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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1936
Page
2
A column riffs on World War II veterans pushing for blanket pensions funded by federal billions. It mocks public support shifts, comments on patriotism, and parodies political rhetoric while noting religious blasphemy debates and a Chicago murder case tied to a handbag shooting. The piece mixes satire on national figures and wartime sentiment with pop culture references.
A reflection argues life would be nobler with less hurry and more leisure as work hours shorten. The Townsend Plan promises inactivity after 60 with slippers and easy chairs praised as civilization’s symbols. A. B. notes many successful people favor late rising and restrained early toil in pursuit of comfort.
William Allen White, editor of the Emporia Gazette, criticizes Franklin D. Roosevelt's enemies and argues that while corporations hold large untaxed cash reserves, individuals have exhausted eight years of living expenses. He questions a tax policy that harms the average man while tolerating corporate hoards used to stifle competition.
The piece notes Hoover era budget aims and relief cuts, with New Jersey Republicans attempting to implement them. Citizens protested at the State Capitol urging lawmakers to defeat a sales tax bill and restore relief funds.
The piece notes Kansas as a dry state where beer is sold openly and on Sundays, suggesting candidate Landon’s tolerance for law bending. It also mentions former President Hoover’s son receiving $4,800 from an AAA cotton allotment, implying political and financial entanglements.
E C Winton of Lafayette will supervise the new Springboro bridge project and traffic is halted. Buggies can ford the stream. autos must detour south of Maxim's bridge toward Delphi. Turkey Run park site was sold at auction to Hoosier Veneer Co. of Indianapolis, ending the tract from the John Lusk estate. Attendance included Mr and Mrs Curtis McCain Miss Josephine Roach and Roy Clauser at a Camden dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Carl McFarland. Edna Kirkpatrick took charge of the Meredith millinery store she recently bought. Ruth Meredith stays on and rooms at Mrs Florence Lathrope home. Maurine Smith ends trimming season with the French department store in South Haven and returns home. Herbert Smith joins Reed and Adams store. Forrest Orr builds a new residence on E Monroe near his current home. Harness Brothers erect a large two story garage with a skating rink above at Burlington. Delphi acquires a new fire truck and chemical tank with ladders and fixtures. Indiana Marion made unit valued at about 4000 dollars.
Miss Julia Corcoran daughter of Mrs William Corcoran and George W Schilling of Lafayette were married at the Savoy hotel in Danville Illinois on Tuesday evening February 20 The Delphi High School Pig club will exhibit on the streets this afternoon from 1 to 4 oclock
The Parent Teachers' club will hold a 7:30 PM lecture and demonstration on Visual Education at the library. Mrs Newberry Howe hosted a garden party yesterday afternoon at her South Delphi home. Seven thousand Rexall drug stores urge customers to vote on presidents at Margowski's store before November 4.
Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley known in Carroll county for On the Banks of Deer Creek died at his Lockerbie street residence in Indianapolis last Saturday night. Funeral services were held at 2 30 Tuesday afternoon and the body placed in a receiving vault at Crown Hill Cemetery. Miss Florence Scott of South Delphi entered Lafayette Business College on Monday. Paul Quick's seventeenth birthday was celebrated Friday at his parents home with a four course dinner for George Rice of Colburn and Paul’s teachers and friends.
Dusolina Giannini and the Ford Symphony Orchestra with Victor Kolar broadcast from Detroit on May 3. After the program she sails for Europe to perform at the Paris Opera and the Salzburg Festival.
A Sunday at 1:00 p m features the premiere of Everybody's Music a series of symphonic programs by the Columbia Symphony Orchestra directed by Howard Barlow with Henry M Neely as commentator.
The piece notes Roosevelt leads in presidential preference primaries with at least two to one support over rivals. It cites Wisconsin and Illinois results, listing Borah Knox and liberal opponents as weaker. It argues any Republican nominee will be decisively defeated in November by Roosevelt and the New Deal.
A book on Stephen Foster portrays how his songs outlive his troubled life. Howard presents Foster with rare prints and letters, praising his American folk expressiveness. A reader profile notes a twenty three and a half year old woman who reads varied nonfiction and fiction. An auction in London unsettles a suppressed first edition of Lewis Carrolls Alice. Subscribe for The Citizen.
A collection of opinions from diverse figures criticizing or praising relief policy and the Roosevelt administration. Notable voices include Hoover, Ickes, Hopkins, Herriot, Vaughan, and Roscoe Turner, discussing relief, foreign policy, and political integrity.
Dr Donald Laird offers a psychologist’s view on why audiences grow “mushy” over film idols in an exclusive feature of the American Weekly. The piece appears in the magazine bundled with Sunday Chicago Herald and Examiner editions.
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