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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1938
Page
2
The Delphi Chamber of Commerce expands influence after securing a new factory and broadening membership. It aims to vet out-of-town money schemes and boost local economic assets, seeking more income into the community than leaves.
A. B. argues that federal relief and WPA projects brought lasting local benefits in Delphi and Carroll County. Bridges roads a school building and a post office are permanent assets and wages supported families during hard times without political discrimination. He urges readers to weigh local gains before opposing spending.
Dr Virgil Jordan, president of the National Industrial Conference Board, challenged New Deal critics at Chicago's Union League Club. He argued American business failed to meet its responsibilities amid postwar economic changes over the past 25 years and urged realism about its role. The piece ends with a playful jab about importing candidates for senator.
A concise aphorism notes that reconsideration can temper strong initial impressions and reveal new perspectives. It suggests time and reflection as remedies for impulsive judgments sparked by romance.
The Chicago convention nominated Roosevelt for president and Fairbanks for vice president by acclamation. Delaware content includes the Carll brothers saloon gloss, a tame homing pigeon at Dittmer farm, N. W. Bowens trotting horses with a 2:08 mare, a first shave for 70 year old William Brewer, and Company L returning from camp with marching bearing.
Ray Smith notes the Wall Street skyport opening as three brokers ride amphibians to landing docks signaling market optimism. The New York Times cites Pier 12 removal for more planes and WPA labor for skyport improvements while Indiana police recall a dramatic auto theft arrest by state officers.
Excerpts from Christian Gros letters describe California gold fields and politics in 1855 at Chinese Camp near Table Mountain Montezuma. Notes include diggings yields up to 6 ounces per pan, a claim of $100000 from a tunnel, social quirks around a newborn Chinese girl, grasshopper plagues, Indian relations, and移 the author’s plan to return home with reflections on employment and change.
A satirical essay compares the tailless fox to the Republican party describing it as conservative and reactionary while praising the Democratic party led by Franklin D. Roosevelt. It laments GOP polarization, WPA worker jokes, and notes a Denver robbery incident.
A collage of quotes on governance and public policy from figures like David Cushman Coyle Edwin Embree and Senator Morris Sheppard. The excerpts warn against excess campaign spending urge restraint by agencies and critique the tendency to think with hopes or fears rather than reason.
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