Mexico's Avila Camacho Advances Individual Land Titles
Within ten days of his inauguration Avila Camacho signals a major shift toward distributing land to individual peasants. The move reverses some ejido policies of Cardenas and promises to reshape Mexico's land reform, triggering fierce debate among radicals and opponents of the revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Avila Cambho
Avila Camacho
Zapata
Villa
Obregon
Cardenas
United States
Avila Camacho Han
Spare The Postman Mail Early This Christmas
Postmaster urges early mailing to avert last minute rushes and delays. Readers are reminded to finish shopping and wrapping, resist peeking at gifts, and send cards promptly to spare friends disappointment and reduce post office stress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Oliver
Hundred Million Day Marks Record War Expenditures
Washington orders surged to 101.5 million dollars in a day as war needs drove contracts. Ae Wright Company won 29 million, Consolidated Aircraft 18 million, Mears Linotype 600 thousand, National Tube 1 million, Baytown Ordnance in Texas about 4 thousand, with many eastern firms securing work.
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Weekington
D. C
Washington
Ae Wright Company
War Department
Consolidated Aircraft
Mavyn
Ph. Mears Linotype Company
National Tube
Bavtewn Ordnance Forks
Tex
Ulue B
Week Before Christmas Cheer For Local Helpers
In the run up to Christmas, a festive mood fills the town as residents urge sharing greetings with shop sales staff, delivery workers, and other local helpers. The piece thanks those who sustain daily life during the season and encourages generous spirit.
The Army Bugle Replaced By Buzzer At Camp Upton
The piece laments modernization as Camp Upton introduces a buzzer sergeant waking troops with taps and reveille by button and wire. It questions tradition from Valley Forge to Soissons, imagining a future of electric alarm calls and mechanized war, inviting reader reaction.
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Valley Forge
Gettysburg
San Juan Hill
Soissons
Upton
Reveille
Great White Sway Debate Denial Heads Queens Colleges
Ex Kaiser Wilhelm rejects return to Germany. One man waits for final score as Whitestone Bridge in New York sways public opinion. Heads of Queens and City Colleges deny communist influences in a headline sparring note.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Whitestone Bridge
New York
Queens
City Colleges
Our Children by Angelo Patri
School health piece urges parents and teachers to curb sniffing by using paper handkerchiefs and keeping noses clean. It highlights adenoids, diseased tonsils, and repeated colds as linked issues and promotes medical removal where needed.
Washington Daybook on McNutt and Jones in Roosevelt era politics
The Washington scene shifts after the Chicago convention as Jesse Jones and Paul V. McNutt rise in influence. McNutt adds health and welfare duties to national defense coordination while Jones expands role as commerce secretary and federal loan chief. Both figure prominently in Roosevelt’s 1940s political calculus.
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Washington
Chicago
Jesse Jones
Paul V. McNutt
Jones
McNutt
Social Security
Public Health Service
United States Office of Education
National Youth Administration
Roosevelt
Indiana
American Legion
Philippines
Henry A. Wallace
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Holiday visitors from across the country
A list of holiday guests includes Mr. Jack Robinson of Salem New Jersey with brother Furman P. Robinson and Leon Hammond, Evelyn Barbour visiting Vicksburg Mississippi, radio concert plans for Fort Worth, and guests Mr. and Mrs. E C Bartlett hosting J W McDowell from Little Rock in Shreveport. Margaret Atkins of Ruston comes to visit the Atkins family for the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Robinson
Salem
N. J
Furman P. Robinson
Leon Hammond
South
New Orleans
Evelyn Barbour
A. D. Fountain
Vicksburg
E. C. Bartlett
J. W. McDowell
Little Rock
Ark
Shreveport
Cedar seized from yard for Christmas tree
In Indianapolis a strong-armed thief cut down and carried off a 10 year old cedar from Mrs. E. L. Macy’s yard just before the holiday, the tree intended for a Christmas display.
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Indianapolis
Heart Disease Tops All Causes In 1939 U S Deaths
Washington reports 1939 deaths total 1,387,897 with heart disease responsible for 360,6 percent of all deaths, far above cancer, cerebral hemorrhage, nephritis, influenza and pneumonia, TB, accidents, homicides, and other causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Jones Seeks 5 Million Dollar State Loan
Governor Sam Jones said he would ask the legislature to approve borrowing 5 million dollars by the state board of liquidation to cover an estimated 4 million dollar deficit before July 1 with a similar shortfall anticipated next year. Opposition to the plan has emerged and alternatives are urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Sam Jones
State Board of Liquidation
Jones
Robber Steals $15 at Missouri Filling Station
In Charles, Missouri a gas station hold up ended quickly as two policemen hid behind a grease rack when a car pulled in for a fill. The driver drew a gun after reaching for his wallet and escaped with $15 as officers stood by.
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Charles
Bordman’s Sandwich Shop Tactic Backfires in Kansas City
Waitresses at Sam Bordman’s shop offered after meal inducements while a fundless man was given a sandwich and coffee. A shift in staff revealed a disturbing pattern as the stranger suggested a hot mince pie, prompting Bordman to reconsider his sales method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Sam Bordman
Desert
Bordman
Leap Year Ad Bachelors Seek Last Chance
Three men Adair Grey Morris Werner and Preston Dart sign a bold notice in the Hiawatha World calling leap year window a last chance with fifteen days remaining. The ad appears as a personal appeal from local bachelors in Hiawatha Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiawatha
Kas
Adair Grey
Morris Werner
Preston Dart
Lincoln youth charged with reckless driving on icy street
Police arrested 20 year old Don Grantski in Lincoln for reckless driving after two officers said he traveled at 45 miles per hour on a street covered with 15 inches of ice. Grantski pleaded not guilty.
