Denial of William Vare Seat in Senate
The United States Senate denied seating William Vare, Philadelphia Republican leader, after findings that he spent 785000 to win the 1928 Pennsylvania nomination. The Norris resolution declared such spending and fraud corrupted the credentials of the senator-elect. the vote was 58 to 22.
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United States Senate
William
Vare
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Senate
Pittsburgh
Ware
Ownership of Antarctica and sovereignty notes
A Washington dispatch dated November 28 reveals American British correspondence on Antarctic sovereignty as Byrd began his South Pole flight. The British suggested Byrd’s explorations covered five million square miles within British claims and offered help. Officials delayed reply. Stimson’s position reportedly did not fully agree with the British claim. The piece warns rivalry could rise if no friendly understanding is reached, citing potential coal, mica, minerals, petroleum, and whaling prospects in the South Polar region.
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Antarctica
Washington
Byrd
South Pole
Stimson
South Polar
Vast War Pension Costs Highlight Growing Federal Pensions
The commissioner of pensions reports paying 229,5890,000 on 477,915 war pensions in the past fiscal year. Pensions have risen despite mortality, with Civil War and Spanish War rolls large and World War veterans unquantified. The cost, yearly near 200 million over fifty years, shows pensions as a major war expenditure.
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Commissioner of Pensions
Mexico
Hollywood Women Embrace Cigar Smoking Says Chicago Daily News
The Chicago Daily News notes young Hollywood women have taken to cigar smoking and argues optimism rests on giving the younger generation ample rope to prove themselves.
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Hollywood
Chicago Daily News
RIGHT ANGLES AN ODE TO HIGH MINDEDNESS AND LEGACY
A compact reflection on high mindedness contrasting it with broad mindedness Demands of virtue include courage against demagogues and Mammon Illustrates with Lincoln Wilberforce Phillips Bright Mazzini Emerson OConnell and others and cites 1929 syndicate copyright.
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Lincoln, Wilberforce
Phillips
Bright
Mazzini
Emerson
O’connell
Mexico’s Manuel Tellez Near Deanship of U S Diplomats
Washington’s Sixteenth Street mansion hosts Manuel C. Tellez the Mexican ambassador to the United States. After four years in the post he is poised to become dean of the diplomatic corps as Sir Esme Howard departs, with Herman Velarde eyed as next in line.
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Washington
Manuel C. Tellez
Mexico
Sixteenth Street
United States
Tellez
Esme Howard
Great Britain
Senor Tellez
Herman Velarde
Teilez
Paving Change Transforms Towns and Country Roads
A reflective piece extols new paving projects shaping city streets and rural lanes. It praises smoother surfaces, fewer bumps, and faster travel, noting Sundays hide workers and roads stretch toward Sterlington and Rayville. The narrator imagines nightly views from tall buildings under a starry sky.
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Sterlington
Rayville
Broadway stace hands and chorus girls chase cinema
A New York report recalls Broadway stagehands who avoid the holidays by preferring cinema. A typical union man and his dancer wife frequent talkies and big movie houses, while chorus girls and actors sit in theaters. Historic Broadway displays include first talkie window and stock-drop ticker tape relics from October 24.
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Talkies
Broadway
Wall Street
Thirty-sixth Street
West Side Methodist group hosts annual church meeting
Last evening from eight to eleven Mr and Mrs C C Bell of the West Side hosted the Excelsior Sunday School class the Teachers Council and the Board of Stewards of the Methodist church. Rev Ledbetter presided and a confectionery luncheon followed. Attendees included several local couples and church members with brief notes on visits and travel.
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C. Bell
West Side
Excelsior
Teachers’ Council
Board of Stewards
The
Methodist Church
Ledbetter
E. Faulk
C. C. Bell
Excelsiors
Joe Johnson
Shreveport
R. W. McClendon
Sallie Merideth
L J. Newton
Wood Brown
Ruston
Morgan George
Alexandria
Ambassador Sener Teller of Mexico Inspires Diplomacy
Senor Tellez rose through foreign service with wartime training and served in Japan and China before becoming first secretary to the Mexican embassy in 1920. Now ambassador in his early forties, he energizes diplomacy with a practical, people oriented approach and a lively sense of health and comradeship.
