War prospect debate tunes neutrality mood in Senate
The piece questions Senator Key Pittman’s claim that war in Europe is less likely, noting his neutralty amendment could boost Britain’s leverage and provoke public doubt. It argues public reassurance may affect support for modifying the neutrality law as Congress nears a showdown.
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Congress
Key Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
Pittman
Hitler
Mr Pittman
TVA inquiry clears agency amid partisan split
The joint committee clears the Tennessee Valley Authority of mismanagement and fraud after a partisan vote. Critics argue costs and allocations remain opaque, with public insight limited into power production costs and taxpayer charges.
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Joint
Congressional Committee
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Committee
Frazier
North Dakota
Working Wife Problem Raises Legislative Debate
Legislatures debate restraining married women’s employment in public or private jobs amid scarce data. The 1930 census showed 3,071,302 married women employed, but current numbers remain unknown. Bertram Benedict of Editorial Research Reports notes the lack of solid bases for discussion.
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U. S
Bertram Benedict
Editorial Recorch Reports
Women workers in 1930 census data reveal varied status
The 1930 census shows 12 percent of married women worked outside the home and 29 percent of all working women over 15 were married. Many held roles in domestic service, clerical work, teaching, nursing, and shop work, while some reported as single due to safety or circumstance.
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Congress
Labor Department
Cecile T. la Follette
Conflicted WPA Aid Column Credits Practical Welfare Reform
A 1939 column lauds Bet Quist CUSEHOLD and WPA aid as practical, life improving. It praises home help for poor families while condemning inherited mental deficiency as a national disgrace and urging public controls on birth. The essay critiques isolationism, alien loyalty, labor strife, and economic pressures. It closes with a satirical note on misworded inflation and income cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cusehold
Aluminum spinning plant in midtown reveals bun warmer and pots
Charles Driscoll tours the Russell Wright aluminum spinning plant in lower midtown New York. He observes the metal shaping process, the Wrights as a designing duo, and the couple’s varied products from bun warmers to pans, with details on materials and methods.
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New York
Manhattan
Russel Wright
Lower Midtown
Assel Wright
Lebanon
Ohio
Concord Hotel
Lexington Avenue
Rube Goldberg
Wreckers Begin Shivery Sign on Mountain Road
A fragment notes a shivery sign on mountain road urging wreckers to tow away wrecked cars. The text cites a 1939 copyright and mentions a firm name that would transport damaged vehicles.
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Mountain Road
Mind and Morals in Science and Society
Albert Edward Wiggam argues science yields broad rights to society over individuals and presents questions on education, gender, and sales aptitude. He cites reasons educated women face tougher mate selection and notes that success can foster self-confidence even without a natural go-getter personality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Edward Wiggam
The Conquest of Fear Booklet Help Surfaces Insights
A leading psychologist explains that self confidence comes from overcoming fears. He notes thousands of letters praising the booklet The Conquest of Fear, offered at 10 cents with a 3-cent stamp. He rejects eye color as influence, saying brains and minds drive decisions, not appearance.
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Germany
South Carolina
George Clark
Charles Driscoll
Louisiana
Wisconsin
Wright
Steubenville
ATS
Grand Central
Thomas Casanova
Lambs
James Montgomery Flagg
Algonquin
Panama
Raig Earl
Professor Quiz
Lotos Club
Banshees
Boston
Harrisburg
Virginia
Dr. Pierce
Adolph Speas
I Ave
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Dr Pierce
Merchants National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
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