Byrd’s Finance Fight Against Eccles Echoes Across Nation
The Star prints Senator Byrd’s 8,000 word rebuttal to Governor Eccles urging restraint and warning that deficit financing risks currency inflation. Byrd argues national income has fallen 20 billion since 1929 while debt remains, urging balanced budgets and restraint to avoid economic collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry F. Byrd
Senator Byrd
Governor Eccles
Eccles
Byrd
Alice
Federal Reserve
Treasury
Germany
Hitler
America
List of political nicknames and labels from the era
A brisk catalog mentions figures such as William Henry Harrison and Andrew Jackson with epithets like father of the spoils system and references to molasses, hard cider, plum, and Hoover flavorless notes. The fragment hints at satirical naming and political branding of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry Harrison
Jackson
Mr. Hoover
Arita Warns Britain and U S on Economic Pressure
The Tokyo press quotes Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita warning that if Britain and the United States push Japan with serious economic pressure, Japan could retaliate against the mainlands and dependencies of those powers. The piece satirically notes how such talk mirrors the bellicose barroom tale of taking in territory.
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Japan
Hachiro Arita
Tokyo
Nichi Nichi
Arita
Britain
United States
Pacific
British Empire
Little Isle
Foreigh
Germany
Italy
Anita
China
Far East
Right of Way and the Duty to Yield at Intersections
A discussion of how right of way is defined in highway law across states and why prudent drivers yield even when they technically have the right. The article warns against rigidly clinging to rights and notes potential liability for refusing to yield, emphasizing personal responsibility to avoid accidents.
Humorous Stamp Flavor List Teases Presidential Postage
A West humorist sketches flavors to distinguish stamps by taste and style. He suggests a Pickle flavor to mark Coolidge issues, pairing others like bourbon and ginger with Roosevelt and Harding, in a playful collage of imagined stamp identifiers.
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Coolidge
Grant
Bourbon
Theodore Roosevelt
Ginger
Harding
Patman and Musica expose gaps in congressional ethics
The Chicago Tribune argues Congress should expel Rep Wright Patman citing his ties to McKesson & Robbins. It claims he was paid via a speakers bureau to push a crusade against chain stores for personal profit, while denying involvement in the Musica-Coster $18 million scheme.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Congress
Wright Patman
McKesson & Robbins Company
House
Patman
United States
McKeeson & Robbins
F. Donald Musica- Coster
Confederate veteran Daniel F. Miller dies at nearly 100
Daniel F. Miller nearly a century old dies in Frederick county hospital as one of the last two Confederate veterans. The news notes his passing amid local reflections on a fading Civil War memory.
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Daniel F. Miller
Frederick County
Phil H. Gold
East Central Fruit Growers Production Association
J. Pinckney Arthur
Rotary Club
Government sues many alcohol firms over untaxed fluid diversion
Five years ago the U S government filed suits against numerous alcohol companies for diverting fluids into beverage uses without tax. Byron O Brumback becomes master of Subordinate Grange in Middletown with state officers installed. Garber and Fletcher top scorer as local FFA beats former Bunker Hill team.
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United States
Byron O. Brumback
Grange
Middletown
Garber
Fletcher
Bunker Hill
Winter grips Shenandoah valley with ice and snow
Frozen streams and ponds in the area reflect the deepening winter. Miss Martha V. Pifer, Handley student of the Macedonia area, is honored at rites attended by her girl friends acting as pallbearers. Charles I. Faulkner, longtime lawyer and U S congressman from West Virginia, dies at his Martinsburg home Boydville. Claude B. Stickley of Vaucluse is elected president of the Frederick County Farmer's Educational and Cooperative Union.
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Shenandoah River
Martha V. Pifer
Handley
Macadonia
Charles I. Faulkner
U. S
W. Va
Local nuptials and bids mark Manila page
Miss Edith Graham Sigafoose weds Newton Thompson in Manila. Miss Willie McGuire hosts a party for Mrs. L. M. Allen. A Washington man bids 1625 dollars for a city auditorium lease as a theatre with bids from Hable Brothers and others.
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Edith Graham Sigafoose
Newton Thompson
Manila
Philippines
Willie McGuire
W. P. McGuire
L. M. Allen
Washington
City Auditorium
Hable Brothers
Friendship Fire Co Members Attend Oyster Supper Bazaar
Forty years ago the Friendship Fire Co members visited the Sarah Zane Oyster supper and bazaar in a body. Rev Nelson P Dame spent an hour and a half speaking on a vital question at the final week of prayer service. James Gearing fell through a hole to the floor at his Piccadilly street business injuring his ankle. T W Purcell's house at Cecil and Braddock streets caught fire.
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Friendship Fire Co
Sarah Zane
Nelson P. Dame
James Gearing
Piccadilly Street
T. W. Purcell
Cecil’ and
Braddock Streets
Thornton Holgate at Sylvan Beach Social Rise
Two weeks after being hailed as a Galveston hero, Thornton Holgate is elected president of Rice Faculty club, the youngest to head it. He dines with Sara Sue and prepares for social life, practicing dancing at Sylvan Beach’s Ye Olde Barn with seagoing men and fellow students in a lively, affordable setting. He embraces the change, planning lessons on the dance floor.
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Thornton Holgate
Galveston
Houston
Thornton
Massachusetts
Sarah Sue
Sylvan Beach
Sara Sue
Thorny
Leila White
Dr. Holgate
Mr. White
Holgate
Dr. Lovett
Tomers
Sara Sue Davis
Duke O'Reilly
Mr. O'Reilly
Liverpool
London
Cherbourg
Mr. O’reilly
Dr. Thornton Holgate
Thornton Holgate Discovers Nightclub Social Lift
Thornton Holgate, Ph D., attends Ye Olde Barn for a brush with urban nightlife. He dances with Leila White’s husband, a bold red gown wearer, and Sara Sue Davis, while Duke O Reilly asserts himself with a forceful kiss. The evening yields mixed thrills and reflections on happiness.
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Roosevelt
the Star
Cotte Wittiam Mercer
East Liverpool
Wheeling
West Virginia
Danville
Leverett Salstonall
William H. Vanderbilt
Rhode Island
Salstonall
Boston
Massachusetts Racing Commission
Racing Commission
Salston
Musica
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