Controversial PWA painting criticizes Roosevelt era
An anonymous artist, funded by the Public Works Administration, displays a scathing caricature of President Roosevelt and his cabinet in Tarrytown New York. The 8 by 12 inch canvas features the President with microphones and a raft of depicted officials, industry, and labor leaders in a provocative scene.
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N. Y
No Works Administration
United States
Roosevelt
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
James A. Farley
Farley
Anna Roosevelt Dall
Eliot Roosevelt
Elliot
Henry A. Wallace
Ceres
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Johnson
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Frances Perkins
The
Brain Trust
Uncle Sam
Westchester Institute of Fine Arts
Jeremiah
Tear Gas Quells New Penn Prison Riot
In Philadelphia a new riot at the state penitentiary was halted by tear gas early Wednesday. Seventeen prisoners were overcome, some with sore heads from guards’ baseball bats as executions of discipline followed. The Klondike tier saw a tear gas barrage led by Warden Herbert Smith and 34 guards.
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Philadelphia
State Penitentiary
Herbert
Dan Turner to Speak at Dutch Creek Fair
Republican governor candidate Dan Turner will speak on the evening program of the eighth annual Dutch Creek fair. Congressmen Edward C. Eicher will be the afternoon speaker. Two kittenball tournaments are planned with teams from multiple towns. Valley church and Dutch Creek committees arrange the evening entertainment and a fried chicken supper will be served by Valley church women.
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Washington
Ian Dan Turner
Dutch Creek
Edward C. Eicher
White Oak
Prairie Flower
Dublin
Rolling Green
Rubion
Brighton
Keota
Valley Church
Will Rogers on Moscow Boom and Russian Equality
In a letter dated 1934, Will Rogers reports on Moscow’s rapid construction and claims about gender roles in Russia. He names Morris Hindus Walter Duranty and Louis Fischer as authorities and mentions a Chinese professor companion. He asserts Russians are building a subway and that gender equality is not as claimed.
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Moscow
Russia
Morris Hindus
Walter Duranty
Louis Fischer
Seven Insane Convicts Escape Carolina State Hospital
Seven criminally insane convicts, including three murderers, overpowered two guards at the North Carolina state hospital in Raleigh and fled. Authorities in Raleigh and Wake county pursued them shortly after the break, but hours later no trace had been found. The murderers named were Ed Deaver, whose death sentence was commuted to life for killing a neighbor over a watermelon dispute. Joe Stafford, serving life for murder in Wayne county. and Tom Jackson, jailed in Forsyth county.
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Raleigh
N. C
State Hospital
Wake County
Ed Deaver
Joe Stafford
Wayne County
Tom Jackson
Forsyth County
Will Propose Cut in Liquor Tax to End Bootlegging
A group of representatives who led the repeal fight plan to slash federal liquor taxes and import duties to end bootlegging. They cite Treasury shortfalls and ongoing bootlegging and would restore the old domestic rate and cut the tariff if Morgenthau fails. Choate supports lowering imports to curb illicit trade.
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Copsright
Washington
Treasury
House
Ways and Means
Morgenthau
Internal Revenue
J. H. Choate, Jr
The
Alcohol Control Administration
Sailboat Joined Sea Scouts Fleet on Cedar River
An 11 foot sail boat with jib and mainsail joined the Sea Scout ship Kiwanian on the Cedar river. Owners are Skipper Harold Wies First Mate Don Morris and Sea Scout Victor Hahn. The craft launched Tuesday afternoon and will join a Davenport regatta on the Mississippi. Second Mate Bob Kolarik also entered his sailing canoe.
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Cedar River
Sea Scout
Kiwanian
Ed Sheehy
Sea Scouts
Harold Wies
Don Morris
Victor Hahn
Davenport
Mississippi
Bob Kolarik
Canadian Pacific Rail Executive Dies
Grant Hall, vice-president of the Canadian Pacific railway, died Wednesday at his Montreal home.
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Canadian Pacific Rail Executive
Montreal
INS
Grant Hall
Canadian Pacific Railway
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