Changes in London as metropolis expands and modernizes
The article surveys London’s rapid growth with 600,000 new homes and vast flats, the demolition of historic hotels and landmarks, and the rise of modernist offices like Shell-M Mex House. It highlights new suburbs, industrial shifts southward, and the vast London Transport system meeting rising passenger flow, plus urban life scenes and street culture amid wartime moods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU
London
Metropole
Adelphi Terrace
Cecil
Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Express
Fleet Street
British Broadcasting Corporation
Shell-Mex
Strand
Bush House
Aldwych
Canada
Australia
South Africa
British Commonwealth
Middlesex County
Surrey
Kent
Essex
Mertfordshire
Regent Palace Hotel
London Transport
Is Board Thes
Historic Hoaxes and The Brassiere Campaigns Revealed
A retrospective look at hoaxes from 1928 and earlier shows how a Fort Atkinson editor and friends spread a brassiere scare. It notes the Kitchener body mystery publicity stunt and warns that many so called rare items are fake reproductions, with the Library of Congress housing the genuine copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halbert L. Hoard
Jefferson County Union
Fort Atkinson
Wis
Bert
Congress of the
United States
State Board of Health
Hoard
Hubert Hoard
Marriage Certificates Preserved at Summerset House
London Answers reports on famous marriage certificates kept in Summerset House London. George Fox founder of the Quakers married in 165? with 22 witnesses signing the register. The celiicate of marriage of Walter Pens founder of Penn leads dates and 43 signatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flattons
Summerset House
London
Magszine
George Fox
Quakers
Wailer Pens
Penneyls
Unclear article on Robert H. Jackson and associates
The image caption describes Robert H. Jackson as the busy director of the government's trustbusting forces, handling anti-trust prosecutions in New York federal courts while campaigning for New York governorship. It shows Rep. William P. Connery Jr. and Justice Hugo L. Black prior to his Supreme Court nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
League of Nations
Malden Lane
Bombay
India
London
Shoe Lane
St. Mery the Axe
Lime Street
Whitehall
Lord Kitchener
England
France
Frank Power
Norway
Kitchener
Russia
Power
Powler
Arthur Vectis Freeman
Robert H. Jackson
New York
William P. Connery, Jr
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Black
What Education Is For
No man regrets going to college even if it doesn't make money. It gives understanding to comprehend many things. Some youth mistakes are missing chances for pleasure. The tiny town thrill of runaway horses is gone. True dignity tames impertinence. Much crime stems from young men refusing to work for a living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Underground
London Transport’ Board
New York
London
Roosevelts anti trust drive seen as modern reform
The piece argues that the current anti monopoly campaign echoes past trust busting but on a larger stage with radio and national scope. It notes Jackson and Ickes as leaders, cites pending cases including Aluminum Company of America and Ethyl, and details the expansion of enforcement through the Justice Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Roosevelt
Anti-Trust Division
Department of Justice
Alnen
Roosevelt Fleet
Jackson
Georgia Bar Association
Aluminum Company of America
Trust-Busters
Charles Martin Hall
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Bafety
Britain
World
el London
SS Paul's
Royal Horse Guards
Ulster County Gazette
Kingston
N. Y
George Washington
Gazette
Philadelphia Centennia
Library of Congress
Phil
Uncle CK
Truat Buster
Joseph W. Labine
Washington
Robert Houghwout
Houghwout
Met
Fam
Wilson
Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Ment
Hall
Ethyl Gasoline Corporation
Earl C. Webb
John Coard Taylor
Antitrust
War Club
Federal Courts
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Systems
Aluminum Company
Pennsylvania
Party Dress Guild, Inc
Madison
Interstate Circuit, Inc
Milwaukee
Wes
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
Wes HS
Gevert
Ben. Ellison D. Smith
South
Sosiah Bailey
North Carolina
Wiliam E. Borah
Idaho
Senator O'Mahoney
Texas
Emerson
Gerusne Ruiol
Blaise Pasca
Cedar Repu
Ave
Poersela Farur
Speer
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