The Finer Things of Life Triggered a Floridian Kidnapping
The writer condemns the Florida kidnapping and murder as a reflection of the belief that money buys happiness. The kidnapper’s claim that he acted to obtain “finer things” for his wife and himself exposes a broader critique of materialism and its link to crime. The piece argues society overvalues wealth, distorts life’s true prizes, and bears collective responsibility for such acts.
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Florida
Naper
Democratic literacy, politics, and a cross country hitchhike
An editorial discusses democracy, reading comprehension, and the need to judge ideas by content rather than color. It notes Columbia College tests showing poor literacy and urges training to evaluate content. It also mentions the Billings-Douglas race, Judge Frank, All Gossism, baseball in Ohio, jaywalking enforcement, and a strange cross continental hitchhike case per dispatches.
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Columbia College
Frank
Judge Douglas
Washington Daybook: Congress in Summer Vacations
Preston portrays Congress adjourning in election years while many senatorial offices stay open. ALE bills must be signed before adjournment. joint TVA study trips may occur. Committees probe maritime affairs aquatic life and Alaska reindeer, plus un-American activities. Most staff go home on full pay for a lengthy vacation.
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Washington
Congress
House
First National Bank of
Senate
White House
TVA
United States
Philippines
Guam
Alaska
Dickstein
New York
How's Your Health Dr Lage Galdston Noise Effects
Excessive noise endangers hearing and well being causing fatigue sleep loss and neuroses. Studies from Foster Kennedy Colgate University and industrial settings link sharp sounds to intracranial pressure pulse rise disrupted digestion and lower saliva. Industrial and home noises irritate and anti noise campaigns vary by city. individuals can reduce domestic noise to improve health.
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Foster Kennedy
New York
Bellevue Hospital
Colgate University
Quotes on democracy and virtue from notable figures
A collection of remarks attributed to Henry Noble McCracken, Senator O Mahoney, Albert Einstein, and Governor Lehman. The lines praise democracy, vitality in freedom, and the dangers of lethargy, offering concise reflections on leadership, culture, and societal progress.
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America
Senator O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Lehman
New York
Aerial Robot to Replace Human Pilots in Weather Work
Washington reports the Weather Bureau plans to deploy aerial balloons to collect upper air data beginning July 1. Balloons will carry instruments and flash temperature and humidity readings to ground receivers, potentially saving lives despite initial costs.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
Army
Navy
Atterson Field
Ohio
Barksdale Field
Anacostia
District of Columbia
U. S
Oklahoma! City
Oakland
Calif
Sault Ste .Muarie
Mich
Nashville
Omaha
Fargo
N. C
Boston
Burbank
Marlboro High Finds New Home for Un Draped Statues
Marlboro Mass June 21 AP the Marlboro school committee ended a heated debate by moving the undraped Apollo Belvedere and Venus de Milo from the assembly hall to a small room used for drawing classes ensuring the figures will no longer be displayed in the main hall.
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Marboro
Mass
Apollo Belvedere
Venus de Milo
Marlboro High School
Drunko Meter Tests Delayed Indefinitely in Grants Pass
Sheriff A Donley Barnes postpones tests of a new drunko meter citing duty to arrest any volunteer shown to have imbibed too much. The deadline for the scientific test has been set as indefinite, with volunteers not supplied liquor by the sheriff.
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Grants Pass
Ore
A. Donley Barnes
Itoo
Cotton Men May Grow Automobile Handles If Harvest ideas Work
UNC chemist Dr. Frank K. Cameron advances a plan to harvest the entire cotton plant and extract cellulose for rayon and plastics. Crowded rows replace wide spacing. a $1,500 fiber planner would bale 150-pound units and feed a processing plant for new products.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Frank K. Cameron
University of North Carolina
Rust Brothers
Cameron
Cotton Research Foundation
Memphis
Dr. Cameron
John Deere
Stalk & CO
Youth is elected 'Boys State' leader in Kansas City
Kansas City youth Charles Richardson was chosen chief executive of the American Legion sponsored boys state on a clean elections platform. Running mates fared poorly with only two other nationalist ticket members elected including lieutenant governor Curtis L. Marchand of St. Louis. Diverse officers and state supreme court judges were named, with electees from St. Louis, Kansas City, Joplin, and other cities.
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Fulton
Moc
Charles Richardson
Kansas City
Hays
Richardson
Curtis L. Marchand
St. Louis
Robert Thompson
David Weiser
Springfield
Ed Adams
William Lunsford
Elmer Konradi
Supreme Court
Horace Campbell
Arthur Queesem
Charles Kenagy
Baytown
Etobert Jesse
Wilbur Jankowitz
William Eadsey
Ranald Somerville
Chillicothe
Fershing City
John Gasparotti
Moberly
O. W. Epperson
Neosho
Joe Brockman
Higginsville
Glenn Gilbert
Warrensburg
Russell Hall
Versailles
Koontz City
David Blair
Joplin
Warren Smith
Rocheport
Robert Couch
Rivermines
Edward Moore
Laclede
Hugh Stevenson
Columbia
Boone City
Robert Allard
Robert Harper
Ferguson
William Haynes
Stella
Linnie Whitworth
Fredericktown
Martin Gelb
Powder City
George Kollasch
Browning
Jack Lyle
Maryville
George Speller
Boonville
Merle E. Bowen
la Plata
Robert Brady
Cape Girardeau
Pershing City
Willam Knaebel
St. Joseph
Lester Wittenberg
Kan
Neal Killian
Carthage
James Higler
St. Charles
Robert Dorrell
Maystown
Eugene MccCreery
George Lasnett
Gordon Langston
Mayors Named for Several Missouri Cities in year
A list of officials names many cities with mayors including Pershing City John Hammess Maryville Koontz City John Breuer St. James Boone City David Boylan Kansas City Kas Powder City Robert E. Blaschke Sedalia.
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Henry L. Schmedler
St. Charles
Pershing City
John Hammess
Maryville
Koontz City
John Breuer
St. James
Boone City
David Boylan
Kansas City
Kas
Powder City
Robert E. Blaschke
Sedalia
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Missouri
Advan
Marl
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Paco
Reds
Indians
Preston
Grover
Dr. Lage Galdston
Henry Noble McCracken
Vassar College
Albert Einsteein
Porrigs
Rotary San
Pr. Cameron
KG. Youth
Cole County
Scott Peters
Associated Judge County Court
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Henry L. Heidbreder
Henry G. Lepage
H. PB. Laup
Carl F. Waymore
AL. Markway Bennie F
Renn J
Edwin Hickey
Guy M. Sone
Champ Clark
Emmel Curtis L
Dunn Tom L. Parrish
George J. Scott
E. 5
Bond
W. Cc. Dixon
Phil A. Dallmeyer
Central
Pope's
Dubinsky Bros
Loretta
Joe! Young
McCrea
Merle Oberon
Sy. Aelte Verte
Allan Jones
Yaar Tanteat
Jimmy Fiddler
Ors Street
Anna Neagle
T. Carminati
Ray G. McGrath
Lindell
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