Virginia Scholar Joins Social Trends Committee Work
Edgar Sydenstricker, a former Virginia schoolteacher and Washington and Lee graduate, is among 50 leading social science authorities aiding the President's research committee on social trends. The panel nears completion and will report this winter. Sydenstricker now works with the Milbank Memorial Fund.
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Edgar Sydenstricker
Sydenstricker
Washington and Lee University
Milbank Memorial Fund
Sydenstricker to Lead Vitality Chapter in Social Report
Dr Wesley C Mitchell heads a New York study on social trends and upheaval. The commission assigns Simon Sydenstricker to report on the vitality of the American people, drawing on decades of research and international health work.
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Wesley C. Mitchell
Columbia University
New York
Sydenstricker
Ity
Homemade Christmas Candies and Treats Guide
A home crafts article encourages making and gifting Christmas candies. It describes simple recipes including Yule Logs Plum Puddings Vanilla Cream Caramels Mocha Opera and Banana Cream Squares, plus tips for festive packaging and containers. The piece emphasizes homemade items as priceless holiday gifts and suggests decorating tin boxes and cornucopias for tree baubles.
Real Estate Snub Sparks Humorous Debate on Salesmanship
A lighthearted quarrel emerges over a so called ideal home remark. A buyer crudely mocks the speaker as an idiot and suggests consulting a real estate agent for better guidance.
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Jimile
Not a Happening Prosperity Must Be Made Says Edward Filene
A quotation attributed to Edward Filene asserts that prosperity does not arise by chance but must be created through effort and enterprise. The remark emphasizes proactive action and entrepreneurial spirit.
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Edward
Filene
Vincl iron tonic ad targets girls with curves claim
An advertisement from Baker's Drug Store promotes Vincl iron tonic for girls promising pretty curves and quick body changes. It asserts the tonic tastes delicious and offers the product as a miracle health aid.
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Baker’s Drug Store
Droughts Yield Health Benefits In Virginia
Virginia drought relief helped public health by reducing typhoid cases by about 20 percent from last year. Ten month totals show 1 049 typhoid cases this year versus 1 301 in 1931. dips also seen in diphtheria scarlet fever and pellagra with declines linked to sanitation efforts and public health campaigns.
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State Health Department
Fcar
Heal’ Department
Medical Society
Lack of Light Causes Most Home Accidents
The article notes that 35 percent of accidental deaths, about 30,000 yearly, occur in homes due to darkness. It highlights new battery powered wall lights with pull chains and optional time switches to provide timely illumination and prevent injuries.
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Can a Heart Opening Prevent Zs Small Slam In Bridge
A central press analysis of a bridge hand where Z aims for a small slam in hearts. The article explores whether alternate opening leads such as a heart or spade would have defeated the contract, outlining several lines and defenses proposed by readers.
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Hearts
Special Prizes For Touchdowns In Charity Football Game
The Shenandoah Caverns, Inc. donates four annual passes to be awarded to players scoring touchdowns in the S. W. A Handley charity football game. If no touchdowns are scored, two passes go to each team captain.
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S. W. A Handley
Chamber of Commerce
H. B. Chapman
Shenandoah Caverns, Inc
Caverns
Seattle activist leads hunger march to Washington
Helmi Huttenen is pictured at Communist headquarters in Detroit with about 500 hunger marchers who traveled by truck and car toward Washington to reach the capital by the opening session of Congress on December 5.
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Wash
Helmi Huttenen
Detroit
Washington
Congress
Savvy as Franklin D. Roosevelt’s chief attribute
Charles P. Stewart argues Roosevelt’s key quality is savv y a pidgin term meaning understanding or sympathetic insight. He contends the governor’s appeal rests on this trait, which keeps voters confident even if policy specifics seem vague, while critics fear changeability.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
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Roosevelt
Smith
James Couzens
Michigan
Wolverine
Imprisoned 50 Feet From Home A Child Rescued From Cess Pool
Mrs Horace Baxter of Syracuse New York hugs her three year old son Howard after the boy was rescued from a cess pool within 50 feet of their home. The child had been imprisoned for 24 hours while the father and neighbors searched the city. The boy said I lost my rubbers Daddy upon reunion.
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Horace Baxter
Syracuse
N. Y
Howard
Two Chicago Boys Face Court Hearings in Murder Cases
Chicago youths James Va recha and 16 year old Charles Arnold appear in court for hearings. Va recha pleads guilty to three murders and multiple assaults with a history of robberies and shootings. Arnold pleads guilty to a murder indictment in the hammer slaying of his step grandmother Mrs Ellen Saxe. Dr Harry Hoffman of the Cook County behavior clinic observes Charles' mentality.
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Chicago
James
Iggy) Varecha
Charles Arnold
Ellen Saxe
Harry Hoffman
Cook County Behavior Clinic
Charles
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