Three women buy Daily Worker free from Communist ties
The Daily Worker and Sunday Worker are sold to Freedom of the Press Company Inc by three American ancestry women. They pledge to keep the paper a vehicle for free expression and working class interests while distancing from the Communist Party. Executive board includes Louis Budenz Benjamin Davis Jr Howard Boldt. Clarence Hathaway remains editor serving jail sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Daily Worker
Communist Party
United States
Freedom of the Press Company, Inc
Sunday Worker
William Z. Foster
Earl Browder
Ferdinando Reed
Brattleboro Sanatorium
Brattleboro
Caro Lloyd Strobell
Pekin
Ill
Vassar
Susan H. Woodruff
Tenafly
N. J
Smith College
America
Louis F. Budenz
Midwest People's Record
Chicago
Benjamin J. Davis ,Jr
Old Daily Worker
Howard G. Boldt
Strobell
Hugenots
Medical chairmen named to lead preparedness plan nationwide
The American Medical Association named 50 state chairmen to organize and direct medical preparedness for wartime. Each focuses on coordinating state county and district societies and aiding the program. Listed: Alabama Dr J N Baker Montgomery Arkansas Dr W R Brooksher Fort Smith Louisiana Dr C Grenes Cole New Orleans Mississippi Dr T M Dye Clarksdale.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
National Committee On
A. M. A. Journal
Alabama
J. N. Baker
Montgomery
Arkansas
W. R. Brooksher
Fort Smith
Louisiana
C. Grenes Cole
New Orleans
Mississippi
T. M. Dye
Clarksdale
Ventnor Pier Destroyed by Fire at Municipal Site
Ventnor New Jersey August 1 1927 The Ventnor municipal pier built in 1927 at a cost of 130000 was destroyed today by fire of undetermined origin.
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Ventnor
N. J
Ventnor Municipal Pier
Carter's Little Liver Pills Advertise Laxative Fluid
An old ad claims Carter's Little Liver Pills can relieve constipation and bilious symptoms by boosting a two pint daily laxative flow. It promises relief from indigestion headaches and general bodily distress, urging readers to ask their druggist for the 10 and 25 cent pills.
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Carter
Why England Slept and the New American Youth
War Today writer Dewitt Mackenzie reflects on England’s unpreparedness before World War II. He highlights John F. Kennedy’s young perspective and reports his hope that a new generation seeks truth and a role in national affairs, illustrated by college discussions and future prospects.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
English Channel
Britain
John F. Kennedy
Court of St. James
Wilfred Funk
New York
England
John Kennedy
Joe” Kennedy
Labor Party
Labor
League of Nations
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Godesberg
Munich
Chamberlain
John
Joe
Yale
Vassar
West Virginia
Duke
Syracuse
Georgia
Hamilton
Hamil
Tennessee Poll Seen As Light In Statewide Nominations
Voters faced a quiet election day with a small turnout forecast as Tennessee voters nominate Democrats for governor U.S. senator three congressional seats public utilities commissioner and state legislature. Key contests include Prentice Cooper versus George Dempster and K D McKellar seeking renomination amid Crump machine support.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
United States
Congress
Prentice Cooper
George Dempster
Knoxville
K. D. McKellar
Claude C. Toler
Paris
John R. Neal
Cooper
McKellar
Memphis
Democratic National
Burns
W. D. Hudson
Clarksville
R. M. Atkinson
Monty Ross
John S. Wrinkle
Chattanooga
Estes Kefauver
Leon F. Stone
Erwin
Wirt Courtney
Charges Filed Against Candidate in Mexican Election
The permanent congressional commission filed charges with the attorney general accusing General Juan Andreu Almazan and his supporters of subversive activities. The panel criticized their pledge to create a separate legal congress and to declare him president if the July 7 vote is not recognized when results are announced next month.
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Mexico City
Permanent Congressional Commission
Juan Andreu Almazan
Congress
City Court Summary of Sentences and Fines
Judge W M Harper and Judge Joe L Davis presided on the city court docket with multiple convictions. The record shows several felonious and minor offenses including intoxication trespassing vagrancy and displaying a dangerous weapon with fines ranging from 7.50 to 17.50 and jail terms from 7% to 17 days. A number of defendants identified as Negro face fines and sentences, and four traffic fines of 1 dollar each were assessed.
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W. M. Harper
Joe L. Davis
Hardy Harris
Joe Watson
Sam Bass
Wade Huff
Willie Cooper
Ed Bradley
Ed Conner
Irish Reed
Sixth Street
Summer class will graduate at Louisiana Tech
Degrees will be conferred on 156 summer session graduates at 8 p.m. in the new Howard Auditorium. The first graduation there, the event includes a class gift of marble benches around a campus fountain, with Paul Brosman of Tulane Law as speaker and E. S. Richardson presiding.
