Worthy Effort to Bring Government Cost Facts to Public Light
The Clark-Shannon Bill in the Senate seeks real business like reports on government operating costs to inform taxpayers. Opponents fear public scrutiny of costs and cite secrecy in government accounting as a shield for expensive departments. The bill faces heavy opposition from department heads and likely will be sidelined by pervasive recovery measures.
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United States
Senate
Congress
Federal
Wise To Look Ahead At Bonded Debt
The piece notes Meigs County and Athens County reducing bonded debt in recent years and urges prudent restraint on tax increases. It argues bonds should be issued only for essential public projects and warns taxpayers will face heavy assessments in the coming years, stressing careful budgeting until election outcomes reveal more.
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Meigs
Athens County
America
Uncle Manuel Quezon Praises U S Treatment of Filipinos
Philippine Senate president Quezon tells the House Insular Committee that no country has ever treated a subjugated colony more generously than the United States. He notes independence efforts spanning over 20 years while the United States pursues a peaceful path toward decolonization. The piece casts the American record in a positive light for its Oriental policy.
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Manuel L. Quezon
Philippine Senate
House Insular Committee
United States
Congressmen Strike Back in Letter Row
The article notes John S. McGroarty of California and Stephen M. Young of Ohio firing back at constituents. It cites McGroarty telling a voter to “take two running jumps and go to” and Young telling a critic they could go to the same place as McGroarty. It argues a congressman must be responsive yet independent and predicts better Congress with more of this sentiment.
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John S. McGroarty
California
Ohio
Stephen M. Young
McGroarty
Hair restoration buyers miss streamline age savings
In a concise observation the piece notes potential cost savings if consumers seeking hair restoration embrace streamlined, modern approaches. It highlights the tension between traditional methods and newer efficiencies shaping the market for hair restoration services.
Four Questions Behind the New Deal’s Debt Plan
An unnamed panel of four Washington thinkers outlines the New Deal aims, proposing an inflation-tied price level around 100, with debt paid via government asset recoveries, gold profits, and a gradual tax program. They expect a 20 year roll-off and a ceiling near 34 to 50 billion, while noting low interest and circulation dynamics hinge on confidence and future policy.
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Washington
West
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Townsend
Treasury
Britain
Dancer Ted Shawn studies athletes to evolve American dance
The piece notes Ted Shawn explores athletic movement to shape American dance. It contrasts artistic progress with public backing of government and hints at a Pasadena boy’s paint smear incident foreshadowing a political path.
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Ted Shawn
Local Social Notes Highlight Pilcher Moore Cohorts
Ten years ago Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Pilcher returned from six months in Florida and Cuba. Mrs. A. Ray Moore announces birth of daughter Doris Anita. Prof and Mrs. W. H. Cooper hosted the Tuesday Club. Mrs. Fred Lee Tom hosted Esther Clase. Miss Mary Consett resumes Mansfield teaching with Harriett Skinner. Page Lash Edna Sprague and Helen Cooksey attended Logan Club dance. Harold Copeland returns to Starling Medical School after visit with parents.
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Mrs. T. M. Pilcher
Florida
Cube
Mary Consett
Mansfield
Harriett Skinner
Page Lash
Edna Spregue
Helen Cooksey
Harold Copeland
Ard
T. A. Copeland
Starling Medical School
Columbus
About Your Children: Urging caution on traffic dangers
Olive Roberts Barton urges parents to act with constant care as traffic fatalities rise. She notes most accidents are someone else’s fault, calls for safer play spaces and concrete playgrounds, and warns against assuming children will be protected by luck.
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Juggernaut
Reviews of New Books John Hays Hammond Autobiography
The piece surveys John Hays Hammond’s two volume Autobiography, praising its lively, action packed life story from San Francisco to Mexico, South Africa, Siberia and beyond. It notes Hammond’s romantic career, wealth, and Tory leanings while conceding some disputed views. It ends with a quoted judgment from Jouett Shouse on banking and politics.
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San Francisco
California
Cecil Rhodes
South Africa
Siberia
Nine Month School Term Extension Justified by District
The Olive-Orange Rural School District board explains extending the term to nine months due to crowded classrooms built with FERA help, sickness, bus disputes, and relief clothing delays. Affected pupils may delay promotions while exceptionally advanced students may skip regular attendance to earn credits. The plan aims to give all students a fair chance for advancement next year.
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FERA
Ohio
Board OF Education
Olive-Orange Rural
Tuppers Plains
Quintuplets Hold Medical Interest Across North America
University of Minnesota scientists weigh the significance of the Dionne quintuplets to medical science. The rare birth from one or multiple eggs prompts discussion on maximum viable multiple births, egg fertilization, and whether the quintuplets are identical, with further study anticipated as they grow.
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University of Minnesota
Sig
A. R. Defoe
Journal of the American Medical Association
Lindbergh
Canada
Dafoe
D. BE. Minnich
NEA Service
Yesterday's Cartoon and Fire Notices In Pittsfield and Scranton
A 14 year old Roscoe Brinton of Pittsfield earned a student pilot license after five years of study and tutelage, despite a 1931 regulation delaying license age until 16. A Scranton factory, Stowers Packing Co., suffered a sequence of fires from May 2, 1919 to 1932, with officials noting extensive damage and gin production loss. TOMORROW: The
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Roscoe Brinton
Pittsfield
Mass
Lowell Bayles
Roscoe
Stowers Packing Co
Scranton
Secretive heiress ties to murder in unknown days novel
Millicent Graves, secretary to George Deimgold, flees a murder scene and is guided by a mysterious man named Jarvis Happ. She is dressed as someone else and drawn into a web of substitutions, affairs, and suspicions as she tries to conceal her actions while he probes her loyalties and motives.
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Segin
Millicent Graves
George Deimgold
Grapp
Millicent
Happ
Norman Bapp
Sobert Caise
Ermine
Tealse
Diackermine
Robert Calse
Jarvis Happ
Cheeks
Sudit
Harry Feilding
Feilding
Fragmented Interview Hints at Hidden Answers
By Carleton Key Happ, the dialogue shows mood and doubt as speakers discuss truth and trust. Suspicions swirl around a possible affair and the dynamics between Millicest Miss Duchene and others, with questions about who accompanied someone last night.
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Happ
Harry
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