Civil Service Reform and the Spoils System History
A lecture excerpt traces Civil Service origins from patronage in Britain to the United States Four Years Tenure of Office Act and the rise of the Spoils System. It covers 1883 Federal Civil Service Act and Roosevelt’s defense, plus Hatch Act restrictions, noting improved government merit and stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle-Colo
Great Britain
George II
W. H. Crawford
Treasur
U.S
Congress
Jefferson
Webster
Clay
Calhoun
Benton
Lise
Busi
White House
Garfield
Chas. A. Guileau
Federal Civil Service Act
Theodore Roosevelt
Civil Service Act
Resistance Groups in Battle Threat Jerusalem Crisis
In Jerusalem the Irgun Zvai Leumi refuses Magang’s ultimatum to release five British officers kidnapped from a Tel Aviv hotel on June 18. Hagana and other Jewish authorities pressure the small group as the 48 hour deadline approaches, while Irgun remains silent amid internal tensions and secretive broadcasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
UP X
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Magang
Irugans
Irgun Zxai Leumi
Hagana
Irgun Zvai Leumt
Tel Aviv
Waganghee
Trgun Zval Leumi
Calendar of Events for Irvington and Hayward Areas
Readable items include community gatherings in Irvington and Hayward such as festivals and library-related meetings. Notable mentions include Native Sons of Golden West and Veterans and Auxiliary groups, along with lodge events and planning commission discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edan
Native Sons de Golden
Alamads County Fair Dance Preview
Fragmentary notes describe a fair event with a dance at the Alamads County Fair. The tentative program mentions a club, a parade, and a chance for a Hayward participant to perform. No clear names, dates, or venues are fully legible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamads County Fair
Gallagher proposes race intermarriage at council meeting
Dr Gallagher of Berkeley Cal urged integration as a solution to interracial tension at the general council of Christian churches meeting in Grinnell Iowa. He argued that marriage should be dictated by the individuals heart and mind with no barriers of separation between races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
General Council of Christian Churches
Buell
G. Gallagher
Berkeley
Cal
Gallagher
Compromise Hopeful Nanking Conference Progress
General Marshall held lengthy talks with Chinese Nationalists and Communists in Nanking and progress was reported toward a permanent compromise between China's warring factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
George C. Marshall
China
Bowles Predicts Meat Up After July 1 Amid Price Debate
U S official Chester Bowles said more meat will reach retail after July 1 regardless of price ceiling decisions. He warned prices may rise if ceilings are removed, but meat supply should increase whether ceilings stay or go. Bowles urged strong OPA legislation and noted grain shortages could push meat and other food prices higher later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.K
Chester Bowles
Congress
Bowles
Crew Killed in Army Plane Crash in Alaska
An Alaska Elmendorf Field report states a B-24 crashed on Shemya Island on June 16 killing the entire crew. Army Air Force officers confirmed the fatal incident and mourned the loss of the servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Anchorage
U.A
Army Air Force
Alaskan Department
Elmendorf Field
Aleutian Island
Shemya
Congress to Investigate RFC Books
Washington officials announce a congressional inquiry into the Reconstruction Finance Corp. after Comptroller General Lindsay Warren cites serious accounting concerns. The House Banking Committee plans to investigate as it weighs extending AFC lending authority, with possible reforms to accounting practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wria Congressional
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Lindsay €. Warren
Congress
AFC
Warren
Brent Spence
House Banking Committee
RIC
Spence
Carter Manasco
Ala
House Executive Exe Pentitures
Comptroller General
David Kaler Dies In San Leandro
David H. Kaler, 78, longtime San Leandro resident and retired painter, died at his home. He was husband of the late Cora Hell Kaler and father of Hazel and Fred Kaler. Surviving siblings Mae Meredith and Ella Benoyl. Born in Burlington, Iowa. Funeral services Monday at 2 PM at Sorensen Brothers chapel, Rev. Richard Norberg officiating. Burial in Lone Tree Cemetery.
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David H. Kaler
San Leandro ‘Boulevard
San Leandro
Cora Hell Kaler
Hazel
Fred Kaler
Mae Meredith
Ella Benoyl
Ofllinois
Burlington
Iowa
Sorensen Brothers’ Chapel
Richard Norberg
Eden Congregational Church
Lone Tree Cemetar
UN Council adjourns to Aug 31 for refugee talks
The United Nations agreed to extend its four week session to August 31 after a 13 hour drive to clear major items. Disputes centered on a draft constitution for an international refugee organization and the fate of political refugees from eastern Europe. Russia urged repatriation under government approval, while Ukraine warned against delaying swift refugee repatriation. The draft moves to UN member governments for comment before final approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United, Nations
Ramaswani Mudalidraia
Ore Banizuti
Russia
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Eral Assembly
Refugee Organization
Assembly
Anatoli Baranaysky
Ukraine
Joint OPA row in Disagreement in Congress
The Joint Senate House conference on the OPA recessed until Monday night amid four major disputes. The group agreed to let the agriculture secretary control pricing and decontrol of agricultural products while remaining at odds over a non agricultural decontrol board, item specific decontrol, extension length of OPA authority, and subsidies for the next year. Barkley reported continued disagreement and a plan to reconvene after further talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Secretary of Agriculture
Alben W. Barkley
Senate
Barkley
Dockley
Wilch Ona
Scott W. Lucas
United States
Organized Agriculture to Demand Government Action
California Farm Bureau Federation will press federal officials in Washington to act on surplus labor housing for farmers. Ray B. Wiser says a show down conference will demand immediate release of housing at uniform prices. Representatives from War Assets Administration National Housing Administration Army Navy California Party Production Council and others will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Farm Bureau Federation
Nike Good
Ray B. Wiser
Washington
Wilson Wyatt
War Assets Administration
National Housing Administration
Army
Navy
California Party Production Council
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Cooperative Council
Califar
Ila
Femers
Wy 12
McCally
State Farm Production Council
W. BR. Oxy
Farm Bureau
Firemen Probe Dallas Hotel Explosion
In Dallas Texas the fire department brought in experts to determine the cause of a blast that devastated the Baker hotel killing seven people. The explosion happened in the basement of the seven hundred sixty room building, rupturing air conditioning pipes and releasing deadly ammonia into lower levels.
