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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1935
Page
3
The editor notes readers prefer living human documents over sensational fare and that small papers avoid expert overkill. Carl H. Milan says U S library readers trend toward more wholesome, less morbid literature with interest in social problems. Russia and Germany top study lists as fiction remains popular for social insight.
The text outlines rights of the Associated Press for exclusive use of dispatched news and local items published in the paper, reserving publication and special dispatch rights.
A critical view of modern journalism notes an overabundance of words from Hauptmann trial coverage and radio commentators. It argues that far more words than necessary flood readers, inflating drama, while real events may be understated or manufactured. It cites courtroom language and press incentives, warning of enterprise bias and the danger to credible reporting. The piece also comments on public executions and cultural attitudes toward authority, ending with a wry look at European politics and shifting norms.
New York Day By Day notes Gertrude Stein is missing a bet by not writing an opera about the city streets. The feature wanders through Manhattan street names, noting trees, masculine versus feminine names, stocked curiosities like Gold street and Front but no Back, and landmarks tied to figures such as Lillian Gish and Al Smith. It ends with a quip about Exterior street and a search for Interior.
In Washington January 14 Herbert Plummer reports Congress seeks to revive oil control efforts after the Supreme Court voided Section 9 C of the Recovery Act. House proposals to cap interstate oil shipments align with state quotas, while Ickes hints at declaring the oil industry a public utility if reforms lag. The administration foresees sweeping reforms to federal transportation oversight.
An expert warns against diets that separate protein and carbohydrate meals and cautions that relief from such plans comes from restricting certain foods, not from meal pairing. The piece stresses dietary variety and cautions readers to rely on habit and knowledge for safe eating. In other brief items, General Calles rests in a Los Angeles hospital before gall bladder surgery. A Japanese farmer keeps a two headed snake as a pet.
The President may call Congress into extraordinary session when needed. Senate-only sessions handle treaties impeachments and appointments. Since 1789 about 24 such sessions occurred, five in the last nine years, including Hoover and Roosevelt calls. The 1933 100 day session ushered in the New Deal.
A mix of rain snow and sleet fell over the weekend with precipitation too light to measure. Chenaville reported a high of 40 degrees under observer D. Paul Oswald, a low of 29, and 29 at sundown. Saturday brought a 38 degree high and 25 degree low.
New York Jan 14 The Townsend plan for paying pensions of 200 a month to people over 60 is called economically and socially unsound by Frances Perkins Secretary of Labor in an interview for the American Magazine She endorses an old age pension plan she says would be economically possible and approves that approach
Longest pipeline system, costing 50 million dollars, built under American direction, runs 1150 miles from Mesopotamian deserts to the Mediterranean. It enables 24 hour oil outlet from Mosul crude via Iraq, with rights shared by French, British, Dutch, and American companies. King Ghazi of Iraq will preside at the Kirkuk line head opening.
Richard Lowery of Greencastle Pike reported to the sheriff's office Saturday night the larceny of 10 chickens from his property.
Four men at a Manila golf course were charged 2.50 each in greens fees in court. The case names and exact venue are not specified, but the proceeding indicates a local legal action stemming from a dispute over course charges.
An advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy for pale yellow skin dull appetite and a lazy feeling. Claims include clearing the bowels like calomel without dangerous after effects and improving skin eyes and buoyancy with millions of boxes sold yearly priced 15 20 cents.
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