Roosevelt signals an item veto on education spending
The piece argues for a constitutional item veto as a check on wasteful appropriations. It notes President Roosevelt’s partial veto of a $14.483 million vocational education allotment and discusses riders, lump sums, and the need to curb pork-barrel spending while preserving essential programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Roosevelt
Congress
Miller- Tydings
District of Columbia
Interior Department
Rocky Mountain National Park
White House
Economic highlights on undeclared wars and modern warfare
The piece discusses undeclared wars since 1917, noting how nations mobilize and devastate without formal declarations. It cites Italy in Ethiopia, Franco-German/Russian support in Spain, and a rising Japanese military, predicting Japan’s likely rapid conquest of northern Chinese provinces amid weak central governance and warlord dominance.
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Italy
Russia
France
Germany
Far East
Japan
China
Oswald Garrison Villard
Nanking
China Could Repulse Invasion, Says Business Week Analysis
The article argues Japan faces long odds conquering China due to China's size population and potential allied resistance. It notes Russia England the US and France would oppose unchecked Japanese advances. It also cites a Business Week survey showing 1937 midyear gains in steel auto construction lumber power and factory payrolls with higher stocks and bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchuria
Japan
China
Russia
Far East
Business Week
Businss
Am I My Brother's Keeper in the Machine Age
A reflective piece notes a summer clearing of a building site near the Potomac River where new homes rise for workers. It cites 1937 unemployment data, discusses progress from shorter hours to higher living standards, and credits doctors, scientists, and reformers with extending life expectancy by about 15 years, ending with signed thoughts by J. E. Jones.
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Potomac River
Woodrow Wilson
Warren Harding
Perkins
National Industrial Conference Board
J. E. Jones
Seven Monotonous Ages Parody On Stage Life
A humorous pastiche reworks Shakespeare’s seven ages with a modern household scene. The infant, schoolboy, lover, and tired husband are sketched through monologue style snippets showing monotony and humorous domestic trials. The piece ends with the lover’s failed bid to visit, illustrating continuing aimless desire.
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Willy
Monotony and the Soldier in a Modernized Shakespeare Tale
A veteran long after the war narrates a life of shifting careers from typist to linotype operator to city bus driver, finding monotony in high speed work yet never losing humor. An editor who once employed him reflects on aging and the cheerful, simple creed that happiness comes from steering clear of monotony and embracing contentment.
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Reno
Linotype
Highway Lighting For Safety
A Roosevelt era report from the National Resources Committee cites Travelers Insurance and the National Safety Council data to argue that 35 percent of night fatalities could be prevented by adequate highway lighting. It notes winter hours have higher fatality rates between 5 and 8 pm, estimates a 47 percent reduction in night deaths with lighting, and highlights social benefits beyond cost savings such as reduced highway crime and better night driving comfort.
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Roosevelt
National Resources Committee
Travelers Insurance Company
National Safety Council
New Jersey
Oregon
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
R. E. Simpson
One Voice Urges World Council of Churches Unity
The Oxford World Christian Conference urged recognition that national and personal egoism offend the Creator. It urged eradicating errors that separate man from man and from God to solve war, economics, education, and social justice. Endorsement of forming the World Council of Churches follows parallel Edinburgh talks and echoes Canterbury’s view that this era rivals the Renaissance and Reformation.
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Oxford
First World Council of Churches
Edinburgh
Canterbury
Oxford Conference Seeks Christian Ethics for Modern Conflicts
The Oxford session drafted a Message to the Christian Churches urging a world view where nations abandon self judgment and seek justice through church guidance. It argues the church must focus on spiritual renewal over material programs, aiming to awaken Christians to economic evils and reframe education away from totalitarian ideas. Dr Emil Branner calls for a supreme effort to renew people by the word and Spirit of God.
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Oxford
Emil Branner
Vanderbilt’s Ranger Wins First 3 America’s Cup Races
In a debate over sportsmanship surrounding the America’s Cup, Skipper Vanderbilt and Ranger defeated T. O. M. Sopwith’s Endeavour II in three straight races. The fourth race began with Vanderbilt starting early, prompting calls for a more courteous restart. The piece suggests a friendlier gesture could have eased ill will among competitors and supporters.
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Varold Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Ranger
T. O. M. Sopwith
Sopwith
Sir Thomas Lipton
Night Driving Dangers Boosted by Dusty Headlights
A Detroit auto maker warns that dusty headlight bulbs and misaligned lenses cut light intensity by 15 to 36 percent. Keep bulbs clean and in focus to improve vision on unfamiliar roads at night and reduce accident risk.
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Detroit
Fraud Ring Targeted US Postal Service Losses Reach Million
Postmaster General James A. Farley announced that postal inspectors shut down a major swindle using the mails. The scheme, centered on the mythical Baker or Becker estates in Pennsylvania, claimed properties in central Philadelphia and notable landmarks. Twenty four defendants were tried and convicted amid victims across the United States, Canada, Mexico and Cuba.
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James A. Farrey
Post Office Department
United States
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
Baker
Broad Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Delaware River Bridge
Fraud Case Exposes Fake Baker Estate Scam Across Pennsylvania
Investigators dismantle a long running swindle involving forged wills and fake heir claims tied to a supposed Baker estate. Promoters aged paper, forged witnesses, and false leases to lure victims into enrolling in associations and paying for genealogical charts. Four hundred days of scrutiny traced bogus property lines across 67 Pennsylvania counties, debunking every land claim and exposing 44 organizations involved. Twenty four defendants were convicted, proving there is no real Baker estate.
