Study of Federal Patents on Labor Saving Devices
Representative Hatton Summers of Texas calls for congressional study of issuing federal patents on labor saving devices to address unemployment. He argues the machine age creates mass idle workers and warns patent monopolies could expand idleness by 17 years for new inventions. Summers introduced a bill to pause such federal patent grants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rep
Hatton W. Summers
Tex
House Judiciary Committee
United Press
Congress
Washington
Congress of
United States
Off Screen Gags Fuel Hollywood Chatter and Starry Tales
Idol Chatter notes playful off screen gags spark laughs among film stars while two girls from Toledo rise to Hollywood prominence. Phyllis Welch and Pauline Craig reconnect through a tense studio rushes test, as Randolph Scott jokes about a tailor bill after a misdirected check.
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Hollywood
Carole Lombard
Fred MacMurray
William Powell
Hollywood Boulevard
Claudette Colbert
Louise Hovick
Louise Rainer
ZaSu Pitis
Garbo
Mae West
Louis B. Mayer
Ilona Massey
Nelson Eddy
Diane
Katharine Hepburn
Tom Ricketts
Eddie Cantor
Eddie
Robert Montgomery
Toledo
Ohio
Phyllis Welch
Hollywood Avenue
Pauline Swank
Phyllis
New York
Pauline
Craig
MGM
Tax Foreclosure Cases Filed in Common Pleas Court
A list of tax foreclosure cases filed in common pleas court includes property owners and amounts due across Lorain and Black River township areas. Names such as William H. Baker, Margaret Binder, Sefron Bocinovich, Charles Hlouff, Nick Bibbo, Anna Bejusz, Myrtle Brenner, Robert Bernald, John Walker, Joseph Molinette, and others are shown with delinquent sums ranging from under a dollar to over one thousand dollars, and locations including Lorain, Avon Lake, River township, and Black River township.
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Common Pleas Court
William H. Baker
Lorain
Margaret Binder
Sefron Bocinovich
Charles and Mildred Hlouff
Black River Township
Nick Bibbo
Anna Bejusz
Myrtle Brenner
Robert Bernald
John L. Walker
Joseph Molinette
Robert Goetz
Avon Lake
John Bernath
T. Chakeris
Mary Skrantz
August
Celia Grell
Frank Pecuna
Ida Valdeseria
Sigmond Balazs
Louise Somogyi
Nettie Williams
C. Arthur Brown
Steve Matios
Mary E. Hirst
Elizabeth Radcliffe
Hollywood Cafe Chaos and Studio Walkthroughs
A chaotic Hollywood morning unfolds as a tailor reveals a forged check, and Olga Celeste the cat woman arrives with her leopard Nissa causing a stampede. Reporters describe Ray Bolger and Eleanor Powell rehearsing a new ten second dance while Joel McCrea recalls his early studio experiences and a rejected cowboy look.
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Hollywood Boulevard
Olga Celeste
Hollywood
Nissa
RKO
Katharine Hepburn
Olga
Joel McCrea
California
Paramount
Joel
Tam
McNaught Syndicate
Oldsmobile Introduces Deluxe Rear Compartment Heater
Oldsmobile debuts a rear compartment hot water heater for winter rear-seat riders. The unit directs warm air to the floor, uses a large fan with a variable speed control, and is optional on four door sedans. Concealed pipes and a separate fuse protect the car’s electrical system.
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Oldsmobile
Touneau
Cadillac and La Salle Sales Jump in Early November
Detroit reports that Cadillac and La Salle deliveries in the first ten days of November rose 86 percent from a year earlier. D. E. Ahrens, General Sales Manager, notes 1,016 cars sold versus 545 in 1937. October volume also set a record with 3,115 deliveries, best since 1929, while stock of 1938 models remains limited. Production is being increased to meet demand. Public enthusiasm for the 1938 Cadillacs and LaSalles remains strong, despite dealer shortages.
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Detroit
D. E. Ahrens
Ahrens
Mani
Buick Sales Soar To All Time Record
Buick sales hit a new all time high boosted by auto shows and the 1938 model line. Output at Flint Linden N J and Los Angeles plants runs over 1200 cars daily with unfilled orders sustaining high production. In the first ten days of November 6776 cars were sold nationwide, up from 4740 in earlier period and 5048 in November 1936, with Wayne County Michigan registering 348 cars in twelve days.
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Flint
Mich
Buick
W. F. Hufstader
Linden
N. J
Los Angeles
United States
Hufstader
Wayne County
Detroit
Economy Record Set By Baker In Willys
Baker, a veteran test driver, set a new economy record in Canada by averaging 46.28 miles per Imperial gallon on a 597 mile Windsor to Montreal trip in a stock 1938 Willys Sedan. The run, under blizzard and fog, used 12.9 Imperial gallons at a total cost of 3.42 dollars, supervised by the Canadian Automobile Association with observer G. M. Shaw. Baker stopped overnight in Kingston en route and said he is highly pleased with the results.
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Toledo
E. Q
Cannon Ball” Baker
Canada
Willys
Windsor
Montreal
David R. Wilson
Willys-Overland Motors, Inc
Canadian Automobile Association
G. M. Shaw
Baker
Kingston
Record of Endurance Drive Through Snow Storms
The narrator describes a mileage record set under severe driving conditions from Windsor to London. A blinding snow storm forced multiple stops to clear the windshield as roads remained slick. Despite this, the car performed like a champion, proving its handling and resilience in harsh weather.
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Windsor
London
High School Chemist Creates Gas From Sales Tax Tokens
Anniston Alabama resident Jack Reese, a high school student and amateur chemist, used lye water and sales tax tokens to generate a lighter-than-air gas in a bottle. He released balloons filled with the gas, which later drifted hundreds of miles and were found at Broadkill Beach Delaware days afterward.
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Anniston
Ala
Jack Reese
Young Reese
Broadkill Beach
Del
Swain Boys License Before Asking Girl
In Seminole Oklahoma a nervous oil field worker struggled to sign his marriage license and asked that it be kept from the newspapers. When asked why he replied he had not yet proposed to the girl and was not sure she would accept.
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Seminole
Okla
Leone McCabe
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Day’s
Jimmie Fidler
Randolph Scott
Sibley & Sprague
Tel
Randy
A. R. Careless
MGM Big
Ray Bolger
Eleanor Powell
Bolger
Burns
Mildred Snow Gleason
Near East
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Burnside
Illinois Central Railroad
Acme
Automobile News
Cadillac
la Salle
Keyes Auto Service
Arvin & Stewart-Warner
West Ave
Swain
the Peerless Laundry and Dry Cleaning Co
S.T
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Broad Street
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