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Devine-Tenney Corp
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Des Moines
Atlanta
The Selfish Man Quote From Job Featured
A Bible verse citation from Job 20 19 20 appears on the page noting oppression of the poor and theft of a house. The dated item marks a September 4 1935 Wednesday feature in the periodical.
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Job
Death Never Takes A Holiday
A civic reminder on road safety cites 34 000 annual auto deaths and notes that even brief inattention can cause tragedy. The piece praises an anti reckless driving campaign on the Richmond Washington Highway, which reduced accidents, urging continued vigilance as death never takes a holiday.
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United States
Astrid
Leopold
Richmond-Washington
Morgenthau Steps Out
The Daily Progress notes Henry Morgenthau Jr has joined President Roosevelt's inner circle as budget balancing advocates push for reduced expenditures. Since Lewis W. Douglas's resignation the circle favors spending to spur jobs, but Morgenthau urges a budget that avoids four billion in relief funds and targets a balanced year starting July 1, 1936.
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Daily Progress
Roosevelt
Lewis W. Douglas
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Rexford G. Tugwell
Agriculture
Treasury
Morgenthau
Douglas
Washington
Budget balancers Tugwell Hopkins face strong opposition
The note cautions that Tugwell and Hopkins will meet potent opposition from budget balancing efforts, suggesting cautious optimism and the need to manage expectations carefully.
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Tugwell
Mr. Hopkins
German wartime substitutes for import goods and their limits
The piece notes Germans use ersatz items like wooden underpants and synthetic fibers as wartime substitutes due to blockades. It cites crude wooden underwear, a shift back to cotton, and attempts to make gasoline from lignite. It suggests such measures may foreshadow changes in international trade as nations reassess exchange networks.
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Germany
The National Income Increases Amid Government Deficit
The Alexandria Gazette notes a five billion dollar rise in 1934 national income, up 11 percent from 1933 and two thirds of 1929's level, with further gains likely in early 1935. The growth lifts spirits but counters the government deficit, affecting household comfort and spending.
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Alexandria Gazette
Complaints Over Puff Publication Tactics In Racket
The Fredericksburg Free Lance Star reports complaints about a out-of-town publication soliciting local business leaders by phone to authorize a puff article. The scam uses flattering words and promises a forthcoming bill for paid publication, serving vanity rather than useful publicity.
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Fredericksburg
Free Lance-Star
Advertising scheme warned against space rate copies
The piece warns that promoters may sell underpriced publications by promising space rates for copies. Buyers risk ending with 100 or 500 units that they can distribute to friends or burn, with the promoter profiting as victims are misled. The author quotes Barnum on there being a sucker born every minute.
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Barnum
Motorcycle Races Postponed To Saturday September 7
Heavy rainfall halted nine events on Monday causing postponement. Leading riders Louis Balinsky and Joe Petralia stayed to study the local half mile dirt track, rated among the best in the country. The original program will be run with the first race at 2 p.m.
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Louis Balinsky
Joe Petrali
Potomac Edison Changes In Cumberland Winchester Districts
The September Potomac Edison News notes L. B. Feaga began accounting duties August 1 after serving as Cumberland assistant manager. J. F. Rodman became Cumberland District assistant manager also August 1, previously Winchester District assistant manager. H. H. Covington was named Winchester district assistant district manager after last serving as commercial representative.
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Potomac Edison News
L. B. Feaga
Feaga
Cumberland
J. F. Rodman
Rodman
Winchester
H. H. Covington
First American woman to swim the English Channel
Miss Gertrude Ederle completed the swim on August 6, 1926, in fourteen hours and thirty four minutes. The US Navy’s investment in ships and shore property totals about 3 000 000 dollars. Solon, the famous Athenian law giver, lived circa 638 to 557 B C and issued the laws of Solon in 597 B C.
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English Channel
Gertrude Ederle
United States Navy
Solon
B. C
Huey Long probes New Orleans amid arms display
One year ago Huey Long began a probe in New Orleans marked by a large arms display. Lewis W. Douglas, budget director, reportedly tendered his resignation to President Roosevelt. Two plastic surgeons who altered Dillinger and other hoodlums' faces were caught in Chicago. National Fruit Product Company buys Harrisonburg plant for 18000 dollars. William Largent of Whitacre dies from scalds after a hose bursts on a gasoline engine.
