Clean-up at home mirrors dicta torship in coal crisis
Boake Carter cites the German and Italian dictatorships as warning signs as the coal strike reveals a push toward centralized union power. He argues Secretary Perkins and the government back a closed union shop, threatening workers' independence and democratic representation. The piece warns of labor regimentation through Wagner Act style measures and National Labor Relations Board oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Italy
Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Appalachian
United Mine Workers
John L Lewis
Perkins
Madam Perkins
National Labor Relations Board
United States
Lafittes' Lair Of Old Yields Flowing Gold
New Orleans report on the Lafitte era oil site eight miles from marshes where the Texas Company drilled 30 wells all producing. Edward M Comisky, Jefferson Parish School Board president and landowner, promises free lunches for parish children if the 31st well comes in. The Lafitte No 1 was completed in 1935 and the drilling camp houses 125 to 150 workers with screened facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Brothers Lafitte
Texas Company
Edward M Comisky
Jefferson Parish
Lafitte
Duprees Cut
Bayou Dupont
Cutlass Bayou
Plan Hunt For Boer War Chest In South Africa
Capetown reports a search for the Kruger millions long thought buried during the South African War. Three De Wet brothers and a Sasuto named Williams claim to know the hideout and plan to recover the treasure with government guidance. Williams allegedly helped load the treasure onto an ox cart near Cronje home and later assisted in moving it again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capetown
South Africa
Kruger
de Wet
Bredasdorp
Cape Province
Sasuto
Williams
General Cronj
Cronje
General de Wet
Boear
Brothers de Wet
Australia to Produce Vital War Material
Australia plans a project to manufacture aluminum and magnesium alloys from Tasmanian deposits to achieve self sufficiency in aircraft production. Nickel remains scarce, but Canada will supply large stocks to support ongoing needs.
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Australia
Sydney
Tasmania
Australa
Commonwealth of Canada
Regimentation Critique of Federal Power Across U S
A columnist warns that federal authority expands into health education and finances, likening the trend to fascist/Nazi systems. The piece argues Americans oppose dictatorship abroad but tolerate domestic control, urging reflection on internal regimentation.
Crandon Clone Faces Court House Showdown
Jerry Crandon confronts Blake and Mercedes at the courthouse as a telegram and train plans swirl. Anice joins him seeking clarity on Crandon’s true identity and the fate of the estate while rivals prepare for a tense intersection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry
Anice
Blake
Mercedes
Jerry Crandon
Ashton
Jeff Hornsby
Jeff
Crandon
Lumber Salvage Plans Drawn From 1938 Worcester Area H hurricane
Worcester area supervisor Richard D Jones says Northeastern Timber Salvage Administration bought tens of millions of board feet of felled pine after the Sept 21 1938 hurricane. The aim is a 15 foot wide board walk from Boston to Los Angeles. He notes 7 259 694 feet were purchased in one week in the region, enough to supply toothpicks for life if laid end to end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Northeastern Timber Salvage Administration
Boston
Los Angeles
Richard D Jones
Vitamins Seen As Winning War
Dr Harold J Jeghers of Boston University School of Medicine argues vitamins could decide war outcomes. He cites night blindness from Vitamin A deficiency crippling German troops in World War I and says democracies’ access to natural foods grants a decisive edge over totalitarian states.
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Boston
Harold J Jeghers
Boston University School of Medicine
Jeghers
Whims Of Pupils Prevail In Art
Boston based Children's Art Center founded 21 years ago by Fitzroy Carrington stands as the world’s only children’s fine arts museum. It serves about 2000 enrollees aged 5 to 20, offering free drawing painting and clay with no formal instruction beyond guidance on request.
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Boston
Childrens Art Center
Fitzroy Carrington
The
Museum of Fine Arts
Childrens Fine Arts Museum
South End
Charlotte Dempsey
Moscow
Paris
Melbourne
Peipin
United States
Bostonian Frances Perkins and Descent from James Otis
Frances Perkins known civil life as Mrs Paul C Wilson, a Bostonian and descendant of James Otis famous for opposing the stamp tax in Faneuil Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Perkins
Paul C Wilson
James Otis
Faneuil Hall
Amherst Teachers Meet and Hospital Auxiliary Gather
Mrs Conrad Mulder hosted Amherst teachers and church officers at St Peter Evangelical and Reformed in Amherst on Monday. Rev C E Schmidt led devotions and a June meeting plan was set. The hospital auxiliary announced 83 members in the drive and will sew and make surgical dressings June 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith
Florence Ehrman
C E Schmidt
Frederie Berger
C C Kern
Helen Berger
Mary Berger
Frances Jaeger
Olive Miller
Helen Roemer
HL Beesing
Church and club meetings listed for the week
The Con cordia Club of St Paul Lutheran church holds an evening meeting in the church parlors Jessamine Lodge Daughters of Scotland meets in Odd Fellow Hall Legion auxiliary convenes in the legion rooms Town Hall Circle six of the Womens Union of St Peter Evangelical and Re formed church meets Wednesday with Mrs Walter Muller Luncheon at 136 hosted by Mrs H A Monger and Mrs H W Powers The Avenue Club of Stone City Chapter Eastern Stars meets Wednesday in the Masonic Hall hosted by Mrs Sam Wragg and Miss Florence Ulrici
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concordia Club
St Paul Lutheran Church
Jessamine Lodge
Daughters of Scotland
Odd Fellow Hall Legion Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
Town Hall
Womens Union of
St Peter Evangelical
H W Powers
Avenue Club
Stone City
Eastern Stars
Masonic Hall
Sam Wragg
Florence Ulrici
Girl Scout Talk at Amherst Rotary Meeting
Miss Ann Kelleher of Lorain spoke at the Amherst Rotary Club gathering in the ME church parlors about the Girl Scout movement. Also present were Dr Frank Dew and Fred Bentley of Oberlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Kelleher
Lorain
Girl Scouts of
Lorain County
Amherst Rotary Club
Miss Kelleher
Girl Scout Movement
Frank Dew
Fred Bentley
Oberlin
Device aids deaf children to inflect voice
At the Central Institute for the Deaf in St Louis a thyratron inflection indicator aids children born deaf to develop voice inflection. Dr Max A Goldstein notes it as the first device of its kind that really works, designed by Mrs Tikvah Alper Sterne and H J Zimmerman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST Louis
Central Institute For the Deaf
Max A Goldstein
Goldstein
Tikvah Alper Sterne
Pretoria
South Africa
H J Zimmerman
Washington University
Teaching a deaf child to speak via lighted meter demo
A teacher uses an electronic light column to guide a deaf child in speech. The machine records the student’s voice as light bulbs rise and fall with syllables, and the pupil later attempts the same task at the microphone. Dr Golstein claims a subject can learn a group of words with proper inflection in about 15 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ate Tempt
Golstein
Get at the cause of constipation with bulk activity
The notice explains constipation stems from lack of dietary bulk. It recommends Kellogg’s All-Bran cereal for breakfast with ample water, clarifying it is not a medicine but a nutritious cereal. Made by Kellogg’s in Battle Creek and sold by every grocer.
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Farm Bureau
Kellogg’s
Kelloge’s
Battle Creek
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