War talk and a hopeful romance in a later chapter
A newspaper column comments on foreign policy and domestic peace while a serialized romance advances. Lana, overwhelmed by scandal and isolation, reconnects with Jim in a hotel dining booth. He offers marriage as an escape from trouble, she accepts with love, they share a tender kiss, and the scene ends with a promise to continue.
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Jim
Lana
Paris
Ners
Mr. Sanders
Calleach & Mattie
Mussolini Speech Omits Direct Threats Yet Shows Resolve
In a lengthy address marking fascism's twentieth anniversary Mussolini asserted force as a key factor in world affairs while signaling willingness to settle disputes. He urged more arms and a unified national military, hinted at diplomacy through Italy's canal and Djibouti interests, and warned coalitions against provoking war. Paris, wary of incendiary rhetoric, anticipates negotiation on Italy's canal role and Ethiopian access.
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Mussolini
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Italy
Savoy
Corsica
Tunisia
Djibouti
Suey Canal
Paris
Canal Board
Ethiopia
Hitler
France
Tr Duce
Gander
Our Good Luck Reflection On Peace At Home
An editorial argues Americans should value peace and avoid war by focusing on internal harmony. It contrasts Europe’s peril with the United States and urges solving national problems through peaceful means and stability within borders.
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Europe
Atlantic
Borah Beard and the European threat debate
Senator Borah warns England aids totalitarian aggression for imperial gain rather than destroying Nazi power, a view echoed by Charles A Beard in The American Mercury. Beard argues Americans overstate Europe’s danger, noting democracies outnumber Germany and Italy and could outmaneuver them while European powers threaten fewer than perceived. He questions the push to enlist American help amid these assessments.
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Wheeling Intelligencer
Borah
England
American Mercury
Charles A. Beard
United States
Europe
Germany
Italy
Not Our Sins But Our Staleness
The Rev Dr Norman Vincent Peale argues staleness, not wickedness, drains the spirit and fuels worldly ills. The piece links fatigue and repetition to a decline in courage, warning that wars and revolutions arise from a stale incapacity to face daily heroic tasks and life’s value.
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New York Herald-Tribune
Norman Vincent Peale
Fitzgerald
Dr. Peale
Relief rolls questioned in WPA funding debate
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports 36 percent of work-relief and public assistance cases in one township are not in need, with 466 examined and fewer than 300 eligible. Roosevelt cites 5 percent cheaters for a proposed extra 150 million WPA appropriation, while Pennsylvania begins a thorough roll examination after three years without a WPA survey. The piece also covers coal miners negotiations over wage-day and shift hour terms, noting uncertainty about a short-term agreement and a date of April 1 for a potential 7-hour day.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Sinois Emergency Relief
WPA
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
York
Beckley
Umwa Presisis
Colossal Teapot Robason Critique Across Session Budgets
Professor of esoteric rhetoric argues that current appropriation plans exceed Roosevelt calls, totaling about 10 billion dollars over seven years. He compares this to all prior presidents combined, listing vast expenditures from wars, territorial purchases, and infrastructure.
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Sion
Kentucky
Robason
Roosevelt
George
Louisiana
Ida
Gadsden Purchase
Philippine Islands
Rico
Panama
Teapot Dome scandal and silver conspiracy claims arise
The piece cites Chesly Manly in the Chicago Daily Tribune alleging that New Dealers and international bankers profited from silver trades linked to New Deal monetary policy. It urges a full Senate probe with subpoena power to uncover hidden records and brokerage accounts.
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United States
Chesly
Manly
Chicago Daily Tribune
New York
Washington
Dea
Senate
Unfortunate Public Aid Sparks Debate on Relief Policy
A fragment discusses the unfortunates of public aid and a method to avoid new legislation for country relief. It notes concerns about preventing the need for legislative action to address unemployment and relief measures.
Court ruling on taxes and wage talks linked to miners
The report notes hints of agreement between bituminous coal miners and operators on a new contract as negotiations resume in New York. Separate operator meetings reduce major differences, paving path for details with United Mine Workers. Delegates discuss possible tax treatment of state and federal bonds, with welfare on income taxes for federal workers amid court implications.
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New York
Maren
All United Mine Workers of America
James Dewey
Labor Department
Washington
Dewey
Thomas
Fragmented tale of vengeance in a haunted penitentiary
A dismayed daughter Lena Ackerman faces a grim saga as her father’s crimes echo through a state penitentiary. A web of coded threats, murder, and a haunted mission unfolds with prison wards, a war setting, and a perilous search for justice.
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Lona Ackerman
Sina
Ste
Contracts Aim to Shape Pay for 338000 Appalachian Miners
Quotes suggest that a self contained settlement could avoid federal intervention as two groups draft a contract affecting 338,000 Appalachian miners. Some officials argue constitutional limits on judges salaries might bar tax changes, while others say federal judges would be exempt.
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Try
Appalachian
City Attorney Bomb Plot Details Continue On Page One
Thornburg rode to an old magazine where he told Balch he got the dynamite for his bomb. Thornburg took the shotgun and ordered Balch and the driver out. "I'm going on," he said and drove off.
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Thornburg
Balch
Fighting near Kiskolon and Bunkes sparks Hungarian losses
Reported shellfire killed at least two Hungarians as Slovak and Hungarian forces clash near Kiskolon and Bunkes. Hungarian guns claim silencing a Slovak battery while a Slovak infantry detachment attacks an Hungarian patrol. Fires erupt in villages as talks between Hungarian and Slovak commissioners resume in Budapest. Goebbels arrives in Germany.
Hungary Slovakia border row and Goebbels meeting in Budapest
In Budapest speculation rose over whether Germany influenced demarcation of the disputed frontier between Hungary carved Carpatho Ukraine and Slovakia as Goebbels met Premier Count Paul Tercky and other ministers. influenza cases rise with weather change and state health reports show 476 cases in the week ending March 25, with Marion county 215 and McDowell 106.
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Yea
Budapest
Germany
Hungary
Carpatho-Ukraine
Slovakia
Goebbels
Paul Tercky
State Health Department
Marion County
McDowell
Youre Telling Me By Axel Storm
A collage of satirical musings from Axel Storm on love, mirrors, puppet rule, fate, and shifting media. It juxtaposes old radio nostalgia with new TV era anxieties while noting vast insect diversity and European capitals untouched by Hitler’s visits.
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H. J. Gatrell
Grafton
W. Va
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Sluggard
Sam
Senator Borah
Dr. Beard
Huttess
Anil
Witte
Janey
Gin
Morgantown Post
You
Ltere
Spahr Womics
New York University
Ganzine
Useusdea Froin
Norris
Nebr
Brown
D.-Mich
Gore
Treasury
Ting New
Axel Storm
Draina
Rome-Berlin
India
Herr
Zlares
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