Senate panel backs funding for state buildings from liquor profits
A Des Moines senate judiciary committee proposes using two and a half million dollars of liquor commission profits to finance a state board of control building program. It rejects a 15 percent profit cap and argues profits should merge with general funds unless earmarked for non recurring needs.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Des Moines
State Liquor Commission
State Board of Control
Control Commission
Liquor Control Commission
Debate over ratifying conventions for constitutional amendments
The discussion covers whether Congress should push ratification by specially chosen state conventions or legislatures for a constitutional amendment. Wets favored conventions after repeal debates, arguing they are more democratic, while critics warn conventions could be as unrepresentative as legislatures. Senators debate selection methods, timing, and potential gaps if a state legislature refuses to convene a convention.
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Supreme Court
Congress
Wets
Nets
Senate
Borah
Two Spontaneous Conventions and Ratifying Amendments
The passage notes that two such spontaneous conventions could meet in a state and act differently on the proposed amendment. It compares to an ill fated pre Civil War Kansas vote on slavery and declares the convention method of ratifying amendments has shortcomings.
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Kansas
Banquet Honors $15,000 Jersey Cow Brampton Basilia
At a Toronto banquet of the Canadian Jersey Cattle Club Brampton Basilia the Brampton Brampton cow holds four world records for milk and butterfat production. The piece extols a cow guest of honor over typical speakers noting her quiet presence and lack of public speaking prowess.
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Canadian Jersey Cattle Club
Toronto
Brampton Basilia
Brampton
Jersey
Brampton Basilua
Dear Louise Advises Against Blind Prejudice
A 1937 column urges clear thinking and warns against prejudice that clouds judgment. Examples include religious converts, rubber planters, and societal shifts, with reflections on Americanism, democracy, and media manners. The writer notes headlines and social change while lampooning outdated notions.
Political Exile Puzzle Clue Grid Across Verticals
A dense OCR puzzle page lists clues for a cross word type theme with multiple numbers and directions. Entries include foreign terms, bodies, and common nouns across horizontal and vertical sections, hinting at a large interconnected word grid from 1A to 56 BC and related clues.
Glimpses of Celebrities and Urban Scenes in 1937 Letters
A collage of personal impressions referencing Alfred P. Sloan, a skinny columnist, a letter beginning Dear Friend, and a Scotch grandfather who called a sidewalk a paving meander. It notes Queen Mary’s fragility, Gil Patten and Frank Merriwell, Broadway at 50th Street, Grand Central, Rube Goldberg’s absurdity, Vincent Lopez, psychic instincts, Sinclair Lewis, Wilson Mizner, and a Mizner tale at Jack's with a waiter listening in.
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Alfred P. Sloan
Gil Patten
Frank Merriwell
Broadway
50Th Street
Grand Central
Rube Goldberg
Vincent Lopez
Nola
Sinclair Lewis
Wilson Mizner
Jack’s
Mizner
Sonny Learns To Question As Years Go By
A reflective verse from Edgar A. Guest about a child's bedtime routine and a parent's insistence on rest. The speaker admits a growing wonder and ongoing questions about why things are the way they are and how years will change the child’s perspective.
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Sonny
Public Figure Snippets and Stage Names Highlight Loose Print
A collage of names and moments from cultural life includes John L. Lewis Gertrude Lawrence Noel Coward and Joe Cook. Humorous vignettes touch on fashion hats radio stars Back Bay accents and local color from a small town atmosphere.
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John L. Lewis
Gertrude Lawrence
Noel Coward
Ohio
Dean Cornwell
Joe Cook
Back Bay
Hal Phyfe
The
League of Pretty Red Heads
John Chapman
Ann Grosvenor Ayres
Notable names and scenes from a bygone era
A collage of reminiscences and opinions on theater stars writers and social figures. Mentions include Valeska Suratt Katharine Cornell Borrah Minnevich M C deWolf Hopper and George S Kaufman along with places like Hotel Astor Town and Country and Reuben's reflecting cultural tastes and social life.
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Valeska Suratt
Katharine Cornell
Borrah Minnevich
Mallard Invades City Caught By Boy
A Cleveland boy, 13, chased a wild mallard through a busy street and into a tree before climbing up and capturing the bird. The event ended without injury as residents watched the unusual pursuit unfold.
