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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1931
Page
1
The column notes voters depend on the Electoral College and party routine at polls. It recalls historic mismatches where popular votes differed from electoral outcomes, cites repeated proposals by Senator Norris, and argues direct primaries and direct elections remain contested though insiders see the College as safe for now.
Senator Norris of Nebraska urges abolishing the Electoral College and instituting direct presidential voting. He argues the current system lets electors ignore the popular vote and that a constitutional amendment is needed to place the choice of the President in the hands of every voter.
The 15,000,600 Smith voters would rally behind Colonel Mann who organized Hoovercrats into a key force in 1928. Mann plans a Solid South delegation to the 1932 Republican Convention to oppose carpetbag rule and Hoover’s program, seeking political revenge for past grievances.
The Bishop's Son Major Richard M. Cannon faces trial for issuing bad checks drawing public moral judgments beyond the case. Critics note reactions to a bishop’s son reflect broader views on morality, leadership, and responsibility, while Broadway’s changing scene headlines with Shipwreck Kelly, talkies, and skyscrapers. A peek at Broadway staffing shows 91 named employees, 120 cast members, and the strain of production costs.
Richard Maslock notes Broadway, despite vast coverage, lacks a Sinclair Lewis style expose. He recalls Red Lewis’s quip that Broadway’s truth lies in its dancers, gamblers, gangsters, and actors, capturing the street’s complex image.
A Milbank Memorial Fund study of 100000 adult white male records finds farmers show fewer vision defects and heart disease but greater hearing problems than other workers. Early midlife health appears robust, with degenerative disease incidence lower among farmers than many occupations.
A New York Academy of Medicine report finds farmers healthier for valve and arterial disease before age 45, with lower nose and respiratory illnesses and less nervousness, but poorer dental health with high rates of pyorrhea and caries among those over 35. It also notes 7 percent used patent medicines, and a fifth of users relied on laxatives.
The article argues that exceptional children rise by the standards set in youth. Parents should cultivate pleasant speech, calm behavior, and refined tastes at home. Early home life shapes a child’s later associations, pleasures, and values more than schooling, finishing schools, or college.
The Philadelphia Record notes that the remark may be partly correct and partly incorrect, but the Bishop has invited that interpretation. The editorial underscores the risk of shaping opinion through that framing and its potential consequences for public discourse.
A Porto Rican yan sweet potato weighing 113 pounds was grown this season near Hearne Texas highlighting local agricultural yields and unusual crop sizes.
The piece profiles four U S senators Millard Tydings Bronson Cutting Kenneth McKellar and Dave Walsh with McKellar’s attack on Hoover over Belgian relief funds prompting reply from Otis Glenn about a president’s love for children. It then recounts a Capitol anecdote about recognizing a man by tar on his shirt front highlighting wit in congressional derision.
Representative OConnor, defeated in the last election, told a floor audience a sharp retort to a Republican critic. He quoted the state penitentiary chaplain's farewell message about going where others cannot follow to prepare a place for you.
Dr Shedon W. Cummings aged 66 head of the Bible department at Redlands University Redlands California died today after an operation. He formerly preached as a Baptist minister in Chester Pennsylvania.
Crown Prince Michael, heir to the Romanian throne, is ill with a chill and ordered to stay in his room at the Royal Palace in Sinaia. Doctors say isolation will continue until his condition improves. Rumors swirl that King Carol and estranged Queen Helen may visit the prince.
In this poem Edgar A Guest reflects on a life guided by parental and family caution against marrying beneath one’s station. Fear, pride, and the weighing of loss and gain kept him from love, leaving him in spinsterhood to see how cold reason can be when the heart is not trusted.
West coast log rafts carry as much as 1,160,000 feet of timber each. The figure highlights vast scale of Alaska forest products and maritime handling. Readers learn of large timber shipments tied to coastal logging and shipping hubs.
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