U S Should Act on Highway Plan
President Roosevelt backed a proposed inter American motor highway connecting the United States with Mexico and Central America. The 3250 mile route through six countries would create jobs and boost trade, while a parallel north south highway from Canada to Mexico would enhance national security and defense.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Bureau of Public Roads
United States
Mexico
Central America
Bureau
Nueva Laredo
Panama City
Televisions Paradox: Finer Pictures May Be Inaudible
Dr. Orestes Caldwell warns that pushing halftone detail in television could render the flying spot illumination too rapid for the eye to perceive. He says the pursuit of sharper images may make television wholly invisible to viewers.
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Orestes H. Caldell
New York Electrical Society
Caldwell
Dr. Caldwell
Ancient Debt Prompts Indian Aid on Martha's Vineyard
A fragmentary 300 year old chronicle notes Massasoit aided early New England settlers with corn during near starvation. Now 100 descendants on Martha's Vineyard face hunger. chief Ho Noio asks Washington for aid, recalling Massasoit and appealing for help.
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New England
Massasoit
Martha's Vineyard
Ho No Io
Washington
Bern
Once Over, New York Glamour and Script Society
In New York the publishers Rob Wagner and Floren steer a volatile weekly named Script aimed at Beverly’s film colony, a magazine that often misses issues yet endures. The piece notes Wagner as an early chronicler of Holyrood glamour for the proletariat, and catalogs a roster of performers, critics, and social scenes around the city’s theater and publishing circles, including The Palace and prominent figures tied to vaudeville, film, and literature.
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New York
Rob Wagner
Floren
Beverly
Starlad
Wager
Holyrood
Euster
Chaplin
Jim ‘Tullence Hvergoh
Colins Clement
Pau
Gerard Smith
Quinn Martin
Wilson
Mumer
Cornnius Vanderbilt
Ood
Hilarious Cheese Club
Mice
Hess
Ronoreee
Lucinds Reichenbach
Harry
Barcelona
Spain
Tom Meighan
London
Donn Byrne
Byrne
Ireland
Ben
F. Ziegfeld
Leonard Replogle
Philedelpha
Brian Hooker
Sombel
St Yale
Thore Mights
Beverly Nichols
Truth about aviation heroes and a congressional probe
A Midlands era editorial rails at politicians and government bureaus over the aeronautics branch of the commerce department. It denounces Secretary Roper and Postmaster General Farley, alleges mismanagement of air mail and aviation development, and urges a full joint committee inquiry into reorganizations and contracts. The piece links pilots’ protests to withheld investigations and political interference.
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Army Alp
Congress
Seronauties
Department of Commerce
Roper
Mr. Roper
Federal Air Mall
Army Air Corps
Tevahal Defense
Asronautics
Rober
Aiard
Abelles Uy
Ibis
Aeronautics
Farley
Acromautics
Aeronautca
Campaien Fund
Arunlied
Beronaustics
Roper Wwcame
Farlex Becam
Department of Ecommerce
Fenatora
Campafgy
Ten and Twenty Years Ago From the Floration Files Half of 1924
A March 15, 1924 item notes the library name change to the public library Carnegie building with CW Gotke delivering an address in Macon. It references Wash ington Irving Junior High, advisory roles, and the acvlsary work in San Antonio. The piece mentions a cash threshold, a Young Woman's Christian Association drive to fund the building, and political primaries in Texas. A spineless cactus nursery in San Antonio costing 100000 is announced, and a charter for Spineless Cactus Co. is issued. Further, H A Longshore cites spineless cactus as a revolution for the livestock industry.
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United States
Hearst
Bureau of Public Roads
Humphrey
Fan Real Public Library
Carnegie
Gotke
Washington Irving
Sn Macon
Fir Sen Antonio
Ayrlem
Stme Macher
San Antonio
Spineless Cactus Company of
Ban Antonio
Ab Austin
H. A. Longshore
Atlanta Ga
Burbank
Potomac and the New Deal Dance in a Fractured Line
A fragmented Stars and Stripes excerpt mocks political figures and policy shifts. It parodies President Roewevett and Banker Harriman with garbled phrases about the New Deal era and changing economic values, hinting at inflation and public doubt.
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Roewevett
How Propagandists Operate In World Court Campaign
An analysis of a network called the National World Court committee funded by prominent foundations and linked to the American Federation, organizing across 105 cities to sway U S senators toward ratifying a world court. It details methods used in Washington and California, including using churchmen and business groups to gain influence, and notes secret expenditures and public letters urging ratification.
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National World Court Committee
United States
America
Inls
League of Nations World Court
National World Court
State of Washington
Miss Lape
Hdward Bok
American Foundation
Olympic Hatel
Seattle
California
Gb &X-Bénator
Shortridge
Rawels Épeech
Hiram Johnson
Rowell
State Federation of Labor
State Chamber of Commerce
Mills Lape
Senate
Daily Bathing as Health Habit Across Eras
An editorial recalling early U S attitudes to bathing notes bans in Philadelphia and taxes in Virginia, contrasting old fears with modern view that daily baths support health. It urges parents to teach children good hygiene, explains bath types, and praises warm baths for relaxation, appetite, and sleep.
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United States
Philadelphia
Virginia
Boston
Tom
Cony
Lye King
Feaa. Byn., Inc
Stuffy Virtue and Usual Suspects in Moral Snare
A 1944 prose piece mocks flawless citizens and pinched morality, contrasting squeaky clean Old Ladies with noisy churchgoers and praising vice as easier to live with. It satirizes judgmental neighbors, the urge to dig dirt, and the paradox of sanctimonious restraint versus thriving corruption.
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Jody
Sunshine Shafts Vital Statlation In Foggy Pay Window
A garbled note describes an affected pay window and a phrase about a fog horn. It mentions Sunshine and Nohony in a confused context with unclear actions. No clear events, dates, or identifiable organizations are present.
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Young Woman's Christian Association
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