Ruml Urges Curb On Pessimism In Economic Outlook
Beardsley Ruml treasurer of Macy and Co. in New York City argues against panic and emotional propaganda. He cautions limits to price fixing and favors free trade, predicts tax revision and broader labor organization, and backs continued government relief for unemployment amid a recovery path.
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United States
Beardsley Rums
R. H. Macy and Co., Inc
New York City
Ruml
W. Ruml
Fifth Avenue SE
Washington
Mr. Rum
New York
Rum
Rump
NRA
Rumi
France
Cordell Hull
Congress
Mr. Ruml
Unemployment Census Reveals 7.8 to 10.9 Million Figures
The report analyzes voluntary registration and enumerative census data on unemployment, noting that 7.8 to 10.9 million Americans may be unemployed or inclined to seek work. It details method, field checks, and cost estimates, with 85 million cards printed and a budget well under 5 million dollars.
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Biggers
Post Office Department
Congress
Jand
Flowers Live Beauty Create Fantasies At Tournament Of Roses
Pasadena observers witnessed the forty ninth Tournament of Roses parade with sixty major floats covered in millions of flowers. Spectators praised the living beauty and playland theme as Humpty Dumpty Mother Goose and other familiar characters rode the floats delighting a crowd of over a million.
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Pasadena
Calif
Playland
Humpty-Dumpty
Mother Goose
Little Boy Blue
Red Riding Hood
California
Britain Sends Anti Aircraft Troops to Alexandria
Britain dispatched a substantial anti aircraft force and equipment to Alexandria Egypt to strengthen the Mediterranean route to India and the Orient amid heightened defense needs.
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London
Britain
Mediterranean
India
Orient
Alexandria
Egypt
Father of Joan Crawford Dies in Abilene Texas
New York AP report states Thomas LeSueur, father of actress Joan Crawford, died in Abilene Texas. Crawford was in New York for the holidays with husband Franchot Tone and awaited funeral arrangements before planning to travel to Texas.
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New York
Joan Crawford
Thomas le Sueur
Abilene
Miss Crawford
Franchot Tone
Texas
Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver to Speak at Town Hall on This Changing World
Abba Hillel Silver of Cleveland will headline the Town Hall at St Pauls church on Thursday Jan 6 at 8 p.m. subject This Changing World. Born in Lithuania 1893 he graduated University of Cincinnati 1915 earned a doctor of letters from Western Reserve University 1928. He has led the Cleveland temple since 1917 and spoken across Europe and Palestine. He has served as university preacher at Harvard Cornell Chicago Syracuse and Purdue and sat on the Cleveland board of education.
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Abba Hillel Silver
Cleveland
America
Jewish Academy of Arts and Sciences
St. Paul’s Church
Lithuania
University of Cincinnati
Western Reserve University
College setup urged to allow younger marriages
Prof George A Works of the University of Chicago urges reorganizing college programs to let students marry before 25. He proposes adding colleges for married students and awarding an arts degree after two years to free students for early marriage. He cites higher death and crime rates among unmarried men and predicts worsening trends as college attendance rises.
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Chicago
George A. Works
University of Chicago
Works
Adjustable wedding ring aims to cut mental strain
Chicago reports the adjustable wedding ring by Frederick Gaertner of Maplewood New Jersey as a device to reduce bridegroom worry over ring size and to save cost for men marrying again. The invention claims quick adjustment and a short blooming period for the metaphorical rice flower.
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Chicago
INS
National Inventors’ Congress
Frederick Gaertner
Maplewood
N. J
Mr. Gaertner
Enrolment surge hits CCC as 140000 youths apply
Labor officials report 140000 applicants for Civilian Conservation Corps enrollment amid budget balancing prompts. W. Frank Persons says most applicants are 17 to 19 years old and the CCC offers work experience, training, and character-building benefits during unemployment and recession periods.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
CCC
Labor Department
W. Frank Persons
Secretary of Labor
Perkins
Robert Fechner
Persons
Civilian Conservation Corps
University chiefs face critique of academic dictatorship
Dr. A J Carlson of the University of Chicago condemned American college and university governance as a one man dictatorship in a speech to the American Association of University Professors in Indianapolis. He warned that some institutions retain the name of a university while lacking morale and freedom essential for teaching and research.
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Indianapolis
Ind
INS
American Association of University Professors
A. J. Carlson
University of Chicago
American College and University Organization
Reds Extend Control Over Three More Chinese Defense Areas
Hankow reports the Chinese communist party has expanded its dominance to three additional defense zones. The war office says the next phase against Japan will favor guerrilla tactics and reorganizing the army to fit new strategy. This shift signals Mao Zedong and Chou En-lai gaining influence in war leadership.
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Hankow
Chinese Communist Party
Chiang- Kai-shek
all-China
Japan
War Office
Lne
Chou
En-lai
Mao Tse-tung
Chu Teh
Chiang
Red
Eighth Route
China
Grasshopper Eggs Found Inland Threaten 1938 Iowa Crops
State entomologist Carl J. Drake warned that grasshoppers pose a potential threat to Iowa crops in 1938. A survey found 37 southern and western counties severely infested with grasshopper eggs, with a worst case forecast of 75 to 100 percent crop infection if spring and summer conditions favor hoppers.
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AMES
Carl J. Drake
Iowa
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Frances Perkins
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Henry Dennison
New York Federal Reserve Bank
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