Gone With the Wind tops critic Phelps list at resort lecture
William Lyon Phelps picks Gone With the Wind as outstanding novel of the year and The American Language as top general work in a Yale lecture at Seal Point, naming several other works and authors in his annual recommendations. He also hails The Doctor as a modern hero and praises Let the King Beware as best among Mary Flannery Morrow’s historical novels.
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William Lyon Phelps
Caitle
Marc Baret Mitchell
H. L. Mencken
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Yale
Miss Mitchell
George Santayana
A. P. Herbert
Somerset Maugham
Marty Roberts Reinhart
Flanree Morrow
Pearl Buck
Clarence Day
Father
Robert Nathan
J. B. Priestley
Stephen Benet
Robert Frost
Famous Women Face Downfalls in Royal and Soviet Edicts
London reports two famed figures, Marga Lupescu and Madame Alexandra Kollontai, are poised for upheaval. King Carol of Autoania ends his affair with Lupescu, exiling her to Southern France with $5,000,000 for a Riviera villa. Kollontai, Sweden’s envoy and Soviet diplomat, faces dismissal amid Stalin orders to scrutinize associates abroad.
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Marga Lupescu
Alexandra Kollontai
Carol
Autoania
Josph Stalin
London Daily Mirror
Warsaw
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Madame Lupescu
Warsaw Dispatch
Kollontai
Italy
Bulgaria
Greece
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Malaria Relief Ad
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as speedy relief for malaria chills and fever. It claims quinine kills the infection and iron fortifies the system, urging regular use to ward off attacks. Available in 50c and $1 sizes with claims of better value at the higher price.
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Grove
Painter Seeks Compensation After Death Penalty Near Miss
Morristown New Jersey August 31 Gus Langley says he suffered mental damage after two near executions in North Carolina for a crime he insists he did not commit He urges state compensation for his unconstitutional imprisonment Langley and his wife separated and he remains on parole hindering his interior decorating business in his Morris Plains studio He has not seen his two children in two years and fears further legal trouble if he visits.
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Langley
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Tressie Holisclaw Langley
Juanita
Vernon
Jim
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Spurs on Statue Draw Ranger Grin
AUos III Aug 31 report notes seasoned rangers smiled as spurs on a statue of a Texas Ranger at the Centennial exposition. Col. H H Carmichael said Cont Bill McMurray explained that rangers often wore spurs with buckles inside to better show the detorations on the outside, clarifying officials' confusion.
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Hille
Col
H.H. Carmichael
Department of Public Safety
Bill McMurray
Force
Has Proof Texas Capitol Burned
Aug 21 report states Max Bickler, Supreme Court attache, has proof the state capitol burned on November 9. The record notes a “burning dawn” at 12 15 PM. It also records that a Claus register shows classes dismissed September 36 for President Garfield's burial.
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Austin
Max Bickler
Supreme Court
State Capitol
Bickler
Jacob Bickler
Capitol
Garfield
Man Injured as Car Turns Over Near Medina Lake Toll Road
George A. Prior received treatment at Santa Rosa hospital for injuries Sunday when his car turned over on the Bandera Highway near the Medina Lake toll road. Other occupants, including Mrs. Delzs Prior Angie Newton and Frank Luthy, sustained minor injuries.
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Santa Rosa Hospital
Bandera High Way
Medina Lake Toll Road
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Drexr
Angie Newton
Sion Street
Frank Luthy
West
Ashby Place
Bank Bandit Suspect Identified in Oklahoma and Bank Robbery Links
Dallas reports identify a suspect as one of three bandits who robbed the Oklahoma State Bank at Buffalo on June 22, with the prisoner later arrested on suspicion of complicity in the Provident Loan Company jewel robbery in April. The case ties to a broader pattern of crime and bank robberies across the region. Dominion Bureau notes show four months of employment gains in Russia, with payrolls rising from July to August in 9705 firms.
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Oklahomaa
Oxlahoma State
Buffalo
Provident Loan Company
Dominion
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Russia
Cult Members to Be Kept From Jury in Poole Case
Unusual precautions were ordered to keep any Black Legion members off the jury for the Poole kidnapping and murder case in Detroit. Up to 10,000 Legion members are said to exist in Wayne County as the trial’s opening was postponed to Tuesday. Jurors will face a new question about past or present membership in violent organizations.
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Black Legion
Charles A. Poole
Order
Wayne County
Joseph A. Moynihan
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LaGuardia acts to halt stake in two union disputes
New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia sought to avert a 16 000 driver strike and ease a painters dispute by urging peace as talks failed. He addressed leaders from teams and carriers, warnings of service interruption and a five day week demand. Meanwhile a local water box event adjourned after 30 minutes with 11 entrants and spectators watching.
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LaGuardia
International Brotherhood of Ugh
Wife Wounded by Husband in Desperate Shooting
Victoria report says Mrs Ruby Ralls Price 25 was critically wounded after her estranged husband Ronald J Price 34 shot her in the abdomen and then killed himself. Police/family details indicate a fatal crime attempted domestic dispute. Local doctors fought to save her life as the suspect died at the scene.
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Ruby Ralls Price
Ronald J. Price
Chicago
Judge Clarence Martin Dies in Fredericksburg
Judge Clarence Martin died in a Fredericksburg hospital at age 68. A longtime resident, he served as district representative, district attorney and district judge for 12 years. Funeral services are planned tomorrow at Stonewall home. He is survived by his widow, son Thomas, and grandson Clarence Martin.
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