Government Control of Savings and Investment Debate
Moredecai Ezekiel, adviser to the Department of Agriculture, argues to TALEC that the government must borrow the people's savings to spend and reduce savings. He warns the plan would not be temporary but would permanently reshape economic and political systems by regulating savings and investment and questions barriers to investing in common stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moredecai Ezekiel
Department of Agriculture
TALEC
Mr. Ezekiel
Kansas City Woman Slain in Suspected Home Murder
A Kansas City woman is killed at her home in a brutal attack. Reports say the suspect fled 100 yards away with a bloodied hip and gloves, leaving little motive or evidence. Police note the victim, once a 1937 beauty contestant, was not robbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Welsh
Slater
University of Kansas City
Quiet City Election Views on Labor and Hospital Policy
A column critiques LaGuardia and era labor militancy, arguing labor must compromise. It notes a calm mayoral race with little public discussion and urges immediate action on hospital plans, hospital funding, and a strict budget policy for the new city administration.
A Century of Parole Historical Look at Probation
A Clarksburg Exponent reflection traces probation from its 1841 origin when John Augustus bailed out a prisoner to today as a major criminal justice reform. Roscoe Pound called it the century’s greatest forward step, noting rehabilitation numbers are high under proper administration and the National Probation Association with 17,000 members urges civic understanding between citizens and courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
John Augustus
Boston
Philanthropiist
Roscoe Pound
Harvard Law School
National Probation Association
Federal oversight of life insurance questioned in New Deal debate
A New Deal circle argues for limited federal supervision of life insurance firms, citing 28 billion in assets in 1938 and 111 billion in coverage. Proposals aim to align regulation with state systems, while pushing for more government investment in equities to spur new enterprise amid a debt-heavy industrial scene.
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NEW Deal and
Life Insurance
New York
Tim
Legal Reserve Life-Insurnce
Washington
National Economic Committee
Summer T
Pike
Securities and Exchange
Securities and Exchange Commission
T.N.E.C
Isurance Companies
The Die 18 Cast How the aid bill shapes policy
The Wheeling Intelligencer outlines final Senate passage of the British aid bill, detailing presidential powers to transfer U S weapons to allied nations and to order war material manufacture. It notes safeguards, a June 30 1943 sunset, 90 day reports to Congress, and a $1.3 billion transfer limit, arguing the amendments reduce dangers while urging support to aid Britain.
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Wheeling Intelligencer
Senate
House
Roosevelt
United States
Congress
Intelligencer
England
Germany
Eng
Local Civil Service Office Opens For War Dept Jobs
Job M Darrack opened a Federal building office on February 22 1819 to recruit stenographers typists mechanical and ship draughtsmen for the ordnance department inviting interviews at the post office second floor. Chaplin stars in The Floor ct at Theatre February 22 1918. Mrs Mary Riley Reynolds widow of George W Reynolds dies February 23 1918. Man born 1836 William Thorn longtime Thornton resident dies February 25 1918 interred in Thornton cemetery. Ideale Haven visits March 11 1918 appeals for Red Cross aid, notes long history of surgical dressings in Grafton. Local draft boards list accepted and rejected names and medical referrals for military service.
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Job M. Darrack
United State Civil Service Commission
Ordnance Department
Charlie Chaplin
Mary. Riley Reynolds
George W. Reynolds
Fiel Tne Riley
Taylor County
Booths Creek
Reynolds
Harmony Grove
Meadland
William A. Thorn
Thornton
A. ¥.D. ‘Thorn
William ‘Thorn
Miss Ideale Haven
Potomac
The
Cross
Grafton
Ccapter
Nae
Italy
First Baptist Church
Red Cross
Red Cross Society
National
County Draft Board
Lee E. Bennett
George Boylen
Andrew Carrico
Arthur F. McConkey
Jasper N. DeBerry
William H. Keener
Henry E. Richardson
Charles L. Summers
Andrew Rogers
G. Thomas Vance
Herbert H. Watkins
Leigh
Buck
Thompkins County
New York
Milton H. Lewis
Charleston
West Virginia
Otto G. Beuchler
H. 8. Cassel
Guy Cork
Lloyd B. Simpson
Medical Adv Sency
Clyde W. Shaw
Harmon C. Sellers
Peter Lukich
Jacob
Bluemony
William Bachman
Ob C. Crayton
Adan Kozje
Joseph H. Morgan
Floyd C. Brown
Lyman Fast
Arthur A
Rayen George F. Boylen
Ny N. Harman
Stephen Wear
Frank L. Shriver
Servie
Federal’ Army
William B. Arm‘strong
William Craig, Jr
Jarnest E. Geifm
William Hr. Anslin
Letter from John Knotts on March 18 Favor
A dated note from John W. Knotts requests continued favor on March 18. The text references an eight million dollar corporation and mentions OAS E Burke in a business tone, seeking support and acknowledging sober, sound management.
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Munity
John W. Knotts
E. Burke
Mayoral Announcement Cites Broad Citizen Support
A political notice to voters states that one of two nominations has been received, with active backing from supporters and all citizens of the community. The message emphasizes unity and endorsement for the mayoral race.
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Tamsell
Mercy Sought Conviued Nom Page One For Commissioner
Voters are urged in a March 18 general election to support Mercy Sought Conviued for commissioner. The candidate pledges to work for the benefit of Grafton if elected and asserts no direct personal interest or legal justification for action by the American government. The text references the Vichy government replying to inquiries and Spanish political refugees in unoccupied territory.
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Grafton
Liquor Commission
Roe Fort
Benset
Fragmented excerpt from a Christopher Morley novel on film
Excerpted novel prose featuring Delphine and Kitty from a Prairie College backdrop. It follows Kitty as she tends her ailing father Pop while navigating work, romance, and reflections on aging, advertising language, and small-town life. The voice blends memory with present care, ending note credits 1939.
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Tom Ngge
Beje
LaGuardia
Manhattan
Queens
Tration
Christopher Morley
RKO Radio
Botting
Dennis
James Craig
Gaonea Sali
Eeneat Comsat
Sam WE
Pop
Turnin Este
Prairie College
Molly Schorh
Hongs
Setae Boe
Seohee Kittyker
Philadelphia
Typhine Detale
Griscom Street
Delphine
Keety
Mac
Myrtle
Pope
Kitty
Maggie Street
al Smith
Hoover
Martha
Mi Cine
Wan A
Tioga
Pike County
Twin Lales
Frankford Avenue
Ayal
Wienoneas
Estrance Rose
Molly
Worley
Millan
Colt Midnight
Ireland
Jes
Christopher Beriay
Ginger Rogers
Kitty Foyle
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