Lima Conference signals strong bid to defend Western hemispheric peace
The Eighth International Conference of American States opened in Lima on December 9 with aims to fortify diplomacy against German Italian and Japanese influence. The Roosevelt administration lines up a broad non political delegation to promote peace and trade while facing rising fascist trends and looming questions about democracy versus fascism in the region.
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Americas
Berle
Hoover
Roosevelt
Latin America
Germany
Italy
Japan
South America
Hull
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Alf M. Landon
O. P
Landon
Newsweek
Spain
China
South
Central America
Bolivar
Canal Zone
Cause And Effect: Call for Informed Voters
A reader argues that unscrupulous politicians stem from uninformed voters. The letter emphasizes the need for informed, alert, responsible voters to end corruption in office.
Dirigible Budget Sparks Airship Debate in Washington
Washington reports the Navy plans a 3 million dollar dirigible with about one million cubic feet gas capacity. Supporters of lighter-than-air crafts push for renewed investment despite Macon and Akron disasters. Public sentiment favored building airplanes for stronger national defense. The piece notes 50 million acres in the southern states suitable for bamboo farming and a quick geocentric note on Earth’s orbit.
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Washington
Navy Department
Macon
Akron
Maharajah Prefers a Big American Car for Elephant Trails
A humor piece recounts an Indian maharajah ordering a new car for travel between Bombay and his native state. He lists five passengers plus two heavy brothers, weights given, and seeks 90 mph on rough country. The salesman jokes about trucks, elephants, and an overloaded vehicle.
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America
Bombay
Maharajah
Saleaman
Our Children By Angelo Patri
A guide for hosting children parties with practical tips on arrival, activities, and food. It emphasizes welcoming the guest, simple games, and keeping meals light to avoid illness, plus a note on Patri's book list offer and a couple of factual asides.
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Monroe News-Star
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Bell Syndicate, Inc
Government Borrowing and the Perpetual Debt Question
The Washington Letter argues against government borrowing as a cure for economic ills. It warns that piling up public debt burdens future budgets, concentrates debt in bank ownership, and restrains government action, predicting a growing debt service cost and limited policy space. The piece rejects both the idea of direct government borrowing and devaluation.
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Harvard
Tufts
Louisiana Training Institute reports record farm output this year
W J Gill leads the institute as farm directors announce 2300 barrels of corn 103 1 3 tons of hay 25 bushels sorghum seed 436 gallons cane syrup 640 bushels sweet potatoes 60 acres oats and 18 cows milking 60 gallons daily with one cow yielding eight gallons. 1000 pecan trees planned. Fred Peters and Guy P Stubbs donate trees to the grove.
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Louisiana Training Institute
W. J. Gill
Institute
Fred Peters
Guy P. Stubbs
Monroe
Pneumonia Treatment Advances Highlight Modern Medical Age
The article notes pneumonia now treated with oxygen serums and targeted chemicals, with about 28 germ types recognized. It explains diagnosis by lung examination and sputum analysis, and mentions New York state health department serum provision for types 1 2 and 5 when patients cannot obtain serum themselves.
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New York State
Health Department
Preston Foster and His Seas Were Made for Film
Movie scrapbook notes Preston Foster's sea roles most recently in Submarine Patrol. Born in Ocean City New Jersey he dreamed of six foot two to be a singer. He worked canvassing an ice house shipping clerk and Phonograph Co clerk then sang in amateur shows and on radio and with the Pennsylvania Opera Co. His Broadway discovers led to legitimate stage work.
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Preston Foster
Ocean City
N. J
Pennsylvania Opera Company
Cotton ginned in Tensas parish tops nineteen thousand bales
Special report from St. Joseph Louisiana notes cotton ginned in Tensas parish through December 1 from the 1938 crop totals 19 560 bales versus 34 582 bales ginned by the same date in 1937. Meanwhile Montana officials say salmon spawning in Flathead Lake rises despite Ocean to lake passage being cut by Polson dam.
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ST. Joseph
Tensas Parish
Flathead Lake
Montana
Polson Dam
Guiding Star Eastern Star Elects Officers at Oak Grove
Guiding Star chapter Order of the Eastern Star at Oak Grove elects officers for the coming year led by Mrs. Margaret Lusk as worthy matron and Mrs. W E Morris as worthy patron. Other officers include Mrs. M T Crowe associate matron and Mr. T Y Wall associate patron with several appointive posts to be announced at a December 13 meeting.
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Oak Grove
Guiding Star
Order of the Eastern Star
Margaret Lusk
W. E. Morris
M. T. Crowe
T. Y. Wall
B. Thompson
Waldine Roberts
Hazel Joyce
Ex-Mayor Walker Enjoys Nightlife Amid Long Island Rumor
The piece portrays former New York mayor James J. Walker and his wife Betty Compton as active in New York nightlife, dining at the Stork and Versailles clubs while facing rumors of reclusiveness. It also recounts Nadine Alexander receiving a monarchist Spain pin from Prince Alphonso de Bourbon, symbolizing lingering royal pomp in democratic New York.
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New York
Long Island
Jimmy Walker
Betty Compton
Stork
George Jesse
Versailles Club
James J. Walker
Pular
Manhattan
Nadine Alexander
East Side
Nadine
Spain
Alphonso de Bourbon
Definition of Education by John Blake
Uncommon Sense argues education should broaden a person beyond specialization to enjoy leisure and culture. LaGuardia praises a cultured citizenry capable of arts and letters, noting figures like Franklin Morse Darwin Rubens as examples of well rounded achievement.
Choudrant High to stage Silas Smidge from Turnip Ridge
Local PTA sponsors a comedy drama to be performed at the Choudrant High School auditorium next Tuesday night. Cast includes Neuras thenia Twiggs Mrs Marie Capps Miss Simplicity MecPheeters and others with names listed. Trade name Hudson seal and Canada timber notes appear in the same clipping.
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Silas Smidge
Turnip Ridge
Choudrant High School
Parent- Teacher Association Unit
Neurasthenia Twiggs
Marie Capps
Miss Simplicity MecPheeters
Zylpa Babers
Oswald Garlick
Jamar Vining
Judy
June Brewster
Florence McPheet
Radio Listings Show Busy Dec 14 Schedule Across Networks
Detailed daily network program grid lists NBC WEAF and BASIC East Midwest South Mountain Pacific stations with 4:30 PM to 1:00 AM time blocks. Highlights include Amos ’n’ Andy, Tom Dorsey Orchestra, Kay Kyser, Fred Allen Town Hall, Gang Busters, Theater of Stars, and NBC Minstrels among many regional broadcasts.
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Charles Sears
Malcolm Claire
Amos
M’ Andy
Eant
Edwin C. Hill
Reverers Quartet
Xavier Cugat Orch
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Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
Fred Allen
Town Hall
Kay Kyser
J. Messner
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Bob Trout
Enoch Light Orchestra
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Sam Abner
Paul Whiteman
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Don Winslow
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Tom Mix
Vaughn de Leath
Rollini
Jesse Crawford
Lyon and Mariowe
Lowell Thoman
Mr. Keen
Lost Persons
Dick Todd
Bert Lyter
Gray Gorden
Phil Spitainy
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