Alabama Black Shirts pamphlet promotes fascism and fraud
The Eagles publish a Birmingham copy of The Alabama Black Shirts urging membership to push a fascist government with a Mussolini style dictator. The pledge includes loyalty to a supreme being and white supremacy, with a life insurance inducement. The piece notes the election Tuesday bringing voters to the polls for Judge Pearce’s seat.
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the Eagle
Birmingham
Alabama Black Shirts
T. E. Brooks
Batchelor's Buttons Grown by W C Batchelor
A fragment from a early 20th century column notes on public life and society. It critiques political leaders, media sensationalism, and attitudes toward illness and health with quips about the Treasury, gossip, despair and hope, and ineffective cures.
Definition of Future in the Devil's Dictionary
A quipning aphorism defines future as the time when our affairs prosper friends stay true and happiness is assured, reflecting satirical wit on expectations and uncertainty. The line surveys optimism as a social construct within a humorous lexicon.
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Devil's Dictionary
Hunting season opens with safety reminder
State Game and Fisheries Commissioner I T Quinn warns as the hunting season begins that last year 31 accidents caused 17 fatalities. Of the dead, nine were under 20 and several victims were young or inexperienced. Firearms are deadly weapons. be careful this season.
Freshman Football Draws Multitude In Stormy Dothan
Crowds estimated at 6000 to 7000 attended two games at Wiregrass Memorial Stadium in Dothan as rain and cold winds pressed Southeast Alabama. The $50,000 venue drew strong turnout aided by seven major highways into the city, suggesting 10000 could have attended in better weather.
Harold Vanderbilt and other figures in New York society
A feature on Harold Vanderbilt detailing his wealth, sports, wartime service, and private life, with brief mentions of his circle and public appearances. The piece includes notes on his habits, nickname Mike, and preference for quiet residence and office routines, along with tangential references to regional college football outreach in Dothan and connections to literary families and personalities.
News Behind the News by Paul Mallon
Washington reports a cautious fall upswing across industry with manufacturing showing life, employment reviving post textile strikes, and retail brighter. Auto, iron, steel weak. lumber steady. power rising in October. The chart cites seasonal patterns and private data guiding policy, while reports note a lingering drag and uncertain price trends as November and December approach.
Long-serving Montgomery Ward employee keeps working at 72
Henry Busch, a minor employee at Montgomery Ward and Co., completed 50 years of service last month at a Chicago store. Records show he has never been late in half a century. Officials gave him a check and told him to take time, but at 72 he declines to loaf and will work as long as able.
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Gomery Ward and Co
Chicago
Busch
Dothan Briefs From 26 Years Ago News Clippings
Deacon L E Morgan leaves for Shorter for a presbytery meeting. Frank Copp resigns as water and power plant supervisor and returns home. A Paris Prophetess predicts Kaiser’s death and war ending on November 7. Julia Park visits Troy with her mother. Bers McKinnon visits Mrs M K Ford in Troy. Licille McClure visits cousins in Bainbridge. Sue and Lena Williams visit family in San Antonio. Mr and Mrs Lewis Ussery announce birth of a son.
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Sue and
Lena Williams
San Antonio, Texas
Mrs. S. O. Williams
Escape at Richmond Triggers Flagpole Siting Career Thought
A bystander who witnessed a circussion escape at Richmond recalls it as the only time he seriously considered flagpole sitting as a career. The Detroit News report notes the unusual incident and its impact on the witness.
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Richmond
Detroit News
Sinclair Betco’s Studio Sees Players Refuse Broadcast Aid
Variety reports studios drop requests for players to lend services to anti Sin clair broadcasts after widespread refusals. Players fear repercussions if they comply, risking trouble with Sinclair Bet the office.
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Sinclair
Arkie Sailor Kiss Sparks Daughter in Arkansas Arklite
A humorous Arkansas Arklite item recounts a daughter saying a sailor kissed her against her wish, and her mother questions the incident. The girl responds that he thinks he did kiss her. The brief reads as light local wit from the period.
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Arkie Sailor
U.S. Arkansas
Arklite
Violinist Sues for Disability Pay After Lost Finger
John Langley, a young violinist from Toronto, seeks 74 000 or 70 a week for life from Fidelity Assurance after losing the index finger of his left hand in an injury he calls occupational disability. The insurer contests the claim, arguing the injury is personal and not work related.
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Toronto
John Langley
Fidelity Assurance Company
Drouth and Building News Highlight Prices and Permits
Real drought influence lingers with September peak at 77.8, meat prices poised to rise as shortages loom, while building sees 63 percent publicly financed activity. Alterations permits up 14 percent with costs up 27 percent. new permits fall. Classified ads still show results.
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Drouth
NRA
Menjou’s Hollywood Wardrobe Workshop Highlighted
In Hollywood Adolphe Menjou’s dressing room, a honeymoon house by Menjou for Verree Teasdale features a glass-front wardrobe with 60 to 70 complete outfits. Jules Mendel had labeled Menjou overdressed while Lewis Stone named him best dressed, despite Menjou’s international tailors list.
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Hollywood
Adolphe Menjou
Jules Mendel
New York
Mr. Mendel
Lewis Stone
Adolphe
International Committee of Tailors
Menjou
Mende
Verree Teasdale
Misa Teasdale
Cosmetics Through History Reveals Ancient Vanity and Risk
A medical writer notes cosmetics echo vanity across time from Egyptian tombs to Roman satire. Ancient users applied eye paint rouge and hair dyes, with figures like Martial and Ovid praising and warning about hazards. Tertullian advised avoiding poisoning as modern cosmetics prove safer and of higher quality than Cleopatra or Nero era products.
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Martial
Ovid
Tertullian
Cleopatra
Nero
Maltese Becomes Malta's Official Language, Italian Excluded
Maltese is designated the official language of Malta alongside English, replacing Italian in all matters including court notices. At the university degrees, the oration will be delivered in Latin instead of Italian.
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Valletta
Malta
Organized clothing department showcased in orderly display
The article describes a well arranged shop display with suits in transparent bags hung at even intervals across racks. Shoes in eight percent styles stand with trees and props, hats and shirts behind glass, neatly colored drawers for underwear socks and kerchiefs, mufflers belts and small items. Neckwear by Menjou noted as missing, explained by guide Miss Teasdale as a quirk of his love for putting things away.
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