WPA Arts Program Review Sparks Debate Over Value and Impact
The article recalls two years of New Deal relief projects in theater music painting sculpture and writing run by WPA. It notes large audiences and measurable outputs while acknowledging criticism of cost and purpose. It contrasts defenders and critics before concluding the renaissance analogy is unlikely within the program’s limited span.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
United States
America
Federal Theater
New York
Wates
Federal Art Project
Law, Business Tangle Faces Circuit Court in Missouri
In Columbia Missouri six major mutual casualty firms seek a declaratory judgment to define when their forms and settlements cross into the practice of law. The case, pivotal for lawyers and businesspeople, centers on whether adjusting blanks and releases without attorneys is permitted. The outcome could set a broad precedent for how contracts and settlements are handled between firms and clients.
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Columbia
Missouri
Bar Association of Missouri
Bar Association
Insurance Company
Mutual Casualty
Circuit
Missouri Lawyers and Painters Clash Over Private Work
Non lawyers discuss engaged practices and a Missouri complaint about private citizens painting their own homes. The painters claim the right to halt government taking of work and question why lawyers do not demand similar rights for private parties. A September decision is awaited with broad business and legal interest.
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Misouri Lawytry
Missouri
New Trustees for Huron College Board
Assurance that the business affairs of Huron College will continue in capable hands follows the election of three new trustees, A Churchill, A J Urquhart, and Carl Voigt. Their proven leadership in business and professional circles brings invaluable experience to the college board as it replaces the late George W Wight Dr Thomas G Koonst and H H Curtis.
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Huron College
A Churchill
A.J. Urquhart
Carl Voigt
Huron
Bre
George W. Wight
Thomas G. Koonst
H. HL Curtis
Labor Dispute Violent Hearings At Chicago And Dearborn
The report notes contradictory testimony at Chicago Memorial Day strike hearings and the Dearborn Ford plant overpass clash, describing the cases as horrible examples of labor disputes. It urges both employers and workers to share responsibility to prevent further killings and violence.
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Chicago
Ford
Scientist Piccard as Verne like hero in romance tone
The Philadelphia Record praises Dr. Piccard as a scientific aviator with a Verne like aura. It extols his slender frame hair and calm gaze while joking about rockets and balloons and celebrates the romance of science in the era of cosmic rays.
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Philadelphia
Odda
Jean Foocard
Dr. Piccard
Jules Verne
Verne
Pacific
Piccard
Roosevelt tax claim sparks sharp party clash
Philadelphia editorial rebuts Congressman Hamilton Fish's charge that Mrs Roosevelt dodged taxes through a charity radio program. It notes she earned $1 for ten broadcasts, with $30,000 sent to the American Friends Service Committee in Philadelphia, and argues the tax issue would only reduce charitable contributions rather than affect Mrs Roosevelt's income.
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Philadelphia
Hamilton Fish
Rooervelt
Fish
Mire Roosevelt
Mia Roosevelt
Ot ‘Mra Rooeevelt
American Friends’ Service Committee
Obry
Hoosevelt
Incere
Tex Wracion
In & Chews
Phory Balding Company
Roosevelt
Bindenberg Inquiry Clears Sabotage Suspicions in Hindenburg Disaster
Watertown Public Opinion reports the Bindenberg inquiry concludes the Hindenburg disaster resulted from hydrogen explosion with no sabotage evidence. Official verdict cites difficulty of preventing fire in airships using hydrogen and notes two and a half months of exhaustive investigation.
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Bindenberg
Watertown
Hindenburg
Bureau of
Dhis Aly
Tregedy
Sapaila
Mumyet
Kirenn
Behind the News on Labor Strife and White House Ties
Washington dispatch speculates on the looming split between John Lewis and the Roosevelt administration over the Little Steel strike. Sources hint at pressure tactics, delayed actions, and the possibility of a future break around Pennsylvania Avenue as Hopkins and Roosevelt negotiate aboard the Potomac.
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Washington
C. L.o.s
John Lewis
Hous
Jong
Agein
Wr. Lewis
White House
Supreme Courts
CSO
Lewig
Lewis
Rosevelt
Democratic Party
United Mine Works
Pennsylvania Avenue
Labor Vote and Labor Banner Politics
A fragmented discussion on labor movement independence and party loyalties. references to Detroit Akron and union support patterns. The piece notes internal confusion over backing candidates or ideas, plus a painted card image involving John Lewis and social scenes at a reception.
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Engligh Labor Movement
Ff Hed
Detroit
Akron
East Meee
Congress
Evening Post
John Lewis
Mrv
Lewis
There is No Place Like Home Diary Entry 1947
Diary notes recall a 1947 inscription There is no place like home and a state fair plan despite faded handwriting. The entry mentions ironing at home a field mower sounds and a nearby town celebration tomorrow featuring a Sioux Falls bandit shooting story. It questions social life in rural churches and calls for mothers and setters to rise to the challenge.
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Jane
Shia
Sioux Falls
Sether
Twenty Years Ago In Huron Local Notices and Visits
A patchy recap of residents' travels and guests in Huron including Mr and Mrs Tred Sparks and Joe Strangly returning from an auto trip to Penins in Wisconsin. Sioux Falls visitors stay with Mrs Elizabeth Soares while Miss Glady from Rock Hapide arrives for a visit with her aunt Grace Meson. Relatives visit Davenport and Port Arthur. Ball game notes and lineup details listed among several local movements and visits.
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Tred Sparks
Joe Strangly
Peinis
Wistongin
Mca
Fred Seares
Baby
Sioux Fells
Wiizabeth A. Soares
J. W. Campbell
Hanboldt
Miss Glady
Rock Hapide
Grace Meson
W. HL Maul Sndeen
Daven
Port
Maul
Big Stone
Mir
Mail Seed
Nelean
Voigt
Dalton
Bel
Land
Bisping
Bud
Dows
McGinty
Bennatt
Reln
Barnie Ware
Larmie Wayne
Philip
Inventor Julius and the Army Airplane Controversy
A fragment recounts Julius pursuing an original but questioned airplane scheme and borrowing an Army airframe. It describes doubts about his independence from Wright precedents, danger at the field, a student’s failed flight, and a nickname shift to Lindy and then Bunny after a serious accident.
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Balmut
Aires
Jullis
Woodring
Julius
Wright Brovius
Knox Wirmail
Serge
Juline
Salts Fail as Hopper Bait in University Tests
Brookings July 27 Special reports Prof HC Severin state entomologist finds epsom salts useless as grasshopper bait. Seventeen experiments fed grasshoppers 18 bait batches with epsom salt replacing arsenic or sodium arsenite. Hoppers readily ate all bait types but results showed no serious effects, even with varied molasses and salt levels.
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Brookings
Epcom
HC. Severin
United States
Mr. Se
Severin
Hoppers controlled by bait as rains aid campaign
Agricultural notes report successful suppression of grasshoppers with bait, cages used to confine pests, and high 95 percent destruction after single applications. Officials urge continued, widespread control as farmers resume field work after rains. Fehlman brothers visitFrankfort July 27.
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South Dakota
Severin
Miller
Bax Une
Motley guests leave three as parents head to Black Hills
The Nev and Mrs. L. C. Snyder and daughter depart Friday for a Black Hills trip. Church services resume the last Sunday in August. The Rev. F. Mahoney visits in Plankinton, staying at his home.
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Black Hills
Plankinton Zell
F. Mahoney
Plankinton
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