Hobson the Hero of a Fading War Legend
A reflective note honors Richard Pearson Hobson, once hailed for the Merrimac sinking attempt at Santiago harbor. It contrasts past wartime heroism with modern fame, noting Hobson’s brief Congress service and later crusading work, and laments his fading memory amid changing definitions of heroism.
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Richard Pearson Hobson
Hobson
Theodore Roosevelt
George Dewer
Roosevelt
Navy
Congress
Merrimac
Santiago Harbor
Cervera
America
Lindbergh
Detroit Seeks Facts Behind Traffic Hazards
A Detroit report outlines a scientific approach to road danger by analyzing convicted drivers. Of 19 men convicted for drunken or reckless driving, eight had vision defects, two head injuries, one hysteria tendency, two mental diseases, two near insanity, and four were chronic alcoholics. Depth perception issues affected four, suggesting licensing lapses and unreported defects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Psycopathic Clinic
Self Made Man Under Challenge In Modern Leadership
Dr. Paul Burgess, president of the University of Arizona, argues the era of the self made man is ending as leadership shifts to those with formal education. While not excluding non graduates, competitive fields favor educated individuals, politics included, with many educated youths rising to prominence despite wealth disparities.
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Paul 8. Burgess
University of Arizona
Dr. Burgess
United States
New York Day By Day by 0. C. McIntyre
Diary entry recounts a night of socializing at the Ritz and Waldorf in New York. Notes include Noel Coward’s sabbatical, letters for Mrs Stevens, a bachelor trip to Palm Beach, Buff Cobb from California, and a dinner at Restaurant Robert with a Libby Holman lookalike.
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New York
Bob
Ritz
Noel Coward
Lincoln Steffens
George Ars Oter
Vincomnan Kendall
Palm Beach
The
Waldorf
Buff Cobb
California
Robert
Libby Holman
Notable Centennial Figures Born This Year
A compilation notes several prominent figures born in this era including physicist Dr. Robert A. Millikan of Caltech born Morrison Indiana fifty nine years ago and Fisk University president Dr. Thomas FE Jones born Fairmount Indiana forty nine years ago plus Edith Mason the opera singer born St Louis forty four years ago and others in the public eye. The list also references political and literary figures such as S Senator Arthur H. Van denburg of Michigan and novelist Frederick MacIsaac with assorted birthplaces and ages.
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Robert A. Millikan
California Inst. of Technology
Morrison, LL
Arthur H. Vandenburg
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Mich
Kent Cooper
The
Associated Press
A. P
Columbus
Ind
Thomas FE. Jones
Fisk University
Nashville
Jesus cleanses the temple in Holy Week meditation
In this Monday of Holy Week reading from St. Matthew 21 12 13 Jesus enters the temple and drives out sellers and money changers overturning their tables and affirming his house as a prayer place. The message links the temple cleansing to the coming fig tree lesson and urges urgent personal choice and responsibility.
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Jesus
Temple of God
House of Prayer
Tion
Anniversary notes reveal marked deaths and births through years
The record lists anniversaries for 1812 Stephen Pearl Andrews born Templeton Massachusetts and died 1886 1813 Thomas Crawford born New York died London 1857 1822 Rosa Bonheur born France died 1899 1845 John Banister Tabb poet essayist born in Virginia with further entries cut off.
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Stephen Pearl Andrews
New York
Texas
Templeton
Mass
Thomas Crawford
Capitol
Washington
London
Rosa Bonheur
John Banister Tabb
Noted figures and events from American history and Norfolk
A dated digest lists notable births deaths and events: 1909 death of a Virginia poet priest born in Amelia County. 1924 deaths of Herman Kohlsaat in Illinois and Laura Libber of New York. 1812 Decatur killed in duel. 1887 Interstate Commerce Commission formed. 1932 Norfolk citizens report to Col Lindbergh.
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Timore
Amelia Co
Herman H. Kohlsaat
Chicago
Albion
Laura Jean Libber
Brooklyn
N. Y
New York
Congress of the Confederation
Stephen Decatur
Norfolk, Va
Beginning of the Year Forceful Day Warns of Quarrelsome Native
A vintage forecast describes the year’s start as a forceful day. It notes the native person will prove capable of hard labor, yet likely quarrelsome and uncontrollable if provoked, best left to work out its own destiny.
Elevator Crickets and Theatre Tides in New York
A Gramercy Park hotel endures noisy crickets near an elevator shaft while a columnist recalls past theater figures and changes in the Broadway scene. The piece notes Al Woods’ springtime sidewalk chats and the shifting theater landscape from the Broadway Central era to newer developments.
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Urbe
Gramercy Park
Glimpses From Town Life and Notables in Bagatelles
Night streets lie deserted after 14th and traffic is a thin trickle. A subway rider recovers a missing watch after chasing a thief. Eugene O Neill has a mechanical plane in his muse room. New York grows by 125000 people yearly. Grover Whalen selects daily lapel flowers. Ex King Alfonso appears in a brown suit. Burgess Meredith reads ghost stories by candlelight. Will Hays heads the film industry fifteen years. Somerset Maugham has ermined bed covers at his Riviera chateau.
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Eugene O'Neill
New York
Grover Whalen
Alfonso
Burgess Meredith
Will Hays
Somerset Maugham
Riviera Chatteau
Pansy Exhibit Guard Encounter Noted at Flower Show
Abel Green recalls a loose wristed fellow who approached the guard at the pansy exhibit during the flower show and spoke in falsetto asking to challenge the winner. The anecdote reflects show folk humor from 1937 syndicated material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abel Green
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Argentine Film Commission Set to Review Domestic Foreign Pictures
A federal decree in Argentina creates a film commission to screen all motion pictures dealing with Argentine history institutions or national defense, whether produced domestically or abroad.
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Buenos Aires
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Elyrhio
le Lorain County Printing & Eting Company
Clare George
Eene A G Hudnoutt
Elyria Postoffice
Elyria
Self Made Man
Spain
Madrid
Catherine Cleary
Huntsvile
Tex
United Pretare Syndicate
Tac’ Tm. Res. C
Pat Off
0. C. McIntyre
Southeastern
RB Lewis
Detroit Red Wings
Herb
St. Regis
Mid-West
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al Woods
Sone
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Lower Broadway
14Th Street
Rialto
Ohio
Bell Co
Mill St
Murbach Coal
Lucius Beebe
EYE Films
American Lace Common
Colson Co
Elyria Telephone
First Savings & Loan
Orain County Bank
Lincoln Oil & Gas
Northern Savings & Loan
Ohio Public Service
Perry Pay Co
Sav
Deposit Bank
Studebaker Chemical Comm Thew Shovel
Troxel Mfg
Western Reserve Ptd
Worthington Ball
Pierre R. Smith Stocks & Bonds
Elyria Savings Bldg
J. Neynolds Tobacco Company
O.K
Peter Gillen
Dorothy Holderman
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, N.C
S. Thersault
Jack Oakie
Benny Goodman
Hollywood
WABC
CBS
Hardy Murphy
Hardy
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