Roosevelt Faces Defeat as Smith Sweeps Several Primaries
In early primary results Governor Roosevelt receives rebuffs as Al Smith sweeps Massachusetts and Pennsylvania delegates. Smith gains momentum against the stop Roosevelt faction while Hoover-led Republicans dominate in those states. A separate Honolulu jury convicts Massie and accomplices in the Kahahawai case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Massachusetts
al Smith
Pennsylvania
New York
Smith
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Hoover
James J. Davis
Smedley D. Butler
Pinchot
Davis
William S. Ware
Louis T. McFadden
Europe
Insurgent Coalition Rules Time on Economy Bill
A bipartisan insurgent bloc in the Senate overrode leaders to push a rapid path for the $20,000,000 economy bill. They scrapped a limit of forty amendments and began breaking the measure down, including an amendment by Britten of Illinois to exempt federal employees from an 11 percent pay cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bost
Couzens
Senate Finance Committee
House
Harrison
Mississippi
Congress
Senate
Rainey
Britten of
Illinois
La Guardia alleges stock manipulation and high pressure publicity
Representative La Guardia charges the New Yorker exposed alleged stock pool manipulation in 1924 25 and names a publicity counselor tied to forged securities. He cites pools in Indian Motorcycle Savage Arms Maxwell Motors Pure Oil Simms Petroleum and Superior Oil and urges a sweeping senate inquiry into stock and bond selling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. la Guardia
New York
Senate Banking Committee
New York Stocks Exchange
la Guardia
The
New Yorker
Savage Arms
Maxwell Motors
Pure Oil
Simms Petroleum
Superior
Stock Exchange
Norbeck
Senator Couzens
Michigan
Glass
Fletcher
Walcott
Connecticut
Ambassadors and elections mix in 1932 news
OHN N. WILLYS plans retirement from diplomacy and return to Willys-Overland. Frederick Sackett receives honorary doctor degree from the University of Tübingen for efforts easing economic problems. Michigan Republicans endorse Hoover, while Georgia appoints Maj. John S. Cohen to fill an unexpired Senate term. Nazi gains challenge coalitions in Prussia and Austria. Manchuria faces rebellion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohn N. Willys
Poland
Hoover
United States
Willys-Overland Company
Gene Cssiary
Frederic M. Sackett
University of
South Germany
University of Tuebingen
Borgia
Richard B. Russell, Jr
William J. Harris
John 8. Cohen
The
Atlanta Journal
Harris
Russell
Major Cohen
Georgia
Journal
Washington
Random Thoughts on Wisdom and Fortune
A compact collection of aphorisms noting divine wisdom, uplifting perception, and the fickle nature of fortune. Plato, Phillips Brooks, and Ovid are invoked to contrast wisdom, moments of insight, and the transient wealth of life.
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God
Phillips Brooks
Sabbath Day of Rest and Worship in Christian History
The article traces the Sabbath origins as the seventh day of the week, its shift to Sunday as the Lord's day with early Christians observing both days. It notes Constantine's 321 A.D. decree resting on the venerable day of the sun and explains the later dominance of the first day over the Hebrew Sabbath in Christian practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
Constantine
Babylon Razings Under Darius and Seleucids Recounted
The article notes that Babylon was not wholly destroyed after Darius's conquest in 521 BC. A partial razing occurred in 514 during a rebellion, and Xerxes damaged the temple of Bel. It recounts the Seleucid founding of Seleucis in 328 BC and the 275 BC removal of Babylon’s inhabitants, with old Bel temple services continuing later.
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Babylon
Darius
Daniel
Xerxes
Bel
Baal
EH Sagilla
Alexander the Great
Seleucis
Practical Eugenics in Strasbourg Settlement
Albert Dachert promoted a program to pair men and women of ideal physical and mental traits in Strasbourg. The city offered a site and 150 modern houses were built for couples matched by examination and consent to raise families. Birth rates rose and citizen behavior was described as exemplary.
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Esau
Jacob
Isaac
Rebekah
God
Albert Dachert
Strasbourg
German chemist produces translucent aluminum alloy
A German chemist has created a form of aluminum by substitution in an alloy that keeps aluminum’s properties while transmitting light. The current sample shows a yellowish tint, and work continues to achieve a glass clear, colorless product.
Short Duration Mistress and traveler’s vows
A brief dialogue notes how references imply frequent relocation. The new cook explains the fiancé travels with a circus, hinting at a nomadic relationship. The exchange conveys wit and unsettled ties amid a traveling troupe setting.
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Vienna
Curious phrases haunt a quiet town restaurant scene
In a small town an aged eatery linked to a grand dame fades from memory while locals debate a cannibal metaphor and youths who treat talk as light pastime revealing a curious local ambiance.
Gavel Made From Ancient Wood Sent To MU President
A gavel carved from what may be the oldest living un petrified wood on the continent was sent to Dr. Walter Williams, president of the University of Missouri. The timber formed thousands of years ago after a volcanic eruption near Eugene Oregon created a lake that preserved tall Douglas firs in cold canyon waters.
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Walter Williams
University of Missouri
Eugene
Ore
High Cascades
Montreal Herald
Sterling library volumes copied on film preserves Yale works
Yale preserves rare Sterling library volumes by microfilm. 250 page books fit on a spool sized film. 32 hundred pages can be copied on 200 feet of film. Copying rates range from 400 to 800 pages per hour. Properly kept films are almost everlasting for consultation without risking originals.
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Sterling
Yale
Magic of a Name Teacher-Now James
A playful dialogue fragment contrasts a teacher and a student, defining exercise as work that a person enjoys, implying a lighthearted lesson on perception within a Boston Transcript style context.
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James
Jimmy
Boston Transcript
Quite Possible Haven't I Seen You Somewhere Some Time
Old friends reconnect with a playful exchange hinting at shared pasts and familiar faces. The brief dialogue captures a fateful reunion vibe and a sense of déjà vu between longtime acquaintances.
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Edward W. Pickard
Kahahawai
Honolulu
Thomas H. Massie
Navy
Granville Fortescue
E. J. Lord
Albert O. Jones
Oahu
Massie
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Frcehond
Claude G. Bowers
White House
Sen. J. J. Davis
Enator
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Democratic Party
Joe Robinson
Arkansas
Robinson
F. M. Sackett
Grand Rapids
Maj. J. S.S. Cohen
Ational
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Reich
Bavaria
Prussia
Hitler
Berlin
SAPAN
Manchuria
Manchoukuo
Sungari
Murai
Union
P. B. Fitzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute ,of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Plato
Ovid
Rinso
Jayn EsVermitage
St. Louis
St. Patrick
Rome
Ireland
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