Two-Session Plan on Legislature Draws Interest in Athens
The Athens Chamber of Commerce reports about 200 citizens have signed sustaining memberships totaling over $2,000 to support the organization for the year. Athens focuses on industrial growth balancing farming with factory, while Limestone County remains a strong farming area ready for broader industrial opportunities.
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Dixon
Athens
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Limestone County
Alabama
Decatur
Strawberry Festival Buzz and Civic Echoes in Cullman
A compilation of local notes from Decatur and Morgan County headlines. Mentions Cullman Strawberry Festival and community events plus reflections on the coal strike, tax policy, rabies laws, and Scout contributions. Notable names include Harry Hopkins and Morgan County cotton yields.
Bee Line Highway Debate Impacts Tourism
The Huntaville Mercury argues the Bee Line through Decatur to Birmingham and beyond is vital for attracting travelers north and south. It warns Tennessee detours and crooked roads would push tourists away, affecting Huntsville Oneonta and nearby towns unless the route is straightened.
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Decatur
Birmingham
Montgomery
Mobile
Tennessee
Huntsville
Oneonta
Nashville
Traffic Markers Advertising Spark City Debate
The Tuscaloosa News mocks a move to allow a soft drink maker to supply brass traffic markers with its name. The paper urges no discrimination and questions extending the plan to other businesses and services, suggesting it could lead to monopolies and favoritism.
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Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Ae Beverage
Pisani
Wood Leaves Roosevelt Inner Circle in Policy Shakeup
Washington May 13. A shift in administration policy surrounds the departure of Sears Roebuck president General Robert E. Wood from Harry Hopkins inner circle. The move signals a tougher labor oriented approach and the end of a tax appeasement plan. Dr. Steelman runs the Labor Department conciliators with 50 men, saying no police power limits their gains.
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Washington
Robert E. Wood
Sears-Roebuck
New Deal
Harry Hopkins
Commerce
Muuch
Wood
Chicago
Hopkins
Hopkins’ Business Advisory Council
Roosevelt
John R. Steelman
Congress
Labor Department
House Appropriations Committee
Steelman
Conciliation
Insurrection in Senate Over Royal Bow Edict
An uprising brews in the Senate against a State Department demand for ceremonial bows to King George. A foreign affairs leader renounced breakfast, consuming only buttermilk, as several senators reportedly join the protest at a lawn party.
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Senate
State Department
King George
Foreign Affairs
White House
For Every Child A Tooth Diet and Quips From The Spotlight
The piece mixed health guidance on pregnancy nutrition detailing calcium phosphorus iodine vitamins and foods with jokes and quips about daily life. It notes that a foetus may draw calcium from the mother’s bones if the diet is lacking and includes a sample menu for an uncomplicated pregnancy and light humorous exchanges.
Office Cat by Junius shows wartime habits and street manners
In this humor sketch Mrs. Smith recalls her husband John returning from World War I with odd quirks such as hobnails in bed. Mrs. Jones notes aftermaths of war while Mrs. Smith jokes about car drivers soaking pedestrians in puddles. A Hollywood studio scene features thousands of extras dressed as French revolutionaries. The director cracks the scene from a rostrum.
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Hollywood
Bastile
Blood pressure myths and age related changes explained
The advice notes that normal pressure centers around 120 and rises about ten points per decade until age 50. Those who develop high blood pressure tend not to reach 80, as long lived people tend to have lower pressures. A reading of 122 at age 52 suggests good health and longevity.
Dr Clendening pamphlets offered for readers
The editor lists seven Dr Logan Clendening pamphlets available for 10 cents each. To receive a desired pamphlet readers must mail 10 cents and a self addressed stamped envelope to Dr. Logan Clendening care of the paper. Pamphlets cover topics from diet and indigestion to diabetes infant feeding feminine hygiene and hair care.
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Clendening
Logan Clendening
Megaphone Vows Repeated Demands for Cooperation
A megaphone declares the plan will repeat until the shouting participant decides to cooperate. The remark emphasizes persistent pressure and collective resolve to secure compliance.
Judge Becomes Bank Cashier in Cautionary Tale
A demoted judge, not re elected, takes a bank cashier job and denies a man cashing a check without proper identity. The man protests that the judge has hanged men with less proof, but the cashier insists on careful money handling. A related note observes telephone poles save trees and a car that leaves the road will hit something.
Old Farmer Jones and the mule’s clever retreat
The rustic scene ends with the mule refusing a whip and backing away from the stall as Old Farmer Jones sits and plots. A doctor’s arrival later hints at illness, leaving an unsettled idle moment in a small homeyard.
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Jones
Train Jerking Sparks Wife Driving Lesson Incident
A station passenger complains of a rough ride while a porter explains the engineer is teaching his wife to drive. The remark notes the danger of holiday travel and suggests everyone should sleep to save lives.
