Farley Tammany Machine Won Roosevelt Victory Says Sullivan
Laurence Sullivan argues Farley built a nationwide Tammany apparatus that secured Roosevelt’s 26 million vote total by mobilizing federal state and local employees and the relief workforce. He warns of leaks in the machine but predicts its eventual breakup, urging Republicans to ready for the opportunity.
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Laurence Sullivan
Jim Farley
Roosevelt
Farley
Sullivan
Solid South
Mr. Farley
Jast
London
Landon
Mr. Sullivan
New York City
Congress
Peace and trade stance amid looming European cataclysm
The speaker urges turning to peaceful economic bonds with South America and a unified Western trade bloc to avert a European war. He warns that a booming war economy would be a worse cure than the disease and calls for early action to prevent passions from overpowering reason.
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New World
America
America Must Prepare To Fight For Peace
In light of looming European upheaval and growing war talk from Germany, Japan, Britain, and Moscow, the piece argues the United States should focus on staying at peace and building defenses. It urges readiness to resist propaganda and avoid entanglement while preserving a saner continent as the world reels toward potential conflict.
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America
Europe
Charlemagne
Spain
Rome
Berlin
Moscow
Germany
Japan
Britain
West Virginians and the Vanderbilts marriage tale
Welch Daily News notes the marriage of Henry G. Davis to Mrs. Earl T. Smith after his 1904 Davis lineage ties and a previous Vanderbilts marriage. The piece highlights Davis’s Elkins roots, ties to Henry Gassaway Davis, and past West Virginia connections with Cornelius Vanderbilt and a Clarksburg wife.
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West
Davis
Grace Vanderbilt
Cornellius Vanderbilt
East
Vanderbilt
Europe
Earl T. Smith
Consuelé Vanderbilt
Commodore William K. Vanderbilt
Unsteady Bovine Tip To Still, Owner Is Nabbed
Dallas reports a drunken cow led federal agent J C Harston to a whisky still in a pasture. The animal munched mash, the agent confiscated the still and arrested the owner.
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Dallas
Tex
J. C. Harston
Harston
Train Strikes Man Sleeping on Tracks in Mount Gay
A Chesapeake and Ohio freight train struck and seriously injured 57 year old Mike Boza at Mount Gay. Train men said Boza apparently was sleeping on the tracks.
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Logan
Chesapeake and Ohio
Mike Boza
Mount Gay
Boza
What’s What at a Glance Washington
Central Press columnist Charles P. Stewart reflects on Count Carlo Sforza’s analysis of Spain’s civil war. He recalls years as European manager for a news agency, noting anarchism’s hold in Spain and Portugal, the clash of ideologies, and Franco’s rugged individualism versus loyalist resistance.
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Charles P. Stewart
Madrid
Barcelona
Lisbon
Francisco Ferrer
Alfonso
Manuel
Spain
Portugal
Count Sforza
Russia
Franco
Old Speeding Charge Brings Fine to Driver
Pasadena report shows Gwynne Allen, arrested in 1928 for driving 38 miles per hour on a boulevard, paid a $25 fine after returning to renew his license. The article notes the limit on the boulevard was bowing to a new standard.
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Pasadena
Calif
Gwynne Allen
Mexico
Allen
Santa’s Christmas Tour Faces Russia and Spain Delays
Central Press writer notes Santa Claus expects a big Christmas, with the Soviet Union briefly lifting bans on his visits, planning a multi country tour including Spain where the gift is a dove named Peace. The piece playfully envisions Kris Kringle mapping Russia and Siberia while commenting on global attitudes toward Christmas goodwill.
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William Ritt
Central Press
Santa Claus
Russia
Kris Kringle
Siberia
Steppe
Good Setter Dog Killed By Seeing Too Many Birds
Laurens city councilman R M Brown recalls his setter died after pursuing a covey of quail. He explains the dog became confused by circling buzzards and fixed its gaze on the slow moving birds, leading to fatal consequences.
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Laurens
8. C
R. M. Brown
Brown
Aus
Gay joins society as Christian Scott’s fiancée in Detroit
Gay enters Detroit society amid glare and gossip at a formal dinner with Christian Scott and guests. Wayne Adams taunts her with wealth and old money, testing her loyalty while Christian watches, then they travel to Ann Arbor for a family dinner at Scott Farms where Gay fears rejection by Serena and Clarence. The scene sets Gay’s uneasy future as Christian’s wife and stepmother.
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Gay
Christian
Jumy
Pontchartrain
Wayne Adams
Wayne
Mark
Grace
Grace Larrimore
Christian Scott
Cosmopolitan Motors
Marie
Miss Elwell
Detroit
Peggy
Breck
Montreal
California
Scott Millions
Christan
Clarence
Serena
Scott
Ann Arbor
Scott Farms
Clarence Scott
Mr. Scott
Michigan
Patrolman Fumbles With Borrowed Handcuffs in City
In Pittsburgh on December 8, Patrolman Carl Steiglitz handcuffed a suspect to his own wrist and could not unlock them. He had borrowed the cuffs but forgot the key. A city locksmith eventually freed him and resolved the mishap.
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Pittsburgh
Carl Steiglitz
Hannis Beaten in Berkeley County Prosecutorship Vote
Martinsburg report shows recount giving Democrat C. G. Gain a majority over Republican Herbert E. Hannis for Berkeley county prosecutorship. A certificate of election will be issued today according to the county clerk's office.
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Martinsburg
C. G. Gain
Herbert E. Hannis
Berkeley County
Tierney named to joint motor carriers board
James P. Tierney, supervisor of transportation for the State Road Commission, said he has been appointed by the Interstate Commerce Commission as a member of a joint board of motor carriers examiners for Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.
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Charleston
James P. Tierney
State Road Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Michigan
Ohio
West Virginia
Coal for sale near Bryden H. B. Newson
Coal offered near Bryden H. B. Newson at .05 cents per ran of mine and .07 cents per forked coal at the mine Also deliverable from November to January 4.
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Bryden
H. B. Newson
False Carding in Contract Bridge by E V Shepard
The article explains false carding in contract bridge, detailing how misordering cards can confuse opponents and benefit the deceiver. It covers leading sequences, no trump plays, and the strategic value of observing habitual false carders, with guidance for declarers and defenders alike.
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Declarer
Sudan
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Tatement
St. Nick
Santa
Zulue Land
Mr. Claus
Remus
Malove
Y Louise Jerr
Hannis
Tierney
E. V. Shepard
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