Roosevelt Pushes National Plan to Restore American Merchant Fleet
President Roosevelt advocates restoring American shipping to support commerce and defense. The plan, led by P. Kennedy, calls for $10,000,000 to start subsidies and five new vessels, aiming at a $450,000,000 five year program with mail subsidies and expanded shipbuilding. It envisions federal support boosting domestic yards and related industries.
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Epic
Tgram
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Gram
Camping as a changing American outdoor ethic and trend
The piece reflects on open season for camping driven by wanderlust and a nomadic spirit. It contrasts seasoned outdoorsmen with new light travelers who travel light, seek solitude, and adapt to evolving wilderness access while motorists expand the frontier and skewer old camping norms.
North Carolina Considers Tax on Criminals for State Costs
A proposed idea in North Carolina would tax each person convicted in state courts to fund a crime prevention laboratory and support dependents of officers killed in the line of duty. The piece notes the concept could grow with offenses and shrink with years of crime abstention, comparing it to gasoline taxes funding roads.
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North Carolina
Hall
Color Film Era Dawns as Hollywood Sees Color Gain
The article notes color film progress has lagged led by critics like Chaplin who dismissed it as picture postcards. Samuel Goldwyn predicts a near shift to color within a year, arguing color enhances storytelling and could transform cinema.
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Charlie Chaplin
Hollywood
Samuel Goldwyn
Vance
Elcome
Ama
The Parent Problem on Haste in Spelling Lessons
The author argues speed in spelling drills harms learning and mental health. He advocates calm, pencil spelling in elementary grades and slower pronunciation to reduce anxiety, improve writing comfort, and yield better spelling results for children.
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America
All Of Us By Marshall Maslin A Man's Perspective
A narrator lies with his face in the dry earth then rises to a broader view. He recalls ants, a spider, and a life in a garden as a lesson on perspective. He finds happiness by shifting focus from little troubles to larger blessings.
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Sue
Bobby
Mr. Brown
Jumbled Snippets and Jokes From an Uneasy Day
A loose set of quips and anecdotes covers weather hints, family foibles, small-town observations, and social ironies. It juggles jokes about alimony, second marriages, fashion, popinjays, and a Salt Lake City reptile that eats dandelions, ending with a caveat on liberty and conformity.
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Salt Lake City
Togo
Bible Thought For Today Proverbial Reflection
A brief devotional note cites Proverbs 30 32 urging humility and restraint, advising readers to cover their mouths when pride or evil thoughts arise.
Hints On Etiquette In Modern Social Circles
A note on etiquette observes that the formal call is vanishing from everyday life, surviving mainly within diplomatic circles as an old custom.
Words of Wisdom Quote About Love and Life
A compact aphorism notes life as a flower and love as its honey, attributed to Hugo. The line juxtaposes life and affection, framing love as the sweetest aspect of existence.
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Hugo
The Parting and a Daring Idea of Safer Safes
A reflective poem on parting with a bank roll and paying debts. It notes a pattern of crooks stealing safes and suggests stronger safes are needed to deter thefts. The piece mentions relatives and a place called Charlotte as context.
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Charlotte
Robbins Faces Post Office Projects and PWA Jokes
Congressman Robbins holds six post offices as he tackles funding and operation hurdles. Seth Peabody jokes that PWA means Putterer Wanderin Around, highlighting local humor amid federal program debates.
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Farewell promises and trench talk in a wartime scene
A handsome figure on farewell calls promises letters and kisses as he bids ten people goodbye before heading to the front. A later joke about theater seating contrasts with financial woes as a wife recalls courting notes. A political note laments strikes harming all and asks who will lead to end them.
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United States
Moses
Life's Little Agonies and Oddities From the City
A panhandler asks for a dollar for coffee provoking a terse exchange with a gentleman. An apartment janitor keeps tenants wives in hot water and Mr Fenson travels to New York for business but often misses dinner, promising to phone.
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Mr. Fenson
New York
Brooklyn
Group Talk Etiquette and Bridge Party Prize Rules
A reader asks how to handle talkative individuals who direct conversation to one person. Advice suggests grinning or confronting offenders, with reminders that general topics suit groups. Also notes that a hostess should not win her own prize or count her score, with prizes going to the next highest.
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Markel
Dorothy
Miss Markel Offers Personal Answers By Mail
In 1937 Watkins Syndicate notes Miss Markel will answer reader questions sent with a self addressed three cent stamped envelope. Tomorrow bedroom color scheme is highlighted as a feature.
A Woman Laments Fees Drain Final Estate
A middle aged single woman recounts the painful probate process after her mother’s death. She details how fees, appraisers, and court costs drained a small estate and argues for simpler, affordable handling of small estates and state reform. She warns bureaucratic parasitism drains savings and calls for protection of families.
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Leslie Eichel
Central Press
Noted Figures Comment on Crimes, TV, Boxing and Education
Mrs. Bruno Richard Hauptmann hints the Lindbergh case may not be closed and the truth could take long and money. Lenox Lohr explains TV delays needing matched receivers and transmitters. James J. Braddock outlines tactics to outmaneuver Louis in a key bout. Dr. Harry Woodburn Chase urges youth to seize resources and face challenges. District Attorney Fitts discusses a renewed Taylor death probe kept secret to protect progress.
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International News Service
New York
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hollywood
Lenox Lohr
National Broadcasting Company
Los Angeles
Baron Fitts
William Desmond Taylor
Little by Little to the Top in Edgar Guest Poem
A reflective verse highlights steady effort inch by inch toward success, comparing small gains to climbing and noting progress accumulates over time. The piece ends with a wry line contrasting American boastfulness about size with a foreign observer's remark on bread lines.
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Miles
Edgar A. Guest
Notable Nativities and Early American History Digest
Notable births include Richard Strauss born 1864, Jeanette Rankin born 1880, and Charles Collins Teague born 1873, with notes on their professions and roles. June historical entries cover Roger Bacon death, Humphrey Gilbert expedition, Joseph Warren death, John Constable birth, and state histories from 1776 to 1878, highlighting milestones in exploration, independence, and government development.
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Charles Collins Teague
Caribou
California Fruit Growers’ Exchange
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Livingston
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The World And The Mud Puddles
A fragment describes simple safety ideas to reduce auto accidents. The narrator recalls a near collision as a lumber trailer detached from a pleasure car, veered into oncomingTraffic and struck a roadside bank in a close miss.
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