Townsend Plan Praised By Doane Supporters In The Chronicle
A reader signed E C Young criticizes Mr Young for misinformed views on the Townsend Old Age Re covery Plan. The letter cites Dr Robert R Doane and other economists, noting Doane’s credentials and a claim that 33 million Americans have signed petitions backing the Townsend Plan as a path to immediate prosperity. The correspondence appears in The Chronicle Telegram Elyria Ohio dated April 2 1935.
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Chronicle-Telegram
E. C. Young
Townsend
Mr. Young
Young
Robert R. Doane
New York
National Bureau of Economic Research
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Dept. of Labor
National Survey
Saturday Evening Post
Doane
U. S
United States
Local housing letter hints at planned debate venue
A 1848 letter from B Kress of Lakewood Ohio proposes a public debate on economics, inviting Mr Young to participate. He suggests Elyria or Cleveland as possible venues and signs the note from Marlowe Avenue.
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Mr. Young
Elyria
Cleveland
B. Kress
Marlowe Avenue
Lakewood, Ohio
Last Donner Party Survivor Dies in San Francisco
Margaret Isabelle Breen McMahon died at eighty nine, the last survivor of the Donner party, rescued after months in winter huts. Her story, highlighted in Beard and Beard, underscores manifest destiny and the extraordinary will of those who endured California’s early migration era.
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San Francisco
Margaret Isabelle Breen McMahon
Donner
California
John Bidwell
Mississippi River
Sierras
Charles A
Mary R. Beard
Beard
Two Views On Delaware Whipping Post Policy
The Delaware legislature clings to the whipping post amid public disapproval while officials clash over deterrence. Warden Leach doubts the method’s value, favoring indeterminate sentences, while successor Wilson vows harsher use. The debate highlights a broader view of punishment’s efficacy.
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Delaware
Elmer J. Leach
State Penitentiary
Pardon and Parole Boards
Elwood H. Wilson
Roosevelt urges states to adopt uniform narcotic laws
President Roosevelt pushes state legislatures to enact a uniform narcotic law to unify penalties and reduce cross border escapes. Donald C. Stone of the International Association of Police Chiefs warns that national cooperation will extinct gangs within five years as a behind the scenes police army forms.
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Roosevelt
Aticus
Donald C. Stone
International Association of Police Chiefs
Cently
Speejec
Gong Girls Patrol London Roads With Gongs
A new London traffic plan uses women police in civilian dress patrolling highways armed with loud gongs to signal speeding motorists to stop. The idea aims to curb speeding in built up areas and may spark laughter or surprise from drivers. Also notes 1934 playing card sales and a stray remark on Germany’s wartime preparedness.
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London
Commissioner of Police
Readers letter fumes over liquor debate in small town paper
The editor prints a long reader letter defending whiskey and individual choice. The missive mocks prohibition talk, praises Scotch, and insists drinking does not harm society. It ends with garbled signatures and a faded postscript.
Fragmented OCR Passage on Migration and Taxes
A garbled OCR fragment discusses movement from plains and references Horace Greeley and westward trek. It mentions potential tax implications and perceived benefits of tax revenue, but the text is largely unintelligible and lacks coherent events or verifiable details.
Fragmentary street exchange hints at local bustle
A garbled dialogue hints at daily town life with references to a local shop, a customer dispute, a clerk and a man in a restaurant. Vague phrases mention a "Golden Fleece" and a boy who once tinkered with watches now driving a car, suggesting a setting of ordinary interludes.
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Jen
One on the Lawyer A Tapped Plaintiff Lightly
A husky young man faced assault and battery charges in court. He claimed he tapped the plaintiff lightly. The lawyer pressed for clarity. the defendant then slapped the lawyer, lifted him, and threw him on the table, stating the tap was only one tenth as hard.
Anniversaries of notable historical figures and events
Highlights include Charlemagne’s birth, Andersen, Bizelow, Baritholdi, John Green, Zola, Frank Billings, William B. Wilson, Floida’s discovery, battles and uprisings, Warsaw to Richmond events, Electric Theatre LA debut, and Dr Condon delivering Lindbergh ransom funds.
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Ponce de Leon
Kosciusko
Washington
Grant
Richmond
Petersburg
Electric Theatre
Los Angeles
John F. Condon
Lindbergh
Bronx Cemetery
Notable figures born around the country remembered in obituary lines
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University born in Elizabeth New Jersey 73 years ago. Rev James Mevery of New York industrial secretary of the Federal Council of Churches born in Owasco New York 53 years ago. Dr Henry Lester Smith dean at Indiana University born Bloomington Indiana 349 AaTA azo. Dr Frank Vizerely of New York City lexicographer born in England 7] deaTea ace. Walter P Chrysler of New York auto manufacturer born in Wamezo Kansas 66 years ago. Rev Charles W Kerr Tulea Oklahoma born Slippery Rock Pennsylvania 49 Nearsaco Qlilfora Kerrsman of Wach nston De Carloonist born Versailles Kentucky 66. Hulbert Footner Marsland detective writer born Kiamilton Canada 36 years ago. Sergei Rachmaninoff pianist and composer born Russia 62 years ago.
