Debate on Social Security Goals and Funding Reforms
The piece critiques the Social Security Act and Townsend plan, noting weak planning and dependence on future taxes. It cites Governor Landon urging revamp to prevent unwarranted spending, warns of reserve fund temptations, and describes pension and widow benefit structures for World War I, Spanish American War, and Civil War veterans.
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Congress
Milwaukee
Landon
GOP
Treasury
You Say and She Says in Frustrated Conversation
A couple argues about mumbling and clarity at home. He deflects Joe Whozis and Joe What is that football player mixups while she pushes for clear speech and direct talk. The back and forth shows growing irritation over communication.
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Joe Whazis
Joe
Iowa City
Seeing is knowing says preacher in faith debate
A 1936 reflective piece contrasts seeing with believing, arguing knowledge comes from understanding not sight. It links scientific advances and superstition, critiques modern materialism, and notes political and social observations on democracy, class, and public life.
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Bectige
Europe
Legion Resolutions Hint At Second Stage Of War Bonus
At the annual American Legion convention observers note a resolution opposing government protection for widows. Seen as a step in a two stage war bonus plan the first stage being the payment of the bonus. Background data show it took about five years to pass the World War veteran bonus law.
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Roosevelt
Congress
United States
American Legion
European Flag Puzzle Clue List Solve the National Banner
A word puzzle grid asks for the national banner of a country tied to clues on history flags and terms. The horizontal and vertical entries include references to geography and language, with solutions spanning kings, capitals, and cultural items.
New York Diary of a City Wanderer and Visual Music Studio
A New York diary recounts casual strolls through Lexington Avenue, a Paris-bound painter, a radio interview and a stop at a Turkish cafe. Mary Ellen Bute in a West Forty-sixth street laundry alley studio creates abstract Visual Music films using nonhuman objects with Stokowski and Iturbi noted as interested observers.
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New York
Lexington Avenue
Damozel
Leon Gordon
Europe
Will Irwin
Frazier
Paris
Prosper Volterre
Washington Street
Idwal Jones
Brooklyn Bridge
Roy Howard
Claude Bowers
Jefferson
Ehind
West Forty-sixth Street
Mary Ellen Bute
Texas
Miss Bute
Stokowski
Iturbi
Jack Whitney
Retire Doubt Remains For Roy Howard In Stage Musings
In a string of lively notes, Roy Howard declares he will not retire while shadows and dramatic camera angles frame the piece. Dolores Costello and Dorothy Parker figure in Hollywood chatter as Miss Parker bows to New York with sharp wit and lingering California memories.
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Drothy Parker
Hollywood
California
New York
Miss Parker
Pat Campbell
Vitamin C and B for arthritis and vitality
Dr. William Brady explains how vitamin C deficiency can mimic or influence arthritis like conditions in humans and animals. He suggests an optimal daily vitamin C intake from tomato or citrus juices and notes wheat germ as a vitamin B source, with ongoing trials advised to gauge benefits.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Softeners of cinema and poets in 1936 notes
A digest of vanished and shifting public figures, noting Miss Parker shifting to a sylvan Pennsylvania retreat and hints she may return to poetry. Pearl, once a Dutch comedy star now faces reduced demand, while Tony Canzoneri and Jimmy Cromwell appear in light gossip. The Eugene Lyons apartment and a flower hawker anecdote close the column.
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Parker
Agetelles
Tony Canzoneri
Jimmy Cromwell
Dorothy Duke
Eugene Lyons
Wheat to Eat and Vitamin D Therapy in Arthritis News
A short note discusses vitamin usage in arthritis care. It mentions vitamin B and vitamin D therapies, the idea of combining vitamins as in nature, and offers a mono graph titled Wheat to Eat for request via stamped address.
Medical Q and A on ovarian pain and infant vitamin D
A reader asks about a right ovary lump and persistent discomfort while another discusses vitamin D dosing for babies with cod liver oil. The reply mentions Bell's Palsy as facial paralysis from inflammation and describes five weeks of symptoms including inability to close the eye and facial asymmetry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Facial Nerve Neuritis Details and Recovery Outlook
The report notes neuritis of the seventh cranial nerve with recovery typically within ten weeks provided there is no suppuration or complications. It emphasizes careful monitoring and standard recovery expectations for facial nerve inflammation.
Jumping Animals Lack Collarbones, Study Finds
Jumping animals like deer and horses lack collarbones because a clavicle would be prone to breakage. Researchers explain the structure favors mobility and stability during swift leaps.
Help Kidneys Clean Out Poisonous Acids
A health advertisement urges kidney care and warns of night symptoms. It promotes Cystex with a guaranteed return policy and a $10,000 deposit guarantee from Bank of America, claiming rapid vitality improvements within days. Telephone your druggist for guaranteed Cystex today.
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Bank of America
Los Angeles
California
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