Ohio University Report Details 1934 35 Leadership and Student Aid
The Acting President Edwin Watts Chubb steered Ohio University through 1934 35 keeping enrollment strong with 3378 resident and 3611 non resident students. Federal work study supported 360 students earning 34819 17 for 114379 hours across 235 projects. A Loyalty Fund of 3000 financed 40 professors visiting 318 towns and 360 high schools to recruit students from across the state and beyond.
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Ohio University
E. B. Bryan
Edwin Watts Chubb
Dean Chubb
Ellis
Doctor Bryan
Chubb
Herman G. James
Hoover backs civil service for most government posts
Herbert Hoover argues that 95 percent of government officials should be under civil service covering top officials postmasters attorneys and many deputies and assistants. He ties efficiency to service and patronage politics while acknowledging reform is unlikely despite public call for capable managers.
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Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Guysville Route 50 crossing urged for federal fix
The piece argues for eliminating the Guysville grade crossing on Route 50 in Athens County. It notes obscured views, dangerous curves, and a temporary iron bridge with promised future overhead roadway. It urges action before a tragedy forces public opinion.
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Guysville
Ohio
Hocking
Athens County
Hoover looming as possible 1936 candidacy in tent
Washington report outlines Republican doubts about Hoover running in 1936 and notes Borah's growing influence among Young Republicans. It suggests party leaders favor constitution as the unifying issue and hints at behind the scenes moves shaping delegate choices.
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Robert Lucas
Senator Borah
Borah
Young Republican Movement
Hoover
Hilles
Senator Vandenberg
Vandenberg
Secret row over anti-lynching bill rocks Senate conference
Democratic senators kept the dispute secret until the closed conference. A Midwestern senator and a border-state senator urged including the anti-lynching bill in the session program provoking sharp rebuttals from Senator Smith of South Carolina and Floor Leader Robinson of Arkansas. The debate grew bitter but both sides moved to drop the subject.
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Mid-west
Smith
South Carolina
Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
Nonpartisan tax technicians decry new tax bill as dangerous
Senate Finance Committee experts call the latest tax bill an atrocity on technical grounds. They warn the estates tax proposal is dangerous and unworkable, while the Roosevelt family member plans a Hyde Park month and a Western trip in October. A Steiner Byrnes bill outlines the bonus enactment next spring as non inflationary. White House aides say the President will visit Hyde Park for conferences and recovery. A Republican leader quips that Hoover statements unsettle him like rain in the fourth inning.
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Senate Finance Committee
Democratic Committee
LaFollette
Treasury
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Steiner- Byrnes
Senate
White House
Unclear clash over drink amount ends in shooting
A midwest man is shot after an argument about the correct liquor amount for a Tom Collins. The incident involves a dispute over measurements and improper pours. Oil royalties are rising for Osage Indians. however political turnout remains low as Indians do not vote. French scientists find Eskimos in Greenland prefer broccoli to blubber, and peace advocates face a world where war looms among European powers with Ethiopia contending for a secondary position.
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Tom Collins
Farley
Greenland
District Tales of Long Ago in Hocking Valley Forests
Ohio Country pioneers describe Hocking Valley bottom lands once densely forested with sycamore walnut poplar ash buckeye beech oak maple and hickory in hills. Early weather lore links winds and storms to forest and river valley formations with eddies and variable air flow shaping local climate.
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Hocking
Hocking Valley
Lancaster
Thoughts on sadness and missing loved one far away
Poem by Mrs Charles Brooks from Harrisonville Ohio RD 1 expresses lingering sadness and longing despite sunshine. The writer asks why she remains blue while others sing and considers trouble common to all.
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Charles Brooks
Harrisonville, O, RD
Quotes Voice From Leaders Stir Debate On Duty
A collection of statements from Mayor La Guardia Hopkins Roosevelt Hoare and Queen Wilhelmina reflects caution about leadership duties relief policy political betrayal and the risks of rash action amid global tensions. The remarks underscore integrity sanity and vigilance in public service.
Mud Road Woes Prompt Letter From Rutland Resident
Mrs. Millard Romine of Rutland Ohio writes of a mud road that becomes impassable in winter. She notes coal shortages force wood burning, neighbors travel on the pike by foot, and visitors require help to pull vehicles from mud. She pleads for gravel and patience until spring.
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Edna
Dobbin
Millard Romine
Rutland
Ohio
Health Hints On Ultraviolet Rays And Tuberculosis
Ultraviolet rays show no consistent benefit for active pulmonary tuberculosis and pose little danger with proper dosing. Crowding in Puerto Rico is linked to high tuberculosis death rates, while radiated therapy remains debated among clinicians with mixed published outcomes. Paris streets feature many quirky names such as Ash Trays Street and The Street of the Bad Boys.
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Puerto Rico
United States
Dra. John S. Coulter
Howard A. Carter
Chicago
Paris
Drake Lands in Nova Albion and Names California
The account describes Sir Francis Drake’s 1579 voyage to the Pacific. After halting at Drake’s Bay north of San Francisco, he claimed California for Queen Elizabeth, naming it Nova Albion and spending 34 days in the land before continuing his voyage.
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New England
California
Sir Francis Drake
England
Pacific
Sir Francis
Drake's Bay
San Francisco
Nova Albion
Old England
Crest Lake Schemes Stir Jo’s Crest Lake Plans
Jo confronts mounting tensions at Crest Lake Inn as Peter Fragonet pressures her to elope and marry him, Babs Montgomery seizes Douglas Marsh, and Jo weighs leaving the resort for Hollywood while Bret Paul and Lola Montez add to the entangled web.
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Darien
Bret Paul
Bret
Crest Lake Inn
Douglas Marsh
Crest Lake
Marsh
Peter Fragonet
Pragonet
Babs Montgomery
Fragonet
Lola Montez
Babs
Tabby
Montez
E Jo
Tubby
Drann
Mars
Maren
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Harry Hopkins
Col
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Samuel Hoare
Queen Wilhelmina of
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the Public Forum
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George Clark
Dw Findley
Louis Bue
WRING
Oshkosh, Wis
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McGregor
Parliame
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Essun-Tan
Doug
Lolita Montez
Lolita
Drana
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Frank
Lord Harry
Crestwood
Hollywood
Peter
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