Technological unemployment explored at engineering council
At a Philadelphia meeting Prof. Leo Wolman argued long term job loss from machines is limited. He noted coal mining, construction, and railroading had the least changes yet suffered the worst downturns, suggesting fear and policy, not tech, drive unemployment. He urged focus on human and trade factors over blaming machines.
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American Engineering Council
Philadelphia
Leo Wolman
Columbia University
Prof. Wolman
Wolman
Doubt and evidence in a traffic court collision discussion
The piece notes that eyewitness contradictions in traffic accident testimony surface in American courts and cites an English judge’s quip. It reflects on the ongoing era of modern road confusion and the generation entering adulthood, unshaken by a boom.
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England
Is England Going Fascist The Ken Magazine Claim
A Ken magazine piece argues England is veering toward fascism, citing a peace-time conscription of labor as an opening to state dominance, similar to Italy and Germany. The article analyzes German efforts to split France and Russia, and Mussolini's alleged double cross with John Bull.
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Ken
England
Italy
Germany
France
Russia
Mussolini
John Bull
Fascist ties and capitalist fears across nations
The piece argues traditional speculative capitalism backs fascism, citing Mussolini in Spain and Goering, with echoes on Britain and Russia. It warns wealth holders back regimes to protect wealth as governments risk redistributing riches, predicting England may align with European fascism as time unfolds.
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Spain
England
Suez Canal
Ethiopia
Mussolini
J. Bull
Gibraltar
British Empire
Russia
Thyssons
Stinneses
Hitler
Goering
Europe
The Marrying Menuhins
Yehudi Menuhin and his sisters are marrying this summer, a sign of well supported children starting full and happy lives. The article notes Yaltah at sixteen raises questions but views the marriages as natural amid favorable resources, while warning modern life risks biological needs and extinction without behavioral and environmental adjustment.
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Yehudi Menuhin
Menuhins
Yaltah
Menuhin
Wholesale Swap: City Farm Youth Exchange Proposal
A proposed national program envisions five million urban youths and five million farmers swapping lives for a month to foster cosmopolitan citizenship. Critics warn urban youths may discover farming differs from expectations while farm youths would face city life and its jobs, with concerns about feasibility and social impact.
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Manhattan
Editorial Urges Protest Against Civilian Bombings
Best Editorial condemns renewed civilian bombings by Japanese and Spanish insurgents as in Canton Alicante and Barcelona. It argues noncombatant deaths provoke global protest, urging governments media and individuals to oppose such savagery and defend humanity.
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Canton
Alicante
Franco
Barcelona
Vatican
Japan
London
Washington
Tokyo
Militia in American History and Congressional Debate over Use
Washington reports on ongoing congressional discussion to clearly define militia purposes and emergencies for calling the militia. The piece surveys origins from colonial times through Shays, the Civil War, labor clashes, and modern outbreaks, noting tensions between civilian authority and military force.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Congress
Democratic
United States
Congress
Europe
England
Massachusetts Colonial Assembly
Committee of Public Safety
Varialta States
Daniel Shays
Shays
George Mason
Patrick Henry
Jmilitie
National Guard
Pittsburgh
Reading
John Sevier
Free
Franklin
Lincoln
District of Columbia
War Department
Wylie
United States Army
Coeur -Along
Idaho
Eivillaman
Ludlow
Banics
Georgia
Roosevelt
Militi
Linnois
Theodore Roosevelt
May the poem of the year and the glorious green countryside
The St Louis Post Dispatch reflects on May with warm nostalgia and vivid nature imagery. May's beauty includes blooming lilacs and irises, birdsong like bobolinks and thrashers, and scenes of green fields. The piece imagines a future anthology honoring May and notes Whitman’s verse in praise of the month.
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May
Wes
April
Walt
Sileee
Plato
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Parimutuel Wagering At Suffolk Downs Draws $20 Per Capita
The Christian Science Monitor notes Suffolk Downs Massachusetts, the state’s main race track, reports an average daily per capita wagering of $20 for the current meet. Boston Retail Trade Board regrets correlative data unavailable. Managers wish attendees would spend at department stores instead.
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Suffolk Downs
Massachusetts
Boston
Retail Trade Board
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Departmentatore
Christian Science Monitor
Critics Debate Graduation Slogans and Self-Reliance
The piece surveys reactions to a cynical graduation motto "WPA, Here We Come" used by MuClave high school seniors and cites officials and editors. It notes record diploma totals, youth aid figures, and warns against reliance on government while urging self-reliance. It contrasts varied editorials from Minneapolis Tribune and Omaha World-Herald with remarks on civic virtue and the era’s cynicism.
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WPA
MuClave
Colo
Colorado
Office of Education
Washington
National Youth Administration
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Minoneapolis Tribune
Italy shifts stance on Spain war and aims for Latin mastery
The Italian press argues Mussolini seeks national interests over crusading rhetoric as Italy increases aid to Franco. The piece warns of a joint Franco Mussolini Mediterranean control threatening France and expanding German interest, with questions about British and French reactions and possible shifts in Axis dynamics.
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Italy
Franto
Il Duce
Spain
Mediterranean
Latin Sea
London
Paris
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Britain
Duce
Frenco
France
Franco
Hitler
Germany
New York Post
Hitler Names An Auto Strength Through Joy Car
Adolf Hitler christens a new affordable car Strength Through Joy hoping it becomes popular while young and flashy. The piece notes casual ownership and nickname culture around the vehicle describing tinkering pride and later rusting, noisy faults as it ages. It connects the car to Nazi slogans and suggests rigid propaganda echoes in domestic travel scenes.
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Adolf Hitler
Dushover
Hitler
Omaha World-Herald
Iil
Threat to Yellowstone Dam Plan Provokes Public Outcry
A column cites Idaho Senator James P. Pope’s bill to build a dam at Yellowstone Lake and tunnel water to the Snake River, arguing the move would commercialize the park, spoil the shoreline, and violate the park’s dedication for public enjoyment and preservation.
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Yellowstone
Yellowstone Natonal Park
James P. Pops
Idaho
Senate
Yellowstone Lake
Snake River
Yellowstone National Park
Pope
Detroit News
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