Pull and merit not enough to win jobs say experts
Francis Robbie Robinson argues push and pull determine careers but warns merit alone seldom lands employment. She cites college graduates in 1934 and notes executives, colleges, and government fail to heed advice on opportunity. The piece contrasts vacation value and relaxation with persistent work pressure and unemployment realities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis
Robbie’) Robinson
Hugh, Johnson
Robbie
America
Jungle Gold by Dad Pedrick recounts in Guiana
An American prospector tells his jungle adventures in Dutch Guiana as two writers record his tale. The editors note possible exaggeration while praising the book’s vivid jungle atmosphere and the perilous encounters with wildlife and tribal figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dad Pedrick
Dutch Guiana
Dad
Guiana
Crow Contest Closes July 16 With Countywide Participation
The Department of Conservation crow killing contest ends Monday July 16 with all feet delivered to Conservation offices in the state library building by 12 noon. Forty clubs joined since January 15 and report over 63 000 crows killed. Congress has authorized loans totaling 578 million to industry 75 million to needy districts and 25 million to irrigation districts.
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Department of Conservation
State Library
Congress
Secretary Bryan Resigns Over Germany Message Dispute
The nation learns Secretary Bryan resigned from the cabinet Tuesday morning after a dispute with President Wilson over the course to take in a message to Germany.
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Bryan
Wilson
Germany
Editor Terrell Surprised by Vandalism at Rossville Journal
G B Terrell editor of the Rossville Journal awoke to splintering glass and rocks hurled at his office Thursday night. He has sharply criticized mail order houses and cigarette sales to boys and urged reform for local youths.
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G. B. Terrell
Rossville
Terrell
Sign Your Name On Purchases Of Strong Liquor
The government requires signing a name on the vendor record when buying a high potency beverage. John Smith appears often on drug store liquor dockets filed monthly with the county clerk. Some propose a public list of fun names to speed and dignify the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smith
Second Delphi citizen enters governor race
Charles Benjamin, who helped launch a campaign for Col. A. B. Crampton, nominates W. C. Smith, the current mayor, as the second Delphi citizen in the race for governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Benjamin
Col. A. B. Crampton
Citizen-Times
Delphi
W. C. Smith
Gary school board names William Wirt as superintendent
The Gary school board hires William Wirt as Gary superintendent at 6000 dollars yearly. He may serve one day monthly as advisory superintendent for Troy New York schools at 2500 dollars annually and one week monthly for New York City schools at 10000 dollars yearly. Total salary 18500 dollars.
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Gary
William Wirt
Wirt
Troy, N. Y
New York City
Opinions Highlight The Cinema As Influence And Trust
The passage cites varied statements from public figures. It claims cinema as a powerful influence beyond the press. It notes job rejections by a publisher and comments on morality and happiness in society.
Men in White heads Clark Gable and Myrna Loy
Clark Gable stars as a young interne in Men in White with Myrna Loy as his fiancée and Jean Hersholt as chief surgeon. The film, a serious hospital melodrama, unfolds aboard an ether operation revealing infidelity and a hopeful ending amid strong performances. Ed comments on the local column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Gable
Gable
Myrna Loy
Jean Hersholt
Miss Loy
Sidney Kingsley
Fence Corner Philosophy at Jenkins General Store
Uncle Josh balances on a cracker box edge as a breeze cools the veranda of Jenkins General Store. Silent Sam the whittler returns to life with a jack knife gesture while Josh muses on rain, Congress, war talk, and the fuel problem, noting city papers are full of chaff.
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Josh
Jenkins’ ‘General
Sam
Whittler
Congress
Book Printed in 1740 Passed Through Long Lineage
A London printed 1740 mathematics and surveying book owned by Flora Farmer via S. W. Smelter on Flora Bringhurst road. It descended through the Howes family for nearly two centuries and now belongs to the Smelecer family. Leather bound and in good condition.
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Flora
S. W. Smelter
Flora-Bringhurst Road
London
Howes
Smelecer
Real Estate Transfers From Past Week
Transfers include Paul K. Dickison to George D. Beamer for Lot 50 Elmwood add to Delphi priced at $1.00. Rolla R. Clingenpeel to Union Central Life Insurance Co. 160 acres in Burlington two for $1.00. Earl J. Askren to Leonard A. Miller Lot 5 block 10 Sunset Park for $1.00. A note on billiard balls made from cotton.
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Paul K. Dickison
George D. Beamer
Elmwood
Delphi
Rolla R. Clingenpeel
Union Central Life Insurance Co
Burlington
Earl J. Askren
Leonard A. Miller
Sunset Park
Start of the Bloody French Revolution in 1789
The year 1789 marks the beginning of the French Revolution with rising unrest that led to widespread political and social upheaval in France. Key events center on the collapse of absolute monarchy, the emergence of revolutionary ideas, and mass public action across Paris and provinces.
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E. Franklin Street
Kydiana
THE
Delphi Times
Delphi Citizen
Myron J. Johnson
Gilbert Bailey
Allen Bailey
Indiana
Carroll County
Democratic
Party
Roosevelt Stres
Hawaii
Dr. Wirt
Earth
Julius Ceaser
Mark Antony
Percy Wendleslossen
Mandolphus Merrycastle
Jerry, the
Rat
Paris
Marguerite le Hand
Buster
Pope Pious
Richard Simon
Harry Warren
Dollfus
Austria
President Roosevelt
Fence Corner Philosophy
Lazarus IV
Robert E. Cornish
California
Lily Pons
Fritz von der Beeke
Arcona
Buenos Aires
Floyd J. Julien
SEC
Carroll County Abstract CO
Josiah Wedgwood
Maude Adams
U. S. Rainbow Division
Pitsame
Vass
Nero
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