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Baker
Pennsylvania
Jacob Baker
Philadelphia
Becker
Martin Yalasen
War and Navy
United States
Treasury Department
Treasury
Ofice Department
Bur rsville guests visit Chester resident family
Mr and Mrs William R Wilson and Mrs John L Chance with grandson Louis Andrew were weekend guests of her daughter Mrs L P Davis in Chester Miss Anna Chance is receiving treatment in a Baltimore hospital.
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William R. Wilson
John L. Chance
Louis Andrew
L. P. Davis
Chester
Anna Chance
Baltimore
Roosevelt nominates Hugo L. Black to Supreme Court
President Roosevelt announces Hugo L. Black of Alabama as Associate Justice candidate. The Senate has finally ratified the nomination, with Black set to succeed the retired Willis Van Devanter on the high court.
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Hugo L. Black
Alabama
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Justice Black
Willis van Devanter
Quotes on Patriotism and Personal Growth From Various Figures
A compilation of brief maxims and biblical verses urging daily loyalty to American principles, individual achievement, and maintaining childlike spirit. Included are Towne, Psalms, Galatians, Menenius, Roger Babson, and George Dillwyn quotes.
Uncle Jim Warns On Farming Up and Down Slopes
Uncle Jim cautions that farming up and down slopes causes damaging water runoff gully erosion and loss of fertile topsoil. The warning stresses soil preservation and proper field management practices to protect agricultural land.
Coconut Cottage Cheese Sandwiches and Stuffed Celery
A vintage recipe snippet describes party snacks for cooling summer days. Coconut Cottage Cheese Sandwiches mix cottage cheese with apple and shredded coconut between buttered whole wheat bread. Stuffed Celery fills deep grooves with cottage cheese, celery leaves, and horseradish, served as bright party bites. A separate sugar milk coffee dessert with whipped cream and vanilla is also noted.
Twenty-Five Years Ago Tragedy and Weddings in Caroline County
William R. Conway of Baltimore was fatally injured near Ellendale while boarding a moving train. A flood of social notes follows with marriages, visits, illness, and community advancement including Ridgely drainage progress and a Burrsville Laurel wedding.
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William R. Conway
Baltimore
Edward Conway
Georgetown
Ellendale
Annie Gil
William Gill
Philadelphia
N. W. White
St. M. Collins
C. S. Betts
Milton
W. R. Wright
James Hf. Fisher
Maud Cannon
Chante
Edna W. Shipman
I. E. Jackson
Frances
F. J. Wright
Edith
Jeanette Cohen
Homer Rice
G. M. Christie
Helen
Ruth Bearman
Everett Pepper
John L. Everagain
Frank L. R. Nuttle
Chincoteague Island
Frances Russell
Talbot
F. B. Russell
Elsie Craft
Pauline Roe
J. C
Gertrude Eliza Mitchell
J. M. Mitchell
Laurel
Del
Melvin E. Wheatley
Burrsville M. E
Mt. Pleasant M. E. Parsonage
Lida Morris
Mildred Pusey
Elsie Holland
Florence Elzey
Lohengrin
Olive Steele
Millville
Daisy Holland
Mt. Vernon
William L. James
Ocean View
del. Immeiately
J. J. Wheatley
Oak Grove
M. E. Parsonage
Burrsville
Wilmington Conference Academy
W. L. Pritchett
Jos, McDaniel
Sarah Lodge
Dover
Dudley Crossley
Clayton
Charles Elsey
Franklin Achy
W. H. Pusey
W. W. Sharp
Sallie Sharp
Mabel Hurley
Etta Burton
Seaford
E. L. Morris
J. ¥. Wheatley
Helen Green
Norristown
Mary Kelley
Bridgeville
G. C. Williams
H. A. Paine
Ruth Wilson
Mary George
Elsie Green
Louise Garey
Mary Nichols
Ethel Gantt
Anna Fisher
Miss Locklove
Chambersburg
Miriam Clark
Ridgely
Miss Moore
Miss Hoover
Washington
Mrs. Reynolds
Messrs
Winfield Nichols
Lester Everngam
Stanley Deakyne
Slats Diary by Oliver N Warren
Sunday diary entries describe a family vacation to Nagery Falls and other places with romantic hesitations. Monday notes Jake visiting Elsy and her brother, with a plan to marry and save money. The kid's pennies and Elsy's kiss are mentioned as part of a scheme. Tuesday Blisters and his father discuss Rome and travel. Wednesday fires threaten stores and a gas sale impact on driving. Thursday Unkel Hen and worn fish tale about letting a fry go. Friday Ant Emmy's strange request over stake purchase. Saturday Ma seeks a phone call, operator miscommunication and family confusion.
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Jane
Nagery Falls
Jake
Elsy
Monney
Rome
Bilt
Ignerenter
Dummer
Unkel
Ant Emmy
Killing the Railroad Goose
The Commercial and Financial Chronicle warns railroads cannot bear perpetual tax burdens. It notes 1936 taxes of 319.7 million, 81 percent by state and local bodies, draining over a quarter of net operating revenue. It urges rate readjustment or fair, not ruthless, local taxation to avoid rail bankruptcy and preserve transportation costs.
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The
Commercial and Financial Chronicle
United States
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