McGuffey Readers In Schools Again in New York
A New York Herald Tribune report notes six McGuffey Eclectic Readers may be restored to state elementary schools after about fifty years. Educators debate reuse, citing the books’ moral lessons and literary selections that shaped many American readers.
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America
New York
New York Herald Tribune
McGuffey
Rienzi
Webster
Hayne
Milton
Shakespeare
Campbell
New
Senate board urges sweeping safety reforms for ships
A Senate commerce committee board, led by Rear Admiral Rock and Yale’s H. S. Seward, urges new maritime laws after Morro Castle and Mohawk disasters. Proposals include fire resistant materials, single-compartment flooding, crew discipline rules, and a reorganization of Commerce Department maritime regulation divisions.
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Senate
Morro Castle
Congress
West Indies
New York
New Jersey
Florida
Senate Commerce Committee
Navy
Rock
Yale
H. S. Seward
Commerce Department
Board of Inquiry
A Pleasing Prospect For The Garden Season
The piece contemplates spring gardening plans with a focus on flowers such as tulips cosmos zinnias and asters. It notes gardeners may draft a careful plan on paper before tending the soil and acknowledges enthusiasm may fade as seasons change, yet the prospect remains pleasant.
New York Day By Day By D C McIntyre
The column profiles Steve Hannagan a leading press agent in New York with a history of publicity for the Indianapolis motor speedway Miami Beach and Sun Valley Idaho The piece notes his Irish background Lafayette Indiana ties and influence across entertainment and sports publicity. It also references George Ade actor William A Brady Grace George and Major Howes along with local Sleep Shops and departments selling slumber aids.
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New York
Steve Hannagan
Bill Corum
Hannagan
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Miami Beach
Eddie Rickenbacker
Lafayette
Ind
George Ade
William A. Brady
American Theatre
Grace George
Major Howes
Beverages and cocktails from Paris to New York
The memoir notes Kay Francis discovering absinthe in France and misjudging its effects. It traces historic drinks like the Stinger and Side Car, naming Erskine Gwynne Basil Woon and Joel De Casseres, and notes a home no drinking policy shaping social gatherings.
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Kay Francis
France
Joel
Ben de Casseres
Erskine Gywnne
Basil Woon
New York
Notable anniversaries span figures from Gilpin to Ballou
A chronicle of anniversaries lists Henry D. Gilpin born in England and died 1860, Junius Spencer Morgan, and others. It notes Mathurin Ballou, Charles Nelson, Adna Chaffee, John J. Carty, Anne Sullivan Macy, the Webster Dictionary first edition, Lincoln’s assassination, Seward assault, and the 1873 Louisiana Slaughter House decision.
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Henry D. Gilpin
Philadelphia
England
Junius Spencer Morgan
Hartford
Conn
Boston
London
America
Morgan
Springfield
Mass
Mathurin M. Ballou
Pioneer Pictorial
Charles A. Nelson
Columbia U University
Calais
Maine
Adna R. Chaffee
Orwell, O
Los Angeles
John J. Carty
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Cambridge
Baltimore
Anne Sullivan Macy
Helen Keller
New York
Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Washington
Seward
Historiec
U. S. Supreme Court
Timeline highlights from 1906 to 1936
Entries note Theodore Roosevelt speech on sovereignty, the Titanic wreck with 1517 lives lost on its maiden voyage, the founding of the Republic of Spain in 1931, and Major General Johnson Hagood being relieved for criticizing WPA costs in 1936.
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Louisiana
Theodore Roosevelt
Titanic
Liverpool
New York
Newfoundland
Republic of Spain
Johnson Hagood
Notable Births in This Week’s Figures
Joseph B. Poindexter of Montana and Duke University economist Calvin B. Hoover lead a list of notable births. The reports include actors, engineers, and writers such as Lee Tracy of Shavertown, Dr. Ralph Arnold of Los Angeles, and James Branch Cabell of Richmond. Princess Beatrice of Battenberg is noted as born eighty years ago.
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Joseph B. Poindexter
Montana
Hawaii
Canyon City
Oreg
Lee Tracy
Shavertown
Atlanta
Calvin B. Hoover
Duke University
Berwick
Ill
Ralph Arnold
Los Angeles
Chicago
New York City
Marshalltown
Iowa
James Branch Cabell
Richmond
Princess Beatrice of Battenberg
Britain
Victoria
Caution in daily life and tricky social ties
The writing notes a pleasure loving nature with an undercurrent of meditational tendencies. It warns to avoid serious thoughts, yet stresses careful associations with the opposite sex due to potential danger.
Church Witness Emphasized in Acts Reading
A meditation on Acts 1 7 9 stressing the church as a witness to the gospel. It cites Pentecost, the spreading of belief, and Paul s warnings against another gospel urging faithful adherence to the entrusted message.
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Church
Jerusalem
Judaea
Samaria
Pentecost
St. Paul
Taxes and Truman era politics strain under rising costs
Senator King of Utah declares the government cannot operate long without new taxes, prompting sharp reactions from Morgenthau and Roosevelt. The piece portrays a broad chorus demanding more relief and spending, while critics frame tax increases as a political ploy.
