Townsend plan inquiry triggers broad attention in Congress
Lawmakers probe Townsend pension promoters led by John H Tolan and Samuel L Collins as J Jasper Bell chairs an eight member committee. Reports claim Townsend Clements and Townsend draw salaries totaling 200 per week from OARP and Townsend weekly, while a private reserve fund exists.
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Townsend
House
Townsend Pension Plan
Burns
Congress
Francis B. Townsend
R. E. Clements
California
Clements
Doctor Townsend
OARP
Old Age Revolving Pension Organization
Townsend National Weekly
Townsend and Clements
John Steven McGroarty
Townsendites
House of Representatives
America
Townsend Plan
General Hagood Punished for New Deal Criticism
Gen. Hagood is relieved from command of the Eighth Corps area with orders to proceed to his home after criticizing New Deal housing funds. The action, signed by Gen. Malin Craig and by order of the secretary of war, follows his suggestion to use WPA stage money for army post housing.
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Hagood
Johnson Hagoon
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Congress
Malin Craig
Secretary of War
Johnson Hagood
United States Army
Eighth Corps
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Notable Deaths and Political Figures Mentioned in Attack Scene
The text recalls Albert Cabell Ritchie, Maryland governor and Democratic foe of prohibition, and Henry Latrobe Roosevelt, longtime assistant secretary of the navy. It also notes Anthony Eden warning of a possible world war and reports Puerto Rico police chief E Francis Riggs’s assassination, with rioting in Utuado.
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Eath
Albert Cabell Ritchie
Maryland
Henry Latrobe Roosevelt
Navy
Ritchie
F. D. Roosevelt
Henry L. Roosevelt
Department
Swanson
Naval Academy
The
Marine. Corps
Puerto Rico
San Juan
E. Francis Riggs
Insular Police
Riggs
United States Army
Francisco Velez N. Ortiz
Utuado
Evence
Rio Pedras
Massshich Dlice
Death of Brig. Gen. William Mitchell
One of the era’s most dynamic figures, Brig. Gen. William Mitchell died in a New York hospital from a heart attack and influenza at age 57. Known as Billy to airmen, he led the American air forces in France during World War I and was decorated by six governments. He later criticized U.S. air preparedness and was court-martialed and suspended while still in service.
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William Mitchell
New York
Billy
France
SEEN and HEAR around the National Capital By Carter Famous
Washington dispatches on labor politics and the Coughlin clash. The piece notes the hammer and saw trades targeting mini builders, the impact of federal housing programs, and union labor resistance to cheap prefab housing. It also covers Roosevelt’s stance toward Father Coughlin, O Connor’s Washington response, and tax spending comparisons between the United States and Britain.
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Carter
Aenneren
Washington
Federal Housing Administration
PWA
NRA
Roosevelt
United States
Great Britain
Britain
American boar a thrilling dangerous game
A field note describes Santa Cruz Island boars reaching 250 pounds with tusks that curve upward and outward. The animal charges within distance, bone-chilling champing jaws, and deadly potential, making a well-aimed bullet at onset the safest choice for man and dog per H. H. Sheldon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Santa Cruz Island
California
H. H. Sheldon
Early life paths of Stalin and Trotsky in Russia
Stalin entered a Russian religious seminary but was expelled for unreliability. At seventeen he joined a Social Democratic group. Trotsky studied at Odessa's Peter and Paul School and then attended the university in Odessa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Leon Trotsky
Peter and Paul ‘Steal Schule
Odessa
Three Days Cough Signal Prompt Creomulsion Relief
An advertisement urges readers to treat a three day cough with Creomulsion noting it targets the site of irritation to soothe inflamed membranes and loosen phlegm. It promises a druggist guarantee and money back if not satisfied and results are not guaranteed by other remedies.
Readin’ as Pathway to Mastery for a Youth
A youth with a keen mind needs little formal teaching beyond reading skills. He will acquire remaining knowledge independently as he pursues interests.
Education's Foundation The First Step in Curing Ignorance
A reflective piece argues that ignorance stems from denial and urges confession as a first move toward learning. It emphasizes honesty to foster knowledge and personal growth within educational culture.
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Edward
Philadelphia
Temple University
Cambridge
Mass
John
White House
Royal S. Copeland
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Black
Alabama
Navy Department
Senate
Smith
Senate Agriculture Committee
Bore House
Nye
Minneapolis
SEC
Ames M. Landis
Securities ‘and Exchange Commission
Princeton University
Landis
Sen. Couzens
Couzens
W. J. Cummings
Walter J. Cummings
Democratic National Committee
Républican
Michigan
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Cummings
RFC
Continental Inots National Bank and Trust Company of
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Philadelphia Inquirer
Charles J. Margiott
the Inquirer
Margiotti
Law, Partners and Associates
Hamilton Fish
Borah
Jost
State Committee
Charles D. Hilles
Ruth Pratt
Robert Low Bacon
Bertrand H. Snell
James W. Wadsworth
Edward H. Butler
Buffalo Evening News
John R. Crews
Brooklyn
Charles H. Griffiths
Westchester County
Tammany
J. Jasper Bell
J. M. Landis
A. C. Ritchie
Eden
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Oapon
Germany
Italy
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Billy” Mitchell
Delights Roosevelt
Father Coughlin
O'Connor
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Detroit
Capitol Hill
Coughlin
John J. O'Connor
Tammany Hall
Mather Coughlin
O’connor
Wall Street
Treasury Department
Treasury
Ways and Means
England
Great
Adlerika
Mabel Schott
H.L. Shoub
LTS
Tee Comfort
Wnu
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