Restored Rheims Cathedral Opens After War Ruins
The opened service marks 19 years of careful restoration of Rheims Cathedral, once damaged by 1914 shelling and 1918 bombardment. Funded largely by John D. Rockefeller Jr, the project revived a Gothic icon and recalls how war destroys cultural heritage worldwide.
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Rhiems
Europe
Rheims
France
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Williamstown
Virginia
Spain
China
Speeding Drivers Endanger All On Public Roads
A Chicago test showed a reckless driver reached a destination 21 minutes sooner than a cautious driver who traveled the same route safely. The piece argues that any time saved by speeding is not worth the risk to others and urges drivers to curb speed as the root cause of most serious traffic accidents.
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Chicago
Income Tax Burden Across Income Brackets in 1935
A survey highlights the solidity of America’s earning power with 624,252 taxpayers earning 2500 to 3000 dollars annually paying 3.9 million in taxes, while 41 millionaires with incomes over a million paid 41.5 million. Some urge lower exemption points to avoid injustice to those least able to pay.
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America
Grand Army
Washington
Wisconsin Man Hibernates Like Bears in Winter
Arthur E Gehrke a Watertown hotel keeper holed up for the winter in an upstairs room and will not emerge until spring meals are brought to him his method is not true hibernation bears eat nothing while he continues to be fed by others The piece muses on human adaptation to heat and cold and the resistance to new ideas in a wry observational tone
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Arthur E. Gehrke
Watertown
Wis
Anniversary page lists notable births and historical events
A historical column catalogs anniversaries from 1750 through 1936, highlighting births of figures like Thomas Pinckney, James W. Denver, Adlai E. Stevenson, and Sarah Bernhardt, plus today in history events such as the gas lit Thalie Theatre, the San Juan Island boundary dispute, and the 1929 stock market crash. It also notes today’s birthdays and horoscopes, with brief summaries of each entry.
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Thomas Pinckney
South Carolina
Charleston
James W. Denver
California
Kansas
Ter
Denver
Winchester
Charles A. Fechter
England
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Christian Co., Jr
F. Hopkinson Smith
Baltimore
Robert Bridges
Sarah Bernhardt
Bowery
New York
San Juan Island
Canada
United States
London
Belgium
Wall Street
Chicago
Humble McNinch rises to power amid capital chatter
Seven years after reporters teased a possible Fed power post for Frank McNinch of North Carolina, the Hoover ally and former foe of Al Smith rose to a pivotal role in the Federal Communications Commission. He championed public utilities profit with guardrails against profiteering, while reshaping Roosevelt’s views on government power. A Duke of Windsor denial adds royal intrigue to Washington power dynamics.
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Senate Committee
al Smith
Federal Power Commission
Frank McNinch
North Carolina
Hoover
Mr. Smith
Senate
Federal Communications Commission
National
Farley
House
Rayburn
Hugo L. Black
Power Commission
Hoovler
McNinch
White House
Dan Roper
Frank Ramsey McNinch
Bonneville Dam
J. D. Ross
Ross
Seattle
City Light
Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company
Combine
Franklin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Bonneville
Duke of Windsor
London
Madame Perkins
Harold L. Ickes
Washington
New York
Arthur Kudner
Duke
Secretary of Labor
Ickes
Readings and Meditations on Faith and Rural Policy
A Saturday meditation reflects on John 2 1 4 and the Word made flesh while contrasting humble Christlike resolve with a harsh critique of state aid programs. A Rural Resettlement director visits a farm family, witnessing pigs kept in a basement fed by settlement funds, prompting questions about welfare safeguards.
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Sam
Neheon
Federal Inspectoress
International attitudes mix in a swirling wartime chat
A Japanese journalist in Washington boasted of industrial expansion while Americans joked about cotton and scrap iron trade. A Briton and locals reacted amid a social scene in Lorain and Buffalo as a church group shared a Bible class and a birthday dinner gathered relatives and neighbors.
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Washington
New Deal
Switzerland
New York
Lancashire
England
United States
Nippon
North Olmsted BRIEFS Visit Notes and Travel Plans
Mrs A C Reed left Friday for Atlanta to visit her sister Mrs Laura Rose. Mrs Frank Chadwick of Wellington spent weekend with sister Mrs G G Stearns. Sunday they attended a cousin’s funeral in Akron. Mr and Mrs Fred Nelson visited the past week at sister Mrs O C Wright’s home. Wednesday they left for a Smoky Mountains trip with Mrs Nelson’s sister Miss Mabel Williams of Kivria. She will visit them in New York City after. Alsin Cowley joins friends from
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A. C. Reed
Atlanta
Georgia
Laura Rose
Frank Chadwick
Wellington
G. G. Stearns
Akron
Fred Nelson
Nelson
O. C. Wright
Smoky Mountains
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Mbers
Acdit
Second Street
Elyria
Ohio
Lorain County Printing & Publishing Company
Hudnutt
Clare George
Pi Bck
Sialitadal
Ee Ee
Elyria Postoffice
Eagrinar
Jn Lorain
John W. Cuiles Company
Mfichigan Ave
New
Rheims Cathedral
Speed
Wisconsin
Mian
Hee Ex
Fexdana
L Te
Bag
U.S
Sree
John Stewart Bryan
Richmond
College of William and Mary
Hugh Baillie
The
United Press
Brooklyn
N. Y
Maury Maverick
San Antonio
Tex
Edgar J. Goodspeed
the Univ. of Chicago
Quincy
Earl Chapin May
Rochelle
Ill
Gilbert N. Lewis
Univ. of Cal
Weymouth
Mass
News Behind
James McMullin
Ray Tucker
Checker Cab
Our
Savings and Loan Association
Northern Savings & Loan Co
Federal Home Loan Bank System
Masonic Temple
Jesus
Svermore
Cale
Christ
State Department
Lorain
Pittsburgh
W. Burdick
Buffalo
Burdick
Congregational Church
Fred Wilford
A. N. Eldred
Alaska
Wayne Sibert
Lorain Road
Siberta
D. G. Hofiizer
Olmsted Falls
Ernst Bauer
the Falls
Ida Elton
Ernest Bauer
Eleanor
Glenn Bauer
North Olmsted
P. B. Smith & Company
Elyria Savings
E. F. Whitney & Son
Hia Printing Company
Maso Inc. Ee
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W.H. Vanoster
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