Roadside Vandalism and Respect for Public Nature
The piece laments spring’s rise in roadside vandalism across public and private lands. It urges enforcement of the 1927 Pennsylvania fine for damaging state forests and condemns those who steal or pluck flowers from nature, stressing homeowners and nonowners share equal rights to enjoy nature. It cautions city dwellers against taking blooms from rural areas and calls for public education on conservation.
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Pennsylvania
New Vehicle Code Provisions Adopted by Legislature
The legislature has enacted amendments to the state motor vehicle code set to take effect September 1. Key changes raise speed limits to fifty on open roads and to twenty to thirty in designated areas, with stricter enforcement to reduce accidents. The rule also requires license holders to report address changes within forty eight hours, lowers some fees, bans U turns in certain areas without signs, and adds trailers and fire extinguishers requirements including safety glass for trailers after January 1.
Mounting Imports Undermine Tariff Revival Critics
The piece argues that rising imports without a matching export gain threatens the U.S. balance of trade. It cites Guaranty Survey figures showing March imports at 306.7 million against exports of 256.4 million, and 1936 as the year of small export surplus. It notes growing global imports, tourist and lottery outflows, and warns that farm export programs aren’t offsetting the import surge.
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Guaranty Survey
Guaranty Trust Company of New York
Dame Nature
The Parent Problem The Parent Problem
Two fears limit children to summer time electric storms and snakes. Adults influence these fears, but they can learn to manage them. Practical tips include staying away from trees, leaning away from walls, wearing rubbers, and using cars for protection during storms. Encourage calm observation and avoid scaring children.
Households hold key as buyers strike sparks price controls
The piece notes a possible nationwide housewives buying strike against rising prices and calls for enforcement of anti trust laws and cost cutting measures. It cites action like Maine repealing chain store taxes and Congress shelving price fixing bills as steps toward economy. The forecast weighs the strike’s impact on inflation and national recovery.
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Congress
Maine
Miscellany of sayings and light humor from a notional era
A jumble of quips about weather, taxes, campaigning, marriage, pets, and daily life. It cites a Oklahoma man moving his house to dodge debt collectors, a Pittsburgh man offering 200 dollars for a dog, and jokes about hats at a cathedral. Other bits touch on Arbor Day, aging, and common sense maxims.
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Oklahoma
Young Hopeful Say and the Airman
A playful exchange contrasts a hopeful youth with big ambitions and a puzzled editor. A college aspirant must finish tasks before chasing top goals, while a politician disputes a publication decoration that changes applause to applesauce.
Romance and travel misadventures and a tax evasion glare
A jumble of humorous asides includes a traveling couple lamenting a missing piano tickets and several quips about romance. A furnace misfire and a noisy morning dog wake a sleepy scene. A Washington gossip notes tax evaders named for public release.
Boss and Ephraim Dispute Over Mule Treatment
Dialogue shows a boss objecting to animal abuse while Ephraim justifies it, blaming a mule that Ali claimed was talking to his wife. The exchange highlights tension over handling livestock in a rural setting.
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Ephraim
Ali
Jed Williker’s Frugal Defense Mirrors Politician’s Spend
In a talky aside, Jed Williker defends his spending by likening himself to politicians who plead to spend money to regain form. He argues against being told how to spend by others and dismisses critics as meddling fellerin.
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Jed Williker
Jed
Fellerin
Mistaken Order and Mirthful Misunderstandings
A San Diego hardware merchant relates a humorous mix up over a scythe being requested by telephone leading to a glass cutter delivery. The tale contrasts miscommunication with a light note on mistaken invoices and a joke about spelling and dust on furniture.
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Wilbur Treais
San Diego
Dear Miss Markel Sought: Lighting glare and refectory table meaning
In a 1937 column by Francine Markel two reader questions are answered. First, glare from two windows can be reduced by adding draperies or by replacing the picture with a mirror to avoid cross light. Second, a refectory table is a long, narrow eating table from old convent halls.
