Petition to keep US out of war urged by Veterans of Foreign Wars
An Associated Press piece notes the Veterans of Foreign Wars hopes to mobilize 25 million signatures across 3600 posts to urge Congress and the President to stay out of foreign wars. The author argues mass backing would pressure leaders and reflect America's desire to avoid entangling alliances, urging readers to sign when possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merica
Joe Doakes
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Congress
United States
F. W
America
Universities sue over amusement taxes on football tickets
A number of major state universities have filed suit to recover amusement taxes collected by the federal government on football tickets. They argue football is an essential state function, and thus not subject to taxation, while acknowledging the sport’s professionalized nature and the universities' substantial profits.
The Hestia Hive series on nervous breakdowns
Dr Fishbein explains neurasthenia psychasthenia and nerve disorders as rising stress and wear affect all classes. Symptoms include neck tightness fatigue irritability sleep trouble and appetite loss with suspect underlying physical causes. Thorough examination needed and next section on determining maturity of nervous breakdowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hestia
Whicch
Fishbein
Christmas Editorial on rebirth and childlike faith
The piece argues Christmas renews the spirit and returns adults to childhood wonder. It links the holiday to the divine birth, urges dropping cynicism, and states the Kingdom of Heaven lies within us, urging self-rediscovery for a meaningful Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scrooge
Santa Claus
Judea
Kingdom of Heaven
Tiny Tales of Children and Their Clever Antics
Olive Roberts Barton reflects on the humorous world of young children. Anecdotes describe Deedie and Mary with vivid, humorous vignettes of school starts, milk, mirrors, and imaginative lines, showing how small acts reveal big meanings in daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graschina’s
Deedie
Mary
Lawrie
Jake Vane
A Book a Day by Bruce Catton
A book review contrasts pioneer legends with harsher realities, noting some settlers exploited others and endured hardship. The work portrays a harsh side of frontier life and questions romanticized views of early American pioneers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Catton
Open Camps Housed Spanish War Prisoners in Open Camps
In Barcelona and Albatera, prisoners of the Republican government are kept in open camps under justice minister Manuel de Irujo. He defends humane treatment, insists on sanitary conditions, and notes evacuation from Madrid with some workers allowed outside prisons to aid railway construction.
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Barcelona
Spain
Manuel de Iruja
Trujo Sui
Madrid
Albatera
Levante
Irujo
Tarancon
Paul Harrison answers Kapustka on kissing Powell in Hollywood
Paul Harrison writes to Chicago designer Bruce Kapustka to address his offer to visit Hollywood and kiss Eleanor Powell. He riffs on Hollywood kissing etiquette, movie star reactions, and a tongue in cheek history of kissing, citing experts and a Warner Bros study while poking fun at public curiosity.
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Paul Harrison
Eleanor Powell
Bruce Kapustka
Chicago
Miss Powell
Hollywood
Kapustka
Harrison
Breent
Sudicvidal
Cara
Catia
TOV
Joye
Tex
Alwys
Warener Brothers Studio
Christopher Nyrop
Doelo Nyrap
Sneha
Hope Star Centennial Edition sale in Southwest Arkansas
Limited copies remain of the $1,700 Centennial Edition selling in Southwest Arkansas. First come, first served with 48 pages and six large historic-site photographs. Bound copies 40 cents, unbound 25 cents, add six cents if mailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Star
Southwest
Arkansas
Wedding Plot Shocks Quiet Town in Barry and Linda
In a frostbitten twilight, Barry plans a secret marriage to Linda before Linda’s endgame, arranging a last train departure and a hidden telegram. Rita Blanchard presses Barry for debts as Miss Chattam arrives with cautious, anxious questions.
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Barry
Miss Chattam
Lita
Dios
Ivan Jim
Duchess
Linda
Jing
Rita Blanchard
Rita
Wiese
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Associated Press
NEA
Newspaper Enterprise Ass'n
Morids Fisabein Adlior
Journal of the American Medical Association
Hysgeia
the Health Magazine
Olive Roberts Barton
Jon
Janes
Bella
Flapper Fanny “ Weaservice
ING
ARO
U. & Pat
By Sylvia
Thad
Mavis Dorsari
Eugene
Brown
Abel
Clinton
George Arils
Kayustka
Bre Janel
Paul Harris
Werneton
Aida
Jen
Brin
Titania
Atever
Tinda
Judge Baldwin
Trom
Terry
Becuse
Trent
Melvor
Lydia
Sthit
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