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Senor Tellez
Japan
China
Washington
Tellez
Mexico
Moore
Usua
Sener Teller
Mexican ambassador Tellez mocks reporters on tour
The aide, known as Teliez or Tay-ez, travels through Chicago St Louis and San Antonio on a Mexico mission. Reporters mistake his name and role, he clarifies the minister versus ambassador distinction, and he reaches Mexico without further questioning. The piece notes his arts patronage and his Mexican room at the embassy. A separate note jokes about a hair brush case and a misdated statute of limitations.
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Mexico
Chicago
St. Louis
Christmas Spirit Grips City Early, Cabin Reports Joyous Kids
The Cabin notes an unusually early Christmas spirit fueling excitement among children who anticipate gifts and merriment. Parents call Santa Claus to confirm presents and children in festive mood study windows and dream, momentarily stepping away from everyday routines.
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Santa Claus
Death of Raymond Hitchcock Highlights Fading Popular Songs
The death of Raymond Hitchcock underscores the mortality of famed ditty singers and recalls his hit All Dressed Up and No Place to Go. A 17 year-old memory, elusive copies, and a puzzling telephone directory oddity about Channing Pollock are noted alongside a quirky Bell Telephone apology with a five-cent piece.
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Raymond Hitchcock
Thun
New York
Channing Pollock
West Forty-second Street
Wisconsin
Bell
Movie stars step into public view in blitz of personal appearances
Hollywood notes a surge of fan access as film idols tour vaudeville stages and tour abroad. Celebrities like Charlie Murray Esther Ralston Estelle Taylor and Claire Windsor appear in person to promote films, with studios betting on the publicity value despite high costs.
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Hollywood
Charlie Murray
Esther Ralston
Estelle Taylor
Claire Windsor
Vaude
Joe and Mary
Yale Star Albie Booth Wins Popular Favor in New England
A courier reports Albie Booth's high popularity among New England fans during the football season. Natives around New Haven view him as a local boy who earned success without a wealthy background, praising his democratic Yale upbringing.
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Albie Booth
New
Christmas Spirit Rolls In Like a Tide of Joy
A vivid December scene depicts children at a train track as a merry locomotive whizzes by. The prose paints Christmas spirit arriving quietly and all-encompassing, a buoyant, festive mood filling the scene.
Paul Muni Expands Reach To Prove Youthful Image
Paul Muni tours to gain headlines and face recognition beyond his Seven Faces persona. The article notes long gaps for Gloria Swanson Dolores del Rio and Charlie Farrell as they return or await new releases after recent projects.
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Paul Muni
Gloria Swanson
Dolores del Rio
Charlie Farrell
Miss Swanson
Sadie Thompson
New York
London
Hirangeline
Farrell
Fox Promotes Victor McLaglen for New York Opening
Fox uses a personal promo push surrounding Victor McLaglen as he joins the New York opening of The Gook Eyed World. The studio emphasizes his star power to drum up advance attention and audience interest.
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Fox
Victor McLaglen
New York
Radio Program Guide Listings Across Major Stations
A dense, era style grid lists daily program slots for WEAF WABC WCBS and other NBC CBS networks. It details dance music orchestras and announcers with station interconnections and time slots across regions.
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WEAF
New York
NBC Chain
Phil Spitainy
WGY
WWJ
New Business World
WSAL
KSD
WOW
WDAC
WFIC
WIAX
WMC
WSMB
WKY
KPRC
KOA
WSAI
WLS
Wie
WDAF
WTMJ
KSTP
WEBC
WJAX
WIOD
WHAS
Orchestra
WHAF
WABC
CBS Chain
Lombardo's
Orch
WKRC
WFBM
WGHP
WOWO
WSPD
WIBW
WRBC
WISN
WADC
WHK
WKD
WLAC
WRBRC
KOIL
KMBC
WBBM
WCCO
KFIF
WDOD
WBRG
WREC
KFH
KTSA
WDS
KLRA
WKBN
Tiadhey Symphony Orchestra
WEKRC
Wabo
WMAQ
KMOX
WADO
WBB
KOLL
WBRC
KFJF
Wacco
WDSU
WKRBN
KSCI
Guy Lombardo
WOOD
WRRC
Hotel
WJZ
Chicago
KDKA
WJR
KFAB
Wren
Ronnie Laddies
Kdka Wir
WLW
Wren Wibo
Chicago Civic Opera
Aida
Amos
Andy
KYW
KWK
KVOO
WOAI
Bob
Walter Wilson
Paxty
WENR
WGN
WLIB
NBC
Pratt and
Sherman T
Tabernacle
Cincinnati
Moe
Central
Damrosh Orch
Rolfe Orch
Temple of the Air
KKGO
KHQ
KOMO
KGW
KPO
KFI
KOA Ksl
KGO
Far West
Lombardo
KLZ
KFRC
KFPY
KVI
Echoes
Vii
KDYL
KHJ
KOLN
KLZ Kdyl
KNX
Lombardo Orch
Hotel Orch
Maybe I’m Wrong by John P Medbrury
A collection of short satirical pieces from 1929 lampooning American society. The jokes touch on efficiency, travel life, money misfortune, red tape, and domestic quips with a vaudeville flavor and witty one liners.
