Sousa and the Stars and Stripes Forever in War Time
The piece muses on the clash of science and industry with individual worth, then lauds Sousa and his Stars and Stripes Forever as a morale booster for soldiers and civilians alike. It reflects on patriotism, memory, and the enduring power of music to unify and inspire during national conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Carlyle
Sousa
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Hayig
Stars and Stripes
Earth
Greta March
Congress
Fragments From a Chaotic Page of Odd News
A garbled set of items mentions Shakespeare’s birthday in Stratford on Avon, prizefighters, a spelling bee, dogs in contests, and random decor about methodist conventions. It references Egypt, commerce data, a cow in Illinois, a train collision hospital case, and fluctuating state health figures with no clear single event. The tone is satirical and disjointed with stray names and phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakespeare
Stratford On Avon
Department of Commerce
Illinois
Mayne
Frank C. Lowden
Broadway Celebrities Inspire City Personalities and Cafes
In New York a wave of celebrity following emerges among cinema ushers and office gossip as theaters lure with affable staff and vanity displays. A Broadway cafe thrives on caricatures, drawing theatre, movie, and newspaper elites into lunch-hour crowds, echoing small-town personal columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
Broadway
Hollywood
Broadway Cognoscenti
Pepsy
Walter Winchell
New York Press
Guard
Cal
The Careful Driver and the Unknown Hero
A reflective verse notes the risky motorcycle ride on a busy avenue and an unknown driver who avoided tragedy by skillful avoidance. It contrasts public attention to fatal crashes with quiet praise for the lifesaving act and questions why the rescuer remains unnamed.
Wilbur names board to study safer aviation methods
Washington May 7 The safety group NAMES SAFETY GROUP reports Wilbur has named a board to investigate and develop means of improving aviation safety. The move aims to identify hazards and recommend actionable steps to reduce accidents and enhance air travel reliability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilbur Names Board
Mother Love Vanishing By Olive Roberta Barton
A columnist discusses shifting mother child relations as civilization advances. Psychologists warn of pampering, while advocates praise allowing individual development, citing Mrs. Lindbergh as a modern example of wise maternal freedom and resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Roberta Barton
Europe
Alec
Rules for Bathers Safety In Sanitary Swimming Pools
A medical association committee published pool safety rules to minimize contamination and injuries. Rules cover bacterial limits, clarity and depth visibility, sputum prevention, exclusion of infectious cases, hygiene, clean facilities, proper dress and towels, posted notices, and management duties. Some add preuse medical exams and post meal wait times before entering the pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Medical Association
Priest-Author Suffers Accident In Rectory Cellar
Father Will Whalen, Buchannan Valley priest and novelist, was injured Thursday when a lead pipe fell from a beam in a flooded rectory cellar. Both hands were bruised and swollen. he joked that his typewriter is on holiday as his fingers stiffen from the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Whalen
Buchanan Valley
Better Showing in Retail Trade in News Summary
New York reports irregularities in business but notes improvement in several key sectors. Retail trade gains with warm weather, steel mill activity remains high especially in Chicago, though orders are small and prices weaken. Automobile output expands with most major producers ahead of last year, Ford factories increasing. Freight car loadings rise versus last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Ford
Local Credit Conditions Show Subdued Month End Demands
The report notes that for the first time in months the figures are still below those of the corresponding weeks in 1927 and 1926. As month end demands pass, the credit situation improves slightly but remains restrained compared with earlier periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ealer
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the Mail Publishing Co
Jonathan St. Hagerstown
HAW
M. Burke, Inc
Greebar
Lexington Ave
Michican Ave
Constitution
Atlanta
Peorsia
Audrt Baraan
Hagerstown Pontoff Ace
eee G_& P
Associated Presn
Newwa
Clarence Darrow
Mechanism
Opsa
Sousa—What
He Means
War
Kansas City
Egypt
Britain
Paris
Charity
Alexander
New Yorker
Fifth Avenue
Hagerstown Tire Co
South Potomac Street
Edgar A. Guest
Bor
Names Safety Group
Howard
E. Balto
Montgomery Ward 4 CO
Riverside Tires
W. Franklin St
Hageratawn
W. R. Caatty
Mgr
Community Finance Service, Inc
Grand Bulidien
Grand Store
Washington St
Tueerece Charevt
Basking Department
DR. Morris Fishbein
the American Medical Assnciation and of ‘Hygeia, the Health Magazine
H. R. Wagner Vlumbiang
Hart
Caner
Packard, Hudson, Essex Sales and Service
Startzman Motor Co
the Washington Restaurant
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FABER
Mackenzie
Godas
Mackenzie Drug Co
Potomac St
Waat Franklin
Royal Oval Typewriters
Hagerstown Bookbinding and Printing Co
Franklin and Jonathan Street
Copeland Refrigeration
Atwater Kent Radiow
Hoffman Electric Co
Danzer Lumber CO
Baltimore St
Union Store
Byuth Potomac St
Vit-O-Net Corporation
Vit-O-Net Building
Ashland Ave
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