Eleanor Parrish Plans Dinner And Child Demands
Eleanor Parrish, amid a luxuriously dressed morning room, arranges a dinner with John Hemingway while managing Christmas shopping and her children. Jessica, fourteen, pushes for a real evening dress, and Sonny asks for a bicycle. Eleanor considers persuading Phil to quit his job to be the family focus.
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Eleanor
Leanor
Mr. Hemingway
John Hemingway
Phil
Hemingway
Advertising Women's Club
Sonny
Mummie
Jessica
New York
Daddy
Pecaueche
Roosevelt third term chorus drives New Deal stance
In a study of political power and public opinion, the piece argues New Deal officials push for a Roosevelt third term to protect their positions and pay. It defends Washington's two-term tradition as a safeguard for democracy, urging vigilance against European pressures and domestic manipulation.
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Roosevelt
Tommy Tucker
Tommy Tuckers
New Deal Administration
George Washington
Europe
Georgia libel law shields publishers nationwide
The Georgia legislature enacted a libel law requiring written notice before suit, detailing the alleged libel and true facts. It lets publishers decide on corrections and limits damages to what the plaintiff proves in court, aiming to curb frivolous suits and out-of-court settlements.
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Charleston Gazette
Georgia
One Cow in Russia Spreads Criticism of Collectives
An AP dispatch reported by the Clarksburg Telegram says Russian cooperative farmers waste time in private gardens and keep extra cows beyond the one allowed. Pravda criticizes collective work shirking and argues that communism cannot alone alter human nature amid capitalist beliefs.
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Russia
Clarksburg
Associated Press
United States
Pravda
Russia shifts from old communism to makeshift system
The article argues Russia is moving away from Marxist Leninist theory, adopting a speed-up model and purging old doctrinaire communists. Stalin is depicted as a ruthless dictator with limited popular voice as the proletariat gains little freedom. a peasant’s small garden and cow illustrate the cost of the new system and warn American farmers of potential parallels.
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Russia
Marx
Lenin
Stalin
United States
Wheat crop outlook contrasts with rising world production
The Wheeling Intelligencer notes 1939 U S wheat harvest forecast at 700 million bushels, down 25 percent from last year due to weather and government limits. Carryover 270 million keeps ample supply despite the drop. Canada and Argentina project higher outputs, hinting at a shift from surplus to tighter global markets. Prospects of scarcity and policy restraint clash with apparent domestic abundance.
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Wheeling Intelligencer
United States
Canada
Argentina
Youth Drowns in Ohio River Near Home
Ten year old Richard Irvin of Powder drowned after stepping into a deep hole in the Ohio river near his Wellsburg home. Three playmates watched helplessly as the current carried him away.
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Wellsburg
Richard Irvin
Ohio River
Budapest Cross-Shaped Cathedral Planned by Two LA Designers
A streamlined cross shaped cathedral to be built in Budapest Hungary ten years after conception by artists Lloyd Wright and Mrs Margaret Brons wig Straude of Los Angeles. The structure will rise 500 feet above a mountain overlooking the Danube and feature gleaming glass.
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Budapest
Hungary
Danube River
Lloyd Wright
Mra
Margaret Bronswig Straude
Los Angeles
Noennoare
The History of Taylor County Prepared By Charles Brinkman
A compact narrative recalls Civil War era poster outrages in GrAfton, Lincolns proclamation fast day, and a series of local events. It details the Pruntytown jail slave confinement, Milroy's contraband release order, and Chalfant’s squad freeing enslaved people, with Shaffer's cut and railroad notes shaping local memory.
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Taylor County
Charles Brinkman
Baltimore and Ohio
Little Cut
Grafton
Webster
Shaffer
John Devine
Freeman Borst
Parkersburg
Tygart Valley
Belingham
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Transportation Department of the Railroad
Pruntytown
Lincoln
War Department
B. F. Butler
Robert H. Milroy
Cheat Mountain Division
Cheat Mountains Division
New Creek
Virginia
R. H. Milroy
John O. Gravens
de Camp
William Morris
Milroy
E. Chalfant
West Virginia Light Artillery
First
West Vie
John ©. Gravens
A. G
Chalfant
Wilam Morris
Old Pruntytown Jail Shaped By Civil War Era Change
The toric jail at Pruntytown once deemed impregnable by prisoners and associated with Lieutenant Chalfa is now barely recognizable from its Civil War era image. The long standing county detention site has undergone dramatic changes after serving for a third of a century.
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Toric
Pruntytown
Chalfa
Move Toward Border Drives Polish Jews From German Cities
Reports from Berlin detail steps against Polish Jews with notices to leave. Leipzig ordered four thousand to depart within a month. Munich issued six hundred one month notices and others with short notice. Dresden gave several hundred one week notices due tomorrow. Breslau already dispatched one transport to the Polish border. Kasgel sent another transport carrying an unknown number. Other cities reported similar moves.
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East Prussia
Germany
Belin
Leipzig
Munich
Dresden
Bresla
Kasgel
Camps Established To Train Them For Life In Palestine
Camps were set up under Jewish supervision to train youths for life in Palestine. The program aims to prepare participants for settlement and community building in the Holy Land, focusing on practical skills and cultural acclimation.
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Palestine
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Latrobe
W. V
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Hoyt
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H.J. Gatrell
Wagner Maine
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Gratton
W. Vaw
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Ios
Sekarto
A. E. Clayden Inc
Anna Avenue
Chicago
North
Michigan Avenue
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Elizabeth
England
America
Amanda
King George
President Lincoln
Western Virginia
Richmond
Abe Lincoln
Columbia
Liberty
Western
God's
John Brown
South
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
United Prayer
Fed
Isuest
Foe
Main St
Court House Fairmont
West Virginia
Union Brokerage Inc
Marion
Taylor Counties
Charlie
Grafton Printing Company
Grafton, W. VA
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