Public Opinion Fluctuates On Farm Subsidies And Court Power
Fortune magazine's sampling shows 49.3 percent favor farm benefit continuance while 22.2 percent oppose. Even city dwellers favor continued government bounties to farmers, especially among those who support subsidies. About 25–31 percent of partisan groups credit the Supreme Court with guarding them from rash legislation.
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Fortune Magazine
Fortune
United States
Middle West
Supreme Court
NRA
AAA
Jim Farley
Wasteful Expenditures Claim Against Philadelphia Ball Club
Despite WPA, the Philadelphia National League club is faulted for long keeping a catcher on their payroll. The remark points to sustained payroll burdens as a legacy of expensive player contracts.
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Philadelphia
National League
Fatigue in Businessmen Linked to Restless Activity
Columbia professor Rathbone argues that five o'clock tiredness stems from excessive body driving not brain overwork. She cites signs like slouched posture and stiff seating, urging relaxation, more sleep, less coffee, awareness of tension, walking, and delegating tasks to combat fatigue.
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Josephine L. Rathbone
Columbia University
Rathbone
Columbia
Quotes on budgets war and politics from notable figures
A collection of opinions from Hoover, Hitler, Pope, Gall, and others, touching budget balance, nationalism, taxation, war risk, spring fever cures, and American identity. Notable lines include references to national socialism, the Rhineland, and U.S. taxation debates, with varied commentary from public figures and academics.
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Adolf Hitler
Five oclock fatigue and social habits in the country
The piece argues that people experience fatigue after work but questions the strong claims about subway use and office life. It suggests that while some observe tiredness in businessmen away from urban noise, many still live without subway fatigue and may benefit from adopting Professor Rathbone's advice.
Menswear color prophecy finally proves unreliable
After years of forecasts predicting bold tones for the season, fashion analysts acknowledge that men are unlikely to adopt the anticipated brilliant colors.
Some Just Shouldn't Drive In Modern Traffic
The piece warns that widespread anti accident messaging risks desensitizing drivers and stresses that many people are physically or mentally unsuited to driving. It cites psychologist informed views that certain personality traits hinder safe driving and suggests licensing based on scientific testing to keep such individuals off the road.
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New York Times
Joseph Miller
Wilkes-Barre
Mr. Miller
Peace of Mind and the Common Lot in Guest Verse
A reflective piece notes Edgar A. Guest finds peace not in fortune but in loved ones and simple joys. It also reviews Carlile Litsey's The Filled Cup and a London Express note on Chaplin's Modern Times decipherment, highlighting depression era themes and the human measure of happiness.
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Epwwin Carlile Litsey
Kentucky
THE
London Express
Charlie Chaplin
Old Inns and Signboards Across the Atlantic
O Min tire notes America’s scant reverence for historic taverns and inns. He recalls England’s preserved coaching era landmarks such as Rye and the Wayside Inn near Boston built in 1438 and 1192 respectively. He lists famous inn signs and comments on jazz origins linked to New York venues.
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America
New England
South
West
England
Ireland
Scotland
Rye
Henry Ford
Wayside Inn
Boston
Jolly Butchers
Hogarth
Whistler
St Mark's Square Venice Heart of the City
A Missouri writer recalls old Missouri cooking while a National Geographic dispatch describes Venice. The piece highlights St Mark's Square as the heart of Venice with its pigeons, legends, nearby streets, gondolas, and seasonal floods that leave seaweed on the pavement.
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St. Mark’s Square
Heart of Venice
Washington
D. C
Venice
St. Mark’s Cathedral
Piazza di San Marco
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Washington, D. C
National Geographic Society
St. Mark’s Basilica
St. Mark’s
Doges’ Palace
St. Mark
Police Help Driver Start A Stolen Car
Louisville police assisted Benjamin Reynolds to start a car later reported stolen. Patrolmen Bloom and Gilmore helped push the vehicle but hours later Reynolds was arrested on auto theft charges.
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Louisville
Bloom
Gilmore
Benjamin Reynolds
Reynolds
Cedar River Poem On Water Power And Poise
Poem contrasts Cedar River with drunk sister rivers. Waterways flood and bound through landscape while Cedar River remains poised and steady. A wind-blown gull recalls oceans and ships as the river preserves its course despite winter drafts and encroaching hills.
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Blue River
Washington Sideshow
A look at Japan’s internal power split between the army and navy and its possible impact on U S policy toward the Philippines. Roosevelt Hull and Swanson monitor moves that could threaten Manila if the navy gains control again.
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Universal Service
Ashington
America
Roosevelt
Tokio
Philippine
Army
Navy
China
Manchuria
Philippines
Japan
League of Nations
London
Britain
France
Holland
United States
Hull
Swanson
Mural by George Biddle Frames Roosevelt Subsistence Plan Site
A mural underway at the new justice department building near Attorney General Cummings portrays a subsistence homestead future. George Biddle, heir to the Philadelphia Biddle fortune, paints the scene showing a prosperous family and farming abundance as part of the program’s public image.
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RS. Roosevelt
Washington
Justice Department
Cummings
George Biddle
Philadelphia
Croton-on-the-Hudson
Philippine Lottery Ban Ordered By President
President Manuel Quezon orders the government charity lottery banned after the June drawing as part of an anti-vice drive to stamp out jueteng. The lottery, linked to a twice yearly horse race, yielded about $500,000 per drawing, with under 40 percent to charity and prizes up to $100,000 amid high operating costs.
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Manila
Philippines
Manuel Quezon
Quezon
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