End Not in Sight The Townsend Plan and Its Fallout
The editorial critiques the Townsend movement as improbable and dangerous. It warns that a re elected national administration could expose Soviet influences in Washington, promising security via profit confiscation. It condemns pensions and doles and urges early opposition to such schemes to protect morale and initiative.
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Cleveland
Free America
Townsend
White House
Washington
California
Public backs CCC camp for conservation gains
A national opinion poll shows strong public approval for the CCC and broad support for military training for forestry workers. The piece argues the CCC serves soil conservation amid droughts and floods, urging continued investment to restore degraded lands and protect food production.
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New Deal
CCC
Ohio
Washington
Not a Right
A study on automobile accidents argues 75 percent of drivers have no crashes while the rest cause most deaths and damage on highways. It suggests removing unfit drivers and denying driving as a privilege to reduce 36,000 yearly deaths.
Washington Observer Notes on Fed Move Surprises Wall Street
Carter Field reports that the Federal Reserve System’s reserve requirement hike boosted stock prices instead of causing a drop. Governors and advisers feared a market flood of selling, but the rally defied expectations and touched off discussions on financial psychology and money understanding.
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Washington
Federal Reserve System
Wall Street
Roosevelt
New Move Takes Effect August 15 On Banking Reserves
Governors of the reserve system acknowledge excess bank reserves could total about 1.9 billion dollars on the date of the move. They explain ordinary citizens would see substantial funds available for loans even with normal development, suggesting credit would not be tightly constrained.
Inflation Fears Grow From Banking Law Changes
Financial experts warn that new banking laws could enable a credit inflation near danger levels. The Fed frets as stock prices rise amid fears Roosevelt spending and government borrowing may spark inflation. Advisors urged widows and others to favor equities and real estate over fixed dollar bonds.
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Federal Reserve System
Administration aims for creeping Wall Street rise not a boom
The piece argues that while signs show business improvement, the Administration prefers a steady stock market advance over a boom. It claims fear inside the White House is a summer boom followed by a pre election crash, and that efforts to curb a boom target that gradual rise instead of dramatic gains.
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White House
Wall Street
Unwise vacations threaten health and life spans
The article quotes medical studies suggesting middle aged people are better off staying home. It cautions that overworking before trips and racing to destinations, along with intense travel and games, shortens life. Quiet, low stress living may extend longevity and reduce shocking headlines.
Traffic paradox about drivers with prior crashes
A traffic statistic suggests most accidents happen to drivers who have never had one. The piece jokes that the real pattern is drivers who have had one too many prior incidents.
European designer suggests fans at baseball games
A European women’s clothing designer comments on overheated American men twirling fans at baseball games and muses about replacing or supplementing spectators with umpires.
Triborough Bridge Financed by Federal Grant and Loan
New York's Triborough Bridge was funded using a federal grant and a loan. The arrangement served as a model for other states seeking large-scale infrastructure funding.
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New York
Triborough
French Scientists Seek Untouched Eskimo Tribe
A group of French scientists aims to locate a tribe of Eskimos "untouched by civilization" while the narrator notes that all Eskimo tribes are peaceful.
United States Plans 1500 Square Mile Colorado Territory Purchase
Farley and Hamilton move quickly to claim a large Colorado tract as the United States negotiates a transfer of roughly 1500 square miles for national expansion. The deal signals a major shift in regional borders and strategic land use.
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United States
Colorado
Farley
Hamilton
Underground Railroad Quaker Aid Leaves Slaves Safe
Sharpsburg writer recalls her mother's uncle a Quaker abolitionist who aided six runaway slaves by night, guiding them to caves and to Jonathan Lee's station. He dodged pursuers, opposed war, and lived to a very old age, never fighting in battle.
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Lillian Bardin
Sharpsburg
Ohio
Manda
Billy Heald
Jonathan Lee
They Say Quotes and Opinions From Leaders and Workers
A collection of quoted remarks covers Mussolini on sanctions and government finance. Dr Francis Townsend asserts no nation should borrow for government. Douglas the Honolulu bellhop advises restraint. Mrs George Wyeth questions social security solvency. William Green of the AFL comments on labor unity versus division.
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Francis E. Townsend
Pilot Grove Builds Modern Waterworks In One Year
Pilot Grove Missouri unveils a new water system after only twelve months of planning, moving from cisterns and wells to a modern distribution network as the town claims a local record in rapid completion for public utilities.
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Pilot Grove
U.P
Missouri
Public views on relief and charity from Rev James E Searls
A Rutland reader argues that government relief usurps church duty and fosters parasitism. He urges the church to restore Apostolic aid to the distressed, criticizing secular relief and calling ministers to live and preach old-time religion. Signed by REV. JAMES E. SEARLS.
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Roosevelt
James E. Searls
Rutland
Poets Corner Readers Roast the Economics Teachers
Messenger readers contribute a lyrical critique of economics in daily life critiquing educated clowns who mismanage money. The verse imagines families hiding debt and overcharging, with comical portraits of street life and moral warnings about creditors. Co. Cantwell Athens July 13.
Wedding at Crest Mountain Lodge Ends in Crisis
Helena Derrik marries Peter Henderson after a weekend party at Crest Mountain Lodge. The couple plunges into danger when Peter dives from a tree and is knocked unconscious after a boating accident. Friends rush to aid as a doctor is summoned and Helena faces a race against time to ensure Peter’s recovery and arrange legal steps through his lawyer John Courtney.
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Helena Derrik
Helvig
Sandra Leigh
Crest Mountain Lodge
Helena
Peter Henderson
Peter
Sandra
Justice of the Peace
Cvowd
Fain Sutter
Fain
Blair
Sutter
Biterly
Henderson
Jack Gose
Leigh
Simmons
John Courtney
Jack
Local residents return from trips and duty
Miss Reba Shafer came back from Canton and Akron after visiting friends and relatives. Dr. W. W. Lee returned from Camp Knox Kentucky where he spent two weeks at the ROTC camp. Mrs. J. L. Pickering came home from Marietta after attending a Standard Bearers meeting. Arthur E. Cameron joined Prudential Life Insurance with Cleveland offices. Several men, Victor Pierce A F E Whaley L F Jones Clyde Mansfield and Frank Cross, went fishing in northern Canada.
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Reba Shafer
Canton
Akron
Victor Pierce
A. F E. Whaley
L. F. Jones
Clyde Mansfield
Frank Cross
Canada
W. W. Lee
Camp Knox
Reserve Officers’ Training Camp
J. L. Pickering
Marietta
The
Methodist Church
Mrs Shirley and Graham visit Stewart for week
Mrs R C Shirley and Mrs Charles Graham departed for Stewart to spend a week with Mrs Waldo Russell their mother in law. Prof and Mrs T N Hoover hosted Mr and Mrs William Dixon of Kansas City as guests. Athens suffers fly problem prompting officials to urge citizens to buy large traps.
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R. C. Shirley
Charles Graham
Stewart
Waldo Russell
T. N. Hoover
Mrs
William Dixon
Kansas City
Athens
Convulsions in Infants and Care Techniques
Infants experience convulsions more often than adults due to sensitive nervous systems and fever. Warmth calms mild fits, but parents should avoid burns from heating devices. Diagnosis may be delayed. a doctor determines the cause, with calcium deficiency linked to tetany and rickets as related conditions.
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Sigestore
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