France seeks new executioner as head-chopper plans retirement
Anatole Deibler, famed French public executioner for three decades, wants to retire to gardening at 70. The search for a successor grows difficult as the role forbids public life and offers poor pay. Deibler lives across three homes, guards a private image, and owns three newer guillotines he designed himself.
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France
Paris
Anatole Deibler
Monseur de Paris
Deibler
of the Republic
Issyles-Moulineaux
Nice
Rivera
Place de la Concord
States Profit Soaring From 1935 Liquor Monopolies
Detroit report shows fourteen states with state-operated liquor stores earned about 35 million dollars from monopolies in 1935. Store sales exceeded 150 million, with net profits up to 26 percent. Top sales were Pennsylvania at 55.8 million, Ohio 32.4 million, Michigan 22.98 million, Virginia 3.38 million. Prices generally 5 to 20 percent lower than non monopoly states, but tax and fee differences affect comparisons.
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Detroit
State Liquor Control Commissions
Pennsylvania
Control Board
Ohio
Michigan Control Commission
Virginia
Department of Liquor Control
New York
Kentucky
West Virginia Liquor Control Commission
J. Floyd Harrison
Commission
Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Montana
Utah
Idaho
Oregon
Wyoming
Helps Cripples Regain Health By Swimming
Captain Charles B. Scully head of the Red Cross Life Saving Division in New York trains crippled children to swim to aid physical and mental health. A former invalid who saved 435 lives as a lifeguard and won the Congressional Medal of Honor, he leads infantile paralysis relief funded by the President's Birthday Ball.
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New York
Charles B. Scully
American Red Cross
Captain Scully
Hints Corn Bushel Loan May Be Cut
Secretary Wallace signaled the 45 cent corn loan could be reduced if AAA does not control the 1936 crop. He said continuation without production control is impossible and the Agriculture Department must survey the situation soon. Jesse Jones of RFC may seek stronger collateral protection as RFC funds the loans.
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Washington
Wallace
AAA
Agriculture Department
Jesse Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Curves and Turns and the Law of Momentum
A road lesson explains how momentum and centrifugal force push cars off course on curves. It compares speeds to passing long lines of vehicles, notes friction keeps us on the road, and argues for controlling speed rather than overbraking. It emphasizes that nature’s speed laws always apply.
Earth Skipped Ahead in 1935 By One Second
Berlin reports a surprising revision of time by 0.004 seconds since June 1934 based on quartz clock checks. Researchers Dr Scheibe and Dr Adelsberger of the Reich Physical Chemical Institute say earth’s rotation has sped up, making days slightly shorter and timekeeping more precise with six quartz clocks worldwide.
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Berlin
Scheibe
Adelsberger
Reich Physical-Chemical Institute
Reich Institute
Potsdam Institute of Astronomics
Dazed by H C L Shaves Cost One Dollar
Detroit reports from Palmer Alaska reveal former Michigan residents adapting to frontier life. Permanent waves cost eighteen dollars while shaves are one dollar as colonists manage with home grown food and a local power plant providing light by 430 PM. Milk sells for twenty five cents a quart and potato crops fail due to short season and cold nights. The Zook family notes high prices tied to limited competition and hopes for business opportunities with cash.
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Detroit
Michigan
Palmer
Alaska
Harold Zook
Laxative trusted by parents offers Syrup of Black-Draught
Mrs. C. W. Adams of Murray Kentucky endorses Thedford's Black-Draught for thirteen years. She notes it works well for biliousness and that Syrup of Black-Draught is a reliable laxative for children while adults prefer the powdered form.
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C. W. Adams
Murray, Ky
Thedford
Household Hints for Cooking and Care From An Old Column
Household hints offer practical tips from how to finish an apple pie with grated cheese to preventing apple skins from cracking. Other advice covers easy marshmallow cutting, protecting tulips and hyacinths indoors, roasting poultry breast down first, cleaning windows with kerosene, and preventing gelatin desserts from settling. Additional tips include enhancing gravy with sugar, burning oyster shells to remove stove clinkers, and noting sugar as an important energy source.
Chain Dollar Auto Sales Club Closed in Los Angeles
Los Angeles officers shut down a so called chain dollar auto sales club claiming 67 000 members. The promoter said the operation collected 5400 in one day and used eighty eight typists daily with 400 in office expenses. Members paid 1 to join then recruit others for credits toward a new car or cash. Magellan was killed by savages in the Philippines.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Dollar’ Club
The Spice of Life and a Punchline Parade
A collage of light anecdotes and quips opens with President Wilson recalling a Hannibal pilgrimage to Mark Twain’s monument and a local mishearing of Huckleberry Finn. Jokes follow on math puzzles, family finances, and a revolving cast of playful exchanges about money, marriage, and social foibles.
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Wilson
Hannibal
Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer
Huckleberry Finn
Puddinhead Wilson
Country Gentleman and Senator Trade Quick Exchange
A brief wartime style vignette shows a Country Gentleman asking someone to hold his horse while a Kentucky Senator replies that he is a member of Congress. A Company G member reassures, saying it’s all right and that he will trust the pair.
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Kentucky
Congress
Co. G
Dentist in West Receives Odd Letter About Teeth
A prominent Western dentist received a peculiar letter from a man in the next county claiming skill in dentistry. The writer offered to share his dental measurements, asserting his mouth is three inches, signaling a humorous, baffling approach to a possible prank or cryptic note.
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West
Questioning Witness Tests Memory In Court Interchange
The counsel presses the witness with a loaded inquiry about statements attributed to him and whether he previously or subsequently claimed the contested remark was of no moment. The witness responds with confusion asking for clarification.
Twin arrivals prompt wry wedding quip from boy
A family note recalls Little Bobby praying for a sister, growing discouraged, then twins arrive. He quips it was good he stopped praying. A neighbor remarks on crowded marriage pledges as the I do’s spread.
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Bobby
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