Debating Prohibition and Processing Tax in Southern States
The piece discusses the Alabama and Georgia repeal sentiment, forecasting enforcement difficulties. It repeats Gov. Talmadge's criticism of the Roosevelt administration, arguing the processing tax is a tariff on domestic cotton use, not farmer-paid, with facts from the Albany Herald correcting misstatements about who bears the cost and where the tax applies.
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Alabama
Georgia
America
United States
Batchelor's Buttons GROWN BY W. C. BATCHELOR
A collection of quirky one liners and political quips from W C Batchelor lampooning policy, honesty, fashion, and social trends. The snippets reference a Dothan woman, dentists, potlities, leather shirts, movie queens, and the flood tainting a dust bowl with humor and satire. It notes a man without friends in recent reports.
Protection that works the wrong way on cotton tax
The piece argues that foreign cotton goods pay a processing tax at entry, passed to consumers, and credits Georgia farmers with revived prosperity from administration farm benefits. It says farmers, once broke, now face the future with confidence, despite what critics call the policy.
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Georgia
The Poor Stomach Twenty Years Ago Editorial
An Eagle editorial argues that many people rely on druggists for stomach relief and cautions against overeating and stomach misuse. It mocks dependence on remedies from salts to patent tonics and urges consulting a stomach specialist, warning against filling the body beyond its capacity.
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The
Eagle
Will Rogers Denied Honorary Degree by College President
Will Rogers declines an honorary degree offered by a college, noting that degrees serve little prestige and should reflect earned effort. He criticizes handing out degrees to officials or entertainers for mere status, urging merit and real achievement over token recognition.
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Will Rogers
Vari
Cartoon Tackles Inflation Cure in Quick Impromptu
A Baltimore Sun cartoon satirizes inflation as a supposed remedy. A caricature shows a quack doctor figure pointing to a bottle labeled Inflation and declaring, It has never worked, but it is a wonderful remedy, mocking the failed cure with humorous framing.
Twenty Years Ago From the Files of the Eagle
The Eagle’s retro column recalls events from twenty years ago including Uncle Edmund Morris, a 69 year old man who reportedly turned white over three years, Geneva gin plant fire, families traveling to Macon Atlanta and the mountains, and Dothan winning an elekthetraicht ball game while a group plans a trip to Triana City for the weekend with several named individuals.
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Edmund Morris
Edmund
Another Prophecy From Mr Darrow on Prohibition
Mr Darrow, who predicted the Eighteenth Amendment would never be repealed, makes another forecast about prohibition. The report notes his remark that “Good times” are gone forever and cites Atlanta as the setting.
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Mr. Darrow
Saing Clarence
Constitution
Atlanta
Washington Letter on New Deal and Federal Reserve Buyout
Washington Letter notes the casual support by Morgenthau and Roosevelt for buying the Federal Reserve system. It suggests strategic reasons, cites Father Coughlin as opposing view, and explains the purchase would cost about 146 million dollars, a small sum for relief spending and a minor stake for member banks.
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Illusions of Federal Bank Control and Private Ownership
The government’s financial experts never pursued stock in banks they already ran via the Federal Reserve. The setup preserves a public regulatory illusion, with private bank stock and strong government oversight. The new bank bill would extend regulation to the Fed and even micromanage bankers’ appearance.
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Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
New Deal reformers push to seize control of the Fed
The strategy of New Deal reformers is to expand power over the Federal Reserve, aiming to own and operate a new bank bill. They view this as the final abdication of private ownership and foresee action within two years if public support rises.
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Federal Reserve
Father Coughlin
Mantillas and a Bank Bill Tactics Wedge
The passage argues that a policy favored by Father Coughlin is used as a political shield by Roosevelt and Morgenthau. It suggests even a faint endorsement could appease Coughlin’s followers and soothe critics opposing expanding government power amid the new bank bill dispute.
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Messrs. Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Father Coughlin
Bank Hill
Precedents in government owned central banks and New Deal maneuvers
The piece notes four democracies with government owned central banks Sweden Finland New Zealand and Australia. It contrasts France England and others, mocks perceived independence then describes Rayburn sub committee struggles over holding companies in the New Deal context. It says the Senate committee rushed the bill and predicts eventual passage in similar form by both Houses.
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Sweden
Finland
New Zealand
Australia
Russia
Italy
Germany
France
England
Rayburn
New Deal
Cacoran-Cohen
Senate
House
Republicans Meet Shifted Focus in Midwest Gathering
Foremost Republicans privately say the Midwest meeting in Illinois aimed to avoid candidacies. They fear a Kansas big meeting would boost a well known Kansas favorite son, while officials claim the move was to seek Lincolnian surroundings.
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Iinois
Kansas
New York Letter on Vodka and City Odd Jobs
New York May 22 The dispatch notes vodka craze among elites and sailors with gossip on taste and mood impacts. It also covers champagne decline, prohibition distortions, and a sharp aside on Aquarium telegrams and a portrait of subway umbrella sellers as versatile city workers.
