Landon Talks of the Present War and Economic Strife
Alf Landon told the Kansas Press Association the current world war is an economic conflict between democracies and totalitarian states. He argued new territory brings new costs and pointed to the Philippines Ethiopia and Japan as examples of costly, unstable gains. He urged that financial reserves are as vital as military ones and blamed mounting debt for national anxiety.
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Alf M. Landon
Kansas Press Association
Mr. Landon
United States
Italy
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Japan
Asia
Landon
Furniture Market Outlook Munes Broad Improvement
On the eve of the mid winter furniture market the outlook is positive with credible testimony pointing to a Chicago market about 25 percent ahead of its predecessor. There is a general sense that demand has risen and may sustain the improvement into better business.
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Chicago
Durham Herald
Hertofore
Furniture forecaster predicts nine year boom for home trades
Montgomery Ward executive Houlder Hudgins told Chicago furniture men that a building surge starting in 1939 could align with a nine year prosperity run for the furniture trade and related home industries as housing demand rises and the business cycle improves.
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Houlder Hudgins
Montgomery, Ward & Company
Chicago
Hudgins
Voices and Faith in a Loud America
John Temple Graves II argues in his column that Americans crave silence and infinity amid loud voices urging peace and prosperity. He cites Roosevelt Lippmann Shaw Babson and others calling for renewed faith and loyalties beyond economics, noting tension between conservative and liberal voices.
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John Temple Graves II
High Point College
America
Franklin Roosevelt
Walter Lippmann
Bernard Shaw
Roger Babson
David Lawrence
John Wesley
Thomas F. Woodlock
The
Wall Street Journal
Faith in the Judge of Earth Inspires Restoring Timeless Principles
The passage reflects on steadfast work grounded in faith in the Judge of all the Earth. It asserts enduring standards as evidence of inner principle and urges this age to restore and follow those guiding values.
Classroom Echoes ends as Dean Lindley leaves column
The Greensboro News notes Dean P. E. Lindley of High Point College will discontinue his "Classroom Echoes" column after two years. He cites time constraints but has consistently met reader expectations. The piece calls for a revival of the column for educated adults seeking thoughtful classroom insight.
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P. E. Lindley
High Point College
Methodist Protestant Herald
Dr. Lindley
One Minute World Snapshot From 1938 Esquire
A compact overview of global activity in one minute, noting farm inoculations, hay fires costs, hotel meals, soap and eggs usage, light bulb wear, carpet wear, dam concrete pace, aluminum substitution in Japan, chain-store purchasing volume, and perceived public savings.
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America
The Old Plank Road New York to Philadelphia in Five Days
Franklin recounts his harsh 1723 journey from New York to Philadelphia. He sails storms, toils on Delaware River, endures hunger and fatigue, reaches Market Street in Philadelphia with one dollar and a single shilling, and sleeps first in a Quaker meeting house.
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New York
Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Boston
Amboy
Long Island
Burlington
Delaware
Cooper’s Creek
Market Street Wharf
Birthdays of Lee and Jackson celebrated as American tradition
The piece notes Lee born January 19 1807 and Jackson on January 21 1824. It argues Confederate leaders are now honored across the United States for their character and courage, linking their lives to Christian virtue and national unity amid Westward expansion and Gold Rush era growth.
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Lee
Jackson
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
South
United States Army
Sir Philip Sidney
Gordon
America
California Forty-Niners Gold Rush 90th Anniversary Tale
The piece reflects on the 90th anniversary of California gold discovery in 1848 and the 1849 rush. An elderly man recalled a three month wagon journey, little Indian trouble, and the peril of thirst in the Great Desert, amid the dying in the harsh trek.
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California
Golden West
Mark Hopkins
North Carolina
Bret Harte
Mark Twain
Artemus Ward
Horace Greeley
United States
Great Desert
D. H. Milton
High Point
Windy Worten, the Hoops Spoof Artist of Hometown
Windy Worten, called Windy for tall tales, is the village’s notorious teller of whoppers. He boasted of shooting five turkeys in a row near Montgomery and even a black bear, while friends doubt any truth in his yarns as he chats with Pete Hayseed on a cracker-box.
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George Worten
Windy Worten
Major Hoople
Windy
Montgomery
Pete Hayseed
Pete
Books in Review: Thayer Morland McFee Novels Highlight Week
Tiffany Thayer’s Little Dog Lost features Stanley Godwin a haunted loner with a violent past who seeks refuge in crime and therapy as a guide. Nigel Morland’s Rope for the Hanging follows Mrs. Pym across Scotland Yard in a tense crime chase. William McFee’s Here moves slowly yet ambitiously tracing Captain Remson’s life and fate aboard the Sansovino with Paula and Spenlove.
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Tiffany Thayer
York
Julian Messner, Inc
Stanley G
Nigel Morland
Mrs. Pym
Farrar & Rinehart
Mr. Mencken
William McFee
Mr. McFee
New York
Doubleday, Doran
Spenlove
McFee
Remson
Paula
Tess
Incoherent Remarks Feature in Interview Noted
A fragmentary clipping records a playful remark by Mr Rooney about not inhaling. It cites C. D. Harrington of the Canadian Construction Association on ethics. A hotel workers talk is referenced. A teen from Buckeye Arizona explains self harm by rope and canal plunge.
Windy Faces Accusations Of Fire And Powder Hazard
Windy boasts that a roof fire was extinguished and sparks fell into a powder keg in the attic. Pete mocks Windy’s claims and warns he plans to go home, accusing Windy of lying and endangering his morals.
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Pete
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Congress
Ent
National Adv
John Budd CO
Lexington Ave
New York City
God
John Jay
Greensboro
New Jersey
Garner
Elliott Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Texas
Blanche Beebe
Oneonta
N. Y
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Detroit River
Enterprise
Kansas
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Pasadena
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Earth
Bang
Grand Coulee Dam
Patman
Esquire Features, Inc
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W. A. Bivins
Mr Rooney
C. D. Harrington
Canadian Construction Sociation
Tudo
Buckeye, Ariz
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