A Thought on Thieves and Fools From Proverbs and Goethe
The excerpt contrasts judgment and folly, noting fools as worst thieves who rob time and temper. It blends a biblical proverb with a Goethe saying to comment on wisdom, prudence, and the costs of folly.
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Advertising's role in solving unemployment urged by Wallace
Secretary Wallace told the Advertising Federation that advertising must create demand to reduce unemployment and under consumption. He urged ads target low wage workers to sustain purchasing power and keep factories employing people, arguing responsibility lies with producers and sellers. The piece notes broader wartime era concerns and mentions Hitler Mussolini exchange and a Milwaukee doctor warning about drink driving effects.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Advertising Federation of America
Bank Director Ignores $3 Million Loan Details
A Cleveland bank director could not recall details of a $3,000,000 loan he arranged, treating it as a trifling matter. The report also notes Gelence's advocacy for farmers in the ongoing battle against the chinch bug, a campaign described as serious but not easily won.
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Tin cans with glass windows for fruit
A note suggests creating tin cans featuring glass windows for fruit packaging. The author believes these see through containers will suit most fruits except dates due to storage concerns.
Danger in Water Use Governing Beach Safety
An editorial warns readers to practice water safety as heat drives crowds to beaches pools and lakes. It stresses proper rescues and selfrescue, notes drownings and near misses are common from panic and inexperience, and urges cautious behavior to prevent needless fatalities this season. The piece also comments on Britain’s aviation threat and the likelihood of air raids.
Politics and evolution debated in Randolph county talk
Bruce Craven told the Pea cock Bible Class that he doubts human evolution because modern politics lacks uplift, likening it to ancient apes. He warned the division in politics has made the original issue a total loss and urged focus on issues over personalities.
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Germany stirs Britain with alarming rearmament claims
William Philip Simms in The New York World Telegram says Britain has received startling information on Germanys rearmament that could strain the already tense European situation. The piece questions the plausibility of such figures and notes Germanys postwar arms efforts while comparing Allied knowledge and risk.
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Drive for cleaner movies draws religious protest
Bruce Catton reports religious groups including the Federal Council of Churches and Cardinal Dougherty urge boycotts of objectionable films. Producers defend cinema as a mirror of life while newspapers uphold traditional ideals and avoid sensationalism in fiction.
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Everyone A Gardener: Teaching children to grow things
School children in Los Angeles and other cities learn gardening as they learn multiplication. Courses start in the third and fourth grades, are required in the fifth and sixth, and may continue through high school. Neighbors donate land and volunteers tend gardens, promoting essential Earth knowledge.
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Los Angeles
Patterned Remarks on Politics and Public Discourse
A collection of quips on nonpartisan stance and public talk. It notes jokes about talkers versus doers and mocks political figures while reflecting on adjourned Congress and covert agendas. Included is a playful line about a Noses club nominating Jimmie Durante and reflections on presumptive persons.
Modern youth and the mustache trend observed
A brief reflection notes that a young man sporting a moustache stands out as much today as a clean shaven youth did in the past, highlighting changing personal style in public perception.
Blessed Is The Man Who Knows Some History
A reflective line on valuing history to avoid dependence on a barren current generation. The statement emphasizes wisdom gained from the past as guidance for present living.
Uniform divorce laws and the man who can no longer rule
A viewpoint condemns mass incapacity for self rule and argues uniform divorce laws would require more grounds for matrimonial severance. The author emphasizes a decline in personal agency and cautions against broader legal grounds.
Irene Castle Guarding Dogs and Village Bohemia
Former Irene Castle devotes herself to Orphans of the Storm, a Deerfield Illinois dog shelter, turning away stage and screen offers to focus on animal welfare. The piece recalls Castle’s New Rochelle origins, her public animal rights work, and notes bohemian midtown New York cabarets, cafes, and London musical culture as context.
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New York
Irene Castle
Deerfield
Chicago
Miss Castle
Frederic NeLaughlin
New Rochelle
Uncle Sam's Pearl Farm Opens at Kaneohe Bay
The first pearl farm by the United States is situated in Kaneohe Bay on the Island of Oahu in Hawaii, marking a new venture in maritime agriculture.
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Kaneohe Bay
Island of
Oahu
Look and Learn Look and Learn
Answers cover oil origins in Titusville Pennsylvania in 1859 the queen Christina of Spain who wed Private Munoz and made him a duke the number of gills per gallon is 32 the definition of an iconoclast as one who attacks cherished beliefs as shams and the year modern needles first came into use is 1546
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Modern Etiquette Q and A guide from Roberta Lee
A Q and A etiquette column discusses the timing for returning a formal call, allowances for delaying a visit, whether carrying lunch on a first class train is improper, and when a boy should have his own calling cards. The tone is instructional and period specific.
Daily Lessons In English: Word Summary
The passage teaches the word summarized meaning to tell briefly. It notes misused forms and mispronunciations and gives examples highlighting concise reporting and vocabulary growth.
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W. L. Gordon
How Can I Bleach a Garment with Sulphur
A reader asks about bleaching a wet garment using a sulphur candle in a water filled pan placed in a barrel with cords. The garment is hung over the cords while the candle is lit and the barrel is covered outdoors for action.
Austria Plans Highway Across Grosslockner Range
Austria plans a new automobile highway crossing the Grosslockner Range to join Carinthia and Salzburg. The route would rise to about 8200 feet above sea level, spanning a high mountain corridor.
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Grosslockner Range
Carinthia
Salzburg
Smallpox Curer Puzzle Answers Chronicle
A historical crossword style grid lists clues for horizontal and vertical entries. The puzzle covers topics from the smallpox preventive to musical notes and geographic terms, offering definitions and cross references for solvers.
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