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Lincoln
Neb
Don Grantski
Grantski
Buffalo fish surprises duck hunters on Kankakee River
In Kankakee Illinois Fred Shea and Peter Verhage failed to bag ducks but hauled a 25 pound buffalo fish from the river. They found the fish wedged between two ice cakes and the creature jumped into their boat as they rowed out to inspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kankakee
Ill
Fred Shea
Peter Verhage
Hurtamen
Battle in Black Drin Valley Involving Serbs and Bulgars
Two percent years ago today Associated Press reports heavy fighting between Serbs and Bulgars in the Black Drin Valley near 17 1915.
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Associated Press
Black Drin Valley
Congress shields Jones with law to hold dual roles
The piece notes how Jones earned broad respect beyond admin circles as Congress passed a special law allowing him to hold two jobs. Only one representative objected, saying we don’t want to kill him due to workload. It also mentions McNutt, Jones, and a Hawaii National Park oddly described as two separate island tracts.
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Congress
Jones
Chicago
McNutt
Hawaii National Park
Hollywood Chatter Highlights Prospects for Neil Hamilton
In a lively column, Jimmie Fidler muses that Neil Hamilton, seen in Beau Geste and What Price Hollywood, deserves another chance in film. He praises Hamilton’s looks and poise as assets, urges producers to reconsider him over new discoveries, and notes other industry tidbits from Mae West to Orson Welles.
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Hamilton
Hollywood
Neil
City Health Department
Wendy Barrie
Paulette Goddard
Mae West
Vege
Folies Bergere
Rosemary Lane
Orson Welles
A gracious tribute to Fannie Hurst cited by Louis Nizer
George Tucker notes a rare kind word in the theatre world. He cites Louis Nizer praising Fannie Hurst as a fine woman with social righteousness and sees the remark as worth framing. He recalls Broadway’s reality of make believe props and the line between play acting and serious stakes.
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George Tucker
New York
Brosedway
Louis Nizer
Fannie Hurst
Nizer
Miss Hurst
Miss Hurt
Frank Morgan
Monty Woolley
Broadway
Youth Struck by City Bus Recovers as Police Seek Shouting Witness
Harold Barnett 18 Bastrop rests in St Francis Sanitarium after a bus strike on DeSiard road Friday night. He suffered a broken leg and back injuries while walking from Brown Stadium toward downtown. Police seek a boy who shouted to Barnett just as the impact occurred.
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Harold Barnett
Bastrop
St. Francis Sanitarium
DeSiard Road
Brown Stadium
Barnett
T. W. Dent
Monroe
Noted Man Claims throat cut was friendly dispute
Kansas City police questioned 50 year old Fred Strauss after an eight inch gash opened in his throat narrowly missing his jugular He claimed it was a friendly quarrel and refused to identify the assailant saying it was just a little trouble between friends.
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Kansas City
Fred Strauss
Strauss
Radio Schedule Mix Shows and Talks Across Networks
A dense, period radio listing outlines multiple programs across time slots with hosts, such as Tom Mix, Captain Midnight, and Edwin C. Hi, plus news briefs, dances, and musical orchestras. It notes time adjustments for CST MT and highlights serials, dramatic sketches, quizzes, and war news segments across east west networks.
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W. van Dyne
Nboeweal News
Abe-Wje
King Arthur
Nbe-Biveswest
Mbs-Ghais
Edwin C. Hi
Che-Wabe
Abe-Weat Bil Stern
Bota
Ireene Wicker
Jack Leonard
Bod Barton
Paul Sullivan
Arthur L. Phelps
Mbe-Chain
Thomas
Mbaethain
Europe
Yonda
Mr. Keen
Lanny Mets
Cbs-Wabes
Morgan
Mbs-Chain
Weaf
Branley Meehan
Enor
Tom Powers
Oba-Wabe
Atihuy Hale
Kaltenborn
Aence Dence
Johnny Presents
Enbow Ben Bernie
Heire
Wylie Willams
Horace Hell
Uncle Jim
Ned Jordan
Antonini
I8ler Davis
Grand Central Station
We, the
Kradio
Eba
Wjs
Glenn Miller & Orchestra
Cbe-Wabe
Raymond G
Mbs-Wor
Nbe
Mbs
Nbe-Wear
Edward Weeks
Dancing Music Orchestra
Mbs-Chain Broadcasting War News
Cbhs
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Walter
Anea
Jeage
Atlanta
Dallas
Dotr
Leute
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Los Angeles
Associated Kresssted Press
Tocal News
BH. L Prilli
Camp Upton
171Th Infantry
Ietenta
Supreme Court
Associated Newspapers
Our
Angelo Patri
Washington Daybook
Margaret Atkins of
Ruston
Mra. P.M. Atkins
Jimmie Fidler
Carroll Naish
Rio
Naish
Ann Sheridan
Davis
Warners
Johnny and
Rory Weissmuller
Marlene Dietrich
Charles Boyer
Tamara Geva
Laird Cregar
Santa
Crosby
Edith
Vincent Price
Barrett
Carmen Miranda
Sam
Hotfenstein
Mth Century- Fox
Brazil
Hoffenstein
Dante
McNeught Gyndicate
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