Grand opera glamour versus American tastes in Miss Hampton views
The piece discusses Miss Hope Hampton and a critic’s take on grand opera. It argues grand opera’s glamour pleases the ear but offends the eye, and notes American audiences favor musical comedy. It cites stomach size in operatic stars and questions why grand opera hasn’t thrived in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Hampton
Car
United States
Hampton
Lurjil
Aghit
Hope New York City Platform Aims At Municipal Progress
The Star outlines a platform favoring municipal power to develop arid and social resources in Hope New York. It calls for city pavement improvements in 1930, enhanced sanitary conditions, and a county highway program to build all weather roads while reducing road mileage gradually. It emphasizes political and economic support for scientific agriculture and cooperative effort, aiming for reform and efficient government in Hempstead County and Arkansas.
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Hope
Ny Enlore
Hempstead
Syauim
Arkansas
Westward shift in farming and dam project reshapes US agriculture
Analyzing Boulder Dam and western expansion, the piece notes population grows 382 percent in western states, especially California and others like Arizona Utah and Colorado. It argues irrigation can transform arid western lands into fertile garden spots, while federal reclamation projects may stabilize American agriculture despite farm depressions and farm abandonment.
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Boulder Dam
California
Arizona
Utah
Colorado
Far West
Rai
Mayor Walker and the heckler in New York meeting
The Memphis Commercial Appeal recounts Mayor James J. Walker losing his cool when a Communist heckler shouted about grafters and selling jobs during a city board session. Patrol men escorted the offender to another room, restoring order without further violence.
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Broadway
James J. Walker
Great White Way
Walker
New York
Memphis
Election odds mix in 1932 gubernatorial races and senatorial hopes
The piece surveys looming 1932 contests across New York Pennsylvania Ohio and Illinois. It notes Roosevelt’s re election bid facing Tuttle with Tammany graft issues and potential independent anti dry candidates. It comments on Bulkley McCulloch Lewi and McCormick races, Dry influence, and Pinchot opposition amid a wary GOP wet dry balance.
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Rodney Dutcher
NEA
Ashington
Iba
New York
Ohio
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Tammany
Roosevelt
Ag Tuttle
al Smith
Ciites
Glend
J. Ham Lewi
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Bulkley
MeCarmick
Washington
SteCarmick
Nye
Senatimary
Uwtimats
Rumor Littered Remarks Parade Across Editorial Page
A jumble of satirical lines weighs political and social topics from cinema to congress. References mention Mayor Walker, Keynead Broun, Turkish party hats, Boston Legionnaires, a wealth-golf link, Vimouliers France cheese statue plans, and Camembert inventor praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vimouliers
France
Ethiopian King to Be Honored in November
An American delegation will attend the coronation of Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, on November 2, with the event described as a tribute from the West to the ancient East. The report notes Haile Selassie I, known as Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah.
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Washington
Haile Selasse, I
Young Ethiopian King Tafari Makonnen Emerges As Modern Heir
Information reaching the State Department describes Tafari Makonnen, 28, heir to the Ethiopian throne, educated in French schools and married with children. He is said to blend ancient lineage from Menelik I with modern economic ideas as Empress Waizern Zoudiiu’s successor.
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William Harts
Addis Ababa
Menelik I
Solomon
Sheba
Staite
Waizern Zoudiiu
Tafari
Coolidge Rulns For Senate in Massachusetts Race
Mares A. Coolidge, a Democrat and party nominee for Massachusetts senator, faces Republican ex-Senator William M. Butler in November. He touts road construction, and his circle notes Ethiopia’s modernization and trading prospects. Ethiopia’s religious history, ethnology, and renewed U.S. relations since 1928 are touched on, with advisers named for economic and educational reform.
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Mares A. Coolidge
Cal
Massachusetts
William M. Butler
United States
Ethiopia
Addison EB
Southford
Addis Ababa
Tafari
Everett A. Colson
Haiti
E. F., Work
Muskingum College
Ohio
J. G. White Company
Races Back to Class in Time for First Lesson
Gov. P. Conger, a philosophy professor at the University of Minnesota, covered 4300 miles to return for his initial class. He traveled by train, steamer, and car and arrived five minutes early.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Gov. P. Conger
University of Minnesota
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