Roosevelt address cites New Deal goals amid civil service concerns
The article critiques President Roosevelt's Thursday speech praising nonpartisan public service while contrasting it with reports of civil service violations and patronage under Farley. It warns the administration may be misinformed and hints at potential risks to leadership amid ties to Hitler’s rising influence.
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National Civil Service Reform League
Washington
Civil Service
Farley
Milburn L. Wilson
Montana
Rexford Guy Tuggwell
Wilson
Interior Department
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
A GOOD NANCE AT TWO TERMS
A reader opinion contrasts 50 000 North Dakota Republicans backing Governor William Langer for another term with a federal judge orders him imprisoned for eighteen months and fined ten thousand dollars. The piece questions voting vindication and the political system. It notes the housing law offers partial support.
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North Dakota
William Langer
Langer
Uncle Sam Debt balloons past postwar peak in 1935
The Gazette analyzes U S public debt rising to about 27.06 billion by June 16 1935 with Roosevelt's 29.85 billion forecast. It notes per capita debt about 215 dollars from a population near 126.4 million and compares wartime and prewar totals amid looming annual spending.
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Dean Phillips
the State University
Sam al
United States
Gazette
Roosevelt
Congress
Census Bureau
Before You Choose a Roommate or Partner in Any Venture
Column of dated opinions on shared ventures and marriage highlighting unequal work, money concerns, and the risk of a bad partnership. It warns to screen a partner before forming any joint enterprise and notes the plight of caretaking spouses and the folly of certain ventures.
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Louise
Providence
SVED
Government debt offsets and funding extend long road to solvency
The President outlined a debt outlook with collateral held by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and Public Works Administration totaling 3.56 billion, rising to 5.46 billion. Foreign government obligations exceed 11.75 billion, but offset prospects are doubtful. If offsets hold, the net debt could drop to about 17.64 billion. The speech also notes traffic signal reforms and editor layoffs impacting employment statistics.
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Public Works Administration
the Treasury
Treasury
Congress
Finland
United States
Promoters Murmur Over Carnera Financing Amid New Deal
A New Deal era note hints at discontent among promoters who backed Carnera’s purse under patriotic aims for durable goods industries. The out of power party struggles to praise all administration actions while muttered doubts persist about the funding.
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Carnera
Country calls temptress of town to quiet countryside escape
A writer laments urban drift and revels in rural scenes near Darien Connecticut describing bluebell meadows, a silver barn, and waterfalls. He contrasts city unrest with pastoral calm, cites Dorothy Parker and Miss Sackville-West, and notes movers between Hollywood, ranch life, and English countryside. He mentions figures Bing Crosby and Gary Cooper and Jimmy Walker remarking on metropolitan emptiness.
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Eddie
Darien
Sackville-West
America
Prairie Cottage
Hollywood
George M Cohan
Dorothy Parker
California
Bing Crosby
Francis Lederer
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Traveling Back to Nature in a City’s Wake
A reflective piece contrasts urban pace with rural calm, noting inns free of jazz and noise, and recounts a twilight roadside scene with signatures of notable writers. The writer muses on rhythm, nostalgia, and the city’s cheap spectacle, amid diary-like personal notes and medical questions and quotes from a self-help booklet.
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Saw Mill River
Chauncey Depew
Minnie Maddern Fiske
John Fox, Jr
Just Folks Hat Quest in Nellie’s Grand Show Window
An amusing verse contrasts Nellie’s quest for a unique bonnet with the narrator’s casual hat pick. Nellie studies displays and seeks a one of a kind milliary style, while the speaker buys quickly from the latest batch, content with an ordinary cap for another year.
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Milliary
Tam
Physician cautious on alphadiaitrophenol use
A nurse from near Hickville on the Hudson reports a physician warned that alphadiaitrophenol dinitrophenol is poison yet conceded a prescription could be used under medical supervision. The letter notes druggist failed to procure the medicine and hints at interest in testing its efficacy on patients.
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H H D
Hickville
Hudson
Brady
Washington
William Brady
Roosevelt secret service readies for presidential cruise
Secret service prepares for Roosevelt as he travels aboard the Houston with extended security. Mail, threats, and overseas stops in Panama and the Virgin Islands prompt a large, multi-location operation. The setup includes radios, quarters aboard, and a new band for the cruise.
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White House
Secret Service
Houston
Roosevelt
Indianapolis
Puerto Rico
Virgin Island
Panama
Virgin Islands
United States
Colombia
Alaska
Texas
William J. Shaw
Navy
Shanghai
Sanitation Expert and Miscellaneous Puzzle Fragments
A jumble of crossword style clues and references to a sanitation expert who made Havana healthier between 1898 and 1902. The page mixes numbered hints, language fragments, and scattered terms about canal work, health menace, and various vocabulary entries without a clear single narrative or event.
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