From Furnace Tender to Supreme Court Justice in 20 Years
A profile of William Orville Douglas tracing his rise from Yakima high school teacher and janitor to Yale professor, head of the SEC, and Supreme Court Justice. The piece highlights his frugal beginnings, education at Columbia, Wall Street ambivalence, and nonconformist style, noting his private life with wife Mrs. Douglas and two children.
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Alexander R. George
Washington
William Orville Douglas
SEC
Supreme Court
Joseph Story
Massachusetts
Horatio Alger
Bill Douglas
Yakima
Wash
Whitman College
William
Chicago
Buffalo
New York City
New York
Securities and Exchange Commission
Wall Streets
West
O Pntent
Manhattan
Columbia
Harvard
Harlan ¥. Stone
Robert Hutchins
Yale Law School
Douglas
Sterling
Yale
SEC Commission
Sally
New
Sistant
Thurman Arnold
Arnold
Wall
District of Columbia Boundary Line
Maryland
Grane
Oregon
Mildred
World’s Tonic touted for over twenty years relief
Mrs Ruth Bauer of Keyser West Virginia praises World’s Tonic for over twenty years of use as a laxative aiding digestion and constipation. She reports relief from back and joint pain and rheumatic aches after using the product. The tonic blends roots and herbs from old country sources sold at local drug stores.
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Ruth Bauer
E. Street
Keyser
W. Vac
Rudy's
People’s
Canffman’s
Bill allows Roosevelt to reform executive agencies
Washington March 20 Congress passed a bill authorizing President Roosevelt to reorganize federal executive agencies. Officials expect the President to delay any major changes until 1940 to avoid provoking political controversy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Johnny Torrio On Trial In New York
Fat Attle Johnny Torrio known as immune to bullets since Prohibition era faces a federal income tax evasion trial in New York. A meek 56 year old man listens as a jury is selected, with five women and seven men chosen and Al Capone expected to be a major witness via deposition.
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New York
Johnny Torrio
Underworld
al Capone
Torrio
Capone
Olive Tablets Offer Help For Constipation And Liver Bile
A vintage ad urges relief from constipation and sluggish liver by using Dr Edwards Olive Tablets. It claims the tablets stimulate bile flow to digest fats, tone intestinal action, and aid elimination. Purely vegetable and harmless, available in 15, 30, and 60 cent sizes at drugstores.
James Roosevelt to take new role at New York reception
In New Role New York March 30 James Roosevelt son of the President will be cast in a new role today He will serve tea at a reception Merle Oberon one of the stars of the movie company for which he works will be there to help him.
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New York
James Roosevelt
Hel
Merle Oberon
Hagerstown golf course work delayed by highway plans
The Ha gerstown Golf Club course will stay as is until the State Roads Commission decides on a section of the Hagerstown Frederick dual highway. The council voted to defer the proposed 12 acre east end park until highway construction begins and the city may take up stakes. Club president Joseph Reynolds offered free use of a section south of the clubhouse as a ball diamond, noting about 40 local men invested roughly 18 600 in the course and urging golfers’ access remain intact. California tests show oranges can be shipped coast to coast with minimal re icing both before and after loading.
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Hagerstown Golf Club
State Roads Commission
Hagerstown- Frederick
East End
Hagerstown
Joseph Reynolds
Golf Club
California
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Arrow Shoe Store
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50C Weekly
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30C Weekly
Washington ST
Elylacrest Ae
Extrs Bote
Amary
Ckey
Wway
Paisa Heen Sy Gt
Ay Specia
Kay's
Jewelry
West Washington Street
Nature
Slocum
Kay’s
W. Washington ST
Frank J. McCready
Anderson
Bourbon Years Older CO
Lawrenceburg, Ind
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