John L Lewis risks labor gains with Garner critique
Elliott Roosevelt argues John L Lewis may have damaged labor's cause by calling Vice President Garner an evil old man. The piece notes the CIO's rise with Roosevelt backing and warns heavy political bets can backfire when leaders back losers. It stresses labor's shift from mass power to political choice and the risks of missteps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliott Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Garner
Lon Elliott
Lewis
CIO
Labor
Roosevelt
Hatch bill on relief funds sparks veto debate
The piece questions the Hatch bill sought to bar relief recipients from voluntary political giving. It argues relief funds should primarily meet basic needs and morale rather than support office seekers, noting the bill may infringe rights while shifting others’ money to campaign coffers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Calendar as spark for writing on World War Began 1914
The author notes a July calendar page revealing August 1 marking the 1914 start of World War I. The piece reflects on history’s repetition and questions what more there is to say after twenty five years of pivotal events and debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danzig
Germany
Russia
Stalin
Hitler
Merit, not seniority, should guide military leadership
The piece argues against the seniority rule that delays merit from rising and praises General Marshall for his capability despite early lower ranks. It cites Beatty and Jellicoe to show consequences of rigid hierarchies and urges reward for merit and accountability for incompetence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturday Evening Post
Johnson Hagood
Marshall
V M. I
Philippines
Manila
America
France
Europe
Congress
Army
Navy
Beatty
Jellicoe
Seeing Eye in Midtown New York Quiet and Private
A New York City column describes the Seeing Eye office tucked away in Rockefeller Center, its anonymous privacy, and the nearly 400 blind people led by its dogs across the United States. It also notes Morris Townsville dog and handler capacity limits and an extended subway project by Rosoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Tri- Nois
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wisconsin
U.S
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Chicago
Allen-Klapp-Frazier CO
Michican Ave
New York
Allen-Klaip-Frazier
Fifth Ave
Media Records
A.N.P.A. Bureau of Advertising
Associated Press
International Press
United Press
Necker
Manhattan
The
Seeing Eye
Rockefeller Center
United States
Morristown
New Jersey
I Love You Candy Hearts and Street Scene
A reminiscence recalls a downtown candy shop with licorice drops and sentimental pink heart candies. The narrator fondly remembers a girl with blonde pigtails and a spoiled, once-given candy heart carrying a quiet, bittersweet memory from school days.
Notable Local Movements and Appointments in 1929
Charles Carroll travels to Fort Collins to visit his father Dr. Frank Carroll. Lavinia Steele heads to Yellowstone National Park. W. Roy Harger family returns from Gull Lake. Shaffer family plans move to St Paul. Rev. Virginia Ferm installed at Saron English Lutheran church. Ake family plans Bellevue auto trip with Mae Dell remaining three months. G W Smith injured in auto collision on A avenue. Ira Carrithers reconsidering resignation from Coe athletic dept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Carroll
Fort Collins
Colo
Frank Carroll
Cedar Rapids
Lavinia Steele
Yellowstone National Park
W. Roy Harger
Vernon
Wayne
Virginia Ferm
Saron
A. A. Ake
Mae Dell
Bellevue
Ake
Iowa University
Coe
Bicycle crash injures rider on First avenue corner
Aug 1 1909 F H Churchill sustained slight injuries after a bicycle collision with a sight seeing automobile at the intersection of First avenue and Third street. Frank Vasek reports a barn fire at 1903 Mallory street destroying the structure and a horse. Elizabeth Helen Clark and Mrs Rex Harbert head to Ogden Utah for the summer while Mr and Mrs Morris Pettit depart on a western trip to Seattle and other sights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Churchill
First Avenue
Third Street
Elizabeth
Helen Clark
Rex Harbert
Ogden
Utah
Morris Pettit
Seattle
Frank Vasek
Mallory Street
Mind of a Humorist Notes On Psychology In Speech
Albert Edward Wiggam answers questions on marriages of psychologists happiness in long unions, youth vocational aspirations, and color perception. He argues educated people are less prone to divorce, warns many educated youths enter overcrowded jobs, and explains color blindness as brain based not eye based with specific color-vision statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Hollywood
Paul Popenoe
Wiggam
Iit
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the Gazette Company
John L
Rutherford B. Hayes
Japan
China
Freud
George Clark
News Syndicate
Charles Driscoll
Amrosoff
Lower East Side
Sam
Rosoff
Sixth Avenue
Thirty
Riker’s Island
Fortieth Street
Peoples Savings Bank
the Peoples Savings Bank
the Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Albert Edward Wiggam
Rudolph Novak R
Neil
Montgomere Vernon White
Charles Tilips
R. H. Pickford
Str
Fleer Security
Northwestern Mutual’ Life Insurance Company
John 8
Garner & Son Morticiang
Rat Torn
TOR
Amd Riuso
Tant Nanas
Tallekfelt, Inc
Fetin
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