Big Increase Seen in Mental Diseases
The National Committee for Mental Hygiene marks its twenty-fifth anniversary by noting a 100 percent rise in patients under hospital care over 25 years. In 1910 there were 159,096 state hospital patients. latest figures show 318,948, reflecting more facilities and greater public willingness to seek treatment rather than a higher underlying incidence.
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New York
United States
National Committee For Mental Hygiene
National Committee
Clifford Beer
Capital Leads in Total of Crimes in Washington
Washington tops eight similar cities in crime for the first nine months of the year with the highest rates in robbery grand larceny and petty larceny. Murder burglary and auto theft trails show Washington ranks behind several peers in a Justice Department analysis.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Minneapolis
Newark
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Buffalo
Milwaukee
District Bar Association
Fur Trimmed Gown Captures Debutante Vogue in Chicago
A pastel gown shown at a Chicago Wholesale Market council preview features pale rose and silver crepe trimmed with mole borderings. The ingenue style appeals to debutantes seeking elegance in evening wear.
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Chicago Wholesale Market Council
Stigma Over Mind Diseases Lessens Through Mental Hygiene
From time immemorial to modern times, efforts have spread hopeful views of mental illness and its treatability. Public confidence in state hospitals has risen, increasing willingness to seek help with support from mental hygiene agencies.
New Patents Aid U S Defense In Night Recon and Field Mapping
The United States Patent Office issued two new defense oriented patents. One patents a night locating and illuminating device for aircraft gunners using sound detection and a search light to transmit plane position after automatic corrections. The second patent covers a field night reading and updating system using a light tight chamber data carrier and an eyepiece for reading and notating data sheets.
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Washington
United States Patent Office
Pioneers Trek 70 Miles to Herd Sheep
John Deskeret, a farmer, and his wife walked seventy miles from Nashua Montana to herd their sheep for shipment. The journey highlights early settler endurance as they moved livestock to market despite rough terrain and distance.
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Nashua
Mont
John Deskeret
Sails Thousands of Miles to Vote
Sydney voters J. P. Slack and Mrs. Slack sailed to England for a brief trip but read Australian elections would be held earlier. They hurried home to Australia and kept their promise to vote, saying they would return in time.
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Sydney, N. S. W
J. P. Slack
Wentworth Falls
England
Mr. Slack
London
Australia
Lawson
Maud Hart Lovelace
Minnesota
Fairmount
Frock Details Highlight Party Fashion
The piece notes the success of a coming out party rests on the dress. It praises the frock’s graceful flare slender skirt fur accented slit hem peplum and wide collar as key style elements shaping the event’s impression.
Uncle Sam to Deliver Gifts on Christmas Day
Postmaster General James A Farley announced that for the first time since 1928 gift parcels will be delivered on Christmas Day in all cities with regular delivery service. No postal workers will be compelled to work, though many substitutes and temporary employees are expected to take the extra pay.
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Washington
James A. Farley
Farley
Giant Victoria Regia Lily Draws Texas Attention
A 52 inch diameter Victoria Regia water lily in a University of Texas biological pool draws zoologists. The bloom’s size and floating leaf supporting a 50 pound child highlight this Amazon native plant while attracting campus curiosity.
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Texas
Austin
University of Texas
Amazon River
College prospects and the clash of generations
Beverly Hills reflections compare the old college era with today as graduates face a wrecked world and lost opportunities. The speaker notes shift from rosy post graduation futures to a tough present where youth seek new paths while elders pine for the past.
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Beverly Hills
Vanderbilt descendant builds plane for travel
The Vanderbilt family branch led by William K. Vanderbilt has reportedly built a large personal aircraft. Maury Paul notes the great grand son plans an independent line avoiding railroads and yachts, focusing on air travel for long trips.
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Commodore Vanderbilt
Staten Island
New York Central
William K. Vanderbilt
Maury Paul
Vanderbilt
One Hundred Thousand Pale Pink Communists Debated
Mr West of the Junior National Chamber of Commerce dismisses claims of one million five hundred thousand Communists plotting to overthrow the government. He argues actual enrolled Communists are under thirty thousand with perhaps another hundred thousand pale pinks, noting even large numbers would not sway the vast majority of Americans.