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John P. Medbrury
Stars Attend Dedications as Theatres Open Coast to Coast
Hollywood pushes stars to appear at new theatre dedications in San Diego and San Francisco. Paramount grants Buddy Rogers a vaudeville engagement during film work to satisfy the rule that a star must be seen widely.
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Tion
San Diego
San Francisco
Paramount
Buddy Rogers
Togo the sled dog to be killed and stuffed for Yale museum
Togo, an 18 year old sled dog who helped carry diphtheria serum to Nome, will be killed to end his old age suffering. His body will be stuffed and displayed in a Yale museum. He was given to Mrs. E P Ricker Jr by Leonard Seppala, who drove him to Nome.
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Associated Press
Poland Spring
Togo
Husky
Nome
Yale
E. P. Ricker, Jr
Leonard Seppala
AFL President backs ILGWU on strikes for better conditions
William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, told delegates in Cleveland that the federation would support the International Ladies Garment Workers Union in any strikes they call to win improvements in working conditions.
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Cleveland
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Thee International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Federation of Labor
Cigarette Prices Cut By Stores In New York
New York on December 7 reports chains including tobacco grocery and drug stores cutting cigarette prices to 12 cents per package and cartons of ten for 1.18. The reductions apply across the come ry with new retail prices below listed wholesale prices. Discounts allow a small profit if handling costs are not counted.
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Associated Press
New York
Bill to correct land title for Live Oak Naval Reserve parcels
A bill introduced by Representative Kemp would provide conforming title to land formerly part of the Live Oak Naval Reserve in St. Mary Parish Louisiana. The land is now abandoned and the measure seeks to formalize ownership in land records.
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Associated Press
Washington
Live Oak Naval Reserve
Navy Commissioners Island
St. Mary Parish
Louisiana
Kemp
Orleans Lawyer Honored With Legion of Honor
Andre Lafargue of New Orleans, prominent attorney and Louisianan history expert, received the Legion of Honor commander insignia from Maurice De Simonin, the French consul general, during a ceremony in New Orleans.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Andre Lafargue
Louisiana
France
Legion of Honor
Maurice de Simonin
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G. B. Faul
W. Worthington
Monroe
Associated Pree
KATZ
Detroit
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Kansas City
Dallas
Honoulu
Christian Science Monitor
John Marshall
Lincoln
Patrick Henry
Mammon
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Herbert Plummer
PARTY
TEM
Viwes Syedeen Be
Ukrest
By Richard Maslock
Stace
F. S. Harper
C. E. Faulk
R. P. Benson
J. B. Mitchell
M. McClendon
J. T. Brown
H. D. Catlitt
T. L. Hood
A. E. Mitchell
Messrs. H. Hamilton
W. A. Kirkpatrick
I. Faulk
Rev. Ledbetter
Chas. Tide
A. J. Herring
J. J. Herring
Jackson
Miss
San Antonio
Embassy
Harry K. Thaw
Arkansas Gazette
Springfield Union
Congress
Norfolk
Virginian Pilot
By Robbin Coons
Carlond
Central Clear Channel
Tony
Des Moines
Wcx-Wir
Wayne
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Kmox St. Louis
Friendship Club
Feature
Willis & Lillie
Southern Clear
Hannel
WSB
Brown
WSB Skylark
WAPI
Birmingham
WFAA
WEAP
Fort Worth
Hall
Jubilee Singers
Louisville
WSM Nachville
Western Chain Stations
America
Roxy Theatre
Jonah
Orleans
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