Roosevelt and Wallace Clash Over Perpetuating Capitalism
The piece analyzes Secretary Wallace Monday's claim that Roosevelt sustains capitalism, contrasting it with his Atlantic City remarks advocating security duty and state control. It argues these New Deal aims may, in effect, widen state power and blur liberty, rights, and freedom, challenging true capitalism.
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Roosevelt
London
Wallace
Atlantic City
NRA
AAA
Mussolini
Hitler
Stalin
Tenant Farmer Hardships and New Relief Measures Highlighted
Governor Landon urged steps to reduce tenant farming in Des Moines while Roosevelt proposed similar ideas to lawmakers. Historical data show tenant farming rose from 25 percent in 1880 to 42.4 percent in 1930, with Southern farms still heavily tenant operated. The AAA's reforms caused hardships, leading to legislation in 1935 including loans to help tenants buy farms and equipment.
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Des Moines
Landon
Roosevelt
Senator Bankhead
Alabama
Representative Jones
Texas
South
AAA
Senate
Bank
Wisdom on trouble and self perception in a public voice
A reflective piece argues trouble is a mental state and measured by the heart rather than external loss. It contrasts reactions to disaster, notes self love distorts judgment, and critiques capital, politics, and social norms with terse, aphoristic lines.
Bankhead bill on farm loans dies in committee
The Bankhead bill proposed 300 million dollars in three years and 750 million thereafter in 60 year loans at high interest to tenant farmers for farms equipment and livestock. It passed the senate with Democratic support but failed in the house agriculture committee after heavy revision amid accusations of administration motives and pressure.
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House Agriculture Committee
Senate
Agriculture Wallace
Huey Long
Long
Scientist’s Shocking Gland Transplant Proposal
Dr Serge Voronoff proposes transplanting chimpanzee glands into a 10 year old boy to create a new superior human type. The editor questions the ethics and risks, suggesting no mother would sacrifice a child for such experiments and arguing to avoid potentially ruining a child’s life.
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Serge Voronoff
New York Day by Day Reflections on Socialites and Style
O O McIntyre surveys New York society ces, naming William Rhinelander Stewart Jay O’Brien and others as the era’s most cultured figures. He notes Meredith Nicholson Bob Burns George S Kaufman Wesley W Stout Arthur Hopkins Bert Wheeler Zasu Pitts Ralph Forbes and Ward Eight cocktail origin story.
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New York
William Rhinelander Stewart
Jay O’brien
Bainbridge Colby
Meredith Nicholson
Bob Burns
George S. Kaufman
Wesley W. Stout
Saturday Evening Post
Clay
Morgan
Billy Gaxton
Vincent Lopez
Jay Thorpe
Morris Gest
Arthur Hopkins
Raphael Cherub
Bert Wheeler
Zasu Pitts
Jack Lait
Ralph Forbes
The Porto Rican and Spanish Section on Fifth Avenue
A historical note describes a Fifth Avenue district near Central Park from 110th Street with baths barber shops wine rooms and drug stores. It references Spanish influence and social tensions noting attire and nightlife while mentioning N. T. Grunland known as N. T. G dropping Broadway temporarily and his dinner cabaret innovation.
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Fifth Avenue
Central Park
Seville
N. T. Grunland
Broadway
Enor
Grimy street oddity and upscale canine fashion flow
A quirky profile of a street character nicknamed Granny who commands a $75,000 yearly city income while living on a farm near Jersey. He visits a Madison spire dog salon with custom monogrammed items and pet dining, amid vivid food notes and local market prices. Local student Florence Cameron plans Smith College study and area livestock prices are listed.
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Madison
Local families depart for new homes and cities
Sept 25 1926 Mrs H C Burnett and daughters Avis and Joan leave for Portland Oregon to start a new life Miss Leora Schwarzentruber travels to Chicago seeking new opportunities in the same period away from home.
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H. C. Burnett
Avis
Joan
Portland
Ore
Leora Schwarzentruber
Chicago
Davenport man injured saving coworker at Quaker Oats site
Robert Evans of Davenport was critically injured when a switch train bore down on a construction crew at the Quaker Oats warehouse. He was crushed between a loading platform and a car while aiding a fellow worker. A fire at Lake Laundry in Marion caused $10,000 damage. Foreman George Leaf and two others were knocked unconscious by a lightning bolt that knocked out a Marion switch crew. Local markets list varied prices for corn oats barley wheat rye hay straw hens eggs hogs steers and lambs.
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Robert Evans
Davenport
Lake Laundry Company
Marion
Milwaukee
George Leaf
J. H. Weise Miller
R. A. Mullican
Peggy From Paris Featured At Green's Opera House
A large raccoon weighing twenty seven pounds was brought in by John Zalesky after being shot in the woods north of the city. Prof. A. N. Palmer has gone to New York City on a business trip. The Holly club elected Charles C. Brammer president and H. L. Snowden secretary and treasurer. Local market prices for grains and livestock listed.
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Peggy
Paris
Green’s
Opera House
John Zalesky
A. N. Palmer
New York City
Holly Club
Charles C. Brammer
H. L. Snowden
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