Cedar Rapids Considers Parking Meters At Low Price
Cedar Rapids business leaders study parking meter options after reviewing other cities experiences since Oklahoma City's meter program began. They note Phoenix first offered meters at $58 but later bids dropped, while the AAA questioned high prices tied to payoffs. The piece argues Cedar Rapids should pursue rock bottom pricing and avoid payoffs if meters are adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Oklahoma City
Phoenix
Ariz
American Automobile Association
AAA
Education Stays Strong Through Depression Despite Hard Times
The NEA analysis shows public education spending held firm through the 1930s downturn. Per capita costs remained above 1920 levels, with $18.82 spent per person in 1930 and $90.22 per pupil, all-time records amid income declines. The share of national income allocated to schools stayed above 3 percent despite the Depression, contrasting with total governmental expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Burt Garnett
National Education Association
NEA
Another Letter From A Bald Headed Dad To His Red Headed Daughter
A 1938 column features a father’s admonitions on choosing friends shaping character. He cites historical figures like Bacon and Shakespeare, warns of herd influence, and notes social issues and quips on education, marriage, and politics.
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Louise
Pericles
James
Mary
Francis Bacon
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare
Emerson
School funding shares of government expenditures in 1930 and 1935
Government spending peaked at 11.7 billion in 1929 and stayed above 12 billion thereafter. In 1930 schools accounted for 1.844 billion dollars, 12.4 percent of expenditures and 3.5 percent of national income, while total expenditures reached 2.317 billion dollars, 18.2 percent of costs and 3.2 percent of income.
Seeing Eyes on the Line A New York Telephones Patent
A New York man patents a television telephone letting users see each other while talking. Commentators doubt universal adoption, noting many calls are made without wanting to see the other party. The columnist argues such devices would remove privacy and the joy of conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Indian Maiden and Related Clues Puzzle List
A vertical and across word puzzle list with numbered clues ranging from 1 Soft food to 59 Tree and including entries such as 12 Fairy 13 The Creator 21 Organs of hearing and 60 She saved the life of Captain John center.
Coffin Tale Ends as New York Church Ditches Fake Legend
New Yorkers learn that guides on sightseeing buses spread tall tales about the Col legiate Church of St Nicholas, claiming a coffin marker hid a wealthy patron buried high above. Authorities removed the stone coping, while the church nearby Rockefeller Center remains a worship site with historic pews once used by Russell Sage and Theodore Roosevelt.
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New York
HURCH
Russell Sage
Sage
Theodore Roose
St Nicholas Church Furnishings Show Solid Conservatism
The article notes pews and gas fixtures kept as the church modernizes with electricity. It highlights Gates W. McGarrah, financier, and Helen Gould as pew holders. D Joseph R. Sizoo is pastor and Charles S. Medler long-serving sexton and undertaker. About a hundred funerals yearly at St Nicholas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Joseph R. Sizoo
Hollander
Charles S. Medler
Companionship Over Glamour Wins In Town Gossip
Mary Manners is labeled the most popular girl in town yet her glamour wanes as she dates many men who move toward domestic life with others. Readers share advice on steady relationships and social expectations, urging finding companions of real connection.
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Mary Manners
Nary
Mary
Miss Manners
Dies Committee Hearings Target Foreign Influence and Communists
King Features notes the Dies Committee will open a fully public session on August 11 to investigate alleged Nazi fascist funding from abroad and communist influence, with later hearings in New York Chicago Detroit and the West Coast. Accreditated reporters and witnesses will be admitted. officials may expose foreign activities in the United States.
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YY Asbin Gren
House
Martin Dies
Bund
Communist Party
Detroit
New York
Dickstein
Dies
Texas
Chicago
San Diego
Political intrigue in congressional hearings and campaign moves
The piece attacks Congress for grilling tactics against bund and communist officials, insisting they must appear with books and papers. It notes patriotic groups will provide first evidence and mentions Dies committee, Evangelist Winred charges, and upcoming Kansas Senate races. It then describes Cordell Hull and Republican leaders exiting Washington venues in formal entourage.
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Bund
Communist Party
Congressional
American Legion
Masons
K. of C
Dies Committee
Evangelist Winred
Miss Frankfurter, Unsung Heroine of the NLRB
Estell Frankfurter, sister of Felix, quietly served as an administrative assistant at the National Labor Relations Board since the NRA era. She works about 12 hours daily handling correspondence, upholds union principles, is described as small and blue eyed, rides in Rock Creek Park, and paints well.
