MAIN STREET NOT WALL STREET IN RADIO ADDRESS
Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes claimed sixty families control America and blamed a sit down strike for the recession. The speaker rebutted the charge, insisted America is ruled by Main Street, urged repeal of unworkable New Deal laws, and called for rational policy to end the slump.
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Harold Ickes
Interior
America
Ickes
Robert Jackson
Wall Street
Main Street
Stabbed in the Back over Wages and Hours Bill
New York Daily Worker reports the Wages and Hours Bill, part of the New Deal, was opposed by the AFL Executive Council and groups like the National Association of Manufacturers and Chamber of Commerce. The piece frames the defeat as a GOP and reactionary coalition setback amid labor struggle for regulation of wages, hours, and child labor.
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New York Daily Worker
Green
Frey
Woll
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Labor Movement
A. F. of L
Roosevelt
Congress
National Association of Manufacturers
Chamber of Commerce
South
North
The
A.P. of L
Wall Street
Pro
George Jones to play new tympani for Municipal Band
News item notes George Jones assigned to perform on the newly purchased tympani for the Municipal Band. Also reports the engagement announcement of Miss Elsie Virginia Lineberg and Mr. Harry 8 Fox Jr. with local social interest.
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George Jones
Elsie Virginia, Lineberg
Harry 8. Fox, Jr
Fall from hotel window injures Mrs. Elizabeth Kline
Mrs. Elizabeth Kline faints and falls from a fourth floor hotel window, sustaining serious injuries. The incident occurred as observers report the sudden collapse near the hotel window.
Lon Chaney in London after Midnight at Empire
Rev. O D Lambert of Stephens City is beaten by his followers and parishioners. England reports indicate plans to plant many commercial apple orchards.
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Lon Chaney
London
the Empire
O. D. Lambert
Stephens City
England
Scott Grant Named to County Board Seat After Resignation
Scott Grant is chosen to replace Clark Cather on the county board of supervisors after Cather resigns. Little Harry Fitzhugh Lee dies at the home of his parents, the John C. Lees, in White Post. Charles Leonard Copenhaveer marries Bernice Swisher in Carson City Colorado per word received by relatives. U S Treasury agents warn public about dangerous imitation of the five dollar bill by counterfeiters.
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Scott Grant
Clark Cather
Harry Fitzhugh Lee
John C.lees
White Post
Charles Leonard Copenhaveer
Bernice Swisher
Carson City
Colo
U. S. Treasury Department
Buried Alive Cleaning Deep Well Near Berryville
Forty years past Edward Robinson, a colored man, is reported buried alive while cleaning a sixty foot well near Berryville. The item notes other society snippets including a Baltimore wedding between Edward Blair Sheets and Miss Lillie Evans, a Back Creek mother giving birth to triplets, and Rev. J. P. Graham Jr returning from China to study medicine in Baltimore for missionary work.
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Edward Robinson
Berryville
Edward Blair Sheets
Lillie Evans
Baltimore
Thomas Hart
Back Creek
J. P. Graham, Jr
China
The Chanters and Ministerial Association Clash Over Cantata
The Chanters decide to cooperate with the Handley School cantata The Shepherds Prayer while avoiding financial liability. Ministers initially sponsor the event but refuse to assume costs, leading private appeals to Winchester citizens if a deficit arises, framing the project as a community effort.
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Star
Chanters
Handley School
Winchester
Mai the Evening Star
Evening Star
Winchester Ministers Support Cantata Union Service Plan
The Winchester Ministerial Association backs a Christmas cantata by the Chanters and arranges a union church service the Sunday before Christmas. No financial obligation is assumed by the association, which aimed to avoid overlapping services and keep funding private if needed.
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Winchester
Answers to Questions From Frederic J Haskin
A collage of Q and A entries covering topics from dog races in Miami to origins of the Happy Warrior phrase and census facts. It lists details on race seasons, educational vocabularies, accident causes in 1936, number of German newspapers, nursing schedules, New England foods, and Saratoga Baths usage.
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New England
R. S
Self made opportunity and bold finance in historic tales
A series of anecdotes celebrates self made opportunity and decisive giving. A mother builds a dollhouse for 168 with $1.68 and sells plans to Good Housekeeping. Fiorello La Guardia and Philip Armour are cited as models of proactive advantage and shared success. Mark Twain credits his mother for courage at sea.
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Good Housekeeping
New York
Ellis Island
New York University
Fiorello la Guardia
Philip Armour
Armour and Company
Armour
Mark Twain
Mark
Mc.aught Syndicate
Mimi Le Brun Captivates Camp Social Circle At Maine House
Jerry Chandler observes Mimi Le Brun as she dominates a mixed crowd at Olga's Maine camp party. Tension rises with Andy Fuller’s possessive interest and Mimi’s grown up allure. Loki-like Olga steers seating and social dynamics as Mimi becomes center stage for the group’s intrigue.
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Jerry Chandler
Yale
Mimi le Brun
St. Louis
Lionel Clark
Jerry
Maine
Olga
Mimi
Andy Fuller
Lionel
Bradleys
Andy
Miss le Brun
Uncle Jerry
Lion
Bernice
Hogging the Pork and a Changeable Bridegroom Tale
In a police court Judge Weiss hears Hogging the Pork a man presents a 42 pound half pig claimed by his daughter. He then shows a 4 pound tail end of a pig as a joke. Seattle tale notes county auditor Millikin awarding marriage license refunds on a changeable groom who cannot reuse funds for another bride.
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Chicago
Casimir Liebowiak
Joseph Weiss
Mike
Liebowiak
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Charles Welsh
Middletown
Thomas McInturff
Fred Stotler
Novick Transfer Company
the Star
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Miami
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al Smith
D.A
William Wordsworth
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Wisconsin
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Langer
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Nero
New York Times
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Gramercy Park
New York City
Players Club
Better Vision Institute
Saratoga Springs
Saratoga
State of New York
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Scott
R.j.scott
Australia
Wombat
Christians
Denmark
Hungary
King Features Syndicate, Inc
le Bailey
Senate
Wedge
Seattle
Earl Millikin
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