Veterans Honor Guard Delays Burial For World War Hero
Thomas Hewitt Jr. died poor and was set for Potter's Field burial until the American Legion intervened. Hewitt, a La Fayette Escadrille member and American Army veteran, will be reburied in Arlington with a guard of honor. The act underscores national memory of war veterans and their sacrifice.
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American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Washington
Thomas Hewitt, Jr
Potter’s Field
Hewitt
la Fayette Escadrille
Young College Presidents Stir Debate On Age For Leaders
A discussion notes that college presidents have tended younger over time with examples such as Hutchins at Chicago and Conant at Harvard. It contrasts earlier leaders like Eliot and Butler with today’s trend, suggesting youth on campus may provoke resistance and rebel spirit. The piece cites global disciplinarians in Berlin and Rome as context.
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Wilson College
Chambersburg
Wilson
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago At
Glen Frank
Wisconsin
Conant
Harvard
Charles W. Eliot
Dr. Butler
Columbia University
Berlin
Rome
Portrait of a College President and the Burdens of Leadership
Analyzes the career and challenges of a university president tied to George H. Denny and institutions like Washington and Lee and the University of Alabama. Highlights how critics label conservatives as Torys and liberals as radicals, and notes the myths and sacrifices of academic leadership.
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Richmond News
George H. Denny
Alderman Fund Drives Alumni Support for University
The Alderman alumni fund at the University of Virginia, reorganized after being inactive since 1928, aims to secure yearly donations from Virginia graduates. It seeks to support the Alumni Association, Virginia Quarterly Review, student loans, scholarships, research, musical groups, and campus grounds maintenance.
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Charlottesville
Alderman
Virginia
Alumni Association
Virginia Quarterly Review
United States
Glee Club
German censorship tightens on artistic criticism
In Nazi Germany under Goebbels restrictions all political and artistic criticism is censored. Propaganda doctrine demands writers delay work and submit to stricter oversight, ending open critique in drama and music as propagandists reshape cultural commentary.
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Cumberland Times
Germany
Hitler
Dr. Goebbels
Will Rogers Humorous Story In Dinner Etiquette
Will Rogers humorously warns about inviting a teacher to dinner and the need to avoid embarrassing one’s child. The rambling quip reflects Rogers style, using playful caution on social manners and family pride.
Childrens Homework Reveals Hidden Kitchen Experiments
A visit by a teacher uncovers a house cluttered with scraps of paper and a large map. Patricia Bem proudly presents a chaotic work area with a boiler and mash, then explains the setup as “Daddy's homework” in a revealing domestic moment.
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Patricia Bem
Patricia
Teacher
American News Features, Inc
Critics, Germany, and American press under Nazi era
The piece notes shifts in newspaper criticism toward restraint and responsibility. It argues critics must slow to digest impressions and return reverence for artistic achievement, suggesting American critics imitate Nazi Germany's suppression of genuine discourse while readers crave immediate assessment.
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Germany
Nan Keating Named Acting Director At City Welfare
One year ago Nan Keating was named acting director of the city Public Welfare body. A county survey finds manganese mines in Frederick rather than Shenandoah.
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Nan Keating
Europe
Joint
Frederick
Shenandoah County
G. E. A. Reinburg
Music Lovers’ Club
Carolyn Quantz
FP. L. Buckley
Alvin W. Shade
Virginia Order of Fraternal Americans
Miss Grace Heatwole Bride of Davis Ommerts
Five years ago Miss Grace Heatwole of this city wed Davis Ommerts of Lemasters Pa. The item notes the wedding and old local connection with Salisbury N C debt reduction and regional officials.
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Grace Heatwole
Davis Ommerts
Lemasters
W. W. Glass
Salisbury
N. C
P. P. Pilcher
Williams
Frederick
Shenandoah
Cedar Creek Valley
Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary Noted in Charles Town
Twenty five years ago Reverend Dr and Mrs Abner Hopkins of Charles Town West Virginia marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary. A Richmond audience heard R E Byrd note there are many lawyers and too many doctors. Dr O H Benson of Washington DC addressed the Sev enth District Agricultural High School graduates at Middletown. Charles H Bush a B&O engineer died after his engine jumped the tracks near Witon DC. Pompanius a imported Percheron stallion owned by North Frederick Horse Company valued at 3000 dollars died from at.
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Abner
Hopkins
Charles Town
W. Va
R. E. Byrd
Richmond
O. H. Benson
Washington, D. C
Agricultural High School
Middletown
Charles H. Bush
Witon
D. C
Pompanius
North Frederick Horse Company
Leap Year Gallant Sparks Historic May Leap
Historic note recalls a 1679 event in Englewood New Jersey where a young woman jumped from an upper window landing in a young man’s lap. The Roanoke Times mentions leapyear bravado while the Cumberland Evening Times recalls Hoover exiting the presidential race in 1936.
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Englewood
N. J
Roanoke Times
Hoover
Cumberland Evening Times
Questions and Answers From The Evening Star Bureau
A compilation of reader questions with concise answers on narcotics laws rice paper cigarette wrappers slavery colonial history and more. It covers topics from Hirohito wealth to Gaines Mill and the Kentucky Derby winners ridden by Earl Sande.
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Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Earl Sande
Huddleston Faces Runoff in Alabama Democratic Primary
In Birmingham Alabama veteran Representative Huddleston seeks a eleventh term amid a rare primary challenge from Luther Patrick. New Dealers rally to deny him renomination while Republicans and Socialists vie for independent votes as Roosevelt opposition grows. Norman Thomas presses Socialist platform against Roosevelt and New Deal rhetoric.
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Washington
D. C
George Huddeston
Birmingham
Alabama
Huddleston
Capitol Hill
House of Representatives
Luther Patrick
Patrick
Roosevelt
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
Cleveland
Wilson
von Hindenburg
Hitler
Thomas
Landen
Roosevelt Democrats
Davey Democrats
Ohio
Ruby in idol tied to Miss Randall murder case
In a tense session detective Keyes probes Van Every Soon and Miss Randall diaries revealing the ruby hidden in the idol and Miss Randall's possible motives. Van Every places the ruby there to prove the safe could be accessed. the taxi night and Mrs Bryce visit are examined as clues amid doubts about who knew of the ruby.
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van Every
Miss Randall
California
Wyoming
Keyes
Soon’s
Miss Younger
Maughan
Joyce
Edith Bryce
Van
Seon
Miss van Every
Allan Foster
Margalo
Laura Randall
the Warrington
Mixture of New Animals for New York Zoological Society
Strangers received from Trinidad include a pink-snouted anteater a twittery paradise ranger four Vampire bats and other specimens. In Boston police note night club crowds mistake their HQ for a social venue prompting talk of a warning electric sign. Columbus Mississippi 1898 women sent boxes of goodies to Spanish American War volunteers.
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New York
New York Zoological Society
Trinidad
Columbus, Miss
Columbus
Lincoln man serves year for forging signature in county check
George Os borne, 31, of Lincoln Nebraska, attended a penitentiary grade school to learn reading and writing while serving a one year sentence for forging an X signature on a check in Otose County last September.
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Lincoln, Neb
George Osborne
State Penitentiary
George
Otose County
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