Prohibition and Civic Action in the Wartime Era
A 1932 defense of organized civic responsibility condemns bootlegging and crime, urges identification cards, neighborhood vigilance committees, and active citizen participation beyond voting. It argues officials’ graft and rising costs demand citizen study of local politics, mentoring future leaders, and stronger community oversight.
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Underworld
America
New York
Mper
French Penal Colony Sentences Target Habitual Criminals
The French Penal Code notes that not all offenders are sent to the Isle de Salut colony off French Guiana. Prisoners chosen are generally undesirable habitual criminals and political detainees the government wishes to remove, focusing on criminal type rather than the crime.
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France
Isle de Salut
French Guiana
Conference plans for Hoover economic recovery program
A national conference set for August 26 in Washington will bring together members from the twelve federal reserve districts to coordinate private and governmental efforts on economic recovery. The plan includes home loan banks, tax reform debate, and mobilizing banking and manufacturing sectors for concrete projects.
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Hoover
Washington
Federal Reserve
Carl P. Dennett
Boston
Owen D. Young
New York
George H. Houston
Philadelphia
L. B. Williams
Cleveland
Edwin C. Graham
Richmond
George S. Harris
Atlanta
Sewell L. Avery
Chicago
J. W. Harris
St. Louis
George D. Dayton
Minneapoli
Joseph F. Porter
Kansas City
Frank Kell
Dallas
K. R. Kingsbury
San Francisco
New Jersey
Enator Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Utah
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Charles David Marx
California
Doctor Marx
Ohio
Cornell University
Germany
Missouri River
Cornell
Wisconsin
Stanford
Elis
Palo Alto
Germany teeters as von schleichers rise to power looms
Berlin reports hint a new government may form around Kurt von Schleicher with Franz Bracht as Prussia’s premier while Von Papen’s parliamentary rule erodes. Hitler presses for chancellorship and broad powers. Hin denburg offers vice chancellor, Nazis reject minor post. Communist support grows as strike threats rise. In Paraguay, Flus erio Ayala refuses to yield in Gran Chaco tensions, calling war unlikely but a risk.
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Yen
Kurt von Schleicher
von Papen
Germany
Berlin
Franz Bracht
Prussia
von Schleicher
Junkers
Adolph Hitler
Nazis
von Hindenburg
Mussolini
Rome
Hitler
Fluserio Ayala
Paraguay
Bolivia
Gran Chaco
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