If You're So Smart Why Ain't You Rich Opinion Piece
A. B. argues that any citizen with brains curiosity and industry can form sound opinions on world affairs. He decries elite gatekeeping by editors politicians and big names and defends ordinary judgment against "insane muddle" in diplomacy and war debates.
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Congress
Boake Carter
Hugh Johnson
Father Coughlin
Coughlin
Washington
Orient
South America
Charlie Lindbergh
Henry Ford
Senator Reynolds
Herbert Hoover
A. B
Willkie
Rhode Island
Minton bids for re election at Delphi
Sherman Minton delivers a persuasive speech for re election in Delphi praising his record and opposition to the Republican stance. He argues for continued support of Roosevelt and notes his challenger Raymond Willis as a lesser known figure opposed to Argentine beef. The piece comments on the political climate and African desert warfare analogy.
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Sherman Minton
Delphi
Roosevelt
Minton
Willkie
Congress
Republican Party
Raymond Willis
Willis
Republican
Angola
L D Thinks Supreme Effort By All U S Will Bring New Day
L D argues that economic ills stem from the system’s structure not free enterprise. He calls for cross class cooperation to reform regulation, curb government spending, and avoid a Hitlerized Europe, promising a new day if parties unite in reform.
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L. D
U. S
Germany
Great Britain
Bankers Meet in Crawfordsville Call on Region Four
Bankers of Region Four of the Indiana Bankers Association met on Tuesday October 15 at Crawfordsville Country Club. C D McKinley of Union Bank and Trust Co Delphi serves as secretary treasurer. Outdoor gathering drew amused chatter as observers noted leaves and the War era mood.
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Indiana Bankers Association
Crawfordsville Country Club
Crawfordsville
C. D. McKinley
Union Bank and Trust Company
Delphi
Mexican vacation charms amid European war talk
Harold Honan returns from ten days around Mexico City noting cheaper living, friendly locals, and few tensions. He sees strong U S influence in industry and no great political danger, while Lindbergh's speech draws local debate favoring neutrality and Roosevelt champions democracy as the future.
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Harold Honan
Mexico
Mexico City
Honan
United States
Europe
U. S
Quotations on Gentility and Public Discourse
A collage of maxims on gentility courtesy and self restraint plus satirical takes on politics and public figures. It cites Calvin Eddy Publius Syrus Goethe and references Willkie Washington Revere and Lindbergh in a breezy, reflective tone. The piece critiques public discourse and personal restraint in a humorous context.
Angel Island for Election Losers Proposed by The Citizen
In a satirical column, Jay Franklin imagines exporting dissenters after an election to an Angel Island filled with comfort and control. The plan features golf, pools, housing, edited papers, radio and movies, flirtation, easy divorces, and guarded access to Manhattan offices.
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Manhattan
German Dialect Comedian to Star in Chris and Lena at Opera House
A bobsled party hosted by Mrs. Al Douglas of Monticello included Nellie Haughey Grace Troxell Emma Lathrope Lillian Blythe Lydia Smith Lucy Montman Lew Nieworth Lew Hall Joseph Harter Gus Heppe Will Bradshaw and Melvin Deeter. Peter Baker to perform the dialect comedy Chris and Lena next Tuesday.
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Nellie Haughey
Grace Troxell
Emma Lathrope
Lillian Blythe
Lydia Smith
Lucy Montman
Lew Nieworth
Lew Hall
Joseph Harter
Gus Heppe
Will Bradshaw
Melvin Deeter
al Douglas
Monticello
Opera House
Peter Baker
Chris and
Lena
Political voices warn of stark path for the nation
A collage of quotes from E Stanley Jones, Joseph Kennedy, Walter Lippmann, Mrs Charles Lindbergh, Elliot Roosevelt and Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. The items reflect anxieties about communism fascism and moral leadership amid wartime era tensions.
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E. Franklin Street
Indiana
THE
Delphi ‘Times—Established
Delphi Citizen
Carroll County
Democratic
Argentina
America
Joak
Rollin Kirby
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Hitler
England
Francice
Ann Morrow Lindbergh
Italy
Russia
Huntley
Podner
Anon
Calvin
Mary Baker Eddy
Cyrus
Publius Syrus
Goethe
Hollywood
George Washington
Paul Revere
Jay Franklin
Stalin
Mussolini
Times
France
Colonel Blimp
Nitwit, Blimp and Foozle Counsel
Blimp Whoozit Company
Fox
Tumblebeck
Deer Creek
Indianapolis
J. W
Phoebe”) Martin
Blackford County
Phoebe
Delphi Business and Professional Woman’s Club
International Organization of Business and Professional Women
Gallup
E. Stanley Jones
Joseph P. Kennedy
Britain
Walter Lippmann
Charles Lindbergh
Elliot Roosevelt
Fiorella LaGuardia
New York City
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