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Alice B. Holt
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Grafton
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Associated Press
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Stephenson
Critics Call for Honest Debate in Wartime Policy
In a period of heightened national concern, critics warn against silencing dissent on domestic and foreign policy. They argue that frank, fact based criticism aids defense readiness and reveals mismanagement. Concern rises over authorization guiding appropriations and wasteful projects amid pressure from a powerful agenda.
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Traif
Useless costly projects advance despite protests
The Wheeling Intelligencer reports Congress, led by Rep. Mansfield, pushing a billion dollar Rivers and Harbors bill amid war-time strain. It would authorize Seaway spending, Florida ship canal, and several other large ventures, with defense needs debated and a minority challenging postwar justification.
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St. Lawrence Seaway
Beaver - Mahonin Canal
Florida Ship Canal
Stooges
Congress
Beem
Joseph J. Mans-field
Texas
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
House
Lawrence Seaway
Alabama- Coosaway
Trinity River
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Umatilla
Oreon
Washington
Clark
Augusta
Reublican
Alfred E Iter
New York
Famous Wrong Guesses through History Highlighted
Elkins Inter-Mountain discusses famous wrong guesses from history. It cites Roosevelt's 1936 defeat prediction, the Maginot Line belief, Columbus’s 1492 voyage assumptions, Edison’s schooling note, Tennyson's grandfather payment, Greely’s ox yoke idea, and Franklin's mother in law's printing fears.
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Literary Digest
Roosevelt
Columbus
Palis
Spain
Atlantic Ocean
Life Magazine
Thomas A. Edison
Zaccheus Greely
Horace
Benjamin Franklin
United States
Churchill Pushes Wider Conscription For United Kingdom
The article reports Churchill urging expanded conscription to over 3,000,000 men and women for British armed forces, allowing 19-year-olds to serve overseas. Critics say no plan for conscription of property and warn of living standard sacrifices as British forces reinforce in the desert theater.
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Churchill Churchill
Hitler
Thomas Hornbin
Churchill
Latin American development and U S policy mix
Column discusses how wartime U S Latin American outreach could profit neighbors, with new investment into Dutch Guiana and nearby regions. It notes Paramaribo’s rising profile, rubber and minerals from Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Chile, and oil across the Andes and Chaco. The piece weighs risks of exploitation against Good Neighbor policy as Roosevelt and allies steer protective, non-coercive aid.
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Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
United States
Netherlands
Paramaribo
National Geographical Society
Brazil
Guiana
Uncle Sam
Atlantic
Amazon
Henry Ford
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Bolivia
Chile
Venezuela
Andes
Patagonia
Chaco
Argentina
Paraguay
Dutch Guiana
Rio Grande
Auinria
Hitler
Roosevelt
Wallace
Hull
Rockefeller
Radio party shifts to Staten Island ferry ride
Susan, Irene, and Roy plan a radio rehearsal for Dainty Diana Dairies with a script read aloud under the eye of reporters. The scene features Roy, the publicity man, and the Meyer twins visiting, while talk turns to milk, cocktails, and industry buzz at a lighthearted farm pageant setting.
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Irene
Ives
Sudining
Susan
M-G-M
Roy Leonard
Roy
Suzan
Radio Towers
Saten Island
Irene Sild
Staten Island
Lower Manhattan
Diana Dairies
Juliet
Ina Clair
Lynn Fontanne
Yeu
Rose
Lily
Ray
Mike
Rowe
Busan
Ting
Taylor County Woman's Republican Club hosts 1924 talk fest
At a May 20 1924 Taylor County meeting Hon Carl Bachmann of Wheeling spoke against perceived Washington investigations and pledged to support Coolidge policies if nominated. R M Davis also spoke for the state senate candidacy, with local candidates introduced. Miss Mary Leeds presented Quota club aims, stressing moral force and personal polish. A song composed by Leeds accompanied the meeting.
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Taylor County Woman's Republcan Club
Carl Bachmann
Wheeling
Congress
West Virginia
Washington
Calvin , Coolidge
R. M. Davis
Morgantown
Senate
W. Merle Watkins
Ole’ Wyckoff
Clyde Lake
Walter E. ‘Leach
J. Oscar Jaco
Jacob R. Morgan
E. Otto ‘Waugh
Ed N. Lock
Mary Leeds
Thhe
Quota Club
Grafton
Quota
Church
Miss Leeds
Claude E. Vincent
German drive to break through in North Africa reported
A wartime bulletin describes Rommel throwing armored reserves into a breakthrough near Zaatran and Tobruk area as British forces hold ground north of Rezegh. The report notes heavy fighting along the Egyptian Libyan border with Axis efforts seen as a limited, potentially decisive push in a volatile theater.
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Tobruk
Royal Navy
London
Rommel
Zaatran
Rezegh
Ed Duda
Comparative Health of City and Farm Dwellers
Dr. Clendening reviews a column on farm versus city life health. Comparing tobacco, alcohol, disease rates, and access to care, he notes small differences and concludes urban pressure is not grossly harmful and county medical conditions largely prevent neglect. The piece includes Q&A on cystic ovaries and sinus issues.
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Browning
Clendening
James J. Short
New York Postgraduate Medical School
Taemiat
Vote Bond 1880B for municipal building project
The city seeks a special Bond 1880B to raise 148,000 for constructing a municipal building and auditorium. The project cost is estimated at about 105,000 dollars.
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