New York Post Sold to George Backer of Labor Party
New York June 22 George Backer is named as controlling owner and publisher of the 138 year old New York Post succeeding J David Stern. Backer, 36 year old real estate dealer and Labor party ally, will join the board with his wife Dorothy Schiff Backer. Stern remains a director and will stay as publisher interim while Kolb and Finletter hold executive posts.
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New York
New York Post
George Backer
American Labor Party
Backer
Mortimer Schiff
J. David Stern
Post
Roosevelt
Stern
Dorothy Schiff Backer
Louis J. Kolb
Thomas Finletter
Labor Party
Bruce Barton
The
Dramatists Guild
Abe Lincoln
Illinois
Deaths John H. Owen 68 Farmer
John H. Owen 68 a farmer died at his home near Calhoun early Wednesday. Funeral held at Carleton cemetery with Rev. E. M. Mouser officiating. Survived by wife, children Mrs Clough Werren Gladewater Texas Mrs Leslie Butler Mrs Randall Clark Mrs Newt Calk Beatrice Owen Leon John Jr Jesse Jim Owen a brother Seth Owen of Dubach and sister Mrs Hobby of Monroe.
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John H. Owen
Farmer
Here
Carleton Cemetery
Calhoun
E. M. Mouser
Owen
Alabama
Louisiana
Clough Werren
Gladewater
Tex
Leslie Butler
Randall Clark
Newt Calk
Beatrice Owen
Leon
John, Jr
Jesse
Beauty shop wins suit after model’s burn claim
In Orangeburg a client sued a beauty shop for burns from a permanent wave. The shop introduced a curling machine in court to support its defense, and a 12 man jury returned a verdict for the beauty shop after watching the machine curl the model’s hair.
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Orangeburg
S. C
Kind act may have saved Mrs Fitzpatrick life in Missouri
In Melbourne Missouri Mrs Josie Fitzpatrick benefited from a good deed as a windstorm damaged her home while she visited a sick friend. In Hollywood film writer Leon Gordon admits blisters on heels came from walking after a car ride. He and foreman Lester Morton drove over a rattlesnake on a Gordon ranch, fled, then walked seven miles back to the ranch house.
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Melbourne
Josie Fitzpatrick
Hollywood
Leon Gordon
Lester Morton
Gordon Ranch
Spider web causes false seismograph readings at Wesleyan
Lincoln Neb for ten days Dr J C Jensen Nebraska Wesleyan physicist noted wild fluctuations on the school seismograph not from quakes but a spider and its web built from the case to the boom. Each spider movement triggered another “earthquake” on the needle.
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Lincoln
Neb
J. C. Jensen
Nebraska Wesleyan
Milwaukee Janitor Struck by Wrench Tragedy on Staircase
Janitor Buford Wright in a third floor Milwaukee apartment was struck in the chest when a slipping plumber's wrench hit him and pushed him through a doorway and down stairs. He suffered a brain concussion and bruises as a result. The article also notes olive relatives raised in California alongside lilacs and privets.
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Milwaukee
Buford Wright
U S Board Will Pay Rail Funds
Baton Rouge June 22 Rail workers who lose jobs after July 1 will not qualify for Louisiana unemployment benefits the federal railroad unemployment insurance act places compensation responsibility with the railroad retirement board The Louisiana unemployment compensation division will assist rail workers on where to file claims and how to proceed in securing rights.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Fund
B. W. Cason
Federal Retirement Board
Louisiana Department of Labor
Cason
Railroad Retirement Board
LaGuardia pushes shorter work week for new jobs
Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia meeting at the National Conference of Social Work urged a shorter work week to create extra shifts and more jobs. He faulted overtime without hiring new workers and tied wage discussions to living standards amid broader social reforms.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New York
National Conference of Social Work
Thch
United States Conference of Mayors
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Clapp
Tennessee Vallley Authority
Tennessee
John O. Walker
Farm Security Administration
Air conditioning for cows sparks debate at meeting
At the American Society of Agricultural Engineers gathering in Minnesota, M A R Kelley proposed air conditioned barns to boost cow milk production by regulating temperature. Farmer Clarence Selensky warned it may not be affordable for small operators. In Memphis, a thief robbed Sheriff Joyner’s home of $16 while he slept. The Danish navy plans two seat fighter planes built in England with eight machine guns and a top speed of 283 mph.
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ST. Paul
Minn
M. A. R. Kelley
United States Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
Washington
Kelley
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
University of Minnesota
Clarence Selensky
Sauk Center
Minnesota
England
Flush kidneys of poisons and stop getting up nights
An old advertisement urges readers to take Gold Medal Haarlem Capsules to flush out waste and acids from kidneys and soothe the bladder. It promises diuretic and kidney stimulant effects to ease backache and nighttime urination, claiming rapid improvement within days and warning against substitutes.
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Haarlem
Haartem
Holland
Rover the dog shops for meat on charge account
Kinston North Carolina June 22 L P Tyndall defends his dog Rover saying the animal never overuses a charge account and is not a glutton. When hungry Rover visits a butcher and barks for his preferred meats at the display case now often choosing frankfurters and hamburgers over beef.
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Kinston
N. C
L. P. Tyndall
Rover
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