Lord Ashfield Touts Car Pool Plan After Coronation
Lord Ashfield chairman of the London Transport Board proposes pooling cars for crowded Westminster Abbey departures. The plan would let first to leave take first cars, avoiding delays but risk of confusion if vehicles are moved. The idea faces concerns about privacy and peer status.
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Lord Ashfield
London Transport Board
Westminster Abbey
London
Alfred
Scotland Yard
Pie at breakfast sparks Vermont judge protest
Judge Fred Foote of Middlebury Vermont files a protest over the disappearance of pie from breakfast menus. He argues removing pie deprives meals of charm and blunts energy, with backers including Judge Jr Russell and Charles Dana who tout pie as pep for the morning.
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Fred Foote
Middlebury
Vermont
New England
Judge Foote
Judge Jr
Russell
Charles Dana
Questioning Debt Policy Amid Boom and Recession Fears
The text cites Senator Byrnes urging careful fiscal planning as he questions adding 1.5 billion dollars for work relief during a booming economy and warns of risks if business declines. It contrasts postwar debt paydown after WWI with current increases and asks how future crises would be funded.
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Byrnes
South Carolina
Supreme Court
Washington
Treasury
Halt Air Stunt Flights Could Be Banned
Assistant Secretary of Commerce J Monroe Johnson weighs a ban on solo ocean stunts as too hazardous and unnecessary. He argues the era of lone daredevils is over and commercial airlines must prove regular transatlantic service can be safe without risky feats.
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Atlantic
J. Monroe Johnson
Ocean
Taxes by industry and payroll share in tax burden
A new slant on 105 million dollars paid in steel industry taxes last year shows 169 dollars per employee on payrolls. 1935 figure was 134 dollars. Bell Telephone System paid 12 percent of its 889 million payroll in 1936, up from 10 percent on a 671 million payroll. Wage earners may bear the rising cost of government through indirect taxes.
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Bell Telephone System
First Datable Gold Found In Mesopotamian Hoard
An American expedition excavating Mesopotamia has uncovered sixth millenium B C artifacts including gold beads in a floor cache. They call it the first gold hoarder with evidenced value. The most recent datable gold bears the imprint 1933, valued at about 35 dollars an ounce. A separate expedition from Baghdad plans to dig up gold buried in a southern state fort around 3600 A D.
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Mesopotamia
Qbaghdad
Candlelit faith and literary lore in New York day by day
New York writer D C McIntyre muses on candle flames in churches and the spiritual pull of sacred spaces, recounting memories of cathedrals, Rouen, and church reverence. He weaves in anecdotes of actors, Lambs and Players club legends, and reflections on autographs and book thefts, ending with a note on literary fandom and loss.
Father and Son Evenings in High Society Dining
A writer recalls New York fathers and college sons enjoying refined nights out in London fashion. He notes fathers and daughters at cafes, formal dinners, and toasts with port, reflecting on family bonds and social ritual among the well born, amid a tale of a mother’s death and preserved tradition.
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New York
Gurnee Munn
Esmond O'Brien
E. D. Coblentz
England
Claridge’s
London
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Centurion Faith: A Model Of Obedience And Leadership
The piece reflects on a Gospel episode where Jesus commends a Roman centurion for faith, duty, and humility. It portrays him as religious for building a synagogue, kindly toward his servant, humble in spirit, yet stern in command. It argues Christ as the centurion guiding believers to obedience.
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Jesus
Israel
Christ
Anniversaries and history notes from early dates
List of anniversaries including Tench Coxe born in Philadelphia and died 1824, Charles H. Haswell born New York, Richard Wagner born, Mary Cassatt born in Pittsburgh, Arthur Conan Doyle born, Ernest McCullough born Staten Island, with corresponding death dates. Also Today in History items note Savannah first steamship crossing, Marcus Whitman leading emigrants to Oregon, Preston S. Brooke assault on Charles Sumner, and a 1924 kidnapping and murder entry.
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Tench Coxe
Philadelphia
Charles H. Haswell
U.S. Navy
New York
Richard Wagner
Mary Cassatt
Pittsburgh
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Ernest McCullough
Staten Island
N. Y
Savannah
Ireland
Marcus Whitman
Missouri
Oregon
United States
South Carolina
Preston S. Brooke
Massachusetts
Charles Summer
Senate
Sumner
Notable Birthdays and Local Life Observations From 1930s Figures
A compact summary notes multiple 20th century figures born in various years across Chicago New Orleans and California. It lists Dr Jacob Gould Schurman born 83 years ago on Prince Edward Island, Dr Robert G Sproul born in San Francisco 46 years ago, Judge Rufus E Foster from Mathes County VA born 66 years ago, Prof Charles C Hyde born Chicago 64 years ago, and Dr Oliver W Stewart born Mercer County Illinois 70 years ago. Also mentions a 1931 Leopold and Loeb case and a 1936 note onJerusa terrorism. Today horoscope promises prosperity and security with friends supporting good fortune.
