Business Loyal to NRA Drives 250000 Supporters in Three Weeks
Industry groups and 250000 business units pledged support for extending the NRA Recovery Act. Cheney Bros. president Ward Cheney leads the Industry and Business Committee, noting vast cross section backing from 57 industries and ongoing efforts to keep the ball rolling until extension is assured. The drive aims to correct misimpressions from vocal dissenters and mobilize broader corporate backing nationwide.
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NRA
Industry and Business Committee
Ward Cheney
Cheney Bros
Cheney
Congress
NBA
Roosevelt fireside chat outlines New Deal recovery aims
President Roosevelt spoke to the nation from the White House study in a long awaited fireside chat. He defended ongoing reforms while urging passage of a broadened regulatory agenda including an expanded ICC power, a robust Banking Bill, and utilities legislation. Public response was mixed, with backing for transport and NRA moderation.
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Roosevelt
Bahamas
White House
Congress
National Association of Manufacturers
NRA
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
House
Frontiers for Alaskan Growth Meet Resistance at Home
The article notes widening gaps between the Roosevelt administration and industry as Congress debates policy. It predicts mixed outcomes for Social Security, NRA reform, and Transportation bills while banking and utilities measures face likely defeat or overhaul. It also describes a FERA plan to relocate bankrupt farming families to Alaska’s Matanuska Valley, granting forty acres per family, equipment, and livestock with a 3 percent interest loan over 80 years, to stimulate production amid a harsh climate but hopeful observer support.
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Ther
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
Alaska
U. S
FERA
Matanuska
Michigan
Minnesota
Chamber of Commerce
Monterey
California
Rochester
Harper Sibley
Harriman
New York Herald Tribune
The
New York Times
the Times
NRA
Supreme Court Urges Caution on New Deal Legislation
The Supreme Court calls for delay on contested laws until rulings on existing acts, citing the Railroad Retirement Act as unconstitutional and warning that rapid action risks due process and economic disruption. It argues Congress will have time to gauge constitutionality before acting further.
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Congress
Supreme Court
High Court
United States
Brain Trust
Washington Snap Shots and State Rights Rise
A Washington trend favors State’s Rights as Democratic Senators push back against federal encroachments. Wagner and Costigan push anti-lynching bills while Borah signals a vigorous defense of constitutional limits. Housing shortages grow as government hires rise and rents climb amid rapid residential construction.
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Washington
South
Byrd
Glass
Virginia
Wagner
Costigan
Borah
New Deal Salaries and Roosevelt Radio Address Opinion
The Civil Service Commission lists 989 people earning $10,000 a year or more and 7,223 paid $5,000 to $10,000 amid new division growth. United States News editor David Lawrence reports editorial reactions to Roosevelt’s latest radio address, with 37 percent in favor and 63 percent opposed. The survey notes business restrictions as a major point of contention and cites The New York Times on Washington’s impact on recovery. A more discerning electorate is emerging as a crucial national asset.
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F Street
Civil Service Commission
United States News
David Lawrence
Roosevelt
New York Times
Washington
Wateler
League of Nations
Geneva
America
Africa
Asia
Australia
League
League Secretariat
Carnegie Foundation
Shall we have a woman president predicted by Howe
Colonel Louis Howe writes in the Woman's Home Companion that a woman President could be seriously debated within a decade. He cites possible candidates and argues women voters may outpace men as political engagement grows, challenging Washington’s traditional terms.
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United States
White House
Louis Howe
Roosevelt
Woman's Home Companion
Colonel Howe
Eleanor Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Miss Woolley
Ruth Bryan Owen
Amelia Earhart
Mary Pickford
Helen Wills
Washington
Themen
Howe
Time to Snap Out of It Great Government Relief Program
A moving call urges ending dependence on relief and restoring work. It notes presidents appointees control billions for works and relief, reports gains in national industries, and criticizes idleness among relief recipients. The piece asks communities to push unemployed neighbors toward employment and everyone to act now.
Taxation Trend Points to Lower Income Exemptions
Mark Graves, New York state taxation chief, argues in Rotarian Magazine that the United States will refine income and inheritance taxes much like Britain. He cites low exemptions and sharper lower-bracket rates as a merit, predicting a shift to higher revenue from incomes and inheritances as national income rises.
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United States
Mark Graves
New York State
Taxation and Finance
Great Britain
America
Tax comparisons show United States tax share lower per capita than Britain
The discussion argues for minor adjustments to revenue measures to ease overburdened real estate. It notes that sales taxes have grown since the depression and may expand across states. It compares tax burdens: US taxes as a share of national income at 20.3 percent versus Germany 21.9, France 25.2, Britain 25.7, and per capita US taxes at 64.09 dollars versus Britain 93.85, Germany 37.65, France 54.26.
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France
Great Britain
America
Britain
Germany
United States
Thrift as a Core Virtue and Social Tide
A column argues thrift and self denial shaped by past attitudes, noting whispers and social penalties for frugality. It posits thrift nourishes many virtues and sustains happiness, claiming thrift is the outward sign of a broad moral background and contributes to personal worth.
World Commonwealth of Nations Vision for Peace
A passage argues for universal loyalties to family and town while endorsing tolerance for other places and peoples. It promotes a growing world spirit as a means to postpone war, citing Britain's jubilee plans and Commonwealth representatives as a model for international unity and cooperation.