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King
Utah
Mr. Morgenthau
Mr. Roosevelt
Henry Morgenthau
Harer Thayratngn-Aamadywhy Hopkins
Harold Ickes
PWA
Union
Administration
Congress
Portrait of a dictator at work in labor clashes
The piece cites governors Vermont Texas and New Jersey resisting sit-downs. It claims the AFL aids adversaries and shames its leaders while Ford may change stance on negotiations. It notes the Supreme Court and Wagner Act, and lashing of the Senate over sit-downs.
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Vermont
Texas
New Jersey
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Henry Ford
Ford
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Senate
Automobile
Workers' union must learn to observe agreements
A reflective piece criticizes frequent sit-down protests after contracts and urges adherence to terms. It references governors, the Senate, Ford, AFL, the Supreme Court, and the labor movement, invoking John L. Lewis and Sinclair Lewis to warn against dictatorship and upheaval.
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United States Senate
Ford
American Federation of Labor
United States Supreme Court
United States
John Llewellyn Lewis
Sinclair Lewis
Ford wages clash with GM and cross border labor tensions
The piece notes Ford plans to raise wages to as high as ten dollars a day to outpace GM while labor organizers in the US and Canada strike across borders. It draws parallels to Mexican and other foreign organizers and warns of reciprocal national tensions if projects cross frontier lines.
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United States
Canada
G. M. of Canada
G. M. of America
G. M. Planta
Texas
America
Copyright Ledger Syndicate
La Grange Clean Up Week Starts April 19
Mayor John P. Holcomb announces La Grange cleanup week beginning April 19. Residents may place rubbish at the curb for collection on that date.
Dinner Guests at Spicer Home in Lakewood
A pleasant day and a delicious dinner were enjoyed Friday at the home of Dr. and Mrs. D. M. Spicer of Lakewood. Covers were laid for Mrs. Helen Kelner, Mrs. A. H. Pomeroy, Mrs. M. Spicer, all of Cleveland, and Mrs. F. B. Gott, Mrs. J. M. Spicer, Mrs. C. W. Heath, Mrs. Sarah Spicer, and Mrs. J. M. Starr.
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D. M. Spicer
Lakewood
Helen Kelner
A. H. Pomeroy
M. Spicer
Cleveland
F. B. Gott
J. M. Spicer
C. W. Heath
Sarah Spicer
J. M. Starr
Hastings heads to Detroit for engineering course
James Hastings left Saturday for Detroit to take an engineering course and finish a yearlong correspondence study. He visited relatives Mr. and Mrs. Laural Baldwin of Ecore, Mich, and is a 1935 graduate of L. Fl. S. He has worked at General Industries in Elyria this past year, traveling with Mr. and Mrs. Ford Hastings and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hopkins.
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James Hastings
Detroit
Laural Baldwin
Ecore
Mich
L. Fl. S
General Industries
Elyria
Ford Hastings
Harvey Hopkins
Former Resident Rolla Gott Dies in Cleveland Burial in Rolla
Rolla Gott of Cleveland died last week and his body was brought back for burial Monday. He was the brother of J. R. Gott.
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Rolla Gott
Cleveland
J. R. Gott
Teachers Of French To Meet In Oberlin
Oberlin College will host the Oh Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French for its aspirn meeting on April 24. Papers, discussions, and student plays Rosalie and Docteur will be featured. Speakers include Herbert M. Lake, Helen W. Macha, Leon Irvin, Lincol Thompson, U. R. Thar, John Walhouse, and W Hayden Boyers. A luncheon at the Queri Inn will greet President Brest Hatch Wilkins.
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American Assoction of Teachers of French
R. Jameson
Oht
Oberli
Oberlin Colles
Rosalie
Rosalie” and ‘“‘Docteur.” Among the Speakers Will Be M Herbert M. Lake
the Willougby High School
Helen W. Macha
Kent State University
Leon Irvin
Miami University
Lincol Thompson
Soun Specialties Company
U. R. Thar
Ohio State University
John Walthouse
Wooster College
W. Hayden Boyers
Oberlin Colege
Need Oberlin
Queri Inn
Brest Hatch Wilkins
Early Life Began in Lal Grange
The account notes that his early life was spent in Lal Grange, detailing formative years and setting the stage for his later achievements.
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Lal Grange
Oberlin Names and Social Notices Highlight Local Events
Wayne Carmenta ran a store in Oberlin. Miss May B Amsbury started a new position in Oberlin. May Mrs James Nichola attended the Council of Farm Women at Mrs Julius Sheen in Grafton. A street dinner was served with Alice Bird of Elyria presiding. Leslie Gott hosted Arthur Etter for several days. Del Whitney and daughter from Chicago and Norman Spicer from Detroit attended the funeral of Mrs Harry Curtice. Mrs H M Powers returned from a visit with Earl Lewis of Elyria. Mrs Leon Merriam of Cleveland, Maym Dague, passed away this week, survived by her husband and two daughters.
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Wayne Carmenta
Oberlin
May B. Amsbury
James Nichola
Council of Farm Women
Julius Sheen
Grafton
Alice Bird
Elyria
Leslie Gott
Arthur Etter
del Whitney
Chicago
Norman Spicer
Detroit
Harry Curtice
H. M. Powers
Earl Lewis
Leon Merriam
Maym Dague
Cleveland
Awa
Trees acclimated for Pasadena forests adapt like humans
Vast numbers of saplings intended for forestry in the upper mountain regions are kept on ice for months until they have adapted themselves for their future habitat.
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Pasadena
Cal
Mounain
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McNaught Syndicate. Inc
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Lou”’ Curtis
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