Reciprocals and radio policy shape world balance
Policy themes in this excerpt cover low tariffs under Hull with reciprocal trade deals and economic peace, plus new FCC leadership on broadcasting ethics. It discusses how tariff shifts could boost or belittle US labor, industry, and living standards, and how radio regulation aims to curb monopoly while preserving public service. It also notes the silk boycott impact on US workers and trade tensions with Japan.
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Cordell Hull
Congress
Roosevelt
United States
England
State Department
Tariff Commission
London
Joseph P. Kennedy
McNinch
MecNinch
Department of Commerce
Japan
China
Nippon
Alaska
Orient
Hitler
LaGuardia
Sik
Farm system solution to yank menace in baseball wars
A column argues to curb the New York Yankees pennant grip by expanding farm systems for other clubs. It cites the Cardinals and Giants as models and suggests broader ownership of minor league teams or stronger scouting to raise weaker clubs toward parity, warning of potential league contraction if balance is not achieved.
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New York Yankees
Joe McCarthy
Yankees
Yanks
Ruppert
St. Louis Cardinals
Branch Rickey
Cardinals
Giants
Cubs
Indians
Paul Dupuy
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Amer
Mme. Dupuy
France
Funnies
M. Dupuy
Petit Parisien
Dimanche
Dupuy
la Science Et la Vie
Scientific American
Omnia
le Republicain Des
Adamick pictured as potential heavyweight champ in Detroit linked to Kearns
The piece notes Jimmy Adamick of Detroit in talks as a future heavyweight title contender. It cites his victory at Madison Square Garden over Harry Thomas, his ties to manager Nat Kearns, and comparisons to Jack Dempsey. It also references Joe Louis and past champions, plus a broader toss of baseball notes and coaching exchanges between Princeton and Michigan.
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Jack Dempsey
Jack Kearns
William the
Duke of Muldoon
Jim Braddock
Helen Wills Moody
Calfornia
Molla Mallory
Suzanne Lenglen
Forest Hills
Ack Kearns
Jimmy Adamick
Detroit
Jimmy
Harry Thomas
Madison Square Garden
New York
Adamick
Dempsey
Manassa Mauler
Kearns
James
Joe Louis
Louis
Husky Nathan Mann
New Haven
Conn
Brown Bomber
Boston
Cincinnati
Charley Dressen
Jimmy Wilson
Reds
Phils
Chick Hafey
Wally Berger
Giants
Frank Frisch
National League
Herschel Martin
Sonny Frey
Jimmy Frown
Ripper Collins
Augie Galan
del Young
Tad Wieman
Princeton University
Princeton
University of Michigan
Michigan
Fritz Crisler
Ann Arbor
Wieman
Crisler
Campbell Dickson
Earl Martineau
Fielding Yost
Yost
Minnesota
Crisler Bee
Western
Union
Harvard gets $1 million Nieman bequest for scholar program
Agnes Wahl Nieman leaves Harvard a 1 million dollar endowment to fund a sabbatical year program for journalists. John Stewart Bryan, publisher of the Richmond News Leader and W&M president, will head the candidate selection. Bryan, a noted editor and university figure, is praised for his vibrant, independent journalism.
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EW York
Harvard University
Agnes Wahl Nieman
Harvard
Peac Acey
John Stewart Bryan
Bryan
Richmond News-Leader
College of William and Mary
University of Virginia
Richmond
Joseph Bryan
Richmond Times
Mr. Bryan
Halstead
Greeley
Watter
Fremont
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Inventor Reverend William Lee and the first silk stockings
A Nottingham clergyman Reverend William Lee invented a knitting machine to knit stockings, creating the first silk stockings. He died poor after facing prejudice, and by 1864 William Cotton of Seger released a machine based on Lee's principle that gained wide adoption.
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William Lee
Nottingham
Lee
William Cotton
Seger
Pitcher Plant Among Gangs and Fenianism in Irish History
The article describes the pitcher plant with its horned leaves and digestive fluid that can trap insects and even small birds. It then recounts Fenianism as an Irish and Irish American independence movement led by James Stephens and John O Mahoney, detailing raids across the US border into Canada in 1866 and 1870 and the subsequent suppression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarracen
Quebec
Ireland
Great Britain
James Stephens
Munster
United States
John O'Mahoney
Atlantic
Indianapolis News
Canada
Niagara River
Trout River
Dutch Olykeeks Delight Brings Sweet Yeast Raised Treat
The article describes Dutch Olykeeks or stuffed raised doughnuts made with ceremony. Yeast lightens after noon and a rich dough forms with eggs butter and nutmeg. The dough rises overnight then is shaped into stuffed balls with apple raisins and candied peel before frying and sugaring.
Rationalism Defined in Philosophy Psychology and Theology
Rationalism in philosophy holds reason as a source of knowledge independent of sense data. In theology it is an explanation of the supernatural by reason. In psychology rationalization is the act of justifying behavior with plausible reasons while masking unconscious motives.
Lake Okeechobee Facts From Early Explorers to Rainfall Source
The text describes Lake Okeechobee Florida as circular about 30 miles across, the second largest U S freshwater lake wholly within the United States, located north of the Everglades. It notes an area of 468 160 acres and recounts early theories of subterranean feeders later dismissed by low water investigations, leaving rainfall as the believed supply.
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Lake Okeechobee
Florida
Lake Michigan
United States
Everglades
Okeechobee
Possum described as a night prowler harming ground birds
A historical note explains the possum as a slow moving nocturnal marsupial that damages bird nests and eggs. It lists its diet including eggs and berries and notes its impact on ground bird life, though less severe than that of a mink or weasel.
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Federal Communications Commission
Frank R. McNinch
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Chain Broadcasting
William Green
American Federation of At Labor
New York City
George A. Barclay
Colonel Ruppert
Newark
Kansas City
American Association
Numerology
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By Lemuel F. Parton
What the
Cambridge Sentinel
Betty Wells
Edith Barber
Cherie Nichols
Harry Mahoney
John McGillicuddy
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