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Porter
Weekend Social Notes From May 13 1927
Mrs W K McNeil returned Friday morning from a visit to Birmingham and Montgomery Miss Mary Bronaugh will spend the week end with friends in Huntsville Mrs J R Daniels will entertain a bridge party Saturday night From the 12 Years Ago column Hon Melvin Hutson is in south Alabama on business C D Patterson is in Birmingham today Miss Ruby Bussey left Wednesday for Birmingham to visit her sister Miss Susie Smith returned this week from Birmingham where she has been visiting relatives
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Mary Bronaugh
Huntsville
Melvin Hutson
South Alabama
C. D. Patterson
Birmingham
Susie Smith
Walter Winchell On Broadway Celebs On The Town
New York society scene features Franchot Tone with Alice White on 52nd Street. Mitzi Green and Frank Parker consult fortunes at Armando's while celebs like Kitty Carlisle and Eddie Cantor mingle at venues. A Bronx duo joke about daily routines as observers note fashion, clubs, and a colorful cross section of 1930s entertainers.
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New York
Franchot Tone
Alice White
52Nd St
Mitzi Green
Frank Parker
Armando
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Roosevelt
James
Kitty Carlisle
Connie Bennett
Eddie Cantor
Cardinals
Warren William
Lynne Overman
Brian Donlevy
Morton Downey
Dizzy Dean
Public snoring jibe in Nebraska legislature cloak room
A sign in the unicameral legislature cloak room in Lincoln Nebraska mocks the senators snoring. It urged visitors not to snore a constituent if they must sleep.
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Lincoln
Neb
Gulping craze reaches Ellensburg student
Ellensburg Washington May 13 Ralph McEwen a high school senior tried the gulping craze by swallowing a hornet The hornet stung him in the mouth and ended the stunt for now
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Ellensburg
Wash
Ralph McEwen
Ralph
Midtown moments and social scenes across New York in May
May in Manhattan shows nightlife and naming frailties with couples on ferries and in department stores. The era also highlights press buffs of stage stars and a library collection, plus a Rockefeller funded tree planting and a novel decorative display on the East Side.
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Manhattan
Staten Island
Hicksville
New York City
McLean
Washington
New York
Truex Boys
Philip
James
Barry
Central Park
Murray Korman
N. Y
Harry Bridges
Union Biggie
Stella Ardler
5Th Avenue
Risgay
53Rd Street
Hamburg Line
Sounds and Satires From an Aged Nightclub Scene
A fragmented nightlife column lists quips from various rooms and venues like the Paradise and Russian Art with biting lines about flirtations secrets and aging suitors. A New York novelette rumor centers on a Philadelphia mass murder for insurance told as overheard gossip and editor deafness to the tale.
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New York
Philadelphia
Nutz
County hospital contract offer sparks name change aim
Morgantown West Virginia May 13. The county court awarded contracts for a new Monongalia county hospital and offered a free appendicitis operation to anyone who names the facility. Officials said county hospital sounded like a charity institution.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Monongalia County Hospital
County Hospital
Three yolks appear in skillet prompt patriotic service
In Los Angeles on May 13 W. P. Roberts a restaurant cook cracked an egg and found three yolks. He kept the extra yolk from a second egg and served four yolks to a customer free of charge claiming the extras are on the house.
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Los Angeles
W. P. Roberts
Roberts
Want Ads Offer Quick Buy Sell Swap Advantage
If you buy sell or swap use the Want Ads. It’s to your ad vantage for fast results and easy exchanges in the community marketplace.
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New Yorkids
Jan Garber
New Yorker
Lanius
Pancho
Rollini
Herth
Woodbury- Jergens
CBS
Ear
Eddie de Lange
Jimmy van Heusen
Raymond Paige
Harlem
New Plantation
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W. R. Shelton
Memper OF
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Inland Newspaper
Chitare
Carrier
Mal
Mall
Wall
Allan
Athen
Press Biple Service Inc
Cine
Cullman
Tri-Cities
Frank Dixon
Lewis
Dr. Clendening
the Daily
Trisett Sewell
New York Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates
Morgenthau
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Montgomery Street
Boy Scout
Morgan County
Huntaville
Mercury
Pau Matton
King Pfeatere
Justice Douglas
Patterson
Hanes
Mr. Roosevelt
Wallace
Agriculture Department
the Star Boarder
Chigi
BIRO
By Logan Clendening, M. D
Hayton
Scrybe
Junius
Walter Winchell
Broadway
John Barrymore
Rose Starace
Brooklyn
N. ¥. U. School of Journalism
Milton, Dubin
Arthur Mullen
Stork Club
Normandie
Grand Central
Hitler
Bronx
Bntch
Cocktells
Rilly Mahwillus
Mrs. LaPlotkin
Bennie
Mesoofsky
Avery
Lee St
First Ave
Paradise
Meadowbrook
Black Cat
Fan
Fan & Bill’s
Onyx
Lissen
la Cava
Leon
Eddie
Bert Frohman
John L. Lewis
Casa
Ego
Rountree Lumber Company
West Moulton, St
North Alabama
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