Finance the Dies Committee seeks $5 million
Chairman Martin Dies announces a congressional request for 5,000,000 to fund the Dies committee's work on un American activities. He calls it national defense and the greatest peacetime effort to expose internal dangers, citing Browder Kuhn and various front organizations.
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Martin Dies
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Dies Committee
Republic
Earl Browder
Stalin
Trojan Horse
American League For Peace and Democracy
The
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American Student Union
Friends of the Soviet Union
National Negro Congress
Southern Negro Youth Congress
League of American Writers
Workers' Alliance
Spanish Refugee Relief Campaign
North American Committee
Friends of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
Dies
Pasteurizing Soil by Electricity Moves Toward Productivity
Cornell scientists led by Prof. A G Newhall outline a method to pasteurize soil using electricity to kill pests and weed seeds. A soil temperature of 150 degrees, achieved by electric devices, is said to destroy disease organisms and most weed seeds while minimizing overheating risks with low temperature methods. Dr Newhall notes this could aid those growing seedlings and plants by removing soilborne diseases.
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Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
A. G. Newhall
Newhatl
Waterfront memories amid a sea front revival and crimps tale
A nostalgic waterfront portrait recalls South Street and seafaring lore as Brooklyn’s undersea tunnel nears. It cites old saloons, scrimshaw tattooing, and a vivid crimps history with Three-Fingered Jack, dockside boards, and a whiskey-soaked ruse. Axel Lundberg at 76 shares maritime legends.
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Bob Moses
Axel Lundberg
San Francisco
Heshorses
Sailor yarns and crimps backlit by dawn voyage tale
Edutin C. Hill recounts a dawn voyage near Singapore with Jack and a Swede pursuing a clipper ship. A brutal crew member kicks Jack, he is dumped overboard, and the pair recounts past run-ins with cruel crimps. The piece promises more tales like Chicken Devine and Whitehall boatmen from a changing waterfront.
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Jack
Singapore
Seven Seas
Axel
Bill
Chicken Devine
Cape Cod
Whitehall
Lowe Lad
Ring Feas
Adolescents and parental guidance in adolescent years
The article discusses adolescent development 12 to 20, stressing parental wisdom and sympathetic understanding. It notes physical changes, need for regular habits, and the risk of restlessness, mischief, and peer ridicule affecting classroom behavior and student dynamics.
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de. F. J. Curran
New York
Laader
Adolescent Guidance Prods Parents to Lead by Example
Dr H N Bundesen discusses teen emotional problems and heredity risks. He urges parents to model self control, guide rather than push, and assess abilities before choosing careers. Adolescents often feel superior and challenge authority, prompting careful parenting.
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Simi
Treehill
Janka
Qiae
Pope
Fragmentary Puzzle Style Phrases From a Scrambled Page
Scattered lines include numbered items and odd phrases such as Yellow Jack, Concordat, Sorbonne, rostrum, tea parasite, sobriquet, catuary, polyandy, shibbyleth. The text resembles a chaotic OCR fragment with unclear context and many garbled words.
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Sorbonne
Willkie’s Twenty Two Millions Spur Political Fears in Washington
Washington insiders tease over Willkie’s proposed twenty two million. Republicans worry the move could be used for publicity pressure on a possible 1944 third term, raising fears of civilian strife. Dialog centers on opposition, policy detail, and potential party splits amid Roosevelt-Willkie cooperation on international issues.
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Washington
Willkie
Tian
Willkle
Enum
Iis Willkie
Atcoms
Roosevelt
Will- Me
Congress
Will
Joe Martin
Wiilkle
Feudar
Wilkle
England Faces Crisis through Snobbery and Wells
The essay criticizes H. G. Wells and other liberal figures for fostering class tension, pacifism, and Marxist trends blamed for Britain’s ills. It argues a “world state” plan mirrors totalitarianism and contrasts it with Dostoevsky’s Russian soul as an explanation for Russia’s character, citing moral and religious turmoil and Dostoevsky’s life as evidence.
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H. G. Wells
le British Novedish
England
Russia
Mr. Wells
Mr Wells
Hitler
Stalin
Mussolini
Wells
Bernard Shaw
Harold Laski
John Strachey
Britain
America
Russian soul satire blamed on totalitarianism by DeCasseres
Benjamin DeCasseres timely piece argues that Russian soul equals Satanism in social progress disguise. Washington senators attack press ridicule of Congress while Congressmen, though flawed, deserve scrutiny. Thomas Reed once mocked the House as a flat Dutch landscape with windmills.
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Washington
Lem
Senate
House
Preya
Congress
Atis
House of Representatives
Thomas GB. Reed
Maine
People's Representatives
Why Wishing Never Works in the Modern World
In this critique of wishful thinking, the essay argues that many people want to be something else and chase excitement rather than real goals. It claims negative wishes fail, while genuine desire paired with inner readiness can make wishes come true. The piece examines social pressures, career dissatisfaction, and the lure of fame.
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Clark
If She Wishes to Write Mary Jones Can Be a Writer
By Elsie Robinson, Macy Jones argues true desire and effort determine writing success. A girl who genuinely wants to write, enduring poverty and obscurity, can become a writer, while those who dream of glamour but refuse effort become quitters.
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Macy Jones Hanestly
Hurger
Mary Jones Ca
Mary Jones
Shio Hs Kime Peay
Synod
Ine
San Antonio Toy Firm Opens on Commerce Street
A new Turpin Metal Toy Company opens on Last Commerce Street offering metal soldiers and novelties. The firm, previously headquartered elsewhere, plans Memphis expansion and German-sourced manufacturing.
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San Antonio
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