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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1936
Page
6
Washington reports rising rivalry among Venice gondoliers as hundreds of reconditioned retired gondolas return. War and oil bans shaped the revival. Tourists seek night rides through damp mists past bridges and dim doorways toward festive water parades and the Redentore festival.
Venetian businessmen favor motor launches or Grand Canal steamers for quick travel while American tourists expect colorful gondolas. Gondolas are long and slender with upcurved ends and seat one to six passengers. In wind they rock. otherwise ride is gentle. The Grand Canal resembles an aquatic Fifth Avenue flanked by marble palaces, with side canals and balconies filled with flowers.
The Welsh Society of Philadelphia claims greater age than the United States, tracing to the Society of Sons of Ancient Britons formed to aid immigrants at the port in colonial days. First noted in the Pennsylvania Gazette, the group met yearly on St David's Day. Members include Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln and Charles Evans Hughes.
A committee of industrial leaders led by Lewis H. Brown will study the influence of agricultural welfare on industry. They aim to clarify farm prices farm buying power and farm labor among other topics to illuminate the interdependence of agriculture and manufacturing.
John W. Aiken a forty year old hardwood finisher from Chelsea Massachusetts has been nominated for the Presidency by the Socialist Labor party.
Wilmington postal worker Louis L. Lehan declares himself the most dog bitten postman in America with 14 bites after being snapped at scores of times. He jokes about government stripes for each bite as a humorous record claim.
A column notes Patsy Kelly Lyda Roberts remake with a lion in a Keystone comedy and Mary Pickford’s One Rainy Afternoon debut with Lasky. It mentions Dracula’s Daughter with Gloria Holden and Marguerite Churchill, Dick Powell singing delay, Joan Crawford vocal studies, Technicolor challenges, and other industry tidbits from Hollywood.
The piece surveys the Black Legion's utopian plan to recruit Catholics Jews and Negroes oppose immigrants and aims to overthrow the U S government. It notes Mussolini Stalin and Hitler urging larger families while Britain Canada and Germany face new aviation and political tensions as Europe staggers toward conflict.
An easy to crochet toddler dress from pattern 5538 features a dainty frock with a plain mesh yoke serving as sleeves and collar. Uses white or colored string and sizes 4 6 and 8 with illustrations and stitch details. Send 15 cents and name address to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept 259 W Fourteenth St New York NY.
The text states work is the sole path to growth and a source of measureless good. It argues that avoiding work leaves hands, hearts, and minds undeveloped. It emphasizes that the benefits of work lie more in personal development than in external outcomes.
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