Roosevelt faces clash over public utility policy at World Power Conference
The World Power Conference opens September 7 as President Roosevelt seeks a possible truce with private utilities and a federal plan for large scale power generation. The dispute involves TVA, Commonwealth & Southern, and Georgia Power, with negotiations aimed at avoiding a direct government versus private control clash.
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Roosevelt
Woh
FDR
Wendell Willkie
Commonwealth & Southern
Georgia Power Company
TVA
Lilienthal
Willkie
TV.4
Common Wealth & Southern
Elsie Ferguson plans Europe trip to settle Lyme home
Elsie Ferguson the famed stage and screen star travels to Europe with husband Victor Egan after a busy five year span of travel and film work. She will return to settle a country house near Lyme, Connecticut, prefers rural life, and keeps to modest reading tastes while avoiding much theater.
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Elsie Ferguson
Europe
Victor Egan
Lyme
Conn
Elsie
Bermuda
New York
Shubert
Louis Wann
Julie Bon-Bon
Earl of Pawtucket
Cyril Maude
London
Wilton Lackaye
Primrose
Shirley Kaye
Portia
Thomas B. Clark
Fred
Erick Warlock
New York City
Carlisle Grange Meets Plans Community Picnic and Debate
Carlisle Grange held its regular meeting with most officers present and decided to host a community picnic at the Penfound home on Monday evening September 7. They invited Four-H Club youth of West Carlisle and will serve refreshments at the September 15 meeting. A program featured group singing, readings, a cooking utensil orchestra, and a debate on whether rural boys and girls have better opportunities than city youth.
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Carlisle Grange
Fred Decker
Merie Penfound
West Carlisle
Grange
Frank Mason
Ridgeville
Mason
Merle Penfound
Bud Porter
WI Sherman Mason
J. H. Penfound
Winnifred Decker
Sherman Mason
Minnie Lauer
H. H. Drusendahl
Marian Lauer
Road Survey In 36 States
The American Petroleum Industries Committee reports 36 states will conduct rural highway surveys and road planning to base future improvements on sound economics. Surveys are underway in 27 states and soon in six more, with three components: highway condition, traffic, and finance studies.
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Washington
American Petroleum Industries Committee
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Florida
Idaho
Milpois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Utah
Virginia
Washand Wy
Alabama
California
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Kentucky
North
South Carolina
Hospital sign bans children in maternity ward sparks debate
In Honolulu the Queen's Hospital, famed as the only U S hospital founded by a king and queen, faces controversy as directors resist removing a sign over the maternity ward that states No children allowed, prompting questions about policy and access.
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Honolulu
Queen’s Hospital
United States
Local Briefs and Socials From Elyria Area
Miss Jewell Smith attended the 85th birthday of her grandmother Mrs Estella Smith at the home of Mr and Mrs Charles Friend of Wellington. The gathering of 33 included children grandchildren and great grandchildren. Mr and Mrs Milton Babcock with Mr and Mrs Frank Dusheuske and Bertha Mae of LaGrange attended the Great Lakes Exposition in Cleveland. Mrs Theodore Grills spent Thursday with her father Cornelius Smith on Edison Highway. Terne Decker and son Cleon and Corbett Walker went to the Ohio State Fair returning Friday. Robert Mason Alex Toth and the Misses Hetty Miller and Thelma Wagner came home Wednesday from the State Fair. School opens next Tuesday September 8. Edith McClarren of Galion who taught West Ridge School last year has been rehired.
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Jewell Smith
Estella Smith
Charles Friend
Wellington
Milton Babcock
Frank Dusheuske
Bertha Mae
LaGrange
Cleveland
Theodore Grills
Cornelius Smith
Terne Decker
Cleon
Corbett Walker
Robert Mason
Alex Toth
Hetty Miller
Thelma Wagner
Misa Edith McClarren
Galion
West Ridge
Sunken Village Reappears as Reservoir Levels Drop
Walton New York reports Old Gibaon, buried under Schoharie Reservoir for a decade, rises into view as drought lowers water. Methodist church spire and Aldrich Hotel top reappear while Homes and streets become visible. The village was abandoned for the reservoir feeding the Shandaken tunnel. dam completion sank then revealed it.
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Catskills
Seeing is Believing Says Man Must Prove Truth Himself
A common saying is cited implying a man must possess truth personally rather than rely on others. It emphasizes self verification and direct evidence as the basis for belief.
Blot On Early History of 283-Year-Old Town Massapequa
In Massapequa New York a memorial service will mark the 1863 massacre of a Pemautal Massapequa tribe by white assailants led by Capt John Underhill hired by Amsterdam merchants. The event, tied to a three day South Shore Tercentenary, recalls colonial conflict and local Indian graves in Harbour Green.
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Massapequa
N. Y
Pemautal
Massapequa Indiasea
Old Fort Neck
Harbour Green
John Underhill
Long Island
Amsterdam
Anderhut
South Shore
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Stewart Warner
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University of Chicago
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