Population trends point to near stationary US growth
Two government agricultural economists Baker and Manny present charts showing a slowing US population rise from about 1.8 million yearly to 0.8 million. They note fewer births since 1930, an aging populace, rising mortality, and project a stationary population about twenty years off, with urban areas lagging and rural groups showing surpluses.
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O. E. Baker
T. B. Manny
United States
Messrs
Baker and
Manny
Hot Dog’s Rise as American staple and trade
The piece notes hot dogs as a major American industry with international prestige, citing Review of Reviews figures of 4.5 billion annual U.S. hot dogs and 400 million pounds consumed. It credits Harry Stevens for innovations at the Polo Grounds around 1900 that popularized the compact, warm hot dog, then called by another name.
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Roosevelt
United States
Harry Stevens
Polo Grounds
New York
Stevens
T. A. Dorgan
Hot dog names spread beyond American borders noted
Cartoonist Tad coined the name around 1907. The hot dog travels beyond the United States into Japan France and Russia where it bears names such as iachie sobachi illustrating how foreigners imagine American institutions.
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Tad
United States
Japan
France
Russia
Iachie Sobachi
Third Parties Rise With Liberal Yet Not Radical Platforms
Morning papers report two movements to form a liberal third party inspired by midwestern unrest. Leaders fault both major parties and draft platforms promising share-the-wealth style guarantees, while cautioning against penalizing ambition. They warn a split field weakens any third option. Some backers spend heavily to prove their wealth.
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Democratic Party
Republican Party
America
Budget Reform in Charleston Reshapes West Virginia State Finances
A Charleston finance reform puts all state expenditures and estimates on an actual budget basis beginning this week. Governor Kump leads this move, praised for prudent appointments and expected to anchor lasting fiscal order in West Virginia as the new budget department gains prominence. Public support backs the change as a necessary step toward modernizing state government.
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Charleston
Statehouse
Kump
West Virginia
Guffey Emerges as Key Democrat in Senate Coal Bill
Washington notes Joseph F. Guffey of Pennsylvania stands out among new Democratic senators. The Pennsylvanian aims to push the Guffey-Snyder coal bill to stabilize the bituminous coal industry, a potential template for future government regulation after NRA questions. He is seen as a hard-boiled, results-driven New Dealer with conservative ties to steel and coal interests remain wary.
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Washington
New Deal
Huey Long
Louisiana
Senate
NRA
Joseph F. Guffey
Pennsylvania
Joe Guffey
Congress
Guffey-Snyder
Governent
Dave Reed
Man About Manhattan Nervy New York pieces on fame, fate and Broadway luck
A collage of New York anecdotes and opinions from a gossiping observer. Dialogues about an engagement to a best friend, Freuchen on Eskimo immortality, and a editor’s fire orders. Notes on plays that flew from cuffs to fortunes, and glimpses of Ginger Rogers, Lillian Gish, and Sloppy Joe's drinks scene.
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New York
Lillian Gish
Dorothy
Tsadore Duncan
Hollywood
Ginger Rogers
Theodore Dreiser
Seventh Avenue
Palms
Singapore
Jeeter Lester III
James Bell
Tobacco Road
Broadway
Georgia Dam Project Offers Jobs for Savannnah River Workers
The Idle residents along Tobacco Road in Georgia are offered new work as a government project builds a dam across the Savannah River fifteen miles below Augusta. Most of the Lesters and kin may secure employment if they want it.
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Georgia
Savannah River
Augusta
Lesters
Registerings A Column Of Comment And Criticism
A reflective column presents observations and opinions on public discourse. It includes commentaries, questionings, and quotations illustrating contemporary debates and media perspectives within the era.
Prospects for a CCC camp in Raleigh county brighten
Raleigh county hopes rise for a CCC camp per the Post-Herald. The piece notes sunlit days and references the Sapling Soldiers, standard labor disputes between industrial and craft unions, and mentions twenty one radio station owners in Washington. It also teases headlines about a magician's marriage and a brunette fashion trend.
