Government lending surge under Roosevelt plan seen
As of June 30 1938 the consolidated agencies show vast lending activity including RFC loans 1.87 billion Electric Home and Farm Authority 157.8 million and F H A insured loans 2.54 billion. The piece argues government financing supports the economy where private lenders balked and that banks could have funded it, with Roosevelt pledging continued loans if needed.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Roosevelt
Defend Free Voting Says Min Den Union Member
A UMW Local 5949 member from Oak Hill responds to A R Rader in The Gazette forum. He argues for worker rights, cites John L Lewis’s salary, coal mine conditions in Fayette County, and urges adherence to the constitution to keep the country free and protect the common man.
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Minden
A. R. Rader
Gazette Forum
Rader
John L. Lewis
Fayette County
Lewis
Roosevelt
Country life gains favor with young couples, study says
Editors and investigators note a shift toward country living among young married couples over the elderly. Improvements in homes, highways, and appliances enable rural life with city comforts. Population movement now extends beyond suburbs to real country areas. The U.S. census confirms the trend, with ample unoccupied land available for new country homes.
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United States Census Bureau
United States
Hinton
Pre Grapefruit for Cows
Texas agricultural experts explore citrus byproducts as cattle feed in state canneries. Two-year tests show cows respond to a mix of one fourth citrus and three fourths grain, with grapefruit pulp and peel supplying vitamins and minerals. The piece notes animals instinctively prefer such additions and suggests potential value of fruit skins over inner contents.
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Texas
Power Industry Outlook Under Roosevelt Versus Hoover
The piece argues rising electrical demand shows business improving. It notes Wall Street spirits sag when power producers see better conditions under Roosevelt than Hoover. It cites first quarter production of 26,094,970,000 kwh in 1932 and 37,893,658,000 kwh in 1939 as evidence.
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Roosevelt
Hollywood Dictionary Coalition Disruption Described
A brief notice reports a disturbance of the intestinal tract affecting participants in the Hollywood Dictionary Coalition event. The item notes health concerns but provides no specific names or dates.
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Hollywood Dictionary Coalition
Drummer T. M. Bradley Returns To Grant County
A veteran traveling salesman from Baltimore, T. M. Bradley, visited Romney today. The veteran of the road, once trekking a spring wagon with sample trunks, still represents the same wholesale firm, drawing respect and confidence from all.
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Purgittsville
Moorefield
North Fork
Circleville
Franklin
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Bowman
McClure
Grant County Press
Silver policy critique argues for faster money use over more silver
Time and Tide by Herbert Agar argues silver buying serves producers more than the nation. The piece notes excess currency and deposits since 1929, urges boosting velocity of money, and questions the value of continuing silver purchases while China shifts off the silver standard. It critiques paying $1.04 per ounce for useless silver as policy.
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China
the Gazette
Questions And Answers From The Gazette Home Service
Readers can mail questions to The Gazette Home Service Bureau in Washington with name and address, three cents for return postage, and avoid legal medical or religious topics. Answers cover topics like U S senate terms geography element discovery Adir ondack location pronunciation nautical mile length Islam and Masonry recognition.
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Home Service Bureau
Washington
13Th. Street
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Washington, D. C
Society and Sensationalism Eat at the Public Gutters
Pegler argues that postwar society coverage blurred lines between elites and the underworld. He traces editors who profited from dives off Broadway, publishing intimate affairs and rewarding sensationalism with weak ethics. Society should shutter gossip, curb publicizing private lapses, and discipline its own.
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Wall Street
Why Men Are the Better Losers
Dorothy Dix asks whether men tolerate marriage better than women and cites statistics claiming women cause two thirds of divorces. Possible explanations include gallantry, wives being worse at marriage, men choosing mates better, or men enduring matrimony with more courage and philosophy.
Learn to Stick to Their Bargains
A compact social observation contrasts men and women in discussing matrimonial issues. The piece notes husbands rarely air wives faults while at hen parties wives gossip about husbands quirks and weaknesses as a shared secret sorrow.
The Inner Reactions of Men to Their Wives
A social reflection contrasts male and female perspectives on marriage. It suggests men grow distant after marriage, rarely noticing changes in their wives, while women stay acutely aware of their husbands and are often spoiled by their traits, such as red neckties and egg habits, harming good marriages.
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Tokyo
Japan
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Marriage, Men Lose More Than Women Says Dorothy Dix
Dorothy Dix argues that men are better losers in marriage than women because marriage holds less meaning for men, suggesting women care more about the union. This reflects cultural views on gender roles and marital expectations.
Carter Glass’s Comeback Rallies for New Deal Wars
In a 1939 satirical column Arthur Baer mocks Carter Glass’s return to politics. The piece likens his influence to an ancient mariner, notes coalition-building, opposing New Deal policies, and pegging silver while he resumes convalescence.
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Senate
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