Public school bureaucracy blamed for fiscal strain
The piece criticizes the public education budget as bloated by bureaucrats led by state and local boards. It cites rising per pupil costs from 1880 to 1932, argues education budgets threaten national solvency, and condemns administrators for complicating teaching while urging budget restraint and reforms. It notes Iowa examples and describes political pressure from Des Moines and Des Moines area figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Jessup
Iowa City
Denver Kidnapping Case Ties to Slain Gang Leader
Denver police link two suspects to the Boettcher kidnaping as Joe Roma the city gang kingpin is shot dead. Detectives note Roma had worked on the ransom case and may have influenced the investigation before his death. Police also search a power plant intake for the missing millionaire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Albert T. Clark
J. F. Rotitto
Frank Mortellaro
Joseph Roma
Charles Boettcher, II
Clark
Rotitto
Roma
Boettcher
Joe Roma
Charles Boettcher
Ray Fell
A.T
Bank
Fell
Nettie
Chief Clark
Claude K. Boettcher
Mrs Roosevelt Requests Directions Like Any Motorist
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt toured through Norwalk without guards or a map asking for road directions. Police directed her out of the city toward Massachusetts where she planned to visit sons Franklin Jr and John at Groton School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Conn
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Franklin Jr
John
Groton School
One Dead Two Hurt In Wisconsin Car Crash
Kenneth Alaxson 21 of Waterford was killed and passengers Russell Wem ers and Ruth Hadley injured when their car veered off highway 12 north of Elkhorn while en route to Madison to fetch another girl for a Waterford banquet on Saturday night.
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Elkhorn
Wis
Kenneth Alaxson
Waterford
Russell Wemers
Ruth Hadley
Here
Highway 12
Madison
A Call to Extra Kindness in Daily Life
In this Everyday Religion reflection from 1933, the author urges readers to act with kindness beyond what is required. Quoting Jesus on walking the second mile, the piece argues that true kindness is active and selfless, not mere sentiment, and that going beyond duty lifts burdens and brings heaven nearer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Heaven
Two Story House Carted Away In 10 Days By Thieves
A two family flat on a Detroit city lot vanished over ten days. Gustave Staub, the owner’s son in law, said he inspected the house ten days prior. Neighbors reported three men with a truck hauled the house away piece by piece and even sold two concrete foundations to a neighbor across the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Gustave F. Staub
Staub
Lindy extortion case hearing postponed in Roanoke
United States Commissioner Charles C. Fox Jr postponed the preliminary hearing for Norman Harvey Joe Bryant and Mrs. Harvey to next Friday. The government seeks time to prepare its case after Bryant was seized for attempting to cash a bogus 17 000 check. Bond reductions for the male defendants were denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
United States
Charles C. Fox, Jr
Charles A. Lindbergh
Fox
Norman Harvey
Joe Bryant
Harvey
Charles Vogel
R. Lee Carney
Wea
Weather Outlook for Chicago and Plains Week
Weather forecast for the week starting Monday February 20 indicates one or two precipitation periods across the Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central plains. Some prospects of clear weather are noted in the latter part of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Roosevelt to Meet British Envoy for Second War Debt Talk
President elect Roosevelt and Sir Ronald Lindsay will meet Monday in New York for a second war debt conference. Stimson to arrange details after Lindsay's London arrival. discussions to cover world economic issues planned for after March 4.
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Lindsay
New York
Roosevelt
Ronald Lindsay
Stimson
London
State Department
Ronald
Discu
Acen
William H. Woodin
American Car ‘and Foundry Company
Commerce
Henry Wallace
Iowa
Agriculture
Thomas Watt Gregory
Texas
Arthur Mullen
Democratic National Committee
Governor Comstock Survives Salary Garnishment in Michigan
Detroit Reuters reports Michigan Governor William A. Comstock avoided garnishment when Genesee Circuit Judge Paul V. Gadola ruled that state executive salaries cannot be attached by a writ of attachment. The decision shields the governor from collection tied to a prior real estate judgment, noting legislative intent and limited applicability. Comstock said he received only 177.50 for two weeks since taking office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Willam A. Comstock
Michigan
Paul V. Gadola
Genesee
Flint
Frank T. Freeman
Gadola
Freeman
Comstock
Rich Indian Barnett Could Lose Wife and Oil Fortune
Los Angeles report says government seeks to invalidate Jackson Barnett's marriage to Anna Laura Barnett and reclaim control of Creek oil wealth in Oklahoma. Evidence from sixteen years aims to prove Barnett's irresponsibility. gifts to wife and Home Mission society totaling over 1 million dollars may be revoked.
