View Of America In The Modern World by D. W. Brogan
British professor D W Brogan visits Rutgers with Armistice Day reflections on how American democracy and culture measure up to a changing global order. He warns of talk without proof, notes that other forms of freedom exist, and critiques a market driven value system while urging a return to excellence.
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America
D. W. Brogan
Rutgers
Brogan
Rutgers University
Cuse
Sordid Bases Water of Life by Robinson
A critical review of Henry Morton Robinson's Sordid Bases Water of Life, noting its Prohibition critique and sprawling Woodhull saga. The piece condemns lurid melodrama including crime and sexual improprieties, while predicting strong reader appeal despite harsh judgment.
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Henry Morton Robinson
Simon and Schuster
Asquebaugh
Robinson
Woodhulls
Pioneer Chance
Oliver Treadgood
Mr. Dry
Anti-Saloon League
Taft
Wilson
Chance
Anson
Zarah
Platt
Damon Frye
Lucienne Bisquier
Moerlein
Booneville Bank Heads Have Shown Women Presidents
In Booneville Citizens Bank of Booneville has had two women presidents in its 50 year history. Founding president Mrs. Mattie Edwards led for 30 years before the late leader. Current president Mrs. Long John Williams took the post after her husband’s death in 1957.
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Booneville, Ark
Citizens Bank of
Booneville
Mattie Edwards
Long John Williams
Owens Wins Democratic Nomination Without Campaigning
Pvt. Mary Owens gained the Democratic nomination for Oregon’s 1st District from Camp Roberts, California, where she couldn't get leave to campaign. She offered no speeches or public appearances and remains puzzled by where the votes originated.
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Portland
Ore
Mary Owens
Camp Roberts
Calif
Congress
Oregon
Owens
Inaugural Flood Of Wrong The Inspector By Jan de Hartog
A 1946 Atheneum review contrasts The Inspector with a new release. A middle aged Amsterdam policeman rescues a 21 year old survivor fleeing a white slave ring and seeks to grant her wish of reaching Palestine, though the tale is deemed uneven yet well designed.
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Hartog
Atheneum
Europe
Palestine
Amsterdam
Peter Jongman
Anna Held
South America
Holland
The
Jongman
de Hartog
Prudencio de Pereda
Brooklyn
Parakeet Triggers Census Confusion in Florida Home
In Tampa a census taker questions a housewife accused by neighbors of secret lovers. A male voice is heard at night and a kitchen booms with breakfast commands. The woman explains the voice belongs to her parakeet.
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Tampa
Fla
Best Sellers and Books List Highlighted
A catalog lists fiction and non fiction titles with authors including Michener Davenport Shute Paar Lampe di Lampe and Parkinson. Notable works mentioned are Hawaii The Leopard The Law and the ProfIts and May This House Be Safe from Tigers.
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Drury
Hawaii
Michener
the Leopard
di Lampedusa
Davenport
Shute
King
Jarvis
Paar
Parkinson
Kennedy
Solve A Crime Solution
Mrs Handley claimed Dennis Weaver was dead after a gunshot they heard during dinner. Bill Taylor says she had not yet investigated the reason. A bullet hole was in Weaver’s left temple while the gun lay in his right hand, inconsistent with a heavy revolver’s recoil on a frail man.
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