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Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Elizabeth
N. J
James Mevery
New York
Federal Council of Churches
Owasco
N.Y
Henry Lester Smith
School of Education
Indiana University
National Education Asso
Bloomington
Ind
Aata Azo
Frank 3
Vizereliy
New York City
Orn
England
deaTea
Walter P
Chrysler
Wamezo
Kans
Charles W. Kerr
Tulea
Oka
Slippery Rock
Nearsaco
Kerrsman
Wachnston
Versailles
Sears Aca
Hulbert Footner
Marsland
Kiamilton
Canada
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Russia
Nightlife Dandies Move From New York To Riviera
In April after New York cafe and supper club scene, tight collared personality boys perform in glossy evening attire. Chick Ender and Charlie Farrell headline at Rockefeller's Rainbow Room before touring to Palm Beach and the French Riviera. Dwight Fiske dominates Chansons for two years, but fills only a third of bookings. Eddie Guz zles delivers six hours of goofiness at Leon and Eddie's to standing patrons. Bobby La Branche draws society crowds for barbed wit at ringside tables. Clark and Denys transition from Harry's rue Da nou cellar to midnight duties in a liveried limousine.
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New York
Chick Ender
Charlie Farrell
Mr. Rockefeller
Palm Beach
French Riviera
Dwight Fiske
Mayfair
Eddie
Leon
Bobby la Branche
Lorgnon
Clark
Denys
Harry
Rue Danou
Mrs Roche Sought for Husband’s Fiction Pen
Editors seek Mrs Arthur Somers Roche to adopt her late husband’s capable fiction pen. Her close tie to his literary work made his novels feel like collaboration while he wrote. Under the pseudonym E Petit she and he shared life and craft.
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Arthur Somers Roche
E. Petit
Old East 49th Street House Sparks Nostalgic Vision
A three story brick residence on East 49th Street features green shutters and white lintels with iron lanterns flanking the door. The scene evokes old tavern hospitality as carriages bring guests and Whitney Warren appears in a nostalgic moment before the facade.
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East 49Th Street
Long Azo
Whitney Warren
Sudden comebacks lure Frances White to 1935 stage
Frances White, famed for her Ziegfeld Roof coiffure, returns to theater as a star in a tabloid operetta for early talking pictures after a stint in vaudeville. The scene's most debonair critic, George Buchanan Fife, notes a waxed moustache d’Artagnan touch and fluent language skills.
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Frances White
First Rum
New York
George Buchanan Fife
Annapolis
d'Artagnan
Witty World Traveler Reporter Cuffs The Craft
A vivid portrait outlines a seasoned correspondent who has lived in many world capitals and covered sensational trials. He is described as an expert in vintage wines and an avid Greek crossword solver, carrying a bark malacca to his desk and wearing ledger-ruled trousers as he writes.
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Coats
Prima Camera Faces Box Office Indifference
Even after another victory Prima Camera shows no spark of interest from audiences. The lumbering star’s lack of magnetism dulls his appeal while he remains unaware, making his moments of swagger seem pathetically out of place. No former champion has drawn less excitement.
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Prima Camera
Jack Powell the Tympanist Delivers High Order Music
A writer praises Jack Powell as a tympanist who creates heavenly rhythm with improvised drumming on any surface. He stirs a boyhood dream into music of blood stirring quality, outperforming many jazz bands. Rumor says Powell earns about £00 per week.
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Jack Powell
Harlem Speedway Driver’s Crude Courtship Interlude
A meandering Harlem Speedway scene shows a truck behind swerving to the curb as a young driver leaps out. He grins sheepishly and calls to a passerby about love, a moment of lighthearted mischief amid traffic.
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Harlem Speedway
Popular Poll Planned For Immortal Forty Selections
Paris reports a bold move as a newspaper plans an unofficial popular poll to choose candidates for France’s Immortal Forty three vacancies in the French Academy. The poll, though harmless in intent, could strain ties between revered writers and readers. Since 1635 Cardinal Richelieu’s method has kept the Forty in sole control of appointments.
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Paris
French Academy
France
Academy
Immortal Forty
Cardinal Richeleu
Sugar Cane Refuse Produces Cellulose
Washington reports that bagasse, the refuse from sugar cane mills, can be turned into alpha cellulose, the main ingredient in rayon and clear wrapping cellulose. D F J Lynch of the U S Department of Agriculture says bagasse offers promising, readily collected raw material for large scale production in Hawaii.
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Washington
D. F. J. Lynch
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Lynch
Hawaii
American Auto Speed Kings Invited to Rio Race
Washington invites American auto speed kings to compete in the City of Rio de Janeiro race in Brazil on June 2. The 1538.7 mile event tops eight major races on the International Sports Calendar for 1935 with a total $8,000 prize pool. It faces competition from the Indianapolis 500 on May 30 which offers $100,000, likely reducing American participation in Rio.
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Washington
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Automobile Club of Brazil
American Automobile Association
Psalm 88 Explores Deep Despair and Faith in Suffering
A Golden Legion Bible Reading contrasts Psalm 88 with hopeful psalms, noting relentless sorrow yet the soul seeking God. It compares the psalmist to Job and imagines readers facing darkness, then cites figures like Adoniram Judson Helen Keller and Paul as examples of transforming suffering into endurance and foreshadowing immortality.
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Adoniram Judson
Helen Kellar
Paul
Lfe
University Has New Course On Indians
Norman Oklahoma. The University of Oklahoma offers a unique college credit course on the American Indian taught by Dr. EF Dale head of the history department and author of many books. The class uses Dale’s collected material no textbook and covers warfare dress U S government relations and home life from Columbus to present. About 30 students mainly graduate level enroll each semester as demand rises. Dale displays relics from 35 years of collecting including a copy of Sequoyah’s original Indian alphabet.
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Effe. Dale
Dale
U. S
United States
Sequoyah
Hunter near death after wounded lion attack in Mababa Flats
Gerald Tenison and companions tracked a wounded lion for 12 miles in Ngami land Mababa Flats to kill it. The animal leapt from tall grass seizing the rifle and biting through the stock as Riley fired, killing the lion. Tenison remains in hospital recovering.
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Mababa Flats
Ngamiland
Gerald Tenison
Cape Town
Tenison
J. Riley
Riley
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