Railroads see upturn easing need for subsidies
Senator Wheeler says rail traffic improves from famine to feast and subsidies or large government loans may not be needed. He backs broader regulation under the Interstate Commerce Commission and notes potential rolling stock shortages. AP data show railroad employment and carloadings rising to post 1930 highs while a separate note cites mosaic disease in melon vines.
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Wheeler
D-Aient
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce
House
Senate
Flashes of Life and Oddities Across Cities
A Harvard medical student Bill Daniels is knocked unconscious by a rebound punching bag and travels to hospital where x rays show a sprained back. In Rocky Mount a deputy guard loses a pint of illegal whisky but retrieves it later. Seattle resident Paul Gulden views an earthquake as a blessing after a door-splitting fix. Salt Lake City man Allison Pigeon faces liquor charges proven by chemist tests. Chicago theatregoers complain during Hamlet, a patron lamenting a broken corset.
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Bill Daniels
Wilson
N. C
Harvard
Daniels
Rocky Mount
N. Co
S. Peton
Locked In Jail Aide Ends With Sober Release
In Coral Gables Florida at 2 a.m. friends of a young woman charged with intoxication found the jail door barred by a stuck lock. The jailer summoned the city manager and clerk, and after a locksmith used an acetylene torch the lock was burned off. At 6:15 a.m. the woman walked free, sober.
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Coral Gables
Fla
Marmola Tablets Marketed For Fat Persons Diet Aid
An old advertisement promotes Marmola Tablets for weight loss aimed at fat individuals who are healthy but hypothyroid. It claims thirty years in distribution and over twenty million boxes sold, noting it is not a cure and requires physician consultation for diagnosis and dosage guidance.
Poison gas tanks and new warfare gear revealed
Associated Press reports Lt. Col. Augustin M. Prentiss describes the chemical tank as a mobile platform carrying 1,000 pounds of mustard and other gases capable of long downwind plumes. Airplane spray and mustard powder are noted as additional persistent threats, with wartime and agricultural applications mentioned amid claims of evolving gas protection needs. Eleven foreign firms granted Texas operation permits.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
New York
Augustin M. Prentiss
U.S A
Chemical Warfare Bulletin
Cal. Prentiss
Germany
After 75 Years He May Be Democrat
Edina Missouri reports G W Kinsell, 82, long time resident since 1865, faces a pledge to switch to the Democratic ticket if he ever ran for office in 73 years of residence. Now 75 years have passed and he asks should he keep the promise. The note also mentions Texas grapefruit and orange trees with little production.
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Edina
G. W. Kinsell
Kinsell
Ohio
Texas
Ghost writers haunted by drafts at agriculture department
Washington reports reveal ghost clerks draft replies to Secretary Wallace letters. Three times this year new memoranda urged informality and naturalness in replies, suggesting the department struggles with letter writing at the top and among its clerks. The item notes broader government practice of ghost writing.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Wallace
Secretary's Letter Tips for Ghosts Avoid Formal Language
The text discusses ghost communications advising secretaries to replace formal phrases with casual openings. It lists 21 expressions to avoid and suggests homier wording such as starting with Thank you for your letter.
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Ters
Closing memorandum on kindness and propriety
A memorandum concludes that one should not claim personal kindness. It notes that saying kindness exists is acceptable for others but declaring oneself kind is improper. The secretary’s closing lines emphasize humility and proper conduct.
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