Social Security Bill Summarized as Congress Debates
The piece explains a proposed national compulsory old age insurance with payroll tax starting 1987 and rising to 5 percent after 1957, plus a federal subsidy system for states, optional annuities, unemployment insurance, and various subsidies. It notes costs are hard to calculate and that many provisions aim to aid children, health, maternal care, and crippled children.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Treasury
United States
Social Security bill faces vast administrative maze
The piece discusses the extensive administration envisioned for social security with a Washington led structure, state and local bureaus, and a three member social insurance board. It notes rival hearings by Wagner and Doughton, concerns over costs, and political maneuvering around Secretary Ickes amid the Western Newspaper Union report.
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Congress
House
White House
Ickes
Department of the Interior
Western Newspaper Union
Chic aprons shown in pattern for home sewists
The comic section highlights two stylish apron designs with front panels and waistlines. Pattern 2060 offers sizes small, medium, large and requires 1.5 yards of 86 inch fabric for medium. Instructions included and order details given for Sewing Circle Pattern Dept New York City.
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Sewing -Circle Pattern Department
West Seventeenth Street
New York City
Real battle of wits sparks witty dorm debate
A sophomore debating team member claims a battle of wits while his roommate quips about going unarmed, highlighting dorm room banter and college humor from the Brooklyn Daily Hagle.
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Brooklyn Daily Hagle
Reluctant readers seek fiction over police news
Miss Cayenne jokes about reading detective stories as a relief from real crime reporting. She notes that crime in magazines is fiction, unlike the police news she avoids.
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Miss Cayenne
Husband Ordered to Kiss Wife Daily for Six Months
In Los Angeles a husband convicted of assault was sentenced to daily kisses for six months as part of a humorous, unusual restitution. The joke line notes the wife always pays.
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Los Angeles
London
Point of Importance The Nurse Twin Baby Debate
The nurse questions whether the new twin babies are real or just samples for selection. Readers are invited to share opinions on the authenticity and value of the newborns in this local discussion.
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Ethel
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Andy
Buckart
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Social Insurance Board
Federal Emergency Relief Administrator
Secretary of Labor
Public Health Service
Secretary of the Treasury
Wagner
New York
Lewis
Maryland
Representative Doughton
North Carolina
Ways and Means
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SAUT
Osborne
Unlor
Felix
WasTivio
Finney
Ted O'Loughlin
Wastern Newspaper Union
Shmell
Poire
Alwanss
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