Money and muck in Washington political life
A critique of presidential power and democratic primaries detailing how the Roosevelt administration uses vast spending to influence elections. It notes Ickes and Hopkins directing PWA and WPA, their intervention in Oregon, Iowa, and Florida races, and questions the ethics of patronage and reform rhetoric amid national policy. It also covers a Massachusetts WPA case about auto purchases and hints at TVA-related constitutional review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Mr. Ickes
P.W.A
Hopkins
W.P.A
Ickes
Oregon
Iowa
Martin
Gillette
Pennsylvania
Neval Jim
Hut Messrsckes
Francis Bacon
TVA Clean Bill Hints at Upholding or Scrapping Project
In a June 1 1938 Helena Independent summary the high court could strike down the TVA project, rendering funds spent and investigations into the project wasteful and unconstitutional. The piece notes years of lower court litigation and questions whether the delay aids taxpayers seeking timely judicial review. The article closes with a Montana biblical quote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Judicial Review
T.Y.A
Montana
Today and Tomorrow by Walter Lippmann Excerpt
The piece discusses rulers and their grandiose posturing, proposing a world vacation from attention to leadership. It argues that great issues burn from passion but resolve through broader human values, suggesting endurance, statesmanship, and the prevention of catastrophe by a new generation that did not spark the quarrels.
Pills for Soldiers energize troops in China front
A press tour report notes Japanese soldiers using energy tablets to combat fatigue under prolonged fighting and heat in Central China. Oxygen tubes are also used as a battle aid, while critics question the tablets’ advertised effectiveness and safety amid a slowed advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Huxley
Huxley
China
George Bernard Shaw
Manufacturers Call for Government and Private Industry Cooperation
The National Association of Manufacturers and other business groups urge genuine cooperation between government and private enterprise to create lasting jobs. They argue that public funding alone cannot ensure long term economic stability without private sector expansion and investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Manufacturers
Editorial Calls for Wagner Act Reform to Aid Recovery
A Ford spokesman cites a government report showing 42,000,000 lost workdays in two years from strikes, arguing the Wagner Act fuels labor strife and undermines recovery. The piece urges Congress to amend the act to balance employer and employee interests and promote industrial democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William I. Cameron
Ford Motor Company
United States
Congress
Tom M. Circier
Hig
Iron and Steel Institute
Girdler
Tts
Long Lance
Gilchards
General Johnsson
Hungary as a Royal State Under Regent in the Postwar Era
The piece portraits Hungary as a de facto kingdom under Regent Admiral Miklós Horthy, with a royal culture and ceremonial pageantry intact despite no king. It notes a strong military tradition, a large merchant marine, and a literary appetite for restoration, while outlining Hungary’s size and population and Budapest comprising Buda and Pest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Middle
Europe
Hungary
Vetch
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Austro-Hungary
Trianon
Bela Kun
Otto of
Hapsburg
En- Yente
Nicholas Horthy
Traneuler
Asmal
8 Palace
Buckingham Palace
London
Budapest
Admiral Horthy
House of Hapsburg
Licely
Othey
United Kingdom
Ireland
Pest
Danube
Quotations on Education and Public Life
A collage of opinions from William Allen Neilson and William Allen White criticizing pedagogy and intelligence. Dr John Sexson laments declining national intellect per generation. Marginal notes reference Landon versus Roosevelt and a motion picture era quote about Hollywoood mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
John 4. Sexson
American Age Sociation of
United States
Iit
Landon
Roosevelt
White House
William Allen White
Hungary The Fighting Magyars and Its Empire History
The article traces Hungary from ancient conquering powers to the Magyars arriving in 894, noting horse culture and rural life. It covers Roman and Turkish wars, the Golden Bull as a Magna Carta, religious wars, and the 1848 revolts leading to the dual Austro-Hungarian empire under Franz Joseph after the 1887 Compromise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hungary
Rome
Attila
Carpathians
Alps
Stephen I
Kristianity
John
Runnymede
Magsara
Turkey
Europe
Hepsburg
Austria
Francia Joseph
Couls Kossuth
Brest
Birthmarks and Their Treatments Across Skin Types
The article explains strawberry, port wine, and other birthmarks, noting surface depth and color variations. It traces management options from early cosmetic covering to invasive methods and newer chemical treatments that aim to obliterate vessels with careful, physician-led application.
Answers From The Helena Independent Information Bureau
A reader questions the cost of Geneva’s League of Nations budget and other finance topics. The piece provides brief factual Q A on money types, Custer burial accounts, Hungary’s role, Nerine Chamberlain’s age, sailors libraries, and notable media figures. It notes the 1938 Geneva budget around six million dollars and lists entities like the American Merchant Marine Library and Women Investors in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Nations
Geneva
Teague
Crowell
Nerile Chamberlain
Great Brit An
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
American Merchant Marine Library Association
Alan
M. F
Charles Wheatstone
Columbia Broadcasting System
Gilbert Seldes
Charles Hematreet
Scrapbookers’ Coard
New York
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Ieges
North Atlama
Massachusetts
Joubert
Sam
Tennessee Valley
Tennessee Valley Authority
United States Supreme
T.V.A
Wilson Dam
Walter Lippmann
Grandiess
The
New York Herald-Tribune
Roy L. Smitty
M. F. Church
Los Angeles
Haskin
Frederic J. Hashel Aalbur
William Allen Neilson
Smith College
Holly
Margaret Sullavas
Motion Pictore Actrom
Paris
Vienna
Putza
By DN
Morris Fishbeln
E@iter Jogryal
American Medical Association
Hreela
Health Magazin
John Dalton
Hfe
Custer
J. R
Carter
Reno
Guster
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