Election Cleanup Proposals Aim to Close Vote-Buying Gaps
In a broad analysis by Joseph W. La Bine, relief politics are tied to vote buying as Congress examines campaign spending. The piece surveys state examples from Kentucky to Illinois, notes franking curb desires, and discusses Roosevelt's state of the union and rearmament budget amid international shifts. It also covers China Japan relations, Chiang Kai-shek, Wang Ching-wei, and emerging Atlantic air routes and transatlantic service plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. la Bine
Congress
Roosevelt
State of
U.S
Dietater
US Congress
France
Great Britain
Asia
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Ching
Tokyo
U. S. Maritime Commission
Joseph P. Kennedy
Europe
America
Kennedy
Imperial Airways of
London
Southampton
Montréal
Pan-American Airways
Air Orange Trans-Atlantique
Start Jr
Santa Claus on a Chimney? Not Here, Aruba Tower Fire
Barney Donaghey, a welder in Aruba Dutch West Indies, crawled up a 95 foot tower to weld inside a refinery during a fire risk night. A beam blocked his exit at the top as flames rose from below, forcing a dive through the bottom opening. He emerged unburned, lucky the helper slept through the blaze and no one found him until fire crews arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elso
Santa Claus
Santa
Barney Donaghey
New York City
Barney
Aruba
Dutch West Indies
WIN Service
Inscription on Peace Bridge plaque unveiled in 1986
The bronze plaque at the Peace bridge between Buffalo New York and Fort Erie Ontario notes the crossing by a delegation from the Associated Country Women of the World. It is dedicated to the rural women of the continent and entrusted to their perpetual care. One bridge was unveiled July 29 1986. The piece also notes the prevalence of Spanish place names across the United States with over 2000 cities and towns bearing Spanish names and Californias alone counting more than 400.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Sheppard
Ohio
Robert P. Taft
Kentucky
Albert B
Chandler
Alben W. Barkley
Pennsylvania
WPA
Tennessee
Illinois
Cook County
Harry Hopkins
Ilegal
James J. Farley
Post Office Department
Chiang
Chungking
China
U. S
Britain
Wang Ching-wei
Fuminaro Konoye
Kuomintang
Wang
Hongkong
Manchukuo
Japan
Tokyo
Shanghai
U.S
Szechuan
Yunnan
Peace Bridge
Buffalo
N. Y
Fort Erie
Ontario
United States of America
Dominion of Canada
Harold W. Bentley
California
trans-Mississippi
Use Shell Stitch for This Bathroom Rug
Four strands of string or rugs in three colors or in black white and a color worked in shell stitch make this durable rug. It's crocheted in five parts the center and four identical corners and that makes it easy to handle. Pattern 6243 contains instructions for making rug illustrations of stitches materials needed and color schemes. To obtain this pattern send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Department 259 West 14th St New York NY. Please write your name address and pattern number plainly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewing Circle
Household Arts Department
West 14Th St
New York, N.Y
Also Mentioned on This Page
Texas
Sen
White House
Washington
Germany
Italy
Montagu Norman
Bank of England
Berlin
Neville Chamberlain
Paris
Rome
New York
Hamilton Fish Jr
League of Nations
Gloria Vanderbilt
Phillip J. LaFollette
Wisconsin
England
Sweden
Sing Sing
Lima
Peru
U. S. Navy
Sheppard
Floyd Gibbons Adventurers’ Club
Gorgia
Leonardo da Vinci
Adlerika
Mis
Marie Schott
Adlerikea
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