Famous Keene pipe room keeps venerable tradition on West 36th
The Keene chap house on West 36th Street preserves a long standing pipe ritual. Every meal ends with a long stemmed clay pipe for the guest to smoke and then have it numbered and displayed along the wall. Pipe warden Toomy has led the collection for 25 years. The display includes pipes once smoked by Eamon de Valera Rose O Neill Grace Moore and famous figures such as Fannie Hurst William Howard Taft Harrig Merton Lyon David Belasco Clyde Fitch Augustus Thomas and James Gordon Bennett.
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Keene
West 36Th Street
Toomy
Eamon de Valera
Rose O'Neill
Grace Moore
Fannie Hurst
William Howard Taft
Harrig Merton Lyon
David Belasco
Clyde Fitch
Augustus Thomas
James Gordon Bennett
Lively lunch at Keenes with art editor’s brother
The narrator recalls a lunch at Keenes with Art Young’s editor brother Bill, describing a lavish blue plate of liver sausage with eggs, stout, pie a la mode, rhubarb, and a long cigar. He reflects on early New York days, Central Park wanderings, and a vanished bench amid civic bloom after a long jobless interlude.
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Keene
Art Young
Bill
New York
Heavenly Gift Lady Defends Art Through Dialogue
A determined woman enters a top advertising agency office with a folder of drawings and keeps an art director talking for hours. She insists she does not create her work, saying God does it, while noting her belief in the merit of her drawings.
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New Yorker
Fetter scheme link to economist claims in Indianapolis News
A reader cites an Indianapolis News item suggesting the "send-a-dime" fund idea was floated by the same economist who argued wealth could be created by taxing others. The remark signals skepticism about the financial idea and its origin.
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Indianapolis News
Immoral Music Provisions Feature in Police Rules
Washington police regulations include a provision allowing arrest for anyone playing immoral music. The rule appears in the city ordinance on public decency and conduct, reflecting early 20th century moral standards and enforcement expectations in the capital.
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Washington
D. C
Health query on vitamin A dissolving urinary stones
Dr. Iago Goldstein reports experiments where vitamin A rich diets dissolved bladder and kidney stones in rats and improved human stone cases. Cod liver oil and acid ash diets reduced recurrences in two years, with some stones shrinking or breaking apart. Caution given for limited data.
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Cleveland Clinic
Disposition of U S Fleet Provides Training Power
West Hawaii May 22 The disposition of the 153 ships of the United States fleet for the 1935 Pacific maneuvers provides the most unusual and effective training groups in navy history. The White fleet forms a high seas battle fleet capable of operating under war time conditions while the Black fleet, deployed to northern waters, serves as a fast striking force with greater mobility and speed.
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U. S
West
Hawaii
United States
Pacific
Treasury position report May 20 treasury balance
Treasury: receipts 54,251,508.4 dollars expenditures 70,980,993.49 dollars balance 1,611,057,016.43 dollars customs receipts for the month 20,264,904.78 dollars reported from Washington on May 22 by AP.
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Washington
Treasury
Talks to Parents by Mrs Peters Church
Mr X returns from work tired and seeks rest before dinner. Mrs X insists pre dinner time belongs to the children, shaping a domestic drama. The piece argues the home should prioritize the parent’s needs, especially the breadwinner, to reduce stress and improve happiness.
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Brooks Peters
Mr. X
Mrs. X
Mr Y
Mr. Z
Mr. Y
Congress Hears President's Bonus Veto In Joint Session
In a joint session with the House the Senate debates a $460 million naval appropriation and the President's bonus veto. House leaders seek a quick post veto vote on the bonus as Ways and Means continues NRA extension hearings.
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Senate
House
Ways and Means Committee
Juror Sees Pictures. Mistrial in Wenzel Ehret Suit
In New York on May 22 an automobile injury case ended in a mistrial after juror John Witt shoved attorney Moses Feltenstein who held two photos he planned to offer as evidence. Plaintiff Eileen Wenzel, a former Broadway chorus girl, sought 250000 from Louis J. Ehret Jr. for damages from a Central Park crash on June 19, 1982, in which Ehret drove.
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Eileen Wenzel
Louis J. Ehret, Jr
Supreme Court
Moses Feltenstein
John A. Witt
Feltenstein
Witt
Aaron J. Levy
Miss Enzel
Ehret
Central Park
Miss Wenzel
Sundown SsTopi by Mary Graham Bee Honors
The story follows Willy Nilly guiding the tribe as Big Chief Eagie grants feathers to Duck and other members. Quacko Duck feels left out until Willy reassures her, praising kindness. Bears Jelly Honny Bear and Jupiter join the tribe, while the Top Notch and Swe are welcomed as the feather ceremony unfolds.
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Jelly
Honny Bear
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