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Los Angeles
Calif
America
Jackson Barnett
Attorney General
Anna Laura Barnett
American Baptist ,Home Mission Society
Barnett
Jimmy Barnett
Jackson Dunzy
Dunzy
Souka
Wilshire
Bailey
U. S
Oklahoma
Washington, D. C
Hay
Nearly Finished Puzzle Sparks Husband Outburst
Mrs. Charles Dvorachek was assembling the last Jigs pieces when her husband, angry dinner was late, kicked the table and scattered the jig-saw pieces across the floor. She filed charges of disorderly conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racm, Wis
Charles Dvorachek
Milwaukee Judge Denies Mrs. Kiley Plea For Lower Bail
Martha A. Kiley 56 charged with using the mails to defraud in the Huckins dividend scheme remains jailed after a Milwaukee bond reduction request from $10 000 was denied by Federal Judge F A Geiger The government contends she acted as Huckins business agent and secretary while the elder Huckins is still at large
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Martha A. Kiley
Huckins
Milwaukee
F. A. Geiger
Associated Press
Belle Barton Ruppa
Kiley
Orphan Theodore Sans Becomes Heir To $30000 Fortune
In Indianapolis Indiana Theodore Sans a 21 year old orphaned student became sole heir to the $300000 fortune of Dr and Mrs Harry J Thompson after they formally adopted him on Saturday. The couple had taken him into their home while he attended high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Theodore Sans
Harry J. Thompson
Thompson
New Farm Aid Bill Brought Before House
President elect Roosevelt backs a farm mortgage refinancing bill in the House to ease indebtedness at 2 percent interest plus 1 percent amortization with 80 percent loan value. The plan merges farm loan agencies under agricultural loan commissioners.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Jones
Commissioners of Agricultural Loans
Ships
Minaa
Eeeate
Bernard M. Baruch
New‘York
Automobile hailed as boon in social trends report
New York reports the Hoover committee on social trends views the automobile as a revolutionary communication agency. It notes unprecedented mobility across classes, new integrated transport systems, and expanded personal contacts shaping American culture and regional urban development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New ‘York
Hoover
National Transportation Committee
Psychopathic profile drawn for Zangara after Roosevelt attempt
A Miami sanity commission report labeled Giuseppe Zangara as having a psychopathic personality following his attempt to assassinate President-elect Roosevelt. The report cites distorted judgment and anti social temperament, raising questions about insanity in the arraignment context.
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Miami
Fla
Giuseppe Zangara
Roosevelt
Bay Front Park
Sanity Commission
I. H. Agos
T. Earl Moore
Zangara
Dade County
Lewis Twyman
Twyman
Oklahoma Outlaw Floyd Reported Trapped in Hideout
Sheriff J E Blankenship and deputies armed with machine guns converged on a Clark county house believed to be the hideout of Charles Pretty Boy Floyd the Oklahoma desperado. Blankenship said they had the key to Floyds arrest and expected him to be under arrest within an hour while withholding the location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Wash
J. E. Blankenship
Chehalis
Clark County
Charles “Pretty
Floyd
Oklahoma
Cary
Blankenship
Five questioned on assassination note in Washington
Washington police detained five men for questioning about a note reportedly tied to the attempted assassination of President elect Roosevelt in Miami. The letter addressed to Buck Jones in Newark was found near a mailbox and signed Harry Taft and William R, described by police as a joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Sixty Fifth Street
Mr. Roosevelt
Joe H. Gill
Giuseppi Zangara
Washington
Roosevelt
Miami
Giuseppe Zangara
Secret Service
Buck ‘Jones
Martz Bus
Raymond Boulevard
Newark
N. J
Harry Taft
William R
Harry Taft Thompson
William R. Birmingham
Edward Paul Rodriguez
Frank Pettitt
Patrick McCartin
Bricklayer
Mayor Cermak's Condition Stable Amid Recovery Efforts
Miami bulletin reports Mayor Anton J. Cermak resting well with normal vitals after the shooting. Chicago officials and Gov Henry Horner visit as heart specialist Dr Frederick Tice is to arrive, while killer Giuseppe Zangara's insanity defense is still being discussed.
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Miami
Pia
Anton Cermak
Chicago
Henry Horner
Silieno
Anton J. Cermak
Frederick Tice
Cermak
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fis
Giuseppel Zangara
Riel
Tussien
Frank
Jirka
Saday
Mia
Daughter Of Crane Weds In Chicago Ceremony
Miss Florence Crane daughter of R T Crane Jr head of the Crane company married William A Robinson in Chicago. George Palmer Putnam served as best man and Amelia Earhart née Amelia Earhart Putnam attended among the guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Florence Crane
R. T. Crane
The
Crane Company
William A. Robinson
George
Palmer Putnam
Putnam
Moros Slay Patrol In Philippine Isles
Moros fired on a constabulary patrol near Buhangan in the Philippine Isles. One patrolman was killed and a physician attached to the constabulary medical corps was lightly wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moros
Philippine Isles
Manila
Buhangan
French diplomat Georges Knight dies in Paris
Paris reports former French minister to Canada and director of the foreign office press bureau Georges Jean Knight died Saturday from heart disease. He collapsed on a city street, ending a long career in diplomacy and government service.
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Paris
Georges Jean Knight
Canada
Foreign Office
Knight
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Bulletin
Mrs. Roosevelt
Lindy
Cordell ‘Hull
Tennessee
William Phillips
Sumner Welles
Raymond S. Moley
Carter Glass
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Calle
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