No Panic Now or Is There A Roosevelt Review Debate
The Baltimore Sun editorials on the first five years of Roosevelt’s administration face a reply from Gerald W. Johnson. The piece argues the New Deal has steadied banking and curbed panic, but cites lingering fear and the need for more enterprise outside banks to boost jobs and future security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore Sun
Roosevelt
The
Sun
Henry L. Mencken
Gerald W. Johnson
New Deal Ledger
Gome
New Deal
Securities Exchange Commission
the Sun
Why Not Give Them a Chance to Sell
A Chicago reporter found WPA relief workers unhappy with mindless chores and lacking proper clothes. A young father argues sales could restore dignity and earning power, suggesting outfits and commissions to prove their selling ability and help the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
WPA
Unemployed Heard Urging Work Experiment Savings Morale
The passage argues a new work experiment could aid the jobless, costing the government modestly and benefiting morale and self respect, aligning with WPA Administrator Hopkins concerns about sustaining dignity among the unemployed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Hopkins
Cyclops Mystery Twenty Years After Its Disappearance
The Cyclops, a U S collier with 290 men and Chilean cargo, vanished after leaving Barbados in 1918 on its way to Baltimore. No wreckage or survivors verified, triggering theories of German submarine attack or storm. The piece reflects on enduring curiosity and human longing tied to the lost ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Cyclops
Baltimore
Chile
United States Navy
Barbados
Navy
Atlantic
Bosses Could Use Training Too
Vocational training is not just for skilled trades it should include business finance and management. Robert Hopcock of the National Occupational conference argues that below college level most training creates dependents and fails to prepare for real operating needs. More instruction in finance and administration could prevent many failures and improve business success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hopcock
Roy Howard
Hugh Baillie
Topping
Harvey
Bill Hawkins
Voices on War, Hunger, and Economy Across Views
A collage of remarks by Henry A. Wallace William E Dodd Norman Thomas and others on trade sanctions hunger unemployment and recession. It contrasts fears of stepping into war with calls for cautious policy and social concern from diverse figures including a Nobel laureate and a British economist.
Gillette Wins Printing Battle Over FTC Food Study
Senator Guy Gillette secures $15,000 to print a two year FTC food handling report after quelling initial funding gaps. The probe compares producer and consumer prices, aims to expose racketeering, and will be printed after July 1 with six to ten months’ delay. He and Senator Clyde Herring pledge to press for executive reorganization oversight.
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Washington, D. C
Guy Gillette
U. S Senate
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Gillette
House of Representatives
Burton
Senate Agricultural Committee
Whole Agricultural Committee
Finance Committee
Appropriations Committee
Carter Glass
Virginia
Independent Offices
Inca Misers Fortune by D Edgar A Guest
An obituary poem about Amiser who died leaving money bonds and stocks hidden in a cabin floor. Lawyers counted the wealth and failures, while kin received nothing from a life spent in saving and denying charity.
Cedar Rapids Mayors Race Sets City Voting Record
The article notes John M. Redmond elected mayor in Cedar Rapids with the largest city vote to date. Other officials include Thomas Devendorf treasurer John D. Blain recorder J H Hildebrand assessor Joseph Kozlovsky marshal and John L Starman fire chief. It also reports municipal gas light company formation and a March 7 fire damaging multiple businesses. Market notes list wheat corn oats rye and hogs prices.
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Ohn M. Redmond
Cedar Rapids
Thomas Devendorf
John D. Blain
J. H. Hildebrand
Joseph Kozlovsky
John L. Starman
Devendorf
Haskell
Wallace
Rich
Changes On Park Row From A Hard Cheer to Gentle Demise
Charles Driscoll recalls a faded Park Row era from twenty years earlier, visiting the Pulitzer building and the old World newsroom. He reflects on shifts in the neighborhood, the rise of Technocracy Inc, and a behind the scenes look at Jake Omansky of the New York Post while recalling newsroom quirks and a bygone city life.
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Park Row
West
Wichita
Omaha
St. Paul
Broadway
Brooklyn Bridge
Bowery
Chatham Square
Pulitzer
New York World
Joe Pulitzer
City Hall
Jake Omansky
Wonder Boy
New York Post
Oldsters
Jake
William Cullen Bryant
Park Avenue
Algonquin
Philadelphia Record
Dave Stern
The
Post
Smart Boys
Our Town
Astrological forecast signals a busy ambitious week
The forecast predicts a lively and strenuous Monday with new projects likely to start under strong support from big business. Birthdays imply a year of high achievement and practical ventures, while a child born today may show creative talent and practical, assertive drive attracting large capital backing.
300 Offer For Century Old Bible History Volume
Mrs J J Logan of Crafton says a 1742 London printed New History of the Bible could fetch 300 dollars. The 766 page two volume work bears King George II’s permit and has a note for Stephen Austen at the Angel and Bible in St Pauls Churchyard.
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Pittsburgh
INS
J. J. Logan
Crafton
London
George II
Erie
Stephen Austen
St. Paul’s Churchyard
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Henry A. Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
Italy
Rome-Berlin
William E. Dodd
Germany
Norman Thomas
John D. Biggers
Frank S. Gehr
Yonkers
N. Y
Gees A
Grace Donahue
Association of
America
Frank M. Catton
Chase National Bank
New York
George W. Crile
Cleveland
Ohio
Arthur B. Mays
University of Illinois
Sir Josiah Stamp
Europe
Thomas Mand
ED Hadley Gilzette
ED Hadley
Agricultural Committees
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Washington
Clyde Herring
Executive Department
Herring
Theodore Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Forest Service
Soil Conservation Service
Bureau of Public Roads
Biological Survey
Food and Drug Administration
Extension Service
Bureau of Home Economics
Bureau of
Agricultural Economics
Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
Bureau of Animal Industry
Bureau of Chemistry and Soils
Bureau of Dairy Industry
Bureau of Plant Industry
Bureau of Entomology and
Weather Bureau
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Commodity Credit Corporation
Veterans’ Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Works Progress Administration
Rural Electrification Administration
Tarif Commission
Social Security Board
Railway Retirement Board
Emergency Conservation Corps
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Civil Service Commission
General Accounting Office
Comptroller General
Edgar A. Guest
Amiser
Edger
Goel
Aonao
Gazette
James J. Hruska
John Redmond
GAS Light Company
Leary Stove
Frank Bervid
Frank Blazek
August Cerny
Third Avenue
Mississippi
Ocean
Cedar River
E. E. Clark
Order of Railway Conductors
Federation of American Railway Employes
J. M. Change
John 8. Moore
A. M. Clemence
Waco, Tex
Edward Harrigan
Greene's Opera House
Shore Acres
Frank Chinton
England
Jessie Dickinson
San Francisco
Calif
George Henderson
George Russell
Minneapolis
Kennel Club
Ernest BR. Moore
Charles Driscoll
U. P
Ed Conkle
Technocracy, Inc
George Fitch
Technocracy
Philadelphia
Akron
Stars and Stripes
Soldier
France
Rollo Balch
Brows University
Genevieve Kemble
BY Milo A. Cwerak
Security
Paramount Pharmacy Professional Pharmacies
Faramount Pharmacy Paramount Theater Ballétar
Perpetual Savings & Loan
Third Street
Lewa
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