Constitutional amendment on war vote proposed by Capper
The article argues for a constitutional amendment to require a public vote before entering overseas wars. Senator Capper of Kansas backs the measure, claiming it reflects American desire to decide on war participation. It warns against foreign propaganda and urges voter consent before conscription or foreign entanglements.
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Congress
Senator Capper
Kansas
United States
Asia
International News Service
Farm Problem Sparks Senate Floor Debate Over Haste
A heated dispute over a proposed farm program dominates talk in Washington. Senator Smith warns of a rushed bill while Representative Karl Stefan reports strong opposition to compulsory measures. Voters fear loss of independence and call for market-stabilizing loans and soil conservation benefits without coercive penalties.
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Smith
Senate Agricultural Committee
Karl Stefan
Nebraska
When the World Breaks, We All Have Bad Days
A reflective piece on mood swings and self pity noting everyone faces dark spells. The narrator admits feeling useless, then finds a turning point recognizing shared human struggles and the need to move forward. It ends acknowledging bad days as a normal part of life.
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Geel
Are You A Monkey Or A Man In This Jungle Life
By Elsie Robinson urges readers to stop excuses and cowardice and to face life with adult responsibility. She argues humans resemble animals inside and must shed primitive instincts, embracing courage and effort to live upright and purposeful lives.
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Weekend Time Shifts From Friday to Monday Across Nations
A reflective piece traces changing weekend patterns from England to the United States. It notes earlier Friday closings, Saturday layoffs, and modern shifts toward Monday reentry, with anecdotes about editors, writers, and social habits illustrating varying time rhythms.
Dining notes on gourmets and old restaurants in Gotham
A reflective piece critiques cafe culture and social climbers in New York journalism. It contrasts flaky diners chasing status with true trenchermen who savor food, noting enduring, old world eateries with dark trim, sherry, old prints, and solid fare. The author cites Will Rice from the Ozarks as a contrast to the crowded urban scene.
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Rengezvous
Hidden prose of prairie life and distant editors
In a desolate Arkansas swamps setting, essays and fiction emerge from abandoned places. The author notes Iceberg style pieces by Rice and Opie Read, with echoes of Harold Hell Wright and Edith Wharton. A vivid memory scene of a typewriter on a soap box, a deer at a sapling, and a clear pool with bright fish accompanies a 1937 McNaught Synd. credit.
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Opie Read
Arkansas
Harold Hell Wright
Ozarks
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Edith Wharton
Ethan Browis
Old Mexico
McNaught Synd
The Charley Ross Kidnapping Mystery Returns
A fragmented historical report recaps the 1874 Charley Ross kidnapping, noting an elderly man now sought under the enduring alias Charley Ross. It describes two suspects with physical details, the original victim’s age, and the lasting public fear tied to the famous case.
Charley Ross kidnapping and later fate recounted
Edwin Hill recounts the Charley Ross case, detailing candy giving by the suspect, demands of $20,000 for his return, and months of extortion notes with the boy’s father. A planned November meeting in New York failed, and two burglars were shot in Brooklyn. one implicates Joseph Douglass, claiming Mosher and Douglass stole Charley Ross. The boy, four at his disappearance in 1874, is described in a photograph with a full physical likeness.
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Pinkerton Detective Agency
Cherney
Walter Ross
Chrialiun K. Ross
Washington Lane
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Waller
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Clus
Jesus
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Charley Brewater Ross
Charley
Fifth Avenue
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van Brunt
Brooklyn
Joseph Douglass
Wilam Mosher
Mosher
Douglass
Chariie Ross
Peas
Sydne
Ilkengsa
What Do You Know Puzzle Questions and Trivia
A humorously garbled quiz page asks about ovators, waterspouts, the highest US city, borders between Northern Ireland and the Free State, Paris sections of France, senators in the president’s cabinet, named station parts, ambassadors abroad, citizen paths, and other trivia. It teases a comic-page answers turn.
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United States
Irdlent
Free State
France
Paris
Oxynen
Vaccination urged to guard against smallpox spread
A public health warning stresses vigilance as smallpox remains present in some regions. Officials note no epidemic locally, but emphasize vaccination for both adults and children, with some areas requiring proof for school entry and travel.
Vaccination urged to guard children against smallpox
Royal St. Copeland, M.D. warns against fear of vaccination and urges all readers to vaccinate their children. He says the idea of danger is unscientific and insists the treatment should be repeated as needed to protect households from smallpox. Copyr. 2037, by King Features Syndicate.
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Biter Sb
Feas
Tne
Prince William of Sweden to Visit San Antonio in December
Historical notes from L A Light recount November 27 1927 and 1937 events. Prince William of Sweden will visit San Antonio December 3 with a lecture titled Tinting Big Gardo S44 Pigmy Land. He will attend a chamber of commerce meeting the same day.
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Sweden
San An
Fonis
Dewayer
Mudltoriuny
Prince William
Chamber of Commerce
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