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Jacob Gould Schurman
Cornell University
Prince Edward Island
Robert G. Sproul
University of California
San Francisco
Rufus E. Foster
Fifth Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Mathews Co
Charles C. Hyde
Columbia University
Eminet
Chicago
Oliver W. Stewart
Mercer Co
May 23 Horoscope Urges Bold Rise Yet Warns of Burnout
A Belgrade notice states pedestrians must obey all traffic rules while a horoscope for May 23 2937 predicts a daring nature, eloquence and prominence, with a path to honor and wealth but cautions that energy may be exhausted and life could end soon after success.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Boake Carter Explains Surplus tax and strikes impact
The text argues that a surplus profits tax fuels strikes and destroys business. A manufacturer with 1000 workers loses orders and jobs when workers strike, as buyers shift to competitors. The author claims the government hampers saving from profits, preventing reemployment and recovery after disputes.
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Corer
Senator Nye to Speak at Oberlin Institute
Senator Gerald P. Nye has accepted an invitation to lecture at the second Peace Institute for college and university students at Oberlin College from June 11 to 24. His address will likely be June 18 or 19, joining other regular lecturers and dozens of participating institutions including Ohio colleges, Colgate University, the University of Cincinnati, Albion College and West Virginia Wesleyan.
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Oberlin
Gerald P. Nye
Oberlin College
Ernest Hatch Wilkins
Nye
Grover Clark
Raymond Leslie Huell
Foreign Policy Association
Oscar Jaxai
Karolyi
Hungary
Laurence Duggan
Department of State
The
Peace Institute
C. W. Nicol
Brighten Short Items Visitors and Visits
Brighten social notes report weekend visits and callers. Mr. and Mrs. F H McClellan visited Wel bur Lamoreaux in Wellington Sunday. Miss Gladys Burge of Oberlin College spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Burge. Monday callers at Claude Holmes included Mrs. Carl Hoffman and Miss Helen Leach of Litchfield. Dean McClellan and daughter Alberta visited Albert Carpenter in Clarksfield. Effie Cannan of Cleveland spent days with Jesse Burge and family and attended graduation at the High School auditorium. Mrs. Lamphere and Mrs. McCullough traveled to Mt Vernon. Mr. and Mrs. Clement Auble were guests in Polk. Theodore Hardy spent Tuesday in Cleveland.
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F. H. McClellan
Wilbur Lamoreaux
Wellington
Gladys Burge
Oberlin College
Jesse Burge
Claude Holmes
Carl Hoffman
Helen Leach
Litchfield
Dean McClellan
Alberta
Albert Carpenter
Clarksfield
Effie Cannan
Cleveland
C. H. Lamphere
O. R. McCullough
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
Clement Auble
Air Raids Threaten London Water Supply
Air raids peril water mains. if cut, London will have a defense. Fire department tests relay water from the Thames using collapsible tanks. Motorcycle dispatch riders assist in the effort.
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London
Fire Department
Thames
Whaling Doom Seen Over Antarctic Trade Pact
Captain K. Davis, Australian Director of Navigation, warned in Sydney that the Antarctic whaling industry is doomed as German and Japanese firms fail to honor an agreement to prevent whale extinction.
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Antartic
K. Davis
Sydney
New Life for Old Ship Caledonia Training Vessel
The British Admiralty acquired the old Atlantic liner Majesty to be rebuilt as a training ship. It will be berthed at Rosyth England and renamed H M S Caledonia. She will be a home for 1509 boys and will serve as a training vessel.
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British Admiralty
Majestic
Trainig
Rosyth
England
Caledonia
London
Surplus profits plus strike equals lost business
A Ledger Syndicate note calls out how excess profits paired with a strike erodes commerce, urging politicians and workers to rethink strategies as businesses suffer.
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Copyright Ledger Syndicate
Oberlin Senior To Give Recital On Monday Evening
Oberlin senior Gles ner Griffin to present a Monday evening recital in Warner Concert Hall accompanied by the Conservatory Orchestra. The program features Schubert and Helmkehr works, English songs, and ends with the Prologue to Pagliacci with full orchestra. Griffin, a second voice major, has sung with the Men’s Glee Club and the Oberlin Opera Company at Chautauqua.
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Oberlin
Glesner Griffin
Conservatory
Warner Concert Hall
Griffin
Pirate King
Leoncavallo
Pagnacci
der Musengsohn
Schubert
Helmkehr
Ueignung
Richard Strauss
Erich Wolf
Grieg
Michael Head
Tankerton Inn
Howard Fisher
Fines for excessive horn blowing hit Hong Kong drivers
In Hong Kong China sixty foreign drivers and 1035 Chinese autoiats were fined for horn blowing. Sixty nine persistent hank merchants lost their driving licenses.
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Hong Kong
China
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