The Hines Trial as a Civics Eye Opener
The New York trial of Tammany District Leader Jimmy Hines highlights a crime politics alliance with Dutch Schultz. It argues the case reveals city government corruption and a pattern seen in many big cities, urging citizens to confront the crime politics link in postwar America.
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New York
Tammany
Jimmy . Hines
Hines
LaGuardia
Manhattan
Underworld
Dutch Schultz
Schultz
Cabinet Feud Over Export Subsidy Sparks Policy Clash
A clash between Secretary Wallace and Secretary Hull over export subsidies to push wheat and possibly cotton meat and corn into world markets escalates. Hull opposes one way trade, while Wallace pushes limited export aid with White House approval, raising presidential nomination stakes for 1940 and drawing in Sayre and Edminster warnings.
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Wallace
Hull
Sayre
Lynn R. Edminster
State Department
Roosevelt
Raymond Molev
Molev
Brain Trust
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A Strange Combination of Primary Tuberculosis Warnings
A historical article discusses how infancy tuberculosis spreads, noting milk pasteurization reduced foodborne germs, and detailing infant exposure, weight changes, and fever as signs. It emphasizes case history, contact tracing, and physician judgment in diagnosing TB in children.
Serial story unfolds with a tense colt dispute
Linda and Uncle Sandy wrestle with the Powpey colt Golden Toy amid racing plans and a balky Norman. Bruce Radford returns with a mysterious envelope, rekindling past memories with Linda as tensions over trust and money surface, leading to a charged confrontation.
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Uncle Sandy
Linda
Golden Toy
Sandy
Norman
Colt
Donald
Bruce Radford
Bruce
Harrow Street
New York
Barrow
Village
Commerce
Angelina
Tulso
Sinclair Lewis
Brown Donald
Pennsylvania
Radford
Secret Life of a Secret Agent review by Bruce Catton
A book a day column critiques Henry Laniers Secret Life of a Secret Agent. It portrays a 25 year career of deception bribery and assassination in espionage for the government ending in a major World War assignment.
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Hope Star of Hope
Star Publishing Co. Inc
Palmer
Alex. H. Washburn
Star Building
South Walnut Street
Hope
Arkansas
E. Palmer
Ifzans Associated Press
NEA
Newspaper Enterprise Ass'n
Hempstead
Nevada
Howard
Miller
LaFayette
Associated Press
Star
Bruce Catton
Henry Wysham Lanier
Hippineeth
Mr.Lanier
Secret Service Department
Mae
Raising a Family Destroys My Career and Education
A reflective piece contrasts adult job stress with a child’s schooling. It argues school can feel pointless to many youths and suggests empathetic, engaging methods to spark learning. The author notes fake film schools exploit ambition, charging high fees for makeup, private lessons, and coveted roles in shady productions.
Demand Seven Inning Games
A Cincinnati group urged National League president Ford C Frick to adopt seven inning games immediately. They argued the change would give players extra time to catch trains and reduce losses by the Reds in the final two innings.
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New York
Cincinnati
Ford C. Frick
National League
Reds
Hysterical dogs halt London Salford greyhound races
Races at the Salford track were canceled as a sudden epidemic hit the greyhounds kennels. Heat is blamed for the widespread distress among the racing dogs causing the suspension of events.
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London
Salford
Hollywood Talent Schemes Tested by Authorities
Paul Harrison reports on Hollywood talent enterprises labeled legitimate, doubtful, or rackets as authorities struggle to prosecute. Testimony is scarce, convictions rare, and penalties light, with fake screen tests and juvenile scams recurring despite efforts by studios to discourage schools and theatres.
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Mollywood
Hollywood
Larry Crosby
Bing
Crosby
Noto
All-Star Productions Corp
Tuberculosis Detection Emphasized For Children
The passage stresses tuberculin testing for suspected TB in children, noting a definite response appears in 3 to 6 weeks. It also highlights the value of chest X rays to detect lung changes and mentions other blood tests, with the final determination resting with the physician.
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Mobms Fishbein
Journal of the American Medics Association
Bygeia
the Health Magazine
California
Charles B. Parmer
NEA Service
Ing
Tust
Hippopotimus
Hin
Weiter
Paul Harrison
Cinema Movie Schools, Inc
Mary Pickafrd
Douglas Fairbanks
Colleen Moore
Flapper
Regu
Spat
Sylvia
OURO
Rie
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