Abysmal Ignorance in Hoover Commission Report Sparks Debate
The Louisville Courier-Journal says the Hoover Commission on Abysmal Ignorance remains useful. It mocks Mr. Hoover’s brother in law’s Volstead offense and ridicules Farm Board Chairman Jim Stone, citing Rep. Beck and peanut brains to urge further inquiry into brains crops and board funding.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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James M. Beck
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Beck
Heart Disease Rising In United States
An aging and increasingly stressed population faces higher death rates from heart disease, with the prime of life most at risk. Experts tie the rise to city bustle, hurried modern life, and the emotional pace of civilization, citing unfulfillment and personal conflict as contributing factors.
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United States
Tax relief push in Ohio urges citizens to organize
A Fairmont Times editorial argues that reducing taxes requires cutting government waste, not essential services. It notes that taxes rise in good and bad times and urges citizens to organize to reform government structure and efficiency rather than merely complain.
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Fairmont Times
Washington Daybook previews flood of bills in new session
In Washington on the first day of a regular session, thousands of bills are introduced in the House and Senate with early outputs expected to set records. Oklahoma Senator Elmer Thomas promotes an emergency relief bill financed by bonds, while Gov. Alfalfa Bill Murray hints at possible Senate ambitions. Thomas urges only essential items be included in government spending to align with income.
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Congress
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Senate
Thomas
Murray
Oklahoma
Elmer Thomas
Thoma 4S
Fragmented Column of Wit and Local Notes
A satirical column mixes quips on etiquette and politics with local society items. It notes fashion barbs about hats and hair, a 1932 campaign slogan jest, shifting prophecies from Zion City’s Glenn Voliva, and transatlantic ship rules. Local social updates follow, listing visits, dinners, and hospital cases in Mullens and Beckley areas.
Outdoor games urged to ease heart strain from emotion
A quoted medical expert links heart disease to emotional stress and suggests outdoor games with congenial partners as a key aid in treatment and prevention. He emphasizes social activity and regular outdoor recreation to reduce cardiac sensitivity to stress.
Why Not Use Them Inventions No One Adopts Yet
A reader ponders why practical automotive devices remain unused. He cites a car jack linked to the vehicle and a stall-prevention device as desirable but unadopted, noting dangers when engines stall on tracks or in traffic. The piece ends with a statistic about literacy.
Community Notes From Rhodell Area
Rhodell West Virginia residents Mr and Mrs C C Conner and Vera and Miss Tina Far ley attended Ury Church Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs L E Anderson and Miss Vernon Bailey of Tazewell visited friends here recently. Dr McConnell was called to Big Stone Gap Va due to a nephew's sudden death. Mr and Mrs Glenn Hatcher visited her parents at Coal City Sunday. Mr and Mrs W T Cook spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs W B Honaker of
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Beckley
Ted Cook
Ora Farley
Mullens
W. T. Cook
Harve Perry
O. H. Hall
T. A. Kroger
A. K. Minter
Coy Bunegar
Wyoming County
Willis Trent
Butler Wilson
Eliza Farley
Ted Perry
Robey Dunman
Frank Dunman
Claverence Lafon
Darcey
Beckley Hospital
Mabel
Ruth Toliver
Killarney
B. G. Nay Smith
C. C. Conner
Vera
Tina Farley
Ury
L. E. Anderson
Vernon Bailey
Tazewell
McConnell
Big Stone Gap
Glenn Hatcher
Coal City
W. B. Honaker
Soviet to shift to six day week replaces five day run
Moscow Nov 24 The council of people's commissars authorized abandoning the five day uninterrupted week used nationwide last year to speed production and substituting a six day interrupted week in Soviet Russia.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Soviet Russia
Council of People’s Commissars
University group funds athlete's foot research
Associated students of the University of California contributed a fund to finance research work on athlete's foot.
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University of California
Fugitive gang leader captured after bank hold up
Charles Heuer, alleged head of the gang that abducted Alexander Berg, the St. Louis furrier, was seized at Hawk Point Missouri soon after an alleged bank robbery at Winheld Missouri. The arrest ends a pursuit following the kidnapping and crime spree.
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Associated Press
Charles Heuer
Alexander Berg
St. Louis
Hawk Point
Winheld
Peter Arno Faces Backlash After Stage Show Flop
New York critics and satirists mocked Peter Arno for a musical comedy deemed hackneyed. Despite the hostile reception, Arno plans another show, prompting worry among some that his sharper wit may return to bite his audience.
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New York
Manhattan
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Arno
Fox
Peter
Hamlet presented by Norman Bel Geddes uses recorded sound
The production eschews live musicians and offstage voices. Special sound recordings drive all effects from the overture to the ghost scene, using five loud speakers backstage, creating a stunt-like yet highly effective theatrical experience.
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Yorick
D Bere
Norman B.t Geddes
Pet shop draws crowds with bored monkeys on Sixth Avenue
A town’s slow motion picture scene centers on a Sixth Avenue pet shop near the Ziegfeld theater where two Follies beauties Vera Milton and Virginia Biddle draw crowds before a cage of ringtails. Monkeys ignore their mirrors. Producer Earl Carroll touts nine Scandinavians in his show amid inquiries about star William Demarest’s death.
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Sixth Avenue
Vera Milton
Virginia Biddle
Earl Carroll
William Demarest
Venice Seeks Drake Farrelly At Charity Ball
Venice, amid New York social whirl, vies for Drake Farrelly’s attention as she navigates flirtations with Jim Severn and others. After a tense evening of table talk and vanishing signals, she enrolls in Columbia extension courses to prove herself, while Christmas gifts from suitors underline a growing but unreturned popularity. She ponders if Drake will attend the Charity Ball, the hinge of her social ascent.
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Venice
Muir
New York
Drake Farrelly
Drake
Goodbys
Jerry
Jim Severn
Betty Paine
Alice Schuyler
Jim
Marlene Dietrich
Buttern Bloom
Lola
Columbia
Severn
School of Journalism
Laura
Boston
Spaldings
Nelly
Ernest
Roland Wainwright
Donny Reese
Cartier
Ann Duryea
Anthony
Jezebel
Pongo
Harriet Henry
Noted figures enliven a theater crowd in town
Demarest arrives at a theater to learn the deceased is a non professional with the same name and not related. Arthur Kober, famed for witty lines, is back from Hollywood on vacation. Clarence Whitehill, opera baritone, resembles Washington and is set to star in a bicentennial film.
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Demarest
Arthur Kober
Hollywood
Clarence Whitehill
Metropolitan Opera
George Washington
India to abolish state air services by end of 1931
India will shut down its state air services as part of a wide economy program. The move aims to reduce government expenditures and streamline transport and communications, reflecting fiscal tightening measures during the period.
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India
Thoxine Promises Quick Sore Throat Relief
A vintage advert proclaims Thoxine as a prescription throat remedy that relieves sore throat or coughs fast. It claims relief within 14 minutes under a money back guarantee, with Bic bottles priced at 60 cents and one dollar, sold by Watkins Drug Store and other outlets.
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