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Watkins Syndicate
Bible Thought For Today
If one man sins against another the judge shall judge him but sin against the Lord who shall intreat for him I Samuel 2 25
Judge Faced with Vagrant at Bar of Justice
A pompous judge glares over his spectacles at a tattered prisoner charged with vagrancy. The prisoner admits earning a dollar, claiming he voted for the judge last election. The tale ends with an absent minded man swallowing a dime and giving a bus driver a pill.
A Scot Walks London With Catholic Friend Near Westminster Cathedral
A Scottish man walked with a Roman Catholic friend through central London near Westminster Cathedral. The brief incident notes their companionship as they passed the area, with no further details of motive or outcome provided.
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London
Westminster Cathedral
Vacation Reflections On democracy danger and peace
Central Press columnist Leslie Eichel urges readers to take vacations and ignore alarmist predictions. He argues democracy and calm, reasoned policy can lead to peaceful progress, downplays fascism and war scares, and encourages enjoying the world with a hopeful outlook.
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Leslie Eichel
Central Press
Smiths
Coughlins
Townsends
State Department
Washington
Roosevelt
What Noted People Say What Noted People Say
Mrs Martin Johnson advocates jungle bathtubs for explorers noting comfort with planning and native ports. Dr Norman Vincent Peale denounces the Committee of Industrial Organization from his pulpit urging equitable share for laboring men but condemns predatory modeled by the CIO.
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International News Service
Los Angeles
Martin Johnson
New York
Norman Vincent Peale
Collegiate Reformed Church
Committee of Industrial Organization
Neil Hamilton Returns From Abroad Aghast At Garbo Fence
Hollywood star Neil Hamilton returns after two years abroad and says he was shocked to learn Greta Garbo built an eight foot fence around his home. The remark adds to gossip about the two film icons and their circle.
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Hollywood
Neil Hamilton
Ree
Greta Garbo
Colgate Leader Urges Personal Salvation Over Plans
Hamilton N Y Dr George Barton Cutten president of Colgate University argues political salvation comes from men not schemes. He states the greatest contribution is the individual.
Quiet Solitude Adored In Edgar A Guest Verse
Just Folks by Edgar A Guest extols the solitary hour a man can claim at home or by nature. The poem contrasts the lone moment with calls of daily life, as a man seeks inner thoughts and prayer while others pass by, understanding his need to dream.
Notable Nativities and Historical Snippets Featured Today
Notable figures Mary Ellis and Malvina Hoff man highlighted as native-born performers and artists. A Magna Carta note marks June 15 1215 as a cornerstone of civil rights, with other dated items recounting Washington’s 1775 appointment and Mid-1900s events.
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John of
England
First Airship Disaster Ends Rozier’s Flight
June 15 1785 reports the first airship disaster as Jean Pilatre de Rozier perishes crossing the English Channel when his airship ignites midair. His English fiancée, watching from below, dies of heart failure upon witnessing the crash.
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English Channel
Jean Pilatre de Rozier
Adah Isaacs Menken Born Near New Orleans in 1835
Dolores Adios Fuer tes born near New Orleans on June 15 1835 would become Adah Isaacs Menken first American actress to gain world fame. Alexander Menken her lifelong name first of four husbands. Menken rose to fame as a stage star noted for being the first nude performer in American theatre setting a precedent later echoed by Sally Rand and Gypsy Rose Lee.
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Dolores Adios Fuertes
New Orleans
Adah Isaacs Menken
Alexander Menken
la Menken
Sally Rand
Gypsy Rose Lee
Etiquette Permit For Cutting Salads With Knife
A new etiquette dictates that diners may cut dinner salads with a table knife. The guidance emphasizes proper knife use at table and dining decorum.
Linguistic note on article usage before hotel name
Readers note the English rule that an is used before words beginning with a vowel sound, making I went to an hotel awkward. The line explains how pronunciation affects article choice and suggests standard usage varies by style.
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