Approaching the Judicial Hurdle on New Deal Legislation
The piece discusses Judge Chesnut's ruling that the Frazier-Lemke farm mortgage moratorium act is unconstitutional and speculates on how higher courts and the Supreme Court may handle challenges to New Deal laws. It notes uncertainty, the likely narrow readings of provisions, and the political-economic stakes shaping the court’s stance. It also mentions the recovery act, emergency measures, and broad judicial policy aiming to avoid obstructing national policy during a low economic mood.
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Chesnut
Congress
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Roosevelt
Gregory Hankin
Mlr.a
Hoover
Teaching photoplay appreciation to high school pupils
The author argues that a three year research program with in class guides shows photoplay appreciation can be taught in more than 600 classrooms. It claims such instruction improves taste and attitudes, giving children yardsticks to judge entertainment and demand better pictures while stressing careful qualification of teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lewin
Tourers
Radio ad on stomach disorders during dinner hour
A quirky note on how radio ads for stomach disorder remedies catch attention during dinner hour, with listeners rarely noticing symptoms until the program and its announcer begin talking.
The Ripening Season and Autumn’s Quiet Beauty
A reflective piece extols autumn’s beauty with blue skies and crisp mornings. It contrasts the seasons and celebrates harvest time while noting how California chambers of commerce have not yet found a kinder term for poverty while referencing Sinclair’s Epic plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinclair
California
Photoplay appreciation movement eyed by national council teachers
The National Council of Teachers of English plans a fall program to teach photoplay appreciation in about 20,000 schools. It will study screenplays of merit with high ethical standards and a focus on drama, literature, and the moving picture as art.
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Hollywood
National Council of Teachers of English
Ainecing
New York Diary Reflections On Arts Figures And World Events
A diarist recalls meetings with John O’Hara Hemingway and Upton Sinclair associates in New York. He notes political gloom, Spanish bullfighting icon Sanchez Mejias and king Alfonso XIII’s distress, plus hints of California travel and AP chief Ket Cooper as a skilled pianist and singer in social circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Erskine Gwynne
John O'Hara
Hemingway
Stanley Rinehart
Upton Sinclair
Ghetto
Polly Picon
Second Avenue
T Roosevelt
Cafe Boulevard
Luchow’s
Grace
Ed Nolan
al Smith
Helen Dreiser
Theodore
Nathan Burkan
Ket Cooper
New York
Cooper
Frankie and
Johnny
Room 202
Stag
Miscellaneous 1930s show business notes and personal anecdotes
A collage of society scraps highlights Kent Cooper as a piano improviser and authorial ambitions for a Wright alias, plus scenes from theater and film culture. It notes figures like George M. Cohan Cecil B. DeMille Beatrice Lillie Walter Chrysler Jr and Ralph Grainger, with Bedtime gossip on private cars and elevator lore.
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Agatelles
George M. Cohan
Cecil B. DeMille
Trudy Blaby
London
Westbrook Pegler
Connecticut
Beatrice Lillie
Walter Chrysler Jr
John Charles Thomas
Combined Beauty And Brains Beat More Prettiness
Dear Miss Manners piece discusses readers Babe No 2 and a male correspondent urging Daisy to value intelligence over mere looks. The writer argues for high ideals in partners and warns against chasing superficial attraction. The answer suggests staying true to high ideals and seeking good suitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy
Astrological Forecast Highlights Sudden Changes and New Contacts
The lunar aspects favor sudden moves and contact with strangers, new interests, and shifting surroundings. Financial activity shows promise with backing from authorities, though beware fraud and subtle tricks. Birthdays may bring a lively year with change, while a child born today could be ambitious, independent, and creatively skilled.
Wants To Get Away Dear Miss Manners
A letter writer expresses fatigue with staying in a small town and contemplates leaving. The piece reflects on social expectations and personal desire to escape, seeking guidance on manners and timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Manners
Seeking Work Outside Home In City Newspapers
A reader asks about leaving home for paid work and Miss Manners cautions that home chores differ from domestic work. Consider advertising in city papers to find a job while parents remain supportive and you can return if it does not suit you.
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Miss Manners
Annie
Mind and Morality in Youth and Society
An author notes scientific view on how young men and women know each other today versus earlier generations. He cites Maurois on shared activities during schooling improving mutual understanding and suggests studying psychology enhances knowledge of human nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andre Maurois
New York Times
Winning Arguments by Albert Edward Winsam
Practical guide aimed at business people salesmen lawyers and public contacts. Describes findings from twenty thousand interviews and outlines practical principles to improve argumentation and persuasion. Response includes request for self addressed stamped envelope and return postage for copies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Edward Winsam
Question and Answers on Temperance and Moral Temperament
The text compares intemperance in eating and drinking noting eating harms without causing widespread social decay while drinking damages nerves and morals. It suggests over-eating mostly harms the eater, whereas over-drinking hurts others and families. It also challenges the notion that musicians lack common sense, citing Prof. Lewis M. Terman of Stanford.
Study of gifted children boosts view of musicians intelligence
The speaker cites a large study of about one thousand gifted children and a reply from Dean Car FE Seashore of the University of Iowa. Both indicate that the observed ground for high claims about musical people was lacking before, but their conclusions increased respect for musicians artists and poets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Car FE. Seashore
University of Iowa
Old Friends Die After Spending Evening Together
Funeral services were held for F. P. Donnelly and W. J. Conmey, long-time friends, who died after an evening together. Donnelly, 68, a print shop owner, was found dead in his shop living room, heart attack suspected. Conmey died at home Friday night after time with his friend.
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Anamosa
St. Patrick's Church
Holy Cross
F. P. Donnelly
W. J. Conmey
Connelly
Donnelly
Conmey
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Cedar Rapids
the Gazette Company
Iowa
Ures
2R Ce
Reera Q
Naetime
Chicago
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Etn
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Racy Etrest
Tringetyner
Darwin
Monkey
Rey
NEA Skavice
Pal
WiLliams
Panilliams
Rean
Danyy
el Chico
Sanchez Mejias
Mejias
Mussolini
Hike II Duce
Mueging Mejias
Mke
Alphonso
Kent Cooper
Charles B. Driscoll
South America
Ecuador
Peru
Ralph Grainger
Chevalier
Re Park
Urs the Waldorf
Grand Central
Tiale Byers
Paul Whiteman
Barney Gallant
Broadway
Babe No. 2
Babe
Genevieve Kemble
Albert Edward Wiggam
Albert Edward Wiseam
A. No
Lewis M. Terman
Stanford
Springville
Oyatte
Dutch” Levsen
Cedar Rapids Telephone
Omer
Easy Wenger
Delve J
Baey
Light Oer
Agency
Des Moines
Albert
First Avenue
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