Talking Congress Debates and Blazing Oratory
Reporters survey the pace of national debates with a focus on rapid talkers. Senators Tobey and Bone lead speed while Ashurst and Barkley stagger with long words. House member Rogers and Huey Long prove hardest to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Gilmore
News Today
Times of International
Banke
Josh Lee
D-Okla
Barkley
D-Ky
Sen
Ashurst
D-Ariz
Charles W. Tobey
RNH
Bone
Capitol
House
Rogers
Rmass
New England
Huey Long
John C. Schafer
R-Wis
Aptly Named Dante Chooses Miss Pauline Pippin
In Dante Virginia a beauty contest favors Miss Pauline Pippin as winner in the Miss Dante pageant judged by the Parent Teacher group.
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Dante
Miss Dante
Pauline Pippin
Building Is On Increase In Fifth District Trade
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond reports March showed a marked rise in construction with permits 65 percent higher than February and 58 percent above March last year. Contracts awarded rose 104 percent from February and 62 percent from March 1938.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Fifth District
Highballs Not A Motherhood Bar
Pittsburgh May 1 A County Court Judge Samuel J McKim upheld Mrs Gourdie custody of her four year old son. The father had claimed her home with her mother was not a proper environment citing her occasional highball and penny ante games.
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Pittsburgh
Samuel J. McKim
Anniversary of Early Rebellion Observed in Boston
In Boston on May 1, more than 200 patriotic and historical societies gathered to mark the 250th anniversary of America’s earliest revolt in 1689 against Sir Edmund Andros, royal governor of the Puritan colonies. The bloodless uprising mirrored another 1689 event that toppled James II.
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Boston
America
Sir Edmund Andros
Andros
Church of England
James
Edmund
They Were Rough On This Prowler They Were Rough On This Prowler
Fred W. Lindeman and his family confronted a 16 year old prowler with a pistol in Denver. They used a milk bottle ginger ale bottle vacuum cleaner and a garden hose to subdue and revive him after he allegedly burglarized 15 homes.
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Denver
Fred W. Lindeman
Allen
Lindeman
Sheriff to auction 1939 Chevrolet two door sedan in Winchester
By virtue of an execution and levy in the matter of J. P. Stine vs Bruce Lodge the undersigner will sell at public auction at Winchester Va s Garage at 10 A M May 6 1939 One area Chevrolet two door sedan. Sheriff Frederick Co Va Coleman Dunn Auctioneer.
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J. P. Stine
Bruce Lodge
Winchester
Waters
Sheriff Frederick Co
Coleman Dunn
Readers share mottos that moved their lives and heroes
A column recounts reader mottoes collected by Dale Carnegie with brief biographical notes. It highlights Robert S. Philips describing Frank Hawks motto If you cant be a winner then make the fellow ahead break a record, Carl E. Letts on Peary and the North Pole, Karolin Sabo noting Jane Addams on justice, Faye Bowman on earning power, and Will Durant on education through shocks, dated 1939.
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Robert S. Philips
Fredonia Drive
Hollywood
California
Mr. Philips
Frank Hawks
Philips
Frank Hawk
Carl E. Letts
Flushing
Michigan
Admiral Peary
North Pole
Fort Conger
Karolin Sabo
Edward Corsi
Department of Welfare
New York City
Corsi
Jane Addams
Hull House
Chicago
Faye W. Bowman
Box
Woodward
Oklahoma
Will Durant
McNaught Syndicate
Descendants of Irish Horse Traders Hold Annual Tributes
In Atlanta on May 1 the Irish horse traders or substantial livestock dealers gathered for their yearly reunion to honor members who died in the past year. Masses were said for two deceased, with a funeral procession to the cemetery and later travel to Nashville for additional services. The clan traces to Irish livery stables in Washington a century ago and now numbers about 2,000.
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Atlanta
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Nashville
Tenn
America
Washington
Kentucky Runs True To Form
Lexington May Day dispute erupts as engineering student William Dunlap claims victory over six coeds but is ruled out after ballot count. Miss Ramona Perkins of Lexington announced queen. protestors from Pisgah join with Schenectady NY spokesman S. T. Bourbaki to reveal float plan for next Friday pageant.
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Lexington
University of Kentucky
William Dunlap
Pisgah
Ramona Perkins
S. T. Bourbaki
Schenectady
N. Y
Dunlap
Methodists Consecrate New Bishops in Unity Rite
Kansas City May 1 United Methodist Church consecrated two bishops from the former Protestant division linking the 1828 schism. Bishops James H. Straughn of Baltimore and John Calvin Broomfield of Fairmont W Va were solemnly consecrated before about 8 000 attendees as the Protestant branch joins the new church. The service marked the first week of a month long uniting conference to establish government for the merged body and included bishops from the northern and southern branches.
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Kansas City
United Methodist Church
James H. Straughn
Baltimore
General Conference
John Calvin Broomfield
Fairmont
W. Va
New Methodist Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Boston University
Adna Wright Leonard
Pittsburgh
Kingdom of God
New, United Church
Leonard
Edwin H. Hughes
Washington
John M. Moore
Dallas
Paul B. Kern
Nashville
E. Lester Smith
Cincinnati
George R. Brown
Liberty
N. C
E. A. Sexsmith
Hooper
Clarence L. Baltimore
T. Leroy Daugherty
Miss Bumgarner Leaves Estate To Church In Will
Laura Bumgarner of near Intermont West Virginia leaves the bulk of her estate to Hebron Lutheran Church. Rev. C H Anderson nephew posts a 2400 dollar bond as executor. The will directs debts paid and a market built, with income used for her and her parents lots, remainder to the church. Personal effects go to Rev Anderson Miss Bessie Brill Murrell Anderson Leslie Godlove and Katie McKee Severn. Appraisers named Edgar Mason E A Brill H B McFarland Charles Clark and S Donald McFadden.
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Laura Bumgarner
Intermont
W. Va
Hebron Lutheran Church
C. H. Anderson
Corporation Court of
Winchester
Miss Bumgarner
Rev. Anderson
Bessie Brill
Murrell
Anderson
Leslie Godlove
Katie McKee Severn
Edgar Mason
E.A. Brill
H. B. McFarland
Charles Clark
Donald McFadden
Springtime In Va Virginia Poem On Old Roads And Mansions
The piece reminisces about spring in Virginia with red birds bees dogwood and apple blossoms along the Winchester pike. It recalls Washington Jackson Morgan's Regulars and Lee and speaks of stately southern mansions and memories of days of old. The verse paints seasonal images and nostalgic scenes of the Old Dominion.
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Virginia
Winchester Pike
Washington
Jackson
Morgan
Lee
Grace England Turner of Pueblo Colo
An oblique tribute records Grace England Turner of Pueblo Colorado as a figure of grace and beauty, noting her name and origin with a concise, reverent cadence.
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Grace England
Turner
Pueblo, Colo
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