versus 40 a day local rate. Dr Cronk fears reprisals on family members after the graveside interview, warning a Republican rep in 1936 that New Deal radio access was blocked. A GOP worker recalls attempts to shift blame to Jeffersonian Democrats.
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Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Doctor Cronk
Republican National Committee
Understanding Multiple Sclerosis A 1940s overview
A King Features 1944 summary notes multiple sclerosis as a nervous system disease with scar tissue formation. It details its unknown cause, uneven regional prevalence, typical age 40 to 50, and varied symptoms including vision, facial numbness, tinnitus, and tongue paralysis. Treatments are largely ineffective with brief mentions of arsenic preparations vitamins and histamine diphosphate injections.
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Johannes M. Nielsen
Los Angeles
Europe
United States
Switzerland
Nielsen
Walter Winchell On Broadway Highlights New York Lore
A stream of vignettes on Manhattan landmarks and history from Inwood to Harlem. Notable spots include Milligan Court and Washington Place, gateways and relics, plus oddities like a 9 foot wide Bowery house and a two sided Waverly Place building.
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Milligan Court
Inwood Hill Park
Washington Place
7Th Ave
Duane St
Barren Island
Biklyn
Tobacco Road
Manhattan’s
Music Hall
New York
Murray Hill
2Nd Ave
Manhattan
Midtown
Central Park
Dandee
Rivington St
City Hall
Manhattan Island
Fort Washington Point
Waverly Place
Union Sq
Bedford Street
Vth Ave
12Th Street
Park Ave
34Th St
Maiden Lane
Virgin's Path
Blue Noses
Bowery
Broadway Alley
MacDougal Alley
O. Henry
18Th St
Sutton Place
Pearl Street
9Nd Ave
Hess
Chinatown
Dovers Street
Mark. Twain
Washington Square
Fifth Ave
Arthur Brisbane Monuments Honor a Noted Editor
The American editor and patriot Arthur Brisbane stands unique as a columnist with a monument. He is remembered for his influence and a dedicated statue on the Fifth Avenue side of Central Park.
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Patrnot
Arthur Brisbane
5Th Avenue
Central Park
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Alabama
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Aia
Detroit
Westbrook
Pegler
Ian Valtin
Tito
Yugoslavia
Foreign Afirs
Omesh
Chetnik
Ozana
State Department
Hermann
Bundesen, M.D
King Feature
Superior Cleaners
Lee ST
Walter Winchell
Noovawk
East River
Pennsy
Watch
Tompkins Square
West 4Th Street
West 11Th Street
Brisbane
Damon
Balto
York Ave
Mt. Morris Park
Volunteer Fire Dept
Harlem
Edgar St
Trinity Church
Sydney
Joseph Hansom
190Th St
Commercial Credit Corp
Bank Street
Dillehay
Grant
Lyons Electric Co
Tire Headquarters
Royal Tire
Joe Hagler
Royal Tire Service
Lee
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