Bible Thought For Today Seeks Growth In Industry And Transport
The piece discusses the Decatur to Guntersville highway importance for Morgan and Marshall counties, calls for a connected Memphis to Atlanta route, notes rising poultry production and marketing concerns, envisions decentralized industry with farm living, and cites the Montgomery Journal on freight rate relief aiding Southern manufacturing, all reflecting industrial and agricultural themes of the era.
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Decatur
The
Montgomery Journal
South
Bibb Graves
Paving Tales From Wheeler Dam Road and State Merit Board
The Montgomery Journal recounts how the unpaved path to Wheeler dam was promised for Roosevelt's visit and later paved. It also describes Alabama Personnel Board appointments, John H. Peach joining, and the board's future role in merit based testing and nonappointment authority.
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Wheeler Dam
Montgomery Journal
Town Creek
Gaston Scott
Highway Department
Roosevelt
Graves
John Peach
The
Montgomery Advertiser
Paving Run on Wheeler Memorial Highway Advances in State
Engineer Dan Barnum and colleagues improved the road, joking about Governor Miller noticing rough spots. Contracts were quickly awarded and the Wheeler Memorial highway became an early completed paving project in the region. Governor Miller had previously driven the dusty routes in summer campaigning.
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Miller
Barkley amendment stirs defense contract labor clash
In Washington on March 11 a Senate debate over a Barkley proposed amendment to the airplane building bill sparks doubt over who will judge labor interference. The plan would bar firms with NLRB charges from national defense contracts, drawing objections from Army and Navy lawyers and raising questions about implementation. House Republicans bend on Byrd reorganization after private Virginia requests.
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Washington
Messrs
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Morgenthau
Senate
Barkley
CIO
John Lewin
Lewis
Army
Navy
National Labor Relations Board
Secretary of War
War Department
House
NLRB
Walsh‘Healy
Douglas
Army-Navy
Virginia
Byrd
One Man Campaign Promotes Romantic Speech in Washington
Rep. Knute Hill of Washington advocates a revival of romantic oratory. He addressed the house praising Washington State scenery and its majestic mountains prompting a lyrical tribute to nature and national pride.
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Knute Hill
Washington
House
State
Canadian Rockies
Swiss Alps
Vitamin E and the love vitamin in spring diet
Logically explores vitamin E as a factor in nutrition, reproduction, and spring vitality. Cites leafy greens and common foods where vitamin E is found. Notes uncertain daily requirements but suggests a well balanced diet suffices for both sexes.
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Sarah Jane
Digitalis effects on rapid heart from nerves question
A medical column replies that tablet digitalis would irritate a rapid heart caused by nerves and should not be used, as it likely signals other health issues beyond a nervous condition and would not be fatal if misused.
Pennyroyal Use and Kidney Irritation
The question asks if regular powdered pennyroyal has injurious effects. Answer indicates no permanent damage, but notes possible kidney irritation that subsides after stopping use.
Pamphlets Offered by Dr Clendening for Readers
The editor announces seven pamphlets by Dr Logan Clendening available to readers. Each costs 10 cents plus a self addressed stamped envelope, sent to Dr Logan Clenden ing in care of the paper. Titles include Three Weeks Reducing Diet and Infant Feeding among others.
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Clendening
Logan Clendening
In Prosperity and Adversity The Daily Sermonette
In prosperity rejoice in God and in adversity consider seeking comfort in faith. Three friends faced ruin from mortgages and lost savings, with two despairing under relief. The third weathered the storm by staying positive, moving to two rooms, taking odd jobs, and innovating in business opportunities.
Poems by Fools Like Me Quote Emerges
A fragment from a poem line is cited in a clipping noting the phrase Poems are made by fools like me. The brief item documents the quotation and its attribution in a historical newspaper page segment.
Two congressmen debate what makes a good Democrat
At a luncheon the two congressmen debated party fitness. One noted he could not define a good Democrat but he said you must be one to be elected in his district.
The Great Gasoline Pill Mystery in a Connecticut Town
A winded tale recounts a man selling water powered car pills claiming ten pills plus ten gallons of water equals ten gallons of gasoline. A station owner buys two boxes, tests them, and learns the pills are a scam. The sheriff detains the man, who reveals others are also being swindled. War as a broader refrain closes the piece.
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Connecticut
Jupiter
Walter Winchell On Broadway Notes Of A New Yorker
Walter Winchell sketches nightlife vignettes from New York including a drunk toast scene, Bronx street sightings, and entertainments. It notes Mrs Mesoofsky, Mrs Skoodnick, Clark Gable, Paul Muni, and Sam Goldwyn in casual remarks. It also mentions a nurse’s wages, a columnist’s diary, and a Berlin money plot affecting a newspaper’s finances.
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Mrs. Mesoofsky
Mrs. Skoodnick
Bronx
Clark Gable
Gable
Paul Muni
Hollywood gossip and public notices collide in a long digest
Insiders recount Gene Markey and Hedy Lamarr marriage tensions with Walter Wagner and Joan Bennett. The piece notes Garfield and Rains dialogue in a film, a Warners editing boner about Priscilla Lane’s age, and editorials praising the Bill of Rights. Also a Roosevelt silhouette anecdote and Park Avenue specialists sharing offices.
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Gene Markey
Hedy LaMarr
Walter Wagner
Joan Bennett
Markey
LaMarr
Wagner
Hedy
Warners
Garfield
Priscilla Lane
New York AP Quarters Lock Staff In Feature Department
The Associated Press has moved to Radio City and kept staff confined in the feature department. Doors are locked from the inside and only some workers have keys, raising safety concerns. The Miami Herald notes a New York columnist’s fear of publishing Pacelli pope rumors. Walter Winchell’s wire to his secretary jokes about fear of disclosure. Living Age magazine had predicted it earlier. March begins with lionish weather and ends with income tax.
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Mary
Winchell
The
Legionnaire
Binghamton, N.Y
Associated Press
Radio City
Miami Herald
New York
Pacelli
Herald
E Pacelli
Walter
Living Age
Miss Susan Beech Garren Enters All State Music Contest
From the Daily of March 11, 1927, notes that Susan Beech Garren, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Garren, left for Montevallo to enter the all state music contest. Other items mention illness, visits, club meetings, and social events at Central Methodist and Presbyterian churches.
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Susan Beech Garren
J. D. Garren
Montevallo
Central Methodist Church
E. T. Rushing
Hunch by teen helps police crack filling station robbery
Melvin Martinov a 17 year old in Salt Lake City noted a car license number after seeing two men at a filling station cash register. He gave the number to Detective Fred Lee prompting the case to unfold. The car reportedly belonged to the police department.
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Salt Lake City
Melvin Martinov
Fred Lee
Martinov
Phitt
Police
Mystery taxi mystery prompts police inquiry
In Denver on March 11 the police questioned Mrs. Elizabeth Bixby about driving a taxicab after her driver reported it stolen. She said she woke up alone and was returning the cab to the company. the driver explained the fare slept through the incident and the cab disappeared after he left to collect an old bill.
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Denver
Elizabeth Bixby
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Rains
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