New Deal Bureaucracy Prompts Tax Idealism Debate
The editorial criticizes the agricultural conservation program as an extensive federal and state bureaucratic regime. It argues a June to October payout plan will swell administration, while contrasting Britain’s balanced budget with American deficits. It questions Roosevelt era spending and urges voters to weigh governance before November.
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Philippi Republican
Supreme Court
Washington
Baltimore
Oliver McKee
The
Boston Transcript
AAA
Federal
WPA
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Stock Administration
England
United States
Camden Ruby Murder 97 Adam Beil
In New York ten years after a youth full of dreams, narrator Gary recalls Margalo a Broadway star now rich and famous and his past love as he plans a visit. He meets Van Every a jewel collector with a coveted ruby the Camden ruby and arranges to see it after backstage at the theater. The trio heads to a nearby restaurant as Margalo shows polite interest in the ruby and the plan to guard it.
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Charleston Daily Mail
Harriet D. Hague
America
Margalo
Maggie Shand
Margao
New York
Gary
Miss Younger
Margsla
Earth
Paris
Paria
Ike
India
Atlantic
Edna
Maughan
Elbo
Van
Dispatch
van Every
Florence
Migs
Maughat
Perfor
Seon
England and the United States A Fiscal Contrast
A Wheeling Intelligencer column contrasts Anglo American fiscal approaches noting congressional debates and economic policy themes. It highlights differing priorities between England and the United States, signaling shifts in taxation, spending, and national debt discussions.
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England
United States
Wheeling Intelligencer
United States Congress
Ambitious Morgantown moves toward Greater City plan
A Morgantown based movement, spanning 27 citizens from four of its trading zone municipalities and three unincorporated communities, weighs a Greater Morgantown option. The Chamber of Commerce backs the idea of incorporating a city with 25 000 to 30 000 residents as Parkersburg notes the cost of extending water sewers and streets to new areas.
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Parkersburg Sentinel
Morgantown
Chamber of Commerce
Parkersburg
Reduced West Trampage electricity rates cut costs for homes
Residential customers will pay about 10 percent less for the same electricity after July 1, 1936, with 60 kilowatt hours costing $3.20 instead of $3.55 in 1934. The commission approved new net residential tiers, plus two commercial rate schedules, regular and optional, designed to reward higher usage and larger KVA demands while keeping lines self supporting.
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Commission
Predictions and tensions loom over the 1936 Republican nominating fight
The article surveys GOP hopes and fears in Cleveland as 1936 conventions approach. It notes steel interests opposing Roosevelt, possible realignment of party identities, and a push by the Roosevelt administration to frame the election as a battle for democracy. It also mentions power centers around Governor Landon, Senator Van denberg, and national magnates gathering near Cleveland, with President Roosevelt rallying labor and public support while warning against dictatorship.
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Charles P. Stewart
Leslie Eichel
Central Press
Washington, D. C
Republican National
Republi
Cleveland
Congress
Democrats
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Roose
Vandenberg
Alfred M. Landon
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Rete
Union Club
Edward F. McGrady
U. S. Secretary of Labor
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
F. D. R. Dety
Carter Must Share Costs in Supreme Court Case
The Carter Coal company which won against the Guffey coal control act must help pay case costs before the Supreme Court. James Walter Carter and M. Hampton Magruder are ordered to share expenses estimated in the thousands of dollars, with the Attorney General, Solicitor General, and other officials also liable. The ruling directs Magruder to recover portions from Maryland officials and District of Columbia authorities as needed.
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Washington
Carter Coal Company
United States Supreme Court
James Walter Carter
M. Hampton Magruder
Internal Revenue
Maryland
Cummings
Stanley Reed
Guy T. Helgering
Clarence C. Keiser
District 1 of Columbia
Carter
Magruder
Treasury
Differences Between Rubber And Duplicate Bridge Scoring
A fragmentary discussion outlines how rubber and duplicate bridge differ in scoring and strategy. It notes cumulative versus match point scoring, partner choices for no trump plays, and general bidding contrasts. The excerpt recounts a hand where players pursue top scores despite uncertainties and describes specific bidding steps and card positions.
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C. EB
Norwood
Mihan
Cele
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