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Estell Frankfurter
Famou Felix
National Labor Relation Board
Miss Frankfurter
Washington
National Labor Board
NRA
Rock Creek Park
Two Americans Slapped by Japanese Patrol in Shantung
Two American men, Harry Clark of the US Navy Reserve and Albert Wilken, were slapped by a Japanese naval patrol while walking near curfew in CHEFCO Shantung Province China. Both men were employed at a local hotel.
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Chefco
Shantung Province
China
Sns
Harry Clark
United States Navy Reserve
Albert Wilken
Americans Killed In Spain List Names
New York AP reports friends of Abraham Lincoln brigade members announced several Americans killed in Spain. Identified are Roe Handy Burkett 38 of Oklahoma City Oklahoma Frank Heague 28 of Atlantic City New Jersey C Lowenberg 23 of Newark New Jersey Henry S Parotte 26 of Cascade Montana Abraham Sassol 22 of Los Angeles and Edna Mitchell with unknown address.
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New York
Abraham Lincoln
Roe Handy Burkett
Oklhoma City
Okla
Frank Heague
Atlantic City
N. J
C. Lowenberg
Newark
Jersey
Henry S. Parrotte
Cascade
Mont
Abraham Sasso
Los Angeles
Edna Mitchell
Radio Program Guide Teems With Broadcast Schedules
A dense listing of radio programs across NBC CBS and ABC networks shows orchestra acts led by Al Donahue Jacques Renard and Henry King plus choirs, fairs, and dramatic features. The schedule spans morning to evening with varied programs including musical ensembles, sermons, operas, light drama, and experimental segments across WEAF WJZ WABC CBS and other outlets.
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Vening
Kaltenmeyer
WCCO
CBS
Wabc and Chain
NBC
Weaf Chain
Jac Ues Renard
Orchestra
WABC
Ginetinati Summer Opera Association
NBG
WEAF
William Agmers
Henry Kings
Chain
Thrace Heldt
Brigadiers
Johnny Presents
KMOX
Johnny Hamp
Blue Marton
Nelsmai
Tommy Dorsey
Wabc and
Breddie Ebener
Dial ‘Henry, Kina
Wabc Nd Chain
Paul Pendarvis
Peerless
WJZ Chain
Tico
Diet Velbert
C . Ne —Kiriloff
Church of the Air
George M. Miller
Jordan
Charles Paul
Alice Hemsen
Madrizal Singers
Rolling Trio
Bowes’ Family
CBB
Silver Strings
Southernaires
Aros Meielaa Muaiec
Music’ Hall
MBO
WJZ
Salt Lake City Tabernacle Choir
Wabo and Chain
Shakespeare's England
Church of the Afr
Gerard W. Graver
Wabco and Chain
War Dow G Howm
James Nitcomey
SBC
Kuro
William Shirer
Czechoslovakia
Sudeten
Kidoodlers
WEAP
Bec Key
Walbera Brown Strings
Wabg and Chain
Ryard
Ait
Aes Orchestra
Ain
Manhattan
Walter Winchell
WJ2
Irene Rich
Horaceeldt
Fyicne Round
Oslo
Rygit Chal
Johnny Messner
Vincent Lopez
Hobby Lobby
Ncluding
Charles E. Fuller
Paul Pendarvia
Chain 10
Larry Glinton
Weaf Chainin
Jan Garber
NBO
McCune
Erzkine Hawkins
Hines’ Orchestra
Henry King
Wabo and
Ie Dance Orchestra
Hi Wenda
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America
Roosevelt
Hell
WPA
Chamberlain
Bothy
Eld
Acopyright
Bkins
Adard
Powhatan
Virginia
George Clark
Charles Driscoll
St. Nicholas
Rockefeller
Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller Block
L.O.P.H
Papa
Shorty
Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Kansas
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee
Sign of the Times
Cordell Hull
State Department
John Hamilton
Frank Waltman
Ford
Spain
Bichara
Himber's
Louise Florea
Rangera Berenade
Paul Scherer
Farmer
Mike
Holsy Day
Marion Qilley
Andre Mostelanetz
Iran
Sablon
Olver Drake
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