CWA Job Lines Show Hope and Frustration Across Washington
Readers of the Merry Go Rounders explore how the Civil Works Administration affects unemployment in Washington. Observers report long lines for cards, mixed attitudes toward Roosevelt policies, and examples from a jeweler, a chiropractor, a veteran, and a bonus army leader. The piece notes shifts in who gets priority and the mismatch between promises and available work.
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Drew Pearson
Robert S. Allen
Washington
Civil Works Administration
CWA
Indiana Avenue
Lnfe
Roosevelt
Old Bonus Army
Allen
Jones
Oscar Jones
Veterans’ Replacement Bureau of
CVA
Commissioner Allen
Pat Harrison
HOPE
Why Men Buy Jewelry and Trust in Psychologists
The piece argues men spend to display status and power, not just to please wives, comparing jewelry and luxury to self advertising. It cites Thorstein Veblen on conspicuous consumption and cites Yale psychologist Walter Miles explaining perceived profession hostility, then notes psychology can predict behavior through tests and observations.
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St. Paul
Wallace
HH. V
Schenectady
N. Y
Coughlin
al Smith
J P. Morgan
Empire State Building
Smith
New York
Waldorf- Astoria
T. M
Los Angeles
Hugh Johnson
NRA
Johnson
Treasury
St. Louis
Thorstein Veblen
Albert Edward Wixzam
Albert Wigsam
Solomon
Miss Manners
His Pretty Wife And A Wistful Union
A column discusses a man who left a once dear wife for a prettier woman then regrets the mismatch. The piece notes the wife lacks character, while the former spouse laments losing his ideal through vanity and money. It contrasts domestic dissatisfaction with ambition and disillusionment.
Miser and Christmas Cards A Nostalgic Holiday Poem
A narrator recalls a boyhood image of a miser counting gold but shifts to counting Christmas cards. The poem contrasts a bleak hovel with a brass chest and the joy of greetings as riches. A closing odd line notes roosters and hens with more females than males.
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Merry
Mark
AEGIS
Ahend
A. F. of
IRS
Walter Miles
Yale
Miles
FOX Garage
Fox
Fifteenth Street
George
Helen
Edgar A. Guest
Copsright
Newmans
Firestone
Coats
UNION
Yean
Sman
Jersey
Teally
Newman
Newman's
Ee -Newman
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