Campaigns in August 1938 Hoover Smith Prohibition Issue
In the intensifying presidential race Hoover and Smith clash over prohibition and farm relief. Hoover plans a high profile tour to clarify stance while Smith blasts for modified prohibition and bold public statements. Voters seek clear positions, and both camps push to shape public opinion ahead of landmark topics.
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Herbert Hoover
Alfred Smith
White House
Smith
Hoover
Hubert Work
Mr. Hoover
Ward
Iis
Heme
Temptation and weight loss tale in a press snippet
A fragmented piece covers political talk on Hoover and campaign strategy alongside a weight loss diary. It details a woman named Anne’s past weight history from childhood through adulthood, her diet, exercise, and her dramatic fluctuation from 263 pounds to near 230, including a stroke and recovery, with notes on her family.
Algeria’s El Ouafi Wins Olympic Marathon In Amsterdam
El Ouafi, 29, a former dispatch bearer in the French Moroccan army, shocks the field to win the marathon in 2 hours 32 minutes 57 seconds. He defeats Miguel Plaza and rivals from Finland Japan and the United States, lifting the French colors as the second fastest Olympic marathon. The upset underscores Olympic drama and international athletic prowess.
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el Ouati
Amsterdam
Miguel Plaza
M. B. Maitelinen
Finland
Kanematsu Yamada
Japan
Jose Ray
United States
el Ouafi
France
Diet and health note on weight loss efforts
A fragment from a health column describes a woman of about five feet tall weighing 244 pounds. The narrator notes she eats very little, skips breakfast and lunch, and asks for a detailed account of her previous day’s meals to estimate calorie intake. The piece is an advertising-labeled excerpt with unclear surrounding context.
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Sam
Anne
Anna's fate and how to obtain pamphlets explained
Readers are told how to request material from Dr Peters column. Enclose 10 cents for reducing pamphlet and 2 cents for other articles, plus a self addressed stamped envelope. Requests require three fully self addressed stamped envelopes and two cents per article.
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Anna
Tao
Peters
Whos Who In The Days News On Ethical Methods Of Lawyers
Federal Judge William H. Atwell profile notes his birthplace Sparta Wisconsin in 1869 and education at Southwestern University and the University of Texas His career includes private practice in Dallas Texas service as U S attorney for northern district of Texas and temporary assignment to New York handling pro cases His home is in undeclared location.
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William H. Atwell
Wiliam H. Atwell
Sparta
Wis
Pumiserius
Tex
University of Texas
Hayne
Atwell
Dallas
Ter
Texas
New York
Lawyers to practice unethical methods held responsible for public disgust
A fragmentedquette of a confession on the legal profession arguing that lawyers corrupt the justice system to win cases, corrupting the Constitution’s purpose, with a critique of lay understanding of law and a call to present cases on facts. It likens winning an unjust case to deceiving a church and laments the ethics of courtroom victory.
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Dallas
Texas
Lan
Eheaner
iRasios
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