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Dallas
Tex
Sire ‘Department
Baker
46 Veteran Homes Under Construction
A $300,000 subdivision providing homes for veterans families at Second and E streets was denounced by the Paramount Development company of Oakland which expects completion by year end. Permits for four homes at $0000 each were issued by Building Inspector Pat Welzel. The plan calls for eight houses in two months, then eight more. The property was bought in Maren from a mortgage company. The Paramount Development company at 197 Broadway is newly formed with Charles G. Murray of Oakland president Francis Pendergast of Wayward secretary Stephen Reha of Oakland vice-president and Andrew Young of Hayward.
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Second
E Streets
Paramount Development Company of
Oakland
Pat Welzel
Maren
Broadway
Charles G. Murra
Francis Pendergast
Wayward
Stephen Reha
Andrew Young
Hayward
Horseshoe Tournament Set for Tomorrow at Memorial Park
Hayward Aram recreation district sponsors the first annual horseshoe tournament tomorrow at Memorial Park. Entry will be accepted at the course right up until game time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayward Aram Recreation District
Memorial Park
Eniriea
Italians Protest Agreement On Colonial Sovereignty
In Paris the Big Four foreign ministers planned to finish studying the Tiatiai and Romanian peace treaties by next Friday. Italy protested the plan to strip Italians of sovereignty over former colonies for at least a year pending final Big Four decisions. The Malian embassy delivered a formal protest to the ministers, while Rome appealed to avoid decisions on Trieste and northeast Italy. A Byrnes Molotov meeting hinted at possible compromise after a three hour dinner discussion.
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Paris
Nex
Italy
Foreign Ministers Council
Big Four
Rome
Council
Trieste
James J. Byrnes
Molotov
Byrnes
Joreign
Farmer Kills Hordes Of Starving Rats
Wilton Cal, farmer Hughling with pots and a chil for two days and night, killed a horde of 820 full grown rats invading his chicken house. He fought them with a dog and two cats, ending when no more rats could be seen.
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Wilton
Cal
Geinly Hughling
Nighia
Adolpe Bute
Rapmer
Bulv
Couple to Shoot River Rapids Adventure Ends Next Week
Georgie White and Marty Aleson begin a weeklong attempt to raft 82 miles of the Colorado River rapids to Lake Mead. They start at the Diy mont Creek junction in Utah aboard a craft built for whitewater. They expect to reach Las Vegas next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Mos
Georgie White
Marty Aleson
Constance Bennett Weds Col. John Coulter in Riverside
Blond film star Constance Bennett married Col. John Theron Coulter in Riverside California. The ceremony drew movie friends to a private Mission Inn setting in a lavish, high society wedding day event.
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Riverside
Cal
Constance Bennett
Col
John Theron Coulter
Ehavel
Mission Tit
Local Weather Update
The forecast calls for clear conditions today and Sunday with high fog tonight and tomorrow morning. Temperatures will vary with mild daytime highs and cooler overnight lows across the region.
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Hayward Union Fligh
Annette Mast
John Gamble
Margaret C. Armstrong
Albert Keating
William E. Trezone
Hattie Chute
Walter Helms
Minnie Lynch
Elsie Lavelle
Archie Bullock
Grave
Biidie Phos
Richmond
William E.trezona
Eid Archie Bullock
Southern California
Miss Armstrong
Elsie Lavelle Helcoimbe
Minnie Lynch Campbell
Annette Mast Powell
Grace
Darling Cunningham
Irvington
RFC
David Kaler
UN Council
Europe
The
Hayward Review
California
Eugene N. Fritz
Fritz
San Francisco
Atttorney
William M. Malone
Anne Ebert
Joe E. Brown
Nob Hill
Huntington
Brocklebank and
Park Lane
Nob Hil
Dallas Hotel
United Press American
Boston
Cleveland
Ferris
Wagner
Babres Kreat
Hayne
Coors
Detroit
Tatchinger
Tobe Washington
St. Lula
Merit
Chicago
Rix Newheld Yen
HS Gulleughy Konto
Jayce
Cooper
Hiadelphin
Tae Btndarmeor
Mueller Mavsiey
Mingies
Raffersberger
Saminick
Lowell
Veteran Homes
Ant Castro
Trinidad
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