Penelope and the Crumbling Golden Dawn Tale
Theodore Gatlin adopts a baby named Penelope to resolve marriage troubles but the marriage fails and Penelope is placed with Mrs. Gatlin. A nose injury at a game leads to Europe and Gatlin’s death in a motor accident. Years later in San Francisco psychiatrist Stephen Burt evaluates Nance Belden, a dual personality patient, aided by Dan Mc Namara.
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Theodore Gatlin
Penelope
San Francisco
Stephen Burt
Dan McNamara
Nance Belden
McNamara
Burt
Lanny
Nance
Courtroom drama tests mental state of Nance Belden
In a tense hearing Stephen and Nance Belden confront court proceedings. Judge remands to Superior court for grand theft origins while allowing a suspended sentence and postpones sentencing for petit larceny. Doctor Burt and Dr Blethen discuss her mental status with limited examination time cited.
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Nance
Stephen
Nance Belden
David Tyrrell
Tyrrell
Superior Court
San Quentin Penitentiary
Blethen
Stephen Burt
Doctor Burt
Carter Will
Dual personalities in a young woman in a courtroom
Doctor Burt explains a young defendant named Nance Belden as having dissociation following a mental shock. He describes two personalities A and B with amnesia for prior life, showing how morality and habit clash with impulse to steal. The judge engages as the case heads to continued testimony.
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Nance Belden
Amesia
Political graft in eighteenth century England exposed
In eighteenth century England corruption ran openly as gentry bought offices and officeholders sold positions. Newspapers advertised prices for posts, with some listings reaching as high as $15,000, illustrating a charged market in public trust.
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England
Social Security Plan Faces House Senate Hurdles
National Topics by William Bruckart surveys the long debated social security bill. It outlines a compulsory old age insurance with payroll taxes, state subsidies, and optional annuities, plus unemployment insurance and wide administration across federal and state agencies. The piece notes immense cost uncertainty, partisan jockeying, and the push to shape a vast federal program under the Roosevelt era.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Treasury
United States
Social Insurance Board
Federal Emergency Relief Administrator
Secretary of Labor
Public Health Service
Secretary of the Treasury
Stinst
Wagner
New York
Lewis
Maryland
Representative Doughton
North Carolina
Ways and Means
White House
Ickes
Department of the Interior
Western Newspaper Union
Help Scientific Study Miniature Earthquakes
Popular Mechanics notes miniature earthquakes created by dynamite charges help scientists probe deep rock structures. Sensitive instruments record tremors to locate strata as deep as 40 000 feet, map faults, measure tremor velocity, and chart alluvial depths using a Caltech outfitted truck.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
California Institute of Technology
Pimples on Face Case Prompts Cuticura Cure Claim
A Birmingham man describes severe facial and arm skin eruptions lasting three years. After trying many remedies he used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, reporting complete healing and a new outlook. Advertised by Cuticura Labs, Malden MA, Jan 1934.
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Harry R. Hall
14Th Ave
Birmingham
Ala
Cuthura Laboratories
Dept. R
Malden
Mass
Doan’s Pills Advertise Kidney Health Relief
An old advertisement urges readers to consider kidney function when tired or in pain. It promotes Doan’s Pills as a kidneys only remedy that cleanses the blood of poisonous waste, claiming worldwide use and recommendation.
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Doan
Dean
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Golden Dawn
Steve
By Peter B. Kyne
Bell Syndicate
WIU
Miss Belden
William Bruckart
National Press
Washington, D. C
Amos
Andy
S.S.S
Ry ‘ Is
Ersmith
Cutiura
WNU
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