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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1934
Page
2
The piece envisions a pocket size explanatory book on the New Deal with answers to common questions. It notes Sinclair Lewis style satire and mentions Raymond Moley Hugh Johnson and Harry Hopkins. It cites economic reform aims and contrasts old catechisms with current policy.
A brief reminiscence notes Grover Cleveland as president Jim Corbett in his prime and Chicago hosting the first World’s Fair. It mentions James Whitcomb Riley visiting the area and the silver coinage debate in Congress. The Citizen is edited by A B Crampton with a somber mood.
A local minister announces no Wednesday prayer meeting due to janitor absence and vows a simple service with elegy and dismissal. In Carroll county a widower elopes with a domestic, stealing a farmer's buggy and vanishing. Congress debates polygamy laws and Utah statehood, with Sherman criticizing the anti polygamy clause as irrevocable only with federal consent.
Indiana visitors are told the World’s Fair building serves as a home base for Indianans and friends with free check room service for baggage and lunch baskets. A gossipy woman quips about the world’s halves while a neighbor replies softly to her claim.
Harvey Clawson named postmaster at Radnor succeeding an unnamed predecessor who fled to avoid a breach of promise suit weeks earlier.
Dr J A Wilson of Flora is in Washington visiting his sister Mrs McReynolds. He hints he might break into an office if given a chance. The writer laments how a person cannot enjoy a community’s privileges and resources without becoming indebted to its people and institutions, a mission that remains hard to fulfill.
Congressman George R. Durgan declares support for the Presidents plan to bolster Home Owners Loan Corporation and Farm Credit Administration mortgage refinancing. He argues a federal guarantee would lift bonds to par, ease lending for homeowners and small farmers, and liberalize credit in Indiana's second district.
A collection of quotations from public figures criticizing economics and politics. Father Coughlin questions Christ’s ideals, Mary Pickford urges selfish kindness in wives, Nathaniel Peffer laments education, Henry Morgenthau proclaims a chase for gold, and others comment on the New Deal and social norms.
The Jacob Ruppert reports a Pacific crossing from Norfolk to Wellington then into Antarctic ice near the Ross Sea. Admiral Byrd conducts a four hour flight. a Guernsey bull calf is born aboard the ship amid fog and gales as two ex‑Navy men track calf birth timing for a club donor.
Eugene Stanley of New Orleans earned the label Kingfish foe for convicting three Huey Long election commissioners. He pursued honest elections, rejected a judge ship, and secured sentences as part of his anti corruption campaign.
A nostalgic column discusses how popular songs reflect a nation in mood. It notes songwriters churn out many tunes, with depressions echoing in lyrics from longing for the forgotten man to praise for President Roosevelt, urging readers to seek guidance in music.
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