Edison Promotes Goldenrod as National Flower for Roads
Eastman dispatches report that goldenrod could become the nation’s emblem and source for rubber tires if Thomas Edison succeeds in large scale extraction. Five freight cars carrying goldenrod and weeds head to Edison’s Fort Myers base where he plans the final phase of five years of experiments. Skeptics doubt early promises, but Edison’s track record fuels public bets on eventual success.
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Union
Edison
West Orange
N. d
Mr. Edison
Fort Myers
Fla
Matrimony by Mail Insight From Matrimonial Agencies
A correspondent reviews mail order marriages noting sincere, serious applicants aged 18 to 78 seek compatible partners. They value home companionship and religious compatibility, reject flappers and sheiks, and agencies often help shy people find a lasting match.
Iceland's Se Independence Move and Danish Ties
The piece discusses Iceland's move toward full independence from Denmark, noting Iceland's 1918 semi‑sovereignty and 1940 foreign affairs arrangement. It mentions Icelandic parliament's last year decision to sever the remaining ties and set full independence for next year, amid Danish fishing rights and economic preferences. It references broader secession concepts with historical context and includes unrelated stray quotes from other sources.
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Denmark
Iceland
Philosopher Kings and the Call for Unchecked Rule
A column argues for philosopher kings as a cure for democracy. It imagines a society led by William James and John Dewey styled rulers, with Will Durant as mayor and a strongman enforcing order. The piece critiques voters and promotes unlimited monarchy while asserting humanity learns from democracy's mistakes.
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Euclid
William James
John Dewey
Empire State
Will Durant
New York City
Shootum
Mussolini
Italy
Philosopher Kings
Hell
Heaven
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Governor Long’s Road Politics Shapes Louisiana 1930
The piece argues Governor Long expands road spending and state projects to boost support. It notes paving reaches parishes like Jonesboro Oak Grove and Winnsboro and praises free bridges as public accomplishments. It warns of a May legislative romance with Baton Rouge and plans a new executive mansion and state house as symbols of influence.
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Louisiana
Jonesboro
Oak Grove
Winnaboro
Winnsboro
Governor Long
Ouachita
Monroe
West Monroe
Baton Rouge
Standard Oil Company
Xavier the Washington waiter and his exclusive club
Herbert Plummer profiles Xavier a jolly gray haired waiter in northwest Washington. He serves at embassies and private dinners, supports a French translating son and two other children, and lives with a premier private club of 125 waiters who form the capital’s haute monde.
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Washington
Connecticut Avenue
Xavier
District of Columbia
Legation
Haute Monde
Dawes and Waiters Tales From Dinner Parties
Charles G. Dawes recalled humorous dinners with professional waiters during his vice presidency under Coolidge. He enjoyed encounters with the same faces serving meals in diverse hostesses livery and shared a silent friendship with the staff. The note ends with regional quip about Great Leaks near Canada.
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Charles G. Dawes
Coolidge
Dawet
Plagiarism Suits Hover Over Hit Theatre Dramas
In New York a trend warns that successful plays attract plagiarism suits. Writers claim stolen ideas after submits to producers or sellers of plots. Despite sincerity, similar ideas can arise independently, yet legal costs lure producers to guard against charges.
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New York
Journey's End Piracy Charge Tangles Sherriff Play
The season introduces R C Sherriff's Journey's End amid a piracy controversy. The war play began as a diary idea by an English insurance appraiser and was written for a Kingston Rowing Club Christmas production in Surrey. It circulated to London brokers and offices before Gilbert Miller staged it in New York.
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Eugene O'Neill
R. C. Sherriff
Sherriff
Kingston Rowing Club
Surrey
London
Gilbert Miller
New York
Six Operators Waited in NYT Office for Byrd South Pole Flight
Six radio operators remained in the New York Times office through Friday November 29 to follow Commander Byrd s voyage toward the South Pole. Normally three two man shifts cover the line but all six chose to stay at their posts listening via headphones and relaying messages to Little America through Byrd base ship.
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New York Times
Byrd
South Pole
Little America
Byrd Base
Eleanor Bolling
Dunedin
New Zealand
Admiral Peary
North Pole
New York
Times
Pole
Manhattan
Governor patches war fronts as holidays loom
The article notes the Governor boosts state unity with generous support, praising Baton Rouge while signaling ongoing issues in Shreveport and a troubled New Orleans. The piece hints at political maneuvering to settle Orleans legislators in private talks as Christmas Good Cheer arrives.
