Boarding House Scandal and Local Happenings
A rural Kentucky style column notes scarce local items this week and previews a county commissioners session a week from Monday. A boarding house scandal involves a guest sharing a bed with a country visitor and a startled discovery at dawn. The piece also mentions Gen Milroy losing a state agent post and Gen Gresham winning a district trustee role, plus upcoming Home Theatricals of Ticket of Leave Man at Holt and Rinehart’s hall and editor clashes over recent remarks on Main Street.
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Home Theatricals
Holt and Rinehart
Signs of the Times on Safety and Politics
Governor Townsend pushes safety campaigns to cut auto deaths while highway officials fund warnings and upgrades. The piece contrasts GOP decline in Indiana’s Tenth District with Roosevelt liberalism and calls for regulated capitalism to curb industry exploitation.
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Townsend
Highway Commission
Harmony A Scarce Commodity
An editorial laments lack of harmony in Delphi and warns cooperation is essential. It argues envy and distrust split towns, harming everyone and shrinking the community, urging residents to unite for common success.
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Delphi
A. B
Local shoppers urged to support Delphi businesses
Local business men and employees urge residents to patronize community firms, arguing that money spent locally circulates within the town, supports taxes, wages, and local services, and strengthens the local economy against out-of-town competition. They warn that spending elsewhere drains local revenue and jobs.
Opera Audiences Stir Fuss Amid Noise and Discontent
A collage of humorous quotes from papers laments rising audience chatter in opera houses and social attitudes. The remarks juxtapose views on free speech and gender stereotypes about parking, reflecting midcentury newspaper humor and commentary across cities like Des Moines Toledo Detroit and St. Louis.
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Wagner
Des Moines Register
Roosevelt Inspires Army with Charismatic Leadership
The president demonstrates a standout quality of a great general by motivating the troops behind him and rallying support for military effort.
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Roosevelt
If the hat fits it isn t a hat proverb riff?
The note reworks a proverb about fitting hats into a witty line attributed to a Washington Post source and a quip about friendships. It frames trouble as a sieve to separate acquaintances, suggesting selective filtering of social ties.
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Washington Post
Voices and Views from Leaders and Luminaries
A collage of quotes from Senator Fredrick Van Nuys Purdue coach Ward Lambert Bugs Baer diplomat Wilson Compton Alfred Sloan Carl Sandburg on politics industry collaboration poetry and national spirit reflecting postwar concerns about policy leadership labor planning and culture.
Rid Country Of Holding Companies Urgently Said
In a strong plea L. D. argues there is no better time to abolish holding companies and curb corporate power. He criticizes timid voices, warns of disaster if reforms stall, and calls for robust leadership to steer economic recovery and avoid future wars.
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Incubus
Europe
L. D
Fog of 1940 GOP bids clouds Van denberg stance
The piece notes Senator Van denberg will not seek the 1940 Republican presidential nomination yet keeps open the path if a viable chance appears. It argues the GOP remains indecisive, unsure of principles, and wary of premature commitment while discussing Landon's 1936 fate as a cautionary parallel.
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Vandenberg
Michigan
Landon
United States
Man to travel land at 311 miles an hour
Thirty years ago a story foretold land speed at 311 mph. A conscientious congressman bought three Pullman sections and dined hourly in the diner to use up the 20 cent mile.
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Los Angeles Times
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