Coe Alumni in Washington Hold Fast to Ties
Iowa natives now in Washington steady in government work and research. Miss Carberry, alumna and former club president, remains missing at home address in the capital. Others include Eugene Cook and family joining the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, Carolyn Hoppe pursuing law at George Washington, and Dr. Nelson Vance Russell leading the National Archives division.
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Washington
Josephine Carberry
Coe College
Coe
Miss Carberry
Kappa Delta
Vivian Harris McCrea
Cook
Cedar Rapids
Eugene Cook
National Capital
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Amber Graves
Lydia Cook
Howard Cook
University of Town
Albany
N. Y
Department of Agriculture
New York State
Supreme Court
AAA
Edna Graves
Carolyn L. Hoppe
Veterans Administration
Hoppe
Linn County
Tabor
George Washington University
Miss Hoppe
F. H. Hoppe
Linn
Alberta
Iowa State College
Cincinnati
Nelson Vance Russell
Division of Reference
The
National Archives
Russell
the National Archives
Pennsylvania
Constitution Avenues
Dr. Russell
College
George Simpson
Temple University
Philadelphia
State Department
Haiti
Social Science Research Council
Simpson
University of Missouri
Pennsylvania University
New Deal
William G. Murray
Ames
Farm Credit Administration
Homer Jones
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
John T. Shirer
Securities and Exchange Commission
Murray
Mildred Furniss
Newton
Jones
Ainsworth
Wagner low cost housing plan eyed as campaign gesture
Washington reports indicate the Wagner bill for federal loans and grants to spur low rent housing may not pass this session. Critics warn decentralized control risks delays and legal challenges from property owners while supporters hope it could aid voters before the November election.
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Washington
Wagner
New York
PWA
Federal Housing Authority
WPA
More Weather Stations Urged To Improve Flood Warnings
Robert Follansbee of Denver argues for expanding weather bureau storm and rainfall observation stations after a study of the Republican River flood. He notes that large floods can stem from heavy rainfall over small areas, yet many regions lack adequate precipitation data.
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United States Weather Bureau
Robert Follansbee
Denver
United States Geologic Survey
Weather Bureau
Republican River
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
American Society of Civil Engineers
Eyes versus evidence in Hauptmann case debate
A reflection on capital punishment after the Hauptmann execution, questioning reliance on circumstantial evidence and the reliability of eyewitnesses. The piece argues that if circumstantial proof fails to convict, it should not be used to condemn, noting observers often misinterpret meteor sightings as well.
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Bruno Hauptmann
Hauptmann
The
New York Post
Quotable quotes from political figures on society and governance
A collection of brief observations and quips from Amelia Earhart Louise op at meeting Eleanor Roosevelt and other leaders. The remarks touch on traffic safety indifference citizenship public life education marriage politics and national identity.
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Liberty League
Louise
Women
National Democratic Club
Eyewitness Discrepancies and the Limits of Human Observation
The piece recalls multiple witnesses giving divergent accounts of a fall into various rivers and compares it to a past auto accident with seven differing testimonies. It argues that in many cases inanimate evidence is clearer than human recollection and questions relying on eyewitness memory for serious penalties.
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Delaware River
Atlantic Ocean
New Jersey
East River
Manhattan
Alexandria
Hackensack River
Newark
Point
First Avenue
Crescent Street
Unknown Wisdom Beyond The Written Rules
A poem contrasts Edgar A Gs courage with living inquiry. It argues real wisdom lies beyond rigid axioms and celebrated books, as doubters push past tradition to discover new facts. Wise men abandon dusty nooks to seek the unknown and advance knowledge.
Re Affirmation of Spring Over a Frozen Hill
A speaker recalls a frozen landscape and questions sleep and alchemy to revive life. The poem laments a tomblike soil and hopes for green corn and blossoms to return, believing the same miracle will come again despite doubt and peril. The voice addresses a humble plowman and nature’s stubborn grip on the hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay G. Sigmund
Washington Sideshow by Fletcher Whip in Pocket
Fulton Lewis Jr explains how Senator Fletcher of Florida kept control of the banking committee by accepting the chairmanship to block Carter Glass and shield the Florida ship canal plan, delivering leverage to the administration and preserving sectional interests.
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Washington
Fulton Lewis, JR
Universal Service
Ashington
Florida Ship Canal
Duncan Fletcher
Florida
Virginia
Carter Glass
New Deal
Fletcher
Senate
Banking
Commerce
Commerce Committee
Glass
Federal Reserve
Thhem
Banking Committee
New York
Copeland
Florida Canal
Syndicates thrive beyond New York as power shifts
A 1936 column argues syndication succeeds without New York residency, citing Elsie Robinson, Kin Hubbard, Walt Mason, John T. McCutcheon, and Eddie Guest as examples from Chicago, Cleveland, Emporia, Detroit, and elsewhere. It notes Hollywood and Paris scenes shape tastes while geography can hinder or help writers and poets seeking broader audiences.
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New York
Elsie Robinson
San Francisco
Kin Hubbard
Kin
Walt Mason
Emporia
Kansas
John T. McCutcheon
Chicago
Sidney Smith
the Gumps
Washington
Hollywood
Cleveland
Eddie Guest
Detroit
The
Algonquin
Manhattan
Dog Recovers His Master's Stolen Bicycle
In Greeley Colorado Bruno A O Youths dog tracked down a stolen bicycle after a woman reported a vicious dog near her home. Police found the dog with the bicycle and returned both to the youth.
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Dog
Greeley
Colo
INS
Bruno
A. O
Morgenthau Feints Big City Threats In Tax Feud
An article portrays Henry Morgenthau as using political feints to attack federal finances. He threatens to shift taxes by proposing an excess surplus tax and then counters with a processing and excise tax plan. The piece notes Congress, the President, and Morgenthau fear the political backlash in a campaign year.
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Easury
Henry Morgenthau
Morgenthau Feu
Congress
Morgenthau
Vancouver's celebration marks fifty years of growth
Washington DC report extols Vancouver British Columbia as a growing city of charm and scenery. The feature likens the city to a young lady in a shoe with Stanley Park a buckle and Hastings Park a green jewel, noting rapid suburban expansion and Canada’s gateway to the Orient.
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Washington, D. C
Vancouver
British Columbia
England
Swiss Alps
Atlantic City
Broadway
National Geographic Society
Stanley Park
Hastings Park
Strait of Georgia
Fraser River
Burrard Inlet
Canada
Montreal
Toronto
Burrad’s Inlet
It of Georgia
Orient
Tow
Hastings An
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Ward Macy
University of Florida
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FDIC
Brookings Institution
Washington County
University of Iowa
University of Pittsburgh
Rutgers
Ruth
Wilma Coon
Washington State
University of Chicago
Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics
Shirer
Cosmos
Statistical Information Service
J. T. Shirer
Josephine
Vienna
John Shirer
Berlin
United States
Weather Reporting Service
Amelia Earhart
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Robert M. Hutchins
Wiliam
August Cornell
Macalester College
St. Paul
Minn
William Allen White
U. S
Hamilton Fish
House of Representatives
Asher L. Burdick
North Dakota
Luther Z. Rosser
Atlanta, Ga
Columbus
America
George A. Dondero
Michigan
Edgar A.goes
Dom
Edgar A. Guess
Earth
O.C Mintyre
N.Y
Tim Healy
Matt Hari
Mati Hari
Paris
Foquet
London
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Anatole Bourman
Whittlesey House
Hylan
Verheard
Frank Fay
Fay
Palace
Frances White
Barbara Stanwyck
Metropolis
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