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Cleveland
Charles Evans Hughes a tragic lonely figure at the court
As he nears seventy five Charles Evans Hughes chief justice of the Supreme Court becomes a central figure in a controversy he sought to avoid. The piece traces his background and notes his reputation for reasonableness, his naval conference gamble, and his shifting stances on liberal and conservative issues. It highlights his pride in the court and his fear that decisions on the new deal era threaten its prestige.
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Charles Evans Hughes
Drew Pearson
Robert
Washington
United Tes Supreme Court
T.ashington
Supreme Court
Mr. Hughes
United States
Hughes
Latin America
Franklin Roosevelt
Naval Conference
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
New York
New York State
New York Electric Company
Santo Domingo
Standard Oil Company
Columbia University
Supreme Bench
Dred Scott
Grant
AAA
Radio Program Schedule Highlights and Station Chains
A dense listing of evening to late night radio programs across NBC CBS and related networks. The schedule enumerates acts, orchestras, hosts, and stations such as WEAF WJZ WABC WBBM KMOX WCCO and more, with numerous musical ensembles, vaudeville acts, and talk segments across multiple time slots.
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NBC
WEAF
WJZ
Hampton Institute Singers
Weaf Chain
Herbert Foote
CBS
Wecco
Question Bee
Edward D’anna
WABC
WBBM
KMOX
WCCO
Ed Wynn
Meredith Wiilson
WJZ Chain
Russ Morgan Orch
WGST
Joe Cook
M.c
Herbert Hoover
Irvin
Cobb
Freddie Rich Orch
Velvet Violins
Frankie Masters
Frankie Masters Orch. (Nbc) Wjz
Portland Junior Symphony Orch
Ink Spots
Emil Coleman Orch
Rita Rio Orch
Hal Kemp _orch
Shandor
Aoe, Arnheim Orch
Weaf Chain Tone Pictures
Washington
EAF
Guns Susan's
Cc Mox
Harrawett Arenas
Church Ft
The
Wec
Air
Music and Repertons
Emery Deutssnark
Buenos Res
Dorothy Dreslin
Church of the Air
Poetic Strings
Lands
RCA
Carman
Captain Diamond
New York
Diharmonic Symphons Arch
Wuu Wu
London
Senator Ishface
Professor Figgsbottle
Marion Talley
WEAP
We. the People
Ed McConnell
AMUA
Catholic Hour
Joe Penner
Alsa of Today
Senator
Vandenberg
W Chain
Rubinoff and Orch
WOC
Jack Benny
Helen Traubel
Columbia Workshop
Robert L. Ripley
Phil Baker
Jinele
Thorns
Nelson Eddy
Eddie Cantor
Walter Winchell
BBM
Narey Sosnick Wee
Bo . Kaltenborn
Eerrey Hays
Bunch
Rozer Pryor_ orch
WAEC
Wwoc
Reese Orch
Sia Ae Orch
Wanna We Vases
Eddie Fitzpatrick
U S and El Salvador Sign Reciprocal Trade Pact
The United States and El Salvador signed a reciprocal trade agreement in San Salvador, El Salvador, announced by the State Department. It marks the sixteenth such pact with a foreign country, though details were not immediately released.
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Washington
State Department
United States
el Salvador
San Salvador
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Iowa
Gazette Company
Cedar Rapids
MATS
Ols
Innesota
Sunsport
Aouth Dakota
Wisseven
U. S
Marioner Wee
Louise
Clara
Winwood Reade
William Wiberforce
Wilberforce
Reade
India
Doctor Heiser
Rockefeller
Mike
David Windsor
Wally Simpson
Red Cross
Maggie
George Clark
Fluffy
Ious
Derby
Myself
Ream
Christ
Edgar A. Guest
0.C.mcintyre
Ginner
Victor Hugo
Rebecca West
Burlington
Emery
Cincinnati
Hotel Astor
Charles Hanson Towne
Rover Whalen
Jimmy Walker
George S. Kaufman
P. T. Barnum
DeWolf Hopper
de Marcos
Reuben's
Texas
Mpromptu
Bowes
Dionne
Alice Hughes
Mallard
Allen
Reasonable Hughes
Mr. Coolidge
Mr. Hoover
Chicago
U. Round Table
WEA
Fall Symphony
Salt Lake Olge
Tabernacle Choir
Calman
Col
Stoopnagle
Budd
Guy _ Lombardo arch
Jae Ke
U.S
Barta Home For Funerals
Fifth Ave
EIGHTH ST_SE
Halal
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