A Problem for Society
The piece discusses J. Edgar Hoover and Gmen pursuing a killer of ten year old Charles Mattson of Tacoma. It argues such criminals are mindless threats to women and children and calls for recognizing the mentally incompetent to confine them for public safety. It notes public shock and support for tougher kidnapping laws.
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J. Edgar Hoover
G- Men
Charles Mattson
Tacoma
Little Mattson
Little Lindbergh
Remembering Water Conservation Amid Swollen Streams
A recollection urges renewed water conservation and flood control focus after recent floods. It notes the Water Conservation Department as a key advocate, laments public indifference, and argues for proactive reserve water management to prevent future desertification.
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Water Conservation Department
Maybe He Is Wrong on Democrat Davey Forecasts
The piece argues Davey’s warning about a living opposition party is premature and that history suggests Republicans may regain power. It examines shifts in wealth, taxation, war desire, and family motives, predicting by 1940 neither major party may dominate.
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Davey
Price War Cuts Bread Cost to a Cent a Loaf
At Mayeville Missouri a price war cut bread costs to a cent per loaf. The small discount represents a bargain for shoppers though the savings are modest.
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Mayeville
Roosevelt aides fuel talk of Supreme Court retirements
Washington observers report an unofficial briefing that one or two Supreme Court justices may retire after the current term. The piece notes President Roosevelt’s cautious stance, liberal ally speculation, and a Cosm Club gathering of prominent New Deal figures pressing for action on court reform and labor measures.
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Washington
White House
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Possible Court Appointees Emerge in Roosevelt Era Politics
The two named candidates are Prof Felix Frankfurter and Senator Wagner, both labor liberals. The Justice Department has a large dossier on circuit and federal judges, enabling Roosevelt to name a completely new nine member court within minutes if needed. A yet unnamed nominee is likely.
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Cosmos Club
Roosevelt
John Lewis
Senator Norris
Morris Ernst
Jerome Frank
Madden
Labor Relations Board
New Deal
Norris
Ernst
Lewis
Wagner
Felix Frankfurter
Justice Department
Lawmaking activity trails prior year as Congress slows
Legislative experts note about 1,000 fewer bills introduced than at the same point last year despite many new members. They suspect lawmakers avoid unauthorized measures since this is not a campaign year and hometown appropriations would lack real traction.
Perkins Avoids Press Conferences Citing Banter
Labor Secretary Perkins has skipped press conferences for two weeks drawing questions about the labor situation. Critics suggest she dislikes rough questions and awkward banter, leaving the press to handle queries through her publicity team.
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Labor
Perkins
Small feet and large heads mark Congress banter
The column jokes about Chairman Buchanan’s small foot and Rep Patton’s large head. It notes Leap Year’s passage into a Sit Down Year. A fur lined cup in a New York surrealist exhibit suits the morning after. Italy bans handshakes for the Fascist salute. A London doctor says humans should blink twice a minute. Dora opines Rubinoff has long been on air without speaking.
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Buchanan
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Representative Patton
Texas
New York
Rubinoff
Dora
Story Book Adventure in Dream Journeys Across Lands
Poet's Corner invites Messenger readers to send verses. This piece recounts a child's dream of travel to Palestine, Russia, Egypt, the Bosphorus, Greece, Tortugas, Bird Key, and more, imagining journeys by sea and land and returning home the same day. Dorothy Kuntz of Pomeroy, Ohio signs.
Philadelphia Sayre Telephone Co Sells Assets
The Triadelphia Sayre Telephone Co of Perry County prepared to sell its fixtures goodwill and subscription list for 225 dollars. Once serving 35 subscribers in its heyday the firm now operates with fewer customers.
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Columbus
Triadelphia-Sayre Telephone Co
Perry County
Governor promises appointment to state parole board
Governor Da vey pledged to appoint a Negro to the state parole board and said he will honor a Negro political organization’s request made last night.
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Columbus
U.P
Davey
Reader asks about John L Lewis and union politics
Emmett Sorrell of Glouster questions John L Lewis and CIO tactics in the AF of L feud. He cites two thirds voting, Green’s actions, and the UMWA and unions in crisis, arguing against dictatorship while endorsing trade unions.
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the Messenger
Public Forum
John Penn
Penn
John L. Lewis
A. F. of L
Ohio
State Federation of Labor
William Green
John L Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Executive Council
Jacksonville
Emmett Sorrell Glouster
R. D
Conscription Dodger Returns to Japan With Savings
A man who fled to the United States to dodge his conscription term returns to Japan with $3,000 earned on American farms over nine years. He reveals no name and immediately seeks admission to army service on returning home in Tokyo.
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TOKYO
U.P
United States
Japan
Iron Deficiency Anemia in Babies and Women
Dr Morris Fishbein explains dietary iron deficiency and related anemia in babies and women. Causes include lack of iron in the diet, malabsorption, or bone marrow disease, with symptoms from pallor to heart and spleen enlargement. Treatment emphasizes iron rich foods, copper, vitamins, proper rest, and transfusion in severe cases.
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Morris Fishbein
Mystery at Thunder Mesa ends with vows and departures
Coroner and sheriff conclude Tante Josephine died of apoplexy amid family tension on Thunder Mesa. Ramon’s killer dies of a heart attack after being exposed, and the Indian killer dies in his room. Betty and Bob discuss marriage and future business plans as Pearl John proposes a joint venture. The group considers returning Thunder Mesa to the ghosts of the past.
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Snelling
Buckley
Tante Josephine
Bob
Pearl John
Ramon
New Mexico
Mesa
Santa Fe
Angelique
Betty
de Forest
Thunder Mesa
Professor Shaw
Unnamed lovers flee a dreamlike hacienda escape
Betty and Bob leave the mesa in a car as the hacienda glows with an unreal radiance. The couple vows happiness while a Mexican servant notes the trip to the mesa edge. The scene blends love and tragedy in a fantastical tale.
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Bob
Pearl John
Betty
John de Forest
District Tales of Long Ago Recorder Office History in Logan County
Logan county recorder office began in 1818 with duties starting 1820. D Sparnon retires after six years, tracing succession list from J W Whipple in 1820 through 1937 with names like William Wallace C H James A White Benjamin Hersh H L Wright Joseph Magee J R Grogan Lewis Hutchins J W Donovan J M Floyd Hiram Acker John Swart Benjamin White Jenever David O Hare W H Toole P D Sloan David Kanode John Cohagan Charles A Wright C T Stephenson Ida M Allen Henry Robey Daniel Struble Carlo Sparnow Herman F Bratton and others.
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John E. Swart
Benejamin White
J. Wenever
David M. O'Hare
W. H. Toole
P. D. Sloan
David M. Kanode
John Cohagan
Chareles A. Wright
Charles A. Wright
C. T. Stephenson
Ida M. Allen
Henry S. Robey
Daniel L Struble
Carlo O. Sparnow
Herman F. Bratton
German Engineer Felix Isermann Tours U S
German engineer Dr Felix Isermann has begun a U S tour to address universities colleges and engineering societies He will present the latest German engineering developments sponsored by the Leipzig fair organization and visit several cities to share expertise
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U.S
New York
U.P
Felix Isermann
United States
America
Germany
Leip ,Big Fair Organization
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Poet’s Corner
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Russia
Egypt
Turkey
Sultana Aimee
Bosphorus
Greece
Minos
Fort Tortugas
Devil's Island
Dr. Mudd
Bird Key
Dorothy Kuntz
Pomeroy, Ohio
the Public Forum
George Clark
Morocco
Polo
Ida R. Gleason
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