Regional governments proposed to curb federal power
The essay advocates regional governments as a middle path between federal control and state power. Prof. William B. Munro argues wider areas, beyond states, are needed for big problems, but the piece questions feasibility and risks. It warns against adding bureaucracy and new tax burdens without clear cross state benefits.
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William B. Munro
Washington
Professor Munro
United States
Congress
Prof
Munro
Social Security Board Publicity Slows News Pace
The morning mail brings a publicity release from the Social Security Board noting thirty six states now share in benefits and four more plans under review. The items, dated and press friendly, swell to a half column but offer little news value beyond inflated statistics from a talk by Frank Bane executive director.
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Morning Mail
Social Security Board
Frank Bane
Utive
Social Se
Social Security Board Piffle Sparks Editorial Rebuke
A Washington editor dismisses a Social Security Board publicity release as thin filler. The piece argues the board should avoid wasteful propaganda and rely on regular channels for any newsworthy actions.
I Start Letters With I Not Prohibited By Law
The column argues that starting a personal letter with the pronoun I is not a crime and criticizes the unwritten rule as silly. It notes postal costs rise despite anti I rhetoric and promotes writing in plain everyday speech to engage friends. It urges abandoning the anti I notion.
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Jim Farley
Post Office Department
Opening weeks of baseball season coal supply optimism
With a few more days like we've been having and careful management we hope to make our remaining supply of coal suffice for the opening weeks of the baseball season.
Quotes on democracy and society from historic figures
A collection of brief quotations from notable leaders and thinkers, including Prince Ernst von Starhemberg Adolf Hitler and Mrs. Roosevelt, reflecting on democracy education politics and social values. The remarks cover memory over thinking, campaigning, wealth ethics and public costs with voices from Austria Germany England and the United States.
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Austria
Ernst von Starhemberg
Iowa Woman Labeled Lobbyist Sparks Capitol Debate
Mrs. Jessie Hawthorne of Council Bluffs state director for the WPA women’s projects visited Washington to discuss the $1.5 billion WPA bill. She arranged a meeting with Iowa congressmen to explain WPA work, including sewing rooms for jobless workers, insisting the session was personal and not official lobbying. The episode drew mixed reactions as lawmakers debated proper influence and the administration’s reach.
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Washington
Iowa
Jessie Hawthorne
Council Bluffs
Works Progress Administration
WPP
WPA
Hawthorne
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Thomas F. Crocker
Ames
Hubert Utterback
Des Moines
Rep. B. M. Jacobsen
Capitol
North Carolina
Bob Reynolds
Bennett Clark
Missouri
Jim Farley
New York
Night of Loss and Hope From a Mother's Sacrifice
A neighbor recalls a father’s death fifteen years ago and a mother who, without money, kept her child through schooling. She begged for work, brushed back tears of pride during graduation, and urged the son to strive so she could rest.
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Ziegfeld
The Year s Way From grey fields to black fields plan giant harvest yields
A reflective poem on cycles of seasons and agriculture. The speaker urges planning now for a bountiful harvest, noting winter’s hardship yields to spring’s renewal. It speaks of soil alchemy, seeds sleeping yet living, and the earth’s enduring strength guiding cultivation.
Morgenthau tax plan faces White House orders
Washington brief notes President's insistence on new tax bill aimed at excess corporate profits. Treasury estimates 257000 profitable firms among 500000 corporations with roughly 3 million stockholders, leaving many non profit or non dividend structures untouched.
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Washington
Simon Degrees
Congress
White House
Treasury
Morgenthau
U. S
Night wanderers of New York City haunt Times Square
Feature describes nocturnal wanderers from distant cities living on margins, their petty thefts for dope, and rough health conditions. It notes their urban peripheries, lack of newspapers, and sparse routines before dawn. Also references Parnell lore, a Corkscrew club of bachelors, and midtown restaurant workers and performers.
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Times Square
Columbus Circle
Grand Central Zone
Seine
Baghdad Radio Station Decision Report Advances Construction
A government report favors erecting a broadcasting station in Baghdad. The technical sections of the Education and Communications ministries have submitted their findings, and a contract bid is being solicited. An American expert will be invited to advise on the project.
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Bagdad
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Communications
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Sarah Delano Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
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Methodist Episcopal Church
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New York City
America
Vincent L. Toledano
Anna H. MacNeil Johnson
Cincinnati
American Association of University Women
Thomas Quinlan
Memphis
Bernard Sachs
Cty
Stanley Baldwin
England
A. G. Burns
National Inventors’ Congress
Jack Dempsey
ED Hadley
Gazette
Tom Crocker
Florence Kerr
Grinnell College
Fred Biermann
Decorah
E. C. Eicher
Otha Wearin
Hastings
Biermann
Eicher
George Meyers
Ossian
Farm Credit Administration
Mary Huss
Henry Wallace
Agriculture
J. H. Bonstetter
Algona
Cecil Johnson
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
R. R. Douglass
Postville
Rep. Biermann
Cliff Woodward
Kenneth Laird
Tabor
Rep
Wearin
Senate
L. J. Dickinson
Dickinsons
Mrs. Dickinson
Josephine Carberry
Paul McCrea
Huldah Graeske Morris
Dorothy Groman Ellis
Lavina Beck
Iowa State Society of Washington
John W. Studebaker
Girls Scouts
Maj
M. E. Gillette
B. M. Jacobsen
Clinton
House
District of Columbia
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Gopher
Earth
O.omintyre
Manhattan
Paris
Charles Stewart Parnell
Parnell
Riverhead
N. Y
Warried
Houston
Texas
Emily Lautz
Home Economics Service Corporation
Gallipolis Tribune
Rank and File
Communist Party
Pat Harrison
King
George
la Follette
Couzens
Harrison
G. O
S. F’r
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Whitney Theren
South
Florida
Paschal
Theren
Republican National Committee
Republicans
Bagdad Radio
Merchants Bank Bldg
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Akron
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