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Raleigh County
the Post-Herald
Body Of Aviator Is Imprisoned In Plane
The Associated Press reports Panama July 8 that searchers believe Second Lieut George R McMahon lacks freedom after a plane crash. They found a deflated raft near Rock Island in Panama Bay and plan further aerial and water searches. First Lt Winston F Graham died earlier, his body recovered Friday.
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Associated Press
Colon
Panama
George R. McMahon
Panama Bay
McMahon
Winston F. Graham
Rock Island
Balboa
Graham
Bay
Fishing For Bass He Catches An Alligator
Xenia Ohio July 8 Joe Steele cast for bass in Huffman pond today and felt a healthy strike. For 30 minutes he battled under a hot sun, fighting his quarry to exhaustion. His catch was three feet long and had to be hauled ashore with a rope, while a half dozen swimmers scampered out of the water. Steele s bass was an alligator.
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Associated Press
Xenia, O
Joe Steele
Huffman Pond
Steel
Walter Abel Faces Five Year Callious for D Artagnan Role
Hollywood news notes Walter Abel weighs signing a five year studio contract to play D Artagnan in The Three Musketeers after earlier tests. He faced choice between stardom and long term commitment following his pursuit of Grant roles and a career in theater.
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Hollywood
Walter Abel
D'Artagnan
Three Musketeers
Dumas
R-K-O
Abel
D’artagnan
Grant
Fool
Broadway
West
Mr. Grant
Brian Aherne
Desperate Widow Haunts Rex Moore Plot Thickens
Laurie, nearly starving, poses as Rex Moore’s widow to survive. Rew returns after two years forcing her to maintain the ruse or imperil Rew’s job with aircraft maker Mark Albery. Rez reveals he must fly to rescue two airmen believed missing in Africa.
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Laurie
Rex Moore
Rew
Yourie
Mark Albery
Rez
Africa
Gladys
Albery’s
Accidenta
Minor
Central Africa
Gladys Arrives Turns Tables on Laurie in Troupe Drama
Gladys arrives bringing glamour and mystery to Laurie's London life. Laurie grows uneasy after spotting a gold cigarette case with Gladys initials and learns of a wealthy admirer, Jimmy Smith, who buys Gladys costly gifts. Tension rises as Laurie questions loyalty, status, and danger in the dancer's circle.
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Maiden Lane
Laurie
Glad
Mrs. Budd
West Virginia visitors dine with local residents
Mrs. Carl Greathouse and Mrs. W. L. Hatcher were business visitors to Beckley on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Canady were Sunday dinner guests of Mr.
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Carl Greathouse
W. L. Hatcher
Beckley
M. L. Canady
Local Social Visits Highlight Weekend Guests
Mrs. Will Waddell hosted after a midweek visit by Mrs. L. W. Lane and children on Wednesday. Elizabeth George and Emma Jane Fink joined Miss Vada Ayers for Sunday night, while Dorothy Kiser visited Mrs. O. C. Kiser Tuesday evening. Joyce McGraw of Maben visited Virginia Brooks, and Muriel Snodgrass and Mrs. Sidney Hogans stayed with Mrs. Hogans in Sophia Tuesday night. Wilma Jones visited Dorothy Kiser Monday afternoon, and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kiser visited Mrs. Don Adkins on Wednesday.
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Will Waddell
L. W. Lane
Paris Lusk
Elizabeth George
Emma Jane Fink
Vada Ayers
Dorothy Kiser
O. C. Kiser
Joyce McGraw
Maben
Virginia Brooks
Muriel Snodgrass
Sidney Hogans
Hogans
Sophia
Wilma Jones
Dorothy
Derailed C. and O. freight train in Kanawha Falls
Eleven cars derailed on the Chesapeake and Ohio line at Kanawha Falls near Montgomery West Virginia early yesterday. Train crew escaped injury and witnesses reported the locomotive incident without further harm.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
W. Va
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Kanawha Falls
Unspecified Train Car Derailment Reported Near Residence
A section of a train drifted along tracks for several hundred yards before the derailment was observed. A nearby resident said the cars were undamaged and traffic remained uninterrupted. The derailment occurred about 4 30 oclock Sunday morning.
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