Churchill Speech Reflects Tory Struggles and Socialist Echoes
Churchill's Wolverhampton rally sparks emotion as he credits welfare-state groundwork to pro Socialist Tory governments. The piece notes Tory fears of a Labour-led shift, mentions a possible national government led by Sir Stafford Cripps, and traces economic origins to the 1920s amid rising unemployment and cautious industrialists.
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Winston Churchill
Wolverhampton
Churchill
Fred Vanderschmidt
London
Newsweek
Socialist Police
England
Britain
Stafford Cripps
Cunard Line
Queens
Poll tax history and postwar push for abolition
After the Civil War Southern states used poll taxes to bar Black voters with both Black and white poor citizens affected. Seven states still required the tax, while the House passed anti poll tax legislation for federal elections, facing Senate southern obstruction mirroring past defeats.
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Alabama
Arkansas
Mississippi
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Washington
House
Senate
Kangaroo Verse Plea From Ogden Nash
A playful Nash rhyme praises a zoo bound kangaroo noting gratitude for being safe in the enclosure. The quip contrasts the creature with boomerang danger and winks at tangy meringue imagery.
Water The Great Sport Hazard And Its Unlucky Lovers
A humorous essay laments water as a danger to athletes who push its limits for sport and glory. It cites sailors and swimmers like the Livingston Brothers racing 2225 miles Calif ornia to Honolulu, detailing long journeys and overzealous preparations to reach the start line.
KURREWA Crew Fights Through Storms In Coastal Race
The KURREWA endured a storm that washed away protective gear and deck stores and left crew short of fuel. A crewman was nearly knocked overboard by a boom during a dark night while another dove for a swim and dodged a shark near the hull. Only three of nine escaped seasickness as they finished June 27 in San Pedro and faced further damage and a sixteen hour calm near Catalina Island.
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California
Honolulu
San Pedro
Kurrewa
Catalina Island
Classified Ads Offer Goods and Services Across Ontario
A dense Ottawa Hamilton Toronto and Ontario classified listing offers oils greases tires insecticides and paint sales plus farm equipment cattle collies and pigs for sale. It includes started and day old chicks hatcheries and a nonstandard variety of farm supplies and real estate listings with prices and contact details.
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London Bag Company
London
Ontario
Cattle Collins
Cecil R. Burritt
R.A
Mattawa
Beeton
SS. Pollard
New Lowell
Ont
Lassie Golden Sables
Glen Valley Collies
Glen Huron
I. Dudgeon
Orangeville
McCormick Deering
Riceville
Clarence Browniizs
Pendleton
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Great Britain
The
United States
Ogden Nash
Sir Thomas
Sston
France
Harmsworth
Imore
Livingston Brothers
Gambia
Australia
Livingstons
Melbourne
Livingston
Carter
Mog
Jolie
Frank Livingston
Richard Rheem
Morning Star
Los Angeles
Reid
Brug
Warco Greases & Ofl Limited
Toronto
Income Tax Services
Avenue’ Rd
Redferm
BABY
Fergus
Tos
Guelph
Parker's Dye Works Limited
Yonge Street
Steel Distributora Limited
Cherry St
D. Coyle
Vienna
Terminal A
Box 182
Midway
Waterloo Thresher
John Chittle
Maidstone
Sade
Eighteenth Street
New
Inmveice
Highteenth Street
New Toronto
Charles Pelton
Kemptville
Dixon
Munro’s
Elgin
Ottawa
Mungo’s
Fetcherstonhaugh & Company Patent Solicitors
Bay Street
Canada
Marvel
America
Bloor St
King St
Hamilton
Rideau Street
Mckellar General Hospital
Fort William
McKellar
General Hospital
Peachers
Stanley Gratton
Seey-Treaa
Searchmont
Tommy
University OF Toronto
School OF Nursing
Atthy
Eightees Street
Onz
Catherine Booth
Montreal
Barrie Memorial Hospital
Ormstown
Que
Protestant Hospital
St. Peter’s Infirmary
Sarnia General Hospital
Sarnia
Rubin Minard
Little Reggie
Gor
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