Vicious Campaigning and World Peace Debate
The piece accuses partisans of injecting religious prejudice into Indiana politics amid campaigns for Harry Leslie and reaffirms opposition to using religion in elections. It argues for restrained public discourse, condemns strategy stoking religious hates, and urges unity to clean up state leadership. The column also weighs theories on a new League of Nations, criticizing Blumenfeld’s six-power proposal and endorsing regional cooperation and U.S. and Britain collaboration for peace.
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Billy Sunday
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Gallilee
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Hoover
Coolidge
Taft
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Harry Leslie
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Great Britain
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Italy
Germany
Japan
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Western Hemisphere
Hayti
Nicaragua
Latin America
Pasteur and the discovery that microbes cause disease
The text chronicles Louis Pasteur born 1822 in Dole France and his rise from chemistry to microbiology. It describes his work on tartaric acid crystals, fermentation, and proving microbes do not generate spontaneously, establishing their role in disease and marking a turning point in medicine and surgery.
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Ouis Pasteur
Pasteur
Dole
France
Ecole Normale
Normal School
Paris
Dumas
Lille
de la Tour
Smith Strategy Cited as Key Move in Campaign
M E Tracy notes Smith’s gamble to win progressive Midwest support as Norris, Republican of Nebraska, endorses Smith. The United Press previously suggested a misread but now hints Norris may have planned the timing as a late game trump. Hoover’s Madison Square Garden charge of state socialism feeds Norris’ rebuttal and further reshapes the race narrative.
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Enator Norris
Nebraska
Smith
United Press
Hoover
Madison Square Garden
Senator Norris
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Norris
Senate
Senator la Follette
Wisconsin
Congress
la Follette
Norris Seeks Federal Control of Power and Farm Relief
Senator Norris argues for federal ownership and expansion of power sources including Muscle Shoals and Boulder Dam, and for aggressive farm relief via the McNary Haugen plan. He contrasts with Governor Smith who favors state led development and supports the McNary Haugen principle in principle only.
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Norris
Smith
Herbert Hoover
Columbia River
Northwest
Muscle Shoals
Boulder Dam
Senator Norris
Federal
Governor Smith
Gain and Loss in Nebraska Campaign Alignments
Governor Smith wins east support by opposing Norris ideas while Norris remains nationally admired yet low in the midwest on government expansion. Smith promotes state rights and local self government, seeking less federal control. Norris favors more government and has limited appeal in this region, complicating endorsements and party unity.
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Smith
East
Norris
Nebraska
Midwest
Herbert Hoover
Punch Drunk: Ring Punishing Foes Dim Future Health
Dr. Harrison S. Martland reports at the Pathologic Society of New York that punch drunk is a definite brain injury from拳 head blows. The condition, seen in slugging fighters, can cause immediate disorientation and later leg weakness or mental confusion lasting days. Microscopic brain studies show multiple small hemorrhages and comparisons to Parkinsons disease. Twenty three fighters identified remain permanently altered.
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Harrison S. Marland
Pathologic Society of New York
Martland
Miners Back Mussolini Rule Against Bareheaded Youth
Pennsylvania miners adopt a resolution opposing bareheaded youth to protect the hat trade while barbers back the custom to keep hair for cutting. Even a bareheaded youth avoids being labeled a freak if they wear a hat.
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Tdennsylvania
Mussolini
Puzzle and satire collage on cards and politics
A mixed bundle of card game puzzle and political sketches. It riffs on a five trick challenge for North and South, then shifts to satirical commentary about Kellogg treaty tariffs immigration and China’s foreigner privilege, including jokes about diplomats and a rogues’ gallery.
Unblocking Club Suit Decides Bridge Problem
A bridge problem hinges on North unblocking clubs at trick one. If North plays deuce instead of seven or if South does not overtake, East or West can defeat the contract. The correct sequence starts with South leading queen of clubs and North returning seven.
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South
North
East
West
NEA Service, Inc
Question and Answer Column answers reader queries
Frederick M. Kerby explains postcard postage to Canada costs 2 cents. The column also notes film details for James Hall, Ruth Taylor in Just Married, Greta Garbo’s marital status, Lindbergh and Prince of Wales measurements, alternating current definition, US $3 bills history, Manuel II of Portugal facts, Bull in Three Bad Men, and Imogene Wilson aka Mary Nolan in Sorrell and Son.
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James Hall
James Hamilton
Ruth Taylor
Imogene Wilson
Mary Robertson
Mary Nolan
Norris Defection Deepens Hoovers Odds in 1932 Race
Analysis notes Senator Norris of Nebraska Bolts toward Smith boosting his bid in the west and possibly shifting votes in Wisconsin Nebraska Montana and the Dakotas. It surveys how Norris and Johnson could affect states with large electoral votes and farm relief policy debates.
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Norris
Smith
White House
Hoover
Wisconsin
Missouri
Nebraska
Montana
Kansas
Iowa
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Dakotas
Bolt
Wall Street
This Date in U S History October 25 Highlights
Massachusetts sent a remonstrance against tyranny to the king in 1664. In 1774 colonies unrepresented at first Congress were invited to join the second. 1779 Washington faced fatigue at Morristown. 1780 John Hancock became Massachusetts governor under the new Constitution. 1911 Orville Wright kept a biplane stationary in air against a wind.
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Massachusetts
Congress
Washington
Morristown
John Hancock
Orville Wright
Unsourced Reflections on Hate and Nature Notes
A jumble of quoted lines and stray questions appears, touching on Psalms 41 7 a remark about Ruth and neighbors then a query on edible berries from a Cornus species The fragment mentions Eski moe and dogwood berries but provides no clear event or report.
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Eskimoe
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