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Huey Long
New Orleans
Lewis W. Douglas
Roosevelt
Dillinger
Chicago
National Fruit Product Company, Inc
Harrisonburg
William Largent
H. F. Largent
Whitacre
Cumberland Valley Fire men to meet in Chambersburg
Ten years ago the Cumberland Valley Fire men's Association planned a meeting in Chambersburg Pennsylvania. A report notes the dirigible Shenandoah prepared for a survey flight over eleven midwestern states. Civil engineer A S Dandridge states tests show Rouss Spring fed by Abram's Creek. Capitol Limited train of B&O collides with a car near Charles Town West Virginia.
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Cumberland Valley Firemen’s Association
Chambersburg
A. S. Dandridge
E Capitol Limited
Cyclone Hits Hatton and City Reports Highlight Kinzel
Twenty five years ago Captain George H Kinzel city treasurer delivers annual reports to the Common Council and praises from members. A cyclone devastates Hatton North Dakota. Graystark to open the season at the auditorium. Mrs Julian Sibley detects a thief at Pensacola Florida. Wheat on the local market 95 cents a bushel.
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George H. Kinzel
Common Council
Hatton
N. D
Julian
Sibley
J. S. Sibley
Pensacola
Fla
Hard to Stay Reformed Comment Echoes Uncle Eben
A local voice quotes Uncle Eben noting reform is easy but keeping it as a habit is the real challenge. The remark frames reform as a sustained practice rather than a one time act.
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Eben
FLASHES OF LIFE Choosey Pirate and Other Short Vignettes
A collage of brief items: a milk thief leaves notes instructing to improve chocolate milk, a Georgia Tech track aspirant narrowly tested by a stranger with a pistol, a zookeeper weight joke about hummingbirds, a 114 year old man returning home after hospital stay, a frying pan contest injuring a labor leader, and a missing tooth later found in the bronchus via bronchoscope.
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Flint
Mick
Fred Allen
Allen
Hoover Support For G O P Nomination Goes To Knox
World at a Glance column argues Hoover may back Knox for the Republican presidential nomination. It notes Knox as conservative leader and lists his career from Boston birth in 1874 through Hearst papers, Chicago Daily News, and World War service, tracing political influence and family ties in the party.
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Leslie Eichel
Gentral Press
Herbert Hoover
Frank Knox
Chicago
Hoover
Walter F. Brown
Ohio
Arthur M. Hyde
Missouri
Pat Hurley
Erstwhile
Oklahoma
Washington
Knox
Knox People
William E. Borah
Republican Party
Borah
Mr. Hoover
William
Franklin Knox
Boston
Alma
Mich
Grand Rapids
Herald
Sault Ste. Marie
Manchester
N. H
Manchester Union and Leader
William Randolph Hearst
Boston American
Boston Daily Advertiser
Boston Sunday Advertiser
Hearst
Theodore T. Ellis
Chicago Daily News
First
U. S. Volunteer Cavalry
Washington at a Glance on the Ford Peace Voyage
The Ford peace ship Oscar II meets a British escort at Kirkwall, Orkney. A boarding party and Marines approach as reporters greet the scene with a playful rocket and parlor song chorus in wartime mood.
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Kirkwall
Orkney Islands
Orkney
Cruisers
Teddy Peckman
Blair's Escape From a Stable Prison
Blair wakes in a dim stable after an ambush. Nita the nurse tends his head and feeds him as he plots an escape. He frees the rope with matches and benches a plan to break the iron ring, hoping to freedom once more.
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Blair
Nita
McClure
Canary Cupid Prepares for Nuptials as Weather Dates Mentioned
The article notes past rainfall totals and monthly averages from Winchester records, cites the 22 year average 34.61 inches, and gives monthly figures. It mentions circuit riders from 1766 and a local tale of a dentist Dr Harold B Brownstein who found a canary and plans a wedding with Miss Minna Marcus.
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Winchester Research Labora
Chicago
Harold B. Brownstein
Minna Marcus
Marcus
Dr. Brownstein
Sheriff Delivers Fraud Suspect After Ride
Kearney authorities picked up Lloyd S Wilcox a hitchhiker at the police station after he asked for a ride. A two year old warrant for passing fraudulent checks was found. Wilcox was taken to Richardson county for processing.
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Kearney
Neb
Otto Kime
Cherry County
Lloyd S. Wilcox
Wilcox
Richardson County
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