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Britain
London
British Commonwealth of Nations
Commonwealth of Nations
Roosevelt critique of Chamber of Commerce on New Deal policy
Editorial notes compare Roosevelt's mild response to the Chamber of Commerce with harsher newspaper editorials. The Washington Post calls the Chamber's stance on social security insincere lip service while urging temporary NRA relief. It condemns labor-friendly policies and praises government aid instead. The piece recalls Henry J. Clarkiman and other leaders showing support at Jackson Park.
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Roosevelt
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Washington Post
NRA
Henry J. Clarkiman
Jackson Park
Peace prize and Hungary tensions blunt postwar unity
The article notes the Wateler Peace Prize awarded to the League of Nations with plans to expand broadcasting and education services. It also covers Hungary’s demand for treaty revision, border disputes, and Czech and Little Entente leaders arguing against territorial revision as Central Europe faces a pivotal debate on Versailles boundaries and future peace.
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Hungary
Versailles
Prince Batthany
Lis
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Hunphy
Edward Benes
Central Europe
Letter from China on Communism and global pacts
A reader’s analysis contrasts Chinese communism with the U S Russian movements, noting oppression under military rule and the hope for change via Chiang Kai-shek. The letter discusses recent killings of missionaries in Anhwei and Shansi, changes in the treatment of surrendering communists, and ends with reflections on fragile outcomes and international pacts, including France and Russia. It also cites League of Nations Article 15 on submitting disputes to war, and the need for unanimous Council agreement.
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China
U. S
U S. R
Stam
Anhwei
Friencham
Shansi
Chiang-Kat- Shek
Chengtu
France
Russia
League of Nations
League
League Council
Slats Diary Entry Reflects Family Disputes and Odd Tales
Ross Farquar records a week of home life with Mr and Mrs Gillem. Frugal misfit wardrobes, a preacher conflict over the Song of Nashua, a debt relief tip, Ant Emmy’s marital blues, Mose Blutz mystery, and musings on crime by unmarked men.
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Preecher
Nashuas
Nashuns
Jos Hix
Teasday
Ant Emmys
Neace
Matty
Ant Emmy
Wensday
Mose Blutz
Mother Nature
Denton and County Happenings Twenty Five Years Ago
Denton’s electric service surpassed Easton’s as work began on a large engine to shore up power supply. Purchases included a Reo touring car by J T Moore. land trades and a tin mill move were noted alongside a fish hatchery season. A poisoning scare prompted a near-fatal scare for Willoughby and Miss Linda Cooper. Public meetings featured the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and a Parker’s Hall reception for Rev A N Ward. Other items covered include band music, a marriage in Concord, a steamer hunt, electrical work in Buena Vista, car travel to Philadelphia, and local school commencement plans. The Greensboro post office robbery involved a safe blast using nitroglycerine and a missing mail pouch. Denton commissioners reorganized. county officials discussed bridge bids and a concrete North West Fork crossing. A county health officer appointment followed. Fire destroyed stables at Cambridge, and Centreville judges appointed a new state’s attorney.
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Denton
Easton
J. T. Moore
Preston
P. FB
Corkran
Albert DeFord
Anderson Farm
Tuckahoe Neck
Dreath
Tuckahoe River
W. Carroll Pastorfield
John Bailey
West Denton
Albert G. Towers
Williamson
Pea Liquor
J. R. Fredericks
Hickman
W. I. Keefer
Keefer
Frank Willoughby
Fisher
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of
Parker's Hall
Marianna Hardcastle
Tri-County Union
Julia M. Kelley
Preston Union
A. N. Ward
Parker’s Hall
Methodist Protestant
E. P. Roberts
M. E. Church
M. Bates Stephens
T. P. Fisher
F. W. Redden
Willoughby Nowell
Linda Cooper
Concord
L. B. Morgan
Concord Church
Lawrence B. Towers
North Carolina
Dixon Garey
J. L. Livers
Buena Vista
Charles Cahall
Philadelphia
Cahall
Frederick Stafford
Virginia
India LeCompte
East New Market
F. P. Covey
The
Caroline High School
Greensboro
Massey
Vegemeen
Ernest G. Cooper
Law Building
Mn F W. Redden
Jonathan Evitts
James T. Cooper
William Draper
Water and Light Committee
Fred R. Owens
C. Leslie Walls
Federalsburg
Luton Bridge Company
York
Pennsylvania
Nanticoke
Goslin
Messrs
H. F. Stowell
J. I. Harwood
R. Kemp Jefferson
J. Raymond Charles
T. H. Chambers
R. F. Noble
A. S. Handy
George Noble
T. F. Brown
J. M. Wright
J. B. Wright
Fernandes Davis
Frank Wagner
R. W. Messenger
H. B. Messenger
Ambrose Bradley
J. Walter Noble
F. S. Brooks
Chas. D. Jefferson
G. If’. Galloway
Fred N. Nichols
Good Food For Sound Thinkers Quotes On Wisdom And Happiness
A collage of aphorisms on wisdom happiness and virtue draws from Plato Hubbard Cicero Schopenhauer Stevenson Dickens Holmes and Christian Science Monitor. The text contrasts faith self control and boldness with reflections on pride worry and memory. It emphasizes inner righteou s and the value of living in people’s hearts.
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A Phillips
R. L. Stevenson
Dickens
Holmes
Economico
Dodge
W. E. Flook
Olathe
Kansas
Chrysler
Detroit
Chrysler Motors Stars Commercial Credit Plan
Theis Motor CO
Market ST
Ewspaper
FEFIR
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