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Mr. West
National Chamber of Commerce
Tooley Street
England
West
End Poverty in America plan by Hopkins stirs debate
The term EPIA short for End Poverty in America is described as a new letter arrangement by Harry L. Hopkins, Roosevelt administrator. Critics worry about the cost of subsistence homesteads rural rehab and relocation schemes and government loans for tools livestock and equipment.
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Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
America
Upton Sinclair
California
Hopkins
Who's Who Lists Hitler and Garbo in New British Volume
The new British Who's Who includes Hitler with two lines while Frances Perkins is omitted. Greta Garbo and Upton Sinclair receive entries. Leonardo da Vinci and Christopher Columbus are referenced in a quip about omissions. The duke of St Simon is noted for scant Voltaire mention.
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Hitler
Frances Perkins
Greta Garbo
Upton Sinclair
Leonardo da Vinci
Christopher Columbus
Duke of St
Washington asks if to spend or not in relief plan
The President faces a budgetary choice, weighing a full relief program against asking Congress for about nine billion dollars. If approved and inflation bonds are issued, the total cost could rise to eighteen billion dollars with interest.
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Washington
Congress
Long reports 1 460 000 in share the wealth plan
Senator Huey Long claims enrollment of 1 460 000 Americans in his share-the-wealth plan. The piece notes existing New York and Chicago groups and mentions some adherents serving time in Atlanta Colorado and San Francisco facilities.
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Huey Long
Louisiana
New York
Chicago
Senator Long
Atlanta
Colorado
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco
Tivoli Teacher Acquitted After Hose Beating Trial
In Tivoli New York a jury acquitted a 37 year old teacher of beating a 13 year old with a rubber hose and allegedly striking him with a fist. The defendant admitted the hose but denied the fist blows. The courtroom cheered at the verdict.
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Tivoli
N. Y
Declining heiress Edythe Townsend Found Dead
Reporters recall Mrs Edythe Townsend once rich witty and beautiful who visited the White House. Police say she died by gas in a small furnished room at age fifty eight, described as ill lonely impoverished despondent, erasing her past grandeur.
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Edythe Townsend
White House
Senator Borah Seeks GOP Reorganization to Favor Liberals
Senator Borah urges the Republican party to reorganize giving its liberals the control and driving out reactionaries. If enacted, the move would reshape leadership balance and reduce conservative influence within the party.
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Borah
Republican Party
King Features Syndicate, Inc
WNU Service
New York Celebrities Quietly Parade On Streets
A parade of names and city sights appears in a breezy walk through Manhattan. Rae Van Buren, Buster Keaton, Mary Roberts Rinehart and others mingle with venues like the Sherry Netherland bar and Park Lane dining rooms. Floyd Gibbons recounts a blistering pace, then relief, as Central Park beckons and he rests.
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New York
England
Rae van Buren
Buster Keaton
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Beekman
Fred Stone
Sinclair Lewis
Lewis
Walter Chrysler, Jr
Noel Coward
Albert Keller
Times Square
Jimmy Savo
Lady Mountbatten
Guernsey
Curran
Park Lane
Floyd Gibbons
America
Gibbons
Central Park
Thrill seeker meets veteran cartoonist Zim in Horseheads
H T Webster visits his boyhood idol Eugene Zimmerman known as Zim in Horseheads New York where the aging cartoonist draws a weekly Elmira paper cartoon. Webster finds a long fantasized moment when he discovers a letter he wrote at age sixteen framed on Zim's wall. The piece notes Zim's half century in Horseheads and his leisure activities.
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H. T. Webster
Horseheads
N. Y
Zim
Webster
Eugene Zimmerman
Elmira
Tommyhawk
Wis
Lesson on The Supper Jesus Gave His Friends
December 16 lesson text from I Corinthians 11 23 34 centers on the institution of the Lord's Supper with the golden text about proclaiming the Lord's death. It covers why observers partake and recognizing Christ's presence in the supper across junior, intermediate, senior, and adult topics.
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Jesus
Jesus Christ
God
Christ
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