Washington Faces Another Dilemma in Economic Policy
The piece analyzes a split in policy between promoting true competition to lower prices and wages versus allowing large industries to consolidate and set universal standards with government oversight. It weighs implications for coal and utilities, labor leaders like John L. Lewis, and the risk of ongoing indecision without a clear, bounded policy choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Madison
Wis
NRA
John L. Lewis
Barnum Style Confidence Men Target Widows in Wil liamenort Hatchery Scheme
A slicker convinced Wil liamenort city council to back a wormless chicken hatchery. He took $3000 in worthless checks, $2090 cash for undelivered cars, taxed two investors $400 each for fictitious inks, and charged $100 for a demonstrator never delivered, exposing a modern city scam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamenort
Milk and safety standards for European supplies urged by League study
A League of Nations health committee report notes U S milk safety is higher than many nations. It argues safe milk mirrors water safety and requires feeding cows well, using better stock, and balanced minerals, proteins, and vitamins. It emphasizes heredity and pasture, linking animal and human nutrition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Nations
Denmark
Holland
France
England
United States
Europe
Mexican Ports Cut Pilot Fees For Tourist Ships
The Mexican government decreed ships entering or leaving harbors with tourists aboard shall pay only 40 percent of the usual pilot service charges. A separate note mentions chateaus and museums in France.
Beatrice Lillie Remains a Jestful Icon of Stage and Screen
Hollywood notes highlight Beatrice Lillie as a witty figure in entertainment history. The piece cites her silent film stint in Exit Smiling from 1926 and a later Fox project Are You There. It references her radio fame with Bing Crosby and mentions a London upbringing with a son in school, hinting at aging adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Beatrice Lillie
Fox
Ling Crosby
Hey
Miss Lillie
Lady Peel
Hng
Englod
Holly
Sally Eilers
Artitte
Harry Dee Brown
Wheeler and Woolsey
New England Mate and Pollys London Romance Unfolds
Jerry Whitfield, stranded in London, reunites with Polly Chelsey, a Massachusetts cousin. They grow close in a tavern room as danger from war and city life press in, culminating in an impulsive kiss and a proposal to marry the next day.
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Chet
Doverny
Dover
Deal
Calais
John McGean
Jean Clute
Jerry
Sky
Polly
Chelsey
Massachusetts
Newburyport
Chet Wheeler
London
France
Jerry Whitfield
Erry
Mr. Toby
Miss Pally Chelsey
Jay
Mr. Dart
Polly Ald
Democratic primary candidates named for Hempstead Sheriff and Collector
The Star lists Reginald Bearden and two others as Democratic primary contenders for Hempstead County Sheriff and Collector with August 9, 1938 election date. The notice notes candidate action pending party procedures and indicates polling details will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Hempstead County
Reginald Bearden
Raising A Family In A Divorce Age By Olive Roberts Barton
An excerpt from Raising A Family discusses trials facing families when divorce couples have children. It reflects on societal judgments and the impact on children as parents pursue personal needs amid hardship, war, and life changes.
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Olive Roberts Barton
My Ears Are Bent by Joseph Mitchell A Book a Day
Book review discusses Joseph Mitchell's My Ears Are Bent, revealing his interviews with a wide range of city characters. It notes the book's irreverent tone and its focus on the metropolis's dramatic, sometimes bizarre, human stories. It also shifts to commentary on divorce's impact on children and parental responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Papers
Joseph Mitchell
New York World- Telegram
Sheridan House
Metropolis
Fragmentary note with unclear names and phrases
A damaged OCR piece contains fragmented lines about humor and tribal phrases, with nonsensical terms and garbled names, lacking clear events, dates, or identifiable entities for reconstruction. The text reads like stray musings rather than a coherent report or notice.
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Barnum Again
the Family
TM. Res
Ty Bat
Ay Dh. Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Hygels, the Health Magazine
Heegice
Chateau of
Tarascon
Paul Morrison
Nellywood
Euple
Mack
Evita
Polly Girlshy
Heroman
Louden
Wero
Yonterday
Dee Jaraden
Weir
Jerry Witfield
Hernpill Street
Jerry Whitfeld
Wheeler
Fanney Phit Theber
Mose Lee
Muadhouse
Vl Arua
Jaennes Eval
ath-Fux
Merriek
Crawford
Buster Ceoton
Joseph YW
Reutan
Myrna
Willian Powell
Kenlan
Claire Trevor
Prameey
Cary Grant
Promimnce
Grant
Dr. Clitterhouse
Humephrey Bogart
Mary Garden
Miss Garden
Pia Byice
By Sylvia
Bruce
Catton
Uenselves
Chikedren
Mr. Smith
Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Smith
Mr. Jones
Chilidiood
Epurtneyy
Olive Roberts Barlon
Rick
Eaparzes
Scott
Av Ada Service, Inc
Aly
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