Old Squirbs and Local Notes From Delphi Area
Delphi Comets walk off a diamond after a disputed umpire call in game four of a nine game set with Flora Bringhurst Unions. Other items report a bridge condemnation, a birth, marital engagements, and a Grange meeting with Saint Patrick’s Day themed program plus social plans.
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Delphi Comets
Flora-Bringhurst
Flora
Delphi
Lloyd Zook
Bernadine Maxwell
St. Patricks Day
Mabel Crowl
Eunice Zook
Rev. Western
Russell Clawson
John McCormick
Herman Neff
Bob Duff
Mary McCormick
Grange
Wildcat Grange
Monitor
Royal Blue Grange of
Chalmers
Lucile Clawson
Edith Isley
Pearl Alien
Farm chemists seek new uses for surplus crops
President Roosevelt’s Department of Agriculture calls on chemists and scientists to find industrial uses for surplus farm products. Tobacco as an insecticide, corn alcohol, cotton in road materials, sweet potato starch, and soybeans in various industries are being explored to expand domestic markets and complement soil conservation efforts.
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Roosevelt
Department of Agriculture
AAA
Congress
Jeffersonian Liberalism a Precedent for Roosevelt
The piece argues Jeffersonian Liberalism underpins FDR's humanitarian program. It cites Daniel W Voorhees noting Jefferson’s reaction to the constitution’s lack of explicit human liberty protections and credits Congress with promptly adding the Bill of Rights, framing Jefferson as a model for liberal policy.
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Liberty
Hoosierdam
Daniel W. Voorhees
Voorhees
Jefferson
France
Dresser Memorial Park Project Under Way in Terre Haute
A Works Progress Administration project in Terre Haute is building a circular memorial park for Paul Dresser, composer of On the Banks of the Wabash. The city sponsors the effort with funds from the Dresser Memorial Association and 56 workers are employed on the project near the Wabash river bridge.
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Works Progress Administration
Terre Haute
Paul Dresser
Naional Road
The
Dresser Memorial Association
Statues of Joan of Arc Widespread Worldwide
In Collier's Weekly Jes Smith Jr of Selmer Tennessee notes that over 40 000 Joan of Arc statues exist globally making her the most represented national figure. France has about 40 000 with 200 in the Orleans museum while many other countries honor the heroine and saint.
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Joan of A
Joan of Arc
France
Joa of Arc Museum
Orleans
Jess M. Smith, Jr
Selmer, Tenn
Collier’s Weekly
Signs of Recovery in Indiana Farm Economy by Dudley A Smith
Dudley A Smith credits Roosevelt Recovery programs with boosting Indiana agriculture. He cites AAA payments totaling 36.13 million dollars through 1935, distribution to corn hog wheat beet sugar beet growers, and a 44 percent rise in farmer cash income, claiming Indiana farmers have about 66 million dollars more in 1933 dollars.
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Indiana
National Farm
Roosevelt
AAA
National Farm Administration
Japanese literacy and understanding of America noted
The President at DePauw University argues that Japanese understand America better than Americans understand the Japanese mind because more Japanese read English and access American literature while Americans depend on translations. He contends Americans read only translated Japanese literature.
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America
Notable 1930s Voices on Leadership and Relief
A collage of quotes from Robert M. Hutchins, David Stern, Fiorello LaGuardia, and others praising exercise, relief work, leadership, and affordable jewelry. The excerpts reflect debates on American policy and culture during the era, with emphasis on Hoover Borah Roosevelt and public figures' views.
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Hoover
Borah
Roosevelt
Magazine of Wall Street
Political blame game between Republicans and Democrats
Irvin S. Cobb quotes Republicans blaming Democrats for current woes and Democrats countering that bad times stem from the previous administration. Both parties would let Senator La Follette claim any leftover times, per WNB Service.
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Jess
la’ Follette
Irvin S. Cobb
WNB Service
Elephants Preferred in Ciruses for Safety
The Indian elephant, smaller than the African species, is usually found with circuses and is typically female. Males often dislike attendants and have been known to kill them, leading to safety measures that keep only females with circuses.
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