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Ruston
Louisiana Tech
Howard
H. L. Hughes
Paul Brosman
Tulane University School of Law
Tech Symphony Orchestra
L. V. E. Irvine
R. A. Sterner
Church of God
Elbert Haskins
Tech Music Department
Paul Breitweiser
Tech
E. 8. Richardson
Ruby B. Pearce
Luther Crowson
John Raley
Truman McCrea
LaVerne Irvine Jr
K. W. Dodson
Labor Board Hearing Concludes Early After Brief Night Session
The National Labor Relations board hearing on the Monroe News Guild versus News-Star-World Publishing Corp ended after a 45 minute recess. Testimony from L A Maithes and John D Ewing had been heard. later witnesses included Irene Reid and guild members. The board will forward records and a report to Washington for ruling, typically in two to four months.
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National Labor Relations Board
Monroe Newspaper Guild
News-Star— World Publishing Corporation
Examiner
Samuel H. Jaffee
Guild
George Lofton
Wilson Ewing
Examiner Jaffee
Washington, D. C
L. A. Maithes
Shreveport Times
John D. Ewing
News-Star—World
Irene Reid
News-Star— World
Marie Dell Horuff
Inez Roberson
Harold Breard
Anne Gibson
H. H. Brinsmade
Paul Martin
W. G. Jasper
DeWitt Henry
Williams Qualifies for Civil Judgeship Race in New Orleans
Augustus G Williams qualifies for the civil judgeship race in New Orleans after a court overruled Governor Earl K Long s appointment as successor to the retiring Judge Hugh C Cage. Williams had been named by Long and faces the upcoming election process despite the ruling.
New Measures Take Effect In Louisiana Reforms
Baton Rouge Aug 1 Governor Sam H Jones announced that the double dip law prohibiting dual officeholding and related reforms take effect. Notable provisions include stricter ethics, new crime commission funds, and broad public records changes.
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Baton Rouge
Sam H. Jones
Horace Wilkinson
Port Allen
Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors
Eugene Stanley
Wilkinson
Jones
New Crime Commission
Executive Department
Army and Navy
Treasury
Appointment of Dr. M. W. Foster as Huey P. Long Hospital Superintendent
Welfare Commissioner C. Ellis Henican named Dr. M. W. Foster superintendent of Huey P. Long Charity Hospital at Pineville. He succeeds Dr. Olyma McFarland who resigned this week. Dr. Foster, a Vanderbilt Medical School graduate, is a urology specialist with experience from Shreveport to Alexandria and has studied at Mayo Clinic Johns Hopkins and Cook County Hospital. He is president of the Louisiana Urological Society and a member of the American Medical Association.
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Baton Rouge
C. Ellis Henican
M. W. Foster
Huey P. Long
Pineville
Foster
Vanderbilt University Medical School
Shreveport
Alexandria
Mayo Clinic
Johns Hopkins
Los Angeles City Hospital
Cook County Hospital
Chicago
The
Louisiana Urological Society
American Medical Association
McNary Announces Western Campaign Tour Plans
Senator McNary of Oregon, the Republican vice presidential nominee, will deliver five or six major speeches mainly in the West and may do several radio talks from Washington. He is set to accept the nomination in Salem on August 27, postponing other speeches to September and October before returning to Senate duties.
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Washington
McNary
Oregon
West
Salem
Ore
Senate
Peacemaker dies after attempt to calm car collision
In Revere Massachusetts Anthony Forgitano 20 Chelsea was held on murder charges after passerby Marshall Cooledge 30 Andover died from a skull fracture suffered in a fist fight that broke out when Forgitano allegedly insulted a Boston woman following a minor collision between two motorists.
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Revere
Mass
Anthony Forgitano
Chelsea
Marshal Cooledge
Andover
Revere General Hospital
Daniel Sullivan
Forgitano
Cooledge
Boston
Paris Sees Census Ordered and Normalization Efforts
Prefect Achille Villey orders a census of all foreigners in Seine by nationality occupation and residence length starting August 5. A separate industrial and commercial census will measure post occupation enterprise activity and finances. German and French authorities push normalcy with concerts sports events and pools open to public Sundays while private car use is restricted.
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Paris
Berlin
Achille Villey
Seine Department
Department
France
Doctor's insomnia tip from Los Angeles convention
Dr. Charles H. Wood, president of the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic, urged insomniacs to blink during a 10 count. Lie flat or recline, close eyes tightly each time, then look into an assistant's eyes. Repeating the process slowly is said to relax the sympathetic nervous system and relieve pain.
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Los Angeles
Charles H. Wood
Los Angeles College of Chiropractic
Wood
Dr. Wood
Germans Capture Mitau in Russia Report
The August 1 1915 AP dispatch notes Germans seize Mitau, marking a significant advancement on the Eastern Front. The brief item highlights strategic impact and ongoing push by German forces.
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Associated Press
Mitau
Russia
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Labor Board
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Ann Sothern
Lee Bowman
Slim Summerville
Paramount Theater
Foster Hospital
Alexandrian
Senator Long
Olyma McFarland
McFarland
M‘nary
Sherwin-Williams
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