All Is Finished as Kings and Money Guide Nations
In Brisbane This Week reflections on Belgian king's death, Mussolini and democracy, and hopes for prosperity tied to government spending. Henry Ford dismisses depression and stresses work and a stable dollar, while comments on gold and national economies frame a wary postwar mood.
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Ford Army Airmail
Belgium
Richard C. Grant
America
Grant
Mr. Grant
Uncle Sam
Ford
Army air mail pilots to join service for mail routes
Army planes carry the mails with army pilots performing duties equal to civilian fliers. It is hoped army pilots receive pay at least equal to commercial pilots and that civilian air mail workers may transfer into the army service with comparable compensation. The move stems from Roosevelt and Farley’s conviction that private air mail contracts were tainted by fraud and may prove valuable to the nation.
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Army
Army Air Mail
Army Air Mail Service
Roosevelt
Farley
Roosevelt Plans Sugar Market Allotment Amid Global Disturbance
President Roosevelt aims to allocate portions of the U S sugar market to each producing territory to prevent overproduction and protect suppliers from competition. The policy targets regions from Utah to the Gulf, Asia, Cuba, Hawaii and Porto Rico, stressing Cuba’s importance and potential wartime proximity.
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Utah
Gulf States
Asia
Cuba
Hawaii
Porto Rico
United States
California plan to curb workers shocks labor habits
The government outlines steps to cut CWA jobs from 85 000 to 56 000 in one state. It orders dropping workers whose family members also work, eliminating workers with other resources, and giving needy women equal consideration. The note adds a separate line condemning kidnapping as a deterrent.
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CWA
New York society notes mix wit and fashion hues
A lively column riffs on city personages and tastes from Phil Plant to Eva La Gallienne, with notes on eyewear, shirts, and socialites. It weds portrait wit to fashion, from Doris Duke to the Duke of Westminster libel suit, closing with a 1934 McNaught Syndicate date.
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New York
Phil Plant
Billy Leeds
John Farrar
Sterling Holloway
Good Earth
Stearn’s
Frances White
Coxey
Mary of
One Eye Connelly
Bugs Baer
J. Harvey McCoy
Betzi Beaton
Lawrence Weber
Earl Carroll
Fannie Brice
Alice Freeman Palmer
Barbara Hutton
London
Duke of Westminster
Paris
Suzy Pommier
Little Brown Co
William Goodby Loew
THAT FUNNY FEELING
A brief vignette shows young Bobby excited on the eve of a party. He explains being excited as “being in a hurry all over” to his mother, who questions the meaning in a gentle, humorous exchange.
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Bobby
London
Fourth Grade Critique Highlights Speech Errors
A fourth grade boy read a weekly English composition for critique. He mistakenly wrote "Edgar did not bit ally one of the birds" prompting classmates to note his mis pronouncing "airy" instead of "nairy."
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Edgar
William
Olive branch joke at court ends with no olives
A lawyer pleads for settlement claiming an olive branch was offered eighteen months earlier. The judge replies that the branch had no olives, highlighting the lack of a real settlement offer.
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Boston Transcript
Time Flies Question Prompts Congress Debate
In a Washington Star excerpt Senator Sorghum weighs the balance between quick wit and careful speech. The exchange centers on how pondering too long may cause one to miss opportunities in political discourse.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Rain and mud trickle through equal justice joke
Two locals joke that rain falls on both the righteous and the guilty as they share a humorous quip about everyone getting stuck in mud. The line plays on common moral platitudes to poke fun at equal misfortune.
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Tom
Jack
Very Bad Dianne Sevens Review Cited By Chicago News
A seven year old girl describes a movie as very sad with one death and a marriage. Her aunt asks how she liked it and the child says viewers should take handkerchiefs. The Chicago News quotes the child’s remark.
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Dianne
Chicago News
Fair Exchange in a Neighborly Rake Trade
A garden hedge conversation reveals a barter pact between neighbors. One asks to borrow Thomson's rake occasionally in exchange for using Jones' roller when needed. The exchange highlights practical neighborly reciprocity in everyday chores.
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Thomson
Jones’ Roller
Consolation in Jail Remarks Refer to Son’s Joyride
A Border Cites Star report notes that someone says it is dreadful to have one's own son in jail for joy riding and adds a grim comfort in knowing where he is at night.
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Star
Round Trip Blinks Joke on Ground Floor Entry
A quick quip recalls a man who leaped from a twenty fourth story window and another who jokes he was always getting in on the ground floor.
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Blinks
Jinks
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