Counting of Nation's Jobless Folk To Be Made By Postal Employes
The employment Census office will publish national unemployment totals by Christmas after a two day voluntary area count. Every family will receive a census card to be mailed back by November 20, with 14 questions on work, dependents, and finances. Checks by postmen and agencies will improve accuracy.
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John Hightower
Roosevelt
Post Office Department
Eniry
Works Progress Administration
U. S. Employment Service
Census Bureau
WPA Mae
Map of Asia Promises Insight on World War Ties
A reader notice in the Winchester Evening Star promotes an updated five color Asia map with minute geographic detail and accompanying economic and political data. The offer includes a ten cent coupon and mail delivery from Washington, D. C. In Chicago a police report notes Leith Hester and Eugene McGriff detained after discussing stick ups and “big jobs.”
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Asia
Winchester Evening Star
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Chicago
Leith Hester
Eugene McGriff
Hit Made By Cohan As "President" Musical Satire Triumphs
Boston crowds roar at George M. Cohan in the world premiere of I'd Rather Be Right a musical satire of Roosevelt and the New Deal. Cohan in the title role croons and taps delivering sharp political jests while Rodgers and Hart supply the catchy songs. The show parallels Gridiron Club humor with politicians like Alf Landon and Bankhead referenced in playful banter.
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Boston
George M. Cohan
Roosevelt
Cohan
George S. Kaufman
Moss Hart
DuPont
Hearst
Washington
Alf Landon
Kansas
Richard Rodgers
Lorenz Hart
Silas Marner
Sears Roebuck
Garner
Congress
Bankhead
Tallulah
Justice Black
Hughes
Weddings Ban Enforced At Shanghai Civic Center
Shanghai reports that weddings are prohibited in the city’s civic center after the destruction of city hall at Kiangwan by Japanese bombardment. The center had hosted many foreign style weddings with brides in Western dresses and veils amid wartime chaos across China.
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Shanghai
Kiangwan
These Boys Must Know Trade Tricks
Washington dispatch notes railroad dining car superintendents at their annual convention agree on regional tastes and state constraints. It cites southern marmalade preference, northern tartness, and higher sales tax for meals not finished before California, plus liquor locked under seal in dry states.
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Washington
He's Bedded Down For Long Winter
WATERTOWN Wisconsin October 13 Arthur E Gehrke known as Turkey the hibernating barkeeper has begun his twenty seventh annual winter retreat today He locked himself in his second floor bedroom of his tavern and will deny visitors during the cold months He began this rest after a stomach ailment years ago and has since found bed rest eases his condition for the winter season
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Watertown
Wis
Arthur E
Turkey
Gehrke
Good Headway Made For Honors As To Scoring
MONROE Ind Oct 13 M Bidding for high scoring honors among the nation s football teams in little Northeastern Center Louisiana State University s junior college The Indians have rolled up 211 points in three games this year The Indians opened by routing Arkansas A M s eleven 111 0 Arkansas won last year 6 0 Then beat Tennessee Junior College 59 0 Kilgore College undefeated since October 1936 fell to a 41 6 score
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Monroe
Little Northeastern Center
Louisiana State University
Indians
Arkansas A & M
Monticello
Arkansas
Cubs Rally Past White Sox to Tie City Series
Cubs defeat the White Sox 6 to 2 in Chicago to even the seven game city series. Larry French pitched 15-hit support from his offense, driving in a second run with a Bill Herman triple in the second inning. Vernon Kennedy and Clint Brown struggled as Chicago kept the lead.
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Chicago
Eteemed
Cubs
Larry French
White Sox
French
Vernon Kennedy
Clint Brown
Bill Herman
Sox
Will Rogers Humorous Story About Fish and Soup Delivery
Will Rogers presents a short humorous tale about a diner who asks for soup before fish, and a waiter joking that the fish has already gone long enough without eating. The exchange highlights lighthearted restaurant banter and misunderstandings.
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American News Features, Inc
Eleanor Holm Jarrett Slams Head After Jungle Scene
Eleanor Holm Jarrett sustained a head bump and was knocked unconscious after her hair brushed a tree limb during a Tarzan jungle sequence. The press department said she was injured while stunt actors battled savage warriors.
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Hollywood
Eleanor Holm Jarrett
Tarzan
Backstroke Agace
Wedding Ring Found in Tomato Roots In Chicago Garden
Mrs. Joseph Burnett found a wedding ring in tomato plant roots in Chicago. An inscription showed it belonged to Mrs. Matt Van Parys, who once lived at the Burnetts home. Van Parys said she lost the ring 31 years ago while washing clothes.
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Chicago
Joseph Burnett
Matt van Parys
Burnett
van Parys
Fourth of Young Die Accidentally
Kansas City October report by Alvin D. Battey, assistant statistician of the National Safety Council, notes nearly one-fourth of U S child deaths come from accidents. He cites lack of safety education and more motor vehicle traffic since 1922 as key factors.
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Kansas City
United States
Alvin D. Battey
National Safety Council
National Safety Congress
Battey
Jail Warden Beckwith Eases Morning Routine
Litchfield Conn October 13. Sutherland A Beckwith, newly named county sheriff, moved wakeup time at the county jail from 5 to 6 30 a m. He says there is no reason for the earlier rise and reports no complaints from inmates since the change.
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Litchfield
Conn
Sutherland A. Beckwith
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