Review of the Republican Convention and Third-Party Currents
Washington reports note the Chicago platform centers on a compromise liquor plank and avoids war debts, provoking splits among wet and dry wings. Analysts foresee possible Republican defections, possible third-party movements, and sharp crosscurrents shaping November contests amid labor, socialist, and Communist mobilization.
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Washington, D. C
Chicago
United States
Mqnor
Borah
Idaho
Hoover
Seaboard
Joan Bennett Returns to Films After Serious Injury
Joan Bennett makes a triumphant screen comeback in Fox’s She Wanted A Millionaire at the Lantex Theatre July 3 4 and 5. Una Merkel James Kirkwood Dorothy Peterson Spencer Tracy co star. John Blystone directs the lavish production about a factory worker who wins a beauty contest and seeks true love.
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Joan Bennett
Lantex Theatre
Fox Picture
Miss Bennett
Fang
Una Merkel
James Kirkwood
Dorothy Peterson
Spencer Tracy
John Blystone
Fox Films
Early Texas’s First Newspaper Describes Settler Days
Austin June 27 One of Texas earliest written accounts from The Texas Republican the first Texas newspaper published August 14 1819 appears in a study by Douglas C McMurtrie of the University of Chicago He notes editor Eli Morris praised Texas climate and reprints from the Republican described the country as well timbered fertile with rich water and a variety of wildlife including buffalo deer bear wild hogs and wild horses Among reprints are Encouragement to Settlers discussing land grants and settlement prospects.
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Tex
Texas
Texas Republican
Eli Morris
Douglas C. McMurtrie
University of Chicago
Southwestern Historical Quarterly
University of Texas
McMurtrie
Papers of
Texas Republic
Texas department stores show slight May sales rise
Texas department stores in 96 firms reported to the University of Texas Korean Research posted a 2 percent May increase over April sales. U.S. Federal Reserve figures showed a national decline from April to May, with Texas gains led by El Paso Waco and Corsicana. Larger stores rose 4.1 percent in May over April, while smaller stores fell. Statewide comparisons show May sales 13 percent below May 1931.
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Texas
University of Texas
Federal Reserve Board
United States
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Bésumont
Cotsirabyeyp Matles
Paea
Galveston
Houston
Waco
Wichita
el Paso
Corsicana
Bureau of Business Research
Young graduates urged to survive shock and pursue high ideals
The piece cites Owen D. Young urging new graduates to endure initial shocks and meet life with idealism, discipline, and integrity. It argues false standards spurred speculative gains, and calls for lasting work ethic to build a high standard of life for the era's entrants.
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Owen D. Young
Young
New York Times
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