Government's Move Clouds Textile Strike Fallout
President William Green of the A F of L insists the walkout must reach a successful conclusion while distancing the federation from the San Francisco general strike. The textile strike, if expanded, would become the largest nationwide walkout yet, testing organized labor and raising questions of funding and government policy amid looming elections.
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William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
A. F. of L
San Francisco
United States
Mr. Green
Textile Workers Union
Russia trade drives Colonel Brookhart business rise
The text notes that after recognition, Colonel Brookhart is gaining new business from Russia, described as a tiresome task next to awaiting Mary Pickford's fortieth birthday.
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Mary Pickford
Brookhart
Russia
End of a dark banking episode signals restored stability in Iowa
The banking department ends its special oversight after a year and a half as 33 of 483 banks remain under restrictions and 13 have not submitted full reorganization plans. Senate File 111 helped stabilize the system following the 1933 banking holiday, with most Iowans regaining confidence in banks and encouraged to prove trust at the polls.
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Town State Banking Department
Senate
Iowa
Kansas City Lawyer Wins Ranch After Case Verdict
A Kansas City attorney finishes a case with a remarkable outcome owning a ranch stretching 72 miles in length and 66 feet in width. The ruling details the property's dimensions and the lawyer's settlement.
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Kansas City
Arms trade scrutiny across nations sparks debate and action
Public hearings on arms munitions in Nye sitters hint at moves to curb exports. London and Britain’s House of Commons may launch probes, with France and Britain dominated by single firms. US, GB, and France account for most world arms exports. reforms could cut tax burdens tied to arms races before the Maine election looms.
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Nye
Europe
London
House of Commons
United States
England
Vickers-Armstrong
France
Schneider-Creusot
Great Britain
Not Fearful Pigs Comment on Secretary Wallace
The Three Little Pigs avoided fear of the Big Bad Wolf and did not express themselves regarding Secretary Wallace.
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Big Bad Wolf
Wallace
Editorial wheezers avoid jokes on din ammunition dig
Editorial notes editors refrained from making humor about the senate munitions investigators digging up dynamite. The piece mocks the lack of sly quips and calls out reporters for restraint in covering the probe and its sensitive topic.
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Senate
Bored by People and Progress in a 1934 Column
A curmudgeonly 1934 column warns that boredom with others signals ignorance and lack of interest. It argues curiosity, tolerance, and an omnivorous taste for people keep life rich, with multiple quips about science, politics, and society.
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Louise
Chance
Ike
Einstein
Night at 3 Am in New York City Dreamscape of Life and Loss
An evocative 3 am vignette captures a lone taxi driver with a tabloid and the Park Lane scene as dawn nears. The narrator recalls grainy memories of love, work, and danger from Dayton Ohio to Cincinnati and East Liverpool, touching on faith, pride, and survival with fleeting portraits of people met along the way.
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INEW
York
Phillips House
Dayton
Rathshellar
Olga Nethersole
Roach
Kramer and
Bell's
Kansas City
Nick
Australia
Guvner
East Liverpool
Hughie McDermott
Hughie
Recollections of Youth and New York City by Odd
A memoir fragment recalls crossing to New York at age 23 and 24, the Waldorf lunching scene, Caruso and Nora Bayes sightings, Delmonico’s, and impressions of early career life. The narrator notes meeting literary figures, a vivid bus ride up Broadway, and encounters with bailiffs and theater voices as time moves from youth to age.
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IFE
Pennsylvania Station
New York
Thirty-Fourth Street
Avenue of Avenues
Great Waldorf
Caruso
Delmonico
Nora Bayes
Savoy
Just Folks and the money that can buy happiness
Curiosity about happiness notes money can’t buy joy in markets yet wealth can comfort and aid others. A twenty dollar bill or gold piece may bring rapture to a child and relief to a worried mother, while generosity makes the giver happier too.
Englishwoman who aided India in the puzzle era
Answer to Previous Puzzle 2 provides clues forming a crossword style list about a prominent Englishwoman who helped India. The grid references include terms like National Reformer and Indian National Congress affiliations, pointing to a noted suffragist and reformer active in India during colonial reform movements.
Sunrise Writing Reflections from a Seasoned Mind
A reflective line recalls aging and restraint as dawn arrives. The speaker contrasts folly with wisdom, noting restraint in creative effort at daybreak. The fragment hints at a writer's struggle with inspiration and self discipline.
Family Objects To Fiancee Because Of Her Social Rating
A town weighs social position in a romance as Jim’s family, wealthy and cultured, struggles with Ethel who lives on the wrong side of the tracks yet is honest and hardworking. They could accept her to unite two young lovers if shown understanding and warmth by the family.
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Jim
Ethel
Washington treaty denouncement fuels Pacific arms race
Confidential reports warn Japan will denounce the Washington and London naval treaties in late November. The navy surveys Guam and Midway as air bases, stepping stones to the Philippines, as global arms tensions rise. The munitions inquiry faces funding limits while textile strike activity and NRA ties draw attention.
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Ashington
Japan
Washington
London
Navy
Guam
Midway
Pacific Islands
Philippines
Senate Budget Committee
Answers on morality and banking profession from 1934 panel
A 1934 Newark conference excerpt presents views by James P. Warburg on banking as a profession with social service ideals. It compares profit motives to professional aims, suggesting notes on memory techniques, women's role in disarmament, and a belief that war stems from leaders' wealth and power drives.
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Newark
N. J
James P. Warburg
Lady Simon
Nebraska Steer Brings Good Price at State Fair Auction
The grand champion 4 H club baby beef at the 1934 Nebraska state fair sold for 30 cents a pound to Lincoln Packing company. Keith Gilmore of Custer county earned about 351 dollars total with prize money, after costs, profit about 296 dollars. The sale followed auction by candle, a traditional method.
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Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska
10 20 30 Years Ago In The Gazette
Historical notes recap injuries weddings studies and local events. E D Dietz suffers a broken shoulder at Central City races and is treated at Mercy hospital. Isabel Howell marries William Jay Brown at Grace Church. Carnegie Library work begins in Marion with $10 000 project funds. Rock Island staff changes as E S Nichols resigns to study electrical engineering in Ames.
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Central City
Mercy Hospital
Maud Fegley
Temple, Ariz
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Adora Sykes
Cedar Falls
State Teachers College
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William Jay Brown
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Ames
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Caroline Rowley Hubbard
Y.W.C.A
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Police Department
Carnegie
Marion
Newton Watkins
Shellsburg
Rockford
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Nichols
John G Farmer
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