Notable Death and Political Turmoil Across Front Pages
Famous actor Sir Rogers and aviator Wiley Post died in a plane crash near Alaska while on an aerial trip. The day’s political arena featured battles with lobbyists over utility control, a delayed Ohio special election, and President Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act amid broad support from Wagner, Perkins, and Costigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Charles V. Truax
Rhode Island
Davey
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House of Representatives
Robert F. Wagner
New York
John Lewis
Maryland
Frances Perkins
Pat Harrison
William King
Edward P. Costigan
Union plans heat up for United Methodist church formation
Illinois brief items report that a union forming the United Methodist church is under study by three denominations in Evanston, Illinois, to be submitted to their general conferences. The plan envisions six regional conferences and a new organizational framework pending ratification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Methodist Protestant Church
Evanston
United Methodist Church
Panenne
Chicago
Farmers’ Independent Council of America
Dan D. Casement
Manhattan
Kan
Stanley F. Morse
South Caroline
Chris J. Abbott
Nebraska
Clyde O. Patterson
Illinois Jersey
Charles W. Burkett
Agricultural Authority of
New York
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station
L. G. Tolles
Connecticut State Grange
E. V. Wilcox
District of Columbia
Fred L. Crawford
Michigan
He.be. Dorsett
Pennsylvania State Grange
Kurt Greenwald
Charles BE
Collins
Colorado
Acan National
Live Stock Association
Wyndham Joyce
United States Air Corps
Rantoul Field
Norton L. Mitchell
Freeport
Charleston
Fred Blackford
Zack Scott
Cole County
Laureten Mae Struck
Otto
du Quoin
Bruno Hileman
Jones
Boro
Big Muddy River
Grand Tower
Oscar Gurley
Lamber Ochsenschlager
Aurora
Gurley
Illinois
General Assembly
Martin Durkin
Lake County
Seoming
Harold F. Pillifant
Waukegan
State Department of Public Health
Springfield
Ilinois
Frank J. Jirka
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
J. J. Pieper
Illinois Central
Interunion
Ilinois Central
Ira Fitzgerald
Wesley Westbrook
Department of Public Welfare
Horner
A. L. Bowen
Manteno State Hospital
Stateville
Dixon
Lincoln
James Jerome Davis, Jr
J. J. Davis
Hast St. Louis
William Shemronnek
H. W. Anderson
University of Taois
Will Rogers Dies in Alaska Plane Crash
Will Rogers and Wiley Post perished when their plane crashed about 15 miles south of Point Barrow Alaska. The Oklahoma cowboy and famed humorist had long supported aviation and wrote a daily newspaper column read nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Rogers
Oklahoma
Wiley Post
Point Barrow
Alaska
America
Post
Rogers
Ollogah
Indian Territory
Willie Hassell
Neosho
Kemper Military Academy
Boonville
Hammerstein Roof Garden
New York
Ziegfeld
Western
Union
Rogerisms
Russia
West
Barnabas The Conscientious Helper Of The Early Church
A compact study of Barnabas from Acts shows him as a man renamed from Joseph full of the Holy Spirit and faith. He sold property to aid believers, befriended Saul, helped Antioch grow, and funded relief to Jerusalem, illustrating practical philanthropy and statesmanship in early Christianity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnabas
Joseph
Simon
Peter
Saul
Paul
L. Barnabas
Jerusalem
Antioch
Mediterranean Sea
Syria
Lord Jesus Christ
God
Agabus
Judea
A Strong Will in Good and Evil Actions
A reflection on the necessity of a strong will to do good and avoid evil, noting that true modesty may lie in disciplined restraint rather than outward display. Count Mole argues willpower protects against immoral acts and underscores inner moral strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mole
Lies One Le in Word or Act Opens the Door to a Thousand
A quatrain-like reflection on truth and deception by Q. and Marden. It speaks of a single falsehood opening vast consequences while truth forms a protective circle that, when crossed, ends in darkness. The aphorism emphasizes moral weight and the danger of deceit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee
Associated Gas System
Wheeler-Rayburn
Cox
Georgia
Hopson
O’connor
House
Senate
Black
Anthony Eden
England
Pierre Laval
France
Baron Pompei Aloisi
Italy
Paris
Eden
Laval
Baron Aloisi
Mussolini
Il Duce
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Great Britain
Marden
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edward W. Pickard
Western Newspaper Union
Sir Rogers
Fairbanks
Asia
Seattle
Sergt
Stanley R. Morgan
Signal Corps
H. C. Hopson
Howard
Associated Gas and Electric Utilities System
Hugo Black
United States
Senator Borah
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
la Follette
Borah
Idaho
Norris
Wallace
AAA
Associated Press
Bill Jones
Bill
Federal Treasury
Sec
Unday School
Ay A. P. B. Fitzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
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