Treasury Deficit Sparks Debate Over Federal Finances
Washington reports show a deficit of about 24.5 million in year end receipts versus expenditures. The Post cites a larger underlying shortfall, noting June began with 37 million behind and a 13 million June surplus due to accounting maneuvers, signaling possible new bonds or direct taxes before Roosevelt finishes his term.
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Post
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Scandinavian tension stirs as mobilization rumors surface
Reports from Stockholm say Norway mobilizes the army and reserves are drilled as two thousand troops move toward the Swedish boundary. Analysts note Sweden and Norway together could field far fewer than 60,000, predicting limited global impact even if conflict arises.
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Stockholm
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Norway
Harvard Crew Lesson: Unity Beats Yale in New London Race
The article praises Harvard varsity crew for cohesive team effort in the Yale-Harvard boat race at New London. It notes Harvard often trails in individual brilliance but excels when players subordinate for collective success, while Yale shows strength in endurance and single talent.
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Harvard
New London
Yale
New Haven
The Hague methods vs Scandinavian War Settlement
The passage argues either unlimited funds to endure a costly conflict or imposing debt on citizens. It suggests the Scandinavian issue should be settled by Hague formulations rather than war arbitration.
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Hague
Discrepancy in Boston Poll Lists Highlights Voting Power
Article notes a gap between police and assessor polls in Boston with 194 547 vs 183 159 residents. It questions residency rules, cites out of town visitors on May 1, and argues the size of the discrepancy undercuts claims of padded lists while showing Boston's influence in state politics.
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Boston
Rockefeller Gift Funds General Education Board Endowment
An editorial lauds John D Rockefeller for giving ten million dollars to the General Education Board in New York to support higher education in the United States. It argues the gift is restitution rather than self glorification, acknowledging Rockefeller's vast wealth earned by controversial methods yet praising the community benefit of his endowment.
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John D. Rockefeller
General Education Board
New York
United States
Rockefeller
Jackson Dawson
Jack
Dawson
Boston
England
William
General Electric Light Company
Rugby
Miss Dawson
Jamaica Plain
Little Tommy's Politeness
A humorous poem from the Chicago Record-Herald about a boy named Tommy who is polite in public yet misbehaves at home. He apologizes after rough acts, blows up a cannon cracker causing damage, and the family reacts with polite concern.
Sign in a Cottage Grove Avenue butcher shop
CALVES LIVER Alas poor Emma We knew her well Horatio Chicago Journal reports a grim incident linked to a city butcher shop on Cottage Grove Avenue with a dramatic quip about Emma.
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Cottage Grove Avenue
Emma
Horatio
Chicago Journal
The Turko-Guard in the Corridor
Stealthy Steve confronts a life sized bronze statue posed as a guard in a dim corridor. He tests a knife and discovers the figure is a trap, not a foe, as a pedestal inscription recalls Alfalf a Hassan and a 1857 Battle of Tripe.
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Agatha
Turk
Alfalfa Hassan
Tripe
Stealthy Steve Seizes Night Raid in Sultan’s Castle
Steve ambles through a sleeping castle after taunting a statue and dodging guards. He opens a bright blue prison room door with a skeleton key and finds Agatha missing while the Sultan sits watching him.
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Agatha Parkenlard
Chicago
Constantinople
Itchy Scratchi
Ike
Nick
Agatha
Sultan
Stev
Stealthy Steve May Be Stepped In By Two Pairs Of Pants
Readers ask about Stealthy Steve's surname and details from The Porkenlard Mystery. The Six Eyed Sleuth may have two pants sets: striped weekday wear and a black Sunday pair, while requests for Steve's cigarettes are refused as copyrighted and unavailable.
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Portland
Genevieve
Somerville
Mass
Nick
Prince Stechy Scratchi
Agatha
New Dorchester
Medford
Hebrew Children Excursions Fund Reaches Goals
The Federated Hebrew Charities report strong donations to fund free outings for Boston's poorer Hebrew children. The first excursion is set for Wednesday July 5, led by Miss Reed, who oversees this program branch.
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Boston
Max Mitchell
Federated Hebrew Charities
Observant Citizen notes Fourth of July travel and transit quirks
The column discusses heavy out-of-town passenger traffic for the Fourth of July, with Boston residents deserting the city while visitors boost activity. It mentions John D. Buckingham's European tour, homemade sign reads, and reader complaints about hood signs on electric cars reducing visibility.
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Boston
Chacun
Harvard Students and Families Leave for European Summers
Harvard figures travel on the Celtic and Teutonic to Europe for summer. Notables include Robert Winsor Jr and Dudley Howe with peers to tour Germany and Scotland for tennis and study. Other guests include Mrs. Endicott Peabody and the Thorp and Gardner families enjoying summer homes from Maine to Maryland with social engagements back home.
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New York
Robert Winsor, Jr
Beacon Street
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Dudley Howe
M. Tilden, Jr
James Lowery
Russell Sard
Frederick F. de Rham
William M. Tilden
Bernon S. Prentice
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Scotland
LeRoy King
George Barnett
Leland Harrison
Harold Vanderbilt
Europe
Teutonic
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Joseph G. Thorp
Cambridge
Brattle Street
Greening’s Island
Thorp
Richard H. Dana
North Shore
Henry C. de Rham
Courteous conductor, Maine drive, and Boston events observed
An attentive Boston reader recalls a conductor stopping to recover a hat dropped on a crossing. The car trip from Poland Springs to Boston by Frank Richards and guests showcased steady driving amid rough Maine roads. The piece also notes Professor Jackson Dawson, Roosevelt’s Harvard visit driver Henry Brown, and local police orders on intoxicated arrests in Gloucester and Chelsea.
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Frank Richards
Brookline
Poland Springs
Boston
Richards
John S. Phelps
T. J. Reardon
Commonwealth Avenue
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Maine
Henry Brown
Francis Street
Roxbury
Roosevelt
Harvard
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Cambridge
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Mr. Roosevelt
Bonfire plan looms for Malden Fourth Eve
The Malden boys plan the largest bonfire before the Fourth, already starting the pile as the city earmarks this as the sole celebration of the year. Ed Wise, longtime Marlboro building superintendent on Washington Street, resigned after 25 years, and hosted a Parker House dinner honoring himself.
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Edwin H. Wise
Marlboro
Washington Street
Parker House
Outing Suit Styles Featured For Vacation Season
Oak Hall promotes vacation season fashion with Outing Suits featuring skeleton backs in single and double breasted styles. Affordable comfort and stylish effects are emphasized for summer outings.
Fudge’s Dream Reveals a Young Man’s Fall and Rise
A boy nicknamed Fudge endures brutal injuries and ridicule from childhood into a grim academy future. He loses fingers and jaw in accidents, faces a lunatic asylum, and wakes to fear that life cannot improve, only to discover the dream showed a false deformity that unsettled him but did not define his fate.
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Manila
Dewey
Old
Spain
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