Measuring progress by hours needed to buy goods in 1914 and 1936
The piece argues wages alone miss progress. Using hours of work to buy essentials shows a rising standard of living from 1914 to 1936. Clothing, washing machines, cars, hats, and lights cost far fewer hours today, despite some price increases, reflecting increased productivity and real prosperity through greater American production.
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Department of Commerce
Machinery and Allied Products Institute of Chicago
National Industrial Conference Board
America
Judge Stone warns college rowdies in Cambridge courts
Cambridge Massachusetts Judge Arthur P Stone fined five Harvard and Massachusetts Tech students after a night of riotous behavior in Cambridge. He rejected the notion that college students possess sacred immunity, urging towns to curb student disturbances.
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Arthur P. Stone
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Massachusetts Tech
Collegians
Judge Stone
Diabetes guidance for patients and diet considerations
The article outlines signs of diabetes including skin infections itching and frequent urination. It stresses sugar in urine and blood testing, diet regulation, patient cooperation and a philosophic attitude toward the disease. It notes no single diet fits all patients and recommends weighing food and low sugar starch items, especially leafy green vegetables.
Don Monteray and Rosie clash over Hollywood plans
Pats watches as Rosie Akers, a poised rival, charms Don Monteray and pushes for a Baker show in New York. Don waveringly agrees to help, while Pats battles jealousy at the office door. The chapter closes with Pats storming out, green with envy.
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Patricia Warren
Don Monteray
Viisa WaAnithy
Rowein
Toomuante
New York
Eatrieta
Aptat
Rosamond
Akers
Pauleta
Yentecjiay
Poin
Don
Lon
Pats
Rosie
Patsy
Hollywood
Baker
Sshe
Heaven
A Book a Day By Bruce Catton A Cutthroat Louise Under the Gates
Jerome Weidman’s I Can Get It for You Wholesale profiles a complete unscrupulous Broadway chiseler who rises from a $15 a week shipping clerk to a big shot by forming and betraying partnerships and exploiting labor unions. The novel skewers greed, vanity, and a corrupt milieu with cool, objective narration.
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Jerome Weidman
Simon & Schuster
Weidman
Weidgnan
Wieldiman
Saloon Preference Noted in Odd East Cleveland Quote
A fragment notes Judge Stanton Addams of East Cleveland prefers the saloon to streamlined wares. The text suggests ongoing household work and an eight hour dig, with unclear context and missing details.
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Stanton Addams
Cleveland
Ohio
Man and woman roles in government discussed
Mrs F D Roosevelt notes land and salary ideas. Dr D F Bradley from Cleveland says the normal man is a potential savage. A gentle woman tames him gradually but surely and permanently. The two house system is praised as not returning, claiming it’s working well.
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F. D. Roosevelt
D. F. Bradley
Cleveland
Senator Norton on unicameral idea and crime reform
John N. Norton of Nebraska argues the state’s unicameral plan still reflects primitive crime control notions. Special Prosecutor Thomas Dewey of New York notes crime has become corporate and complex.
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John N. Norton
Nebraska
Thomas Dewey
New York
Clothes Move Hearts and Minds from Children to Adults
A column urges dressing children to boost behavior and pride, arguing neat clothes reduce delinquency and foster self worth. It likens grooming to adult psychology, cites episodes from theater and film eras, and extols tasteful, not costly, attire as a civic virtue.
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Juhnny
Hollywood stars recall early stage beginnings and missteps
Mae West lifted four men in vaudeville and Miriam Hopkins sought a chorus job by bold instinct. Fred Astaire feared Flying Down to Rio but the rushes won him acceptance. Gary Cooper wore Robin Hood tights in The Lucky Horseshoe, Billie Dove cheered nearby. Robert Montgomery faced a sting from William Faversham upon debut. Herbert Marshall failed to win a leading role at first, then staged a dramatic coal-bin moment.
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Hollywood
Mae West
Miriam Hopkins
Hassard Short
Tom Hassard Short
Fred Astaire
Rio
Pandro Berman
New York
Berman
Astaire
Gary Cooper
Robin Hood
Billie Dove
Cooper
Robert Montgomery
William Faversham
Tie
March of Trade
Herbert Marshall
Marshall
Mashall
England crowns George VI before straw hat season
The passage notes England's adherence to custom with the coronation of George VI just prior to the straw hat season. It mentions Crawford buying extra copies of books, a new English volume production, and a Columbus Ohio hospital comment on Americans' nervous tension. It references a Detroit factory closing as Derby fever rose and hints at counting noses to save time in the next liquor issue.
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England
George VI
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