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Shreveport
New Orleans
Orleans
House
Senate
Five Hundred Club entertains with prizes and luncheon
Mrs Travis Oliver and Mrs Cosby hosted the Five Hundred Club with first prize a handsome vase won by Mrs Morgan George second prize a vase to Mrs F P Stubbs and consolation vase to Mrs H H Blanks A two course luncheon followed. Several guests and visitors were noted including Miss Laula Merri! and others.
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Five Hundred
Wood Brown
Ruston
A. E. Washburn
Bastrop
W. M. Washburn
Laula Merri
Winona
Lee George
Newt Dalton
Wm. Pugh
Jones
George Holloway
el Dorado
Ark
Rayville
Belle Downes
Thankful Downey
Girad
The Gaffic of Love and Death at Theatre Guild
Stage by order of the Theatre Guild in New York presents Romaine Rolland's The Gaffic of Love and Death set during the French Revolution. Courvoisier opposes extremism while aiding his wife Sophie and lover Claude Vallee as Carnot offers escape with passports. The piece juxtaposes political upheaval with personal peril in 19th century drama.
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Deming Seymour
New York
Romaine Rolland
Theatre Guild
Jerome de Courvoisier
Sophie
Claude Vallee
Vallee
Carnot
Courvoisier
Radio Program Listings Across NBC CBS Chains
A dense schedule of 1940s era radio programs lists times and station crossovers for NBC and CBS chains. Entries name hosts orchestras and acts like Amos n Andy Hank Simmons and Olga Palmer among many affiliates across New York Chicago Cincinnati Dallas and more, with evening and late night lineups.
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New York
CBS Chain
Opera
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WLAC
WISN
WADC
WGHP
WREC
WMAQ
WOOD
WKRC
KMOX
Koil Waiu
Traciers
WHK
Kmoxx
KMBC
KOIL
WSPD
WGL
KLRA
Hank Simmons
WRRC
WCCO
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KFH
WOWO
WJZ
760
NBC Chain
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WIR
KWK
Wren Webc
WHAS
WSM
WMC
WSB
WSMB
KWOO
KFAB
WCKY
KSTP
WFAA
Harry Koren
Chauncey R. Parsons
Kdka Wir
Wren Wtm
WERC
KFAR
Foresters
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WLW
Delores Cass
KTHS
WAPI
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WREN
Amos ‘N’ AndyOnly
WTMJ
WEEC
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WOAI
WDAF
Chicago
Unelea Bob
Walter Wilson
WENR
Mike & Herman
Quin
Floorwalker
Angelus
WEAF
Dan
Sylvia
Amos
Cincinnati
Radioet
Central
Olive Palmer
Hartrison
KOA Ksl
KGO
KFI
Orch & Play
KHQ
Amos 'N
Andy
Keca
NBC Stock Co
KOMO
Far West
KLZ Kdyi
KFPY
KVI
KFRC
KLZ Kdyl
KFRO
KHJ
Koin
Music of
Russia
KLZ Kvi
Maybe I’m Wrong By John P Medbury
A 1929 King Features Syndicate humor column explodes with short, punny captions about domestic quirks and oddities. Gags include an old maid catching a burglar, overworked husbands, onion-eating brides, somnambulists, safe-crackers, and comical social observations.
Dramatic Screen Tale Stars Rains Gillette and Conan Doyle Trio
Sophie and Courvoisier flee a mob as Vallee deserts. Carnot in a pivotal clash drives the drama. Alice Brady, Otto Kruger, Frank Conroy headline with Claude Rains emotionally seizing the scene. Gillette returns as Sherlock Holmes in a lasting stage icon.
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Vallee
Sophie
Courvoisier
Alice Brady
Otto Kruger
Frank Conroy
Claude Rains
Carnot
Stage Notes and Cast for 1900s Jewish Comedy Mendel Inc
The excerpt previews a Boyd Smith drama with William Courtleigh as the patriarch and Cecilia Loftus as Abner's wife and mother, focusing on a murder motive. It also describes David Freedman’s Jewish comedy Mendel Inc featuring Alexander Carr as Mendel and a comic, teasing journey from east side home to a plutocrat’s estate.
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William Courtleigh
Boyd Smith
Cecilia Loftus
Abner
Mendel, Inc
David Freedman
Mendel
East Side
Alexander Carr
Perlmutter
Potash and
Mexican President-Elect Arrives in New York for Talks
Pascual Ortiz Rubio, president-elect of Mexico, reached New York aboard a Pennsylvania train for discussions with Mexican leaders. Former President Plutarco Calles is expected to arrive aboard the Bremen from Europe on Thursday.
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Associated Press
New York
Pascual Oreuz Rubio
Mexico
Pennsylvania
Plutarco Calles
Bremen
Europe
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