International lawlessness decried by Hull in seven point program
Secretary Hull warned that isolation is ending as he outlined seven aims for a peaceful order including economic reconstruction, adherence to law, treaty observance, non intervention, disarmament and cultural collaboration. The message drew mixed reactions in Europe while Tokyo pressed wartime priorities in China and Shanghai.
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En-Point International
America
Hull
U. S
London
Berlin
Paris
Rome
Tokyo
Franklin Roosevelt
Ontario
Queens University
Canada
Hitler
Mussolini
France
Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run continues Cleveland murder spree
The Cleveland body count rises as a headless female victim surfaces and police probe a serial killer dubbed the mad butcher of Kingsbury Run. Across the nation Henry Armstrong earns three boxing crowns in a MSG crowd rowdy with jeers as Lou Ambers falters.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
Lake Front
Kingsbury
Frankfurter, Cardozo vacancies loom in court picks
The piece notes Holmes urging Felix Frankfurter for the Massachusetts Supreme Court and his turn down by Frankfurter and Cardozo. It discusses Roosevelt era court-picking politics, worries about a liberal majority, and Norris backing Frankfurter. It also reports U S army youth emphasis and a manpower crisis with reform measures, plus Moseley criticizing national manpower.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Harvard
Felix Frankfurter
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Frankfurter
Justice Holmes
Benjamin Cardozo
Justice Cardozo
Franklin Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
Nebraska
George Norris
High Court
Adolf Hitler
England
Leslie Hore- Belisha
Great Britain
U. S. Army
George van Horn Moseley
Third Army
Camp Bullis
Texas
United States
Hollywood Seeks $1 Million Boost To Bring Audiences Back
Hollywood sponsors plan a $1 million effort to lure moviegoers back to theaters with a contest and widespread advertising. Fredric March and Florence Eldridge face stage plans after their last failed play, while Ernst Lubitsch Productions launches new producing units. The Stroud twins rise from circus acrobats to radio broadcasting and Broadway performances.
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Fredric March
Florence Eldridge
New York
Stroud Twins
Charlie McCarthy
Australia
New Zealand
South Seas
Broadway
Drop in Addiction to Drugs Shown in 1938
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau was told by Narcotics Commissioner Anslinger of a sharp drop in non medical addicts, estimated under 50,000 nationwide and about one per 3000, down from one per 1000. He cited a seized global narcotics ring led by Lepke and others, smuggling from Tientsing to supply thousands of addicts, and noted ongoing illicit drug flows into New York and steady narcotic prices. Criminals arrested numbered 3206 with 9561 ounces seized. liquor violator arrests fell to 25,884. Secret Service reported counterfeit notes at 619,290 and coins at 54,423 seized in 1938.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
H. J. Anslinger
Anslinger
Bureau of Narcotics and Customs
Jasha Katzenberg
Joseph Lvovsky
Louis Buchalter
Lepke
New York
Tientsing
China
James H. Moyle
Customs
Bureau of Narcotics
Stewart Berkshire
Internal Revenue
North
Middlewest
Frank J. Wilson
Secret Service
Lights of New York and Other Short Pieces
A collection of brief New York themed sketches and anecdotes. The editor accepts three stories after a mistaken package swap. Other vignettes include sparrow feeding on Riverside Drive, a strict Bronx apartment rule with a knitting tenant, diverse breads in New York bakeries, and a chance hallway reunion. Final note about a movie director's thriller line ends with a quip from Al Donahue.
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Bronx
Hail KMB Song Stirs Publisher Interest
The song Hail KMB, the theme for Bing Crosby and Ken Carpenter dialogue broadcasts, was written for the broadcasts but publishers now seek general circulation despite its popularity.
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KMB
Bing Crosby
Ken Carpenter
Hollywood Stars and Studio Plans Shuffle in New Year
Joan Crawford and Franchot Tone reportedly may patch up their marriage though divorce seems unlikely. Walt Disney buys 55 acres near Hollywood to build a 1 million dollar studio anchored by Mickey Mouse and Snow White. Al Jolson and Edward G Robinson return to radio in September while Cantor markets a new film Mr Average Man.
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Joan Crawford
Franchot Tone
Joan
Ben Bernie
Kay Kyser
New York University Radio Workshop
Walt Disney
Hollywood
Mickey Mouse
Snow White
al Jolson
Edward G. Robinson
Eddie Cantor
Western Newspaper Union
Store in Dixie StillRuns 72 Years Under Same Roof
James Brooks Streater, ninety three, has run the same Black Hawk Mississippi general store since 1866. He came from North Carolina in 1849, joined a Mississippi regiment in the Civil War, was wounded in Franklin Tennessee, and reopened the shop September 1, 1866. The store still looks much as it did in his youth with minimal modern pumps.
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Black Hawk
Miss
James Brooks Streater
Natchez
Nashville
Streater
United States
North Carolina
Mississippi
Franklin
Tenn
Dream House for Quints To House Whole Family
Ontario officials led by Attorney General Gordon Conant arranged a plan with guardians of the Dionne quintuplets for a new home. Mr and Mrs Dionne and their seven other children would live together, ending a key dispute over the quints wards. Two site options were discussed Trout Jake North of the Dionne homestead and a second site south of Dafoe nursery near Calender.
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North Bay
Ont
Gordon Conant
Ontario
Dionne
Trout Jake
Quints
Dafoe Nursery
Callender
Ancient Indian Pipes to Get Fireproof Security
Plans advance to store Gros Ventres religious objects in a fireproof building for preservation. The flat pipe, believed to be the world's origin gift, and the feathered pipe from a former chief during a storm are cited. Keepers have died and superstition keeps tribe members, including Christians, from handling them. Museums and collectors have offered money.
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Ft, Belknap, Mont
Gros Ventres
Egg Laying Record Set by Pekin Duck
Newport Obe reports Mrs. Dave McNeal owns a white Pekin duck that laid one egg a day for 130 days. The record surpasses the typical duck average of about 60 eggs in the same period.
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Pekin Duck
Newport, Obe
Dave McNeal
Favorite Recipe of the Week Cake and Frosting
Cream shortening honey and sugar thoroughly. Sift dry ingredients and alternate with milk, starting and ending with dry. Fold in beaten egg whites. Bake two 9 inch layers at 350 for 30 minutes. Seven Minute Honey Frosting uses egg whites corn syrup honey and vanilla. beat seven minutes then cool and frost. Top with shredded coconut.
Quotable Thought on Money and Time from Johnson
A reflection notes that money and time are the heaviest burdens of life and that the most unhappy people are those who have surplus of either but cannot use them.
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Johnson
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