Wire tapping sparks debate in New York constitutional convention
Debates at the New York constitutional convention reveal sharp divisions over wiretapping with support for limiting access to law enforcement. Courts long wrestled with admissibility, from Taft’s 1928 ruling to the 1937 reversal banning interstate taps, while Holmes cautions that it is ignoble for government to tap wires.
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Debste
Supreme Court of the United States
Taft
Brandeis
Holmes
Butler
Stone
New York
Dewey
Congress
Supreme Court
Federal Communications Commission
Senate
House
Justice Holmes
Barber shop singing society sparks nationwide harmony
A witty note praises a growing movement the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Singing in America. Tulsa and Kansas City chapters recruit members during a summer campaign, igniting a cross-country city to city harmony effort that halts traffic and draws crowds. The piece also cites a Federal Trade Commission report on farm implement makers finding no price fixing, yet noting high machinery costs and steel tariffs in 1937.
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Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of
America
Tulsa
Kansas City
Need Machinery
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
Need for credit reform in farm implement sales
The piece argues farmers face credit bottlenecks for machinery purchases. It cites high financing costs and dependence on manufacturers for credit, noting cash-and-carry hurt sales and price cuts. It urges Congress to address credit systems and financing terms to aid farmers and equipment makers.
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Congress
Franklin D Roosevelt's sole qualifier as dictator revealed
A fragmentary remark notes that the only qualification as dictator attributed to Franklin D Roosevelt is his aversion to being disliked, implying coercive tendencies hidden behind popularity. The comment presents a controversial, sharply negative view without broader context.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Soroptimists and women in business at Atlantic City
A keynote at Atlantic City argues that women in business face job threats from married women and single women occupying roles men could fill. Lena Madesin Phillips highlights women's financial contributions to families and the broader role of groups like Zonta and Quota in supporting democracy. She notes some clubs dismiss activism as vanity yet acknowledges women’s clubs contribute to community betterment and shared concerns with working women.
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International Association
Atlantic City
Lena Madesin Phillips
International Federation of Business and Professional Women
Protectors Morality Clash in Japan Over Dancing
The piece cites a moral clash in Japan where leaders fret over modern ballroom dancing. Elders seek to guide a modern nation while calling dance halls centers of unholy thoughts, as youth and rulers clash on morality at home and in China.
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Japan
China
Price Tag Exhibited Purging the Purgers in Soviet Policy
The editorial argues purges reveal the cruelty of totalitarian rule where confessions are coerced and loyalty to power holds no safety. It contrasts Soviet actions with fears of unleashed state violence, noting unemployed workers and troubled businessmen amid the regime’s reach and the danger of unchecked authority.
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Russia
Portugal finances praised as Salazar era steadies debt
Washington columnist lauds Portugal for steady budget surpluses under Dr. Salazar since 1930s, noting relief from heavy deficits, reduced debt per capita, and cash payments for navy modernization. The piece contrasts Portugal with other nations amid global economic turmoil and credits tightened fiscal policy and public works for employment gains and revived credit.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Rec
Portugal
Treasury
Great Britain
Holland
Salazar
Portugral
Bank of Portugal
Republic of Portugal
Nue
Dr. Salazar
Germany
Italy
Far East
New York
Paris
London
Republic
Angenia
West Africa
Easler
Islazar
Spain
Quotes and quips from a 1920s newspaper page
A collage of humorous and thoughtful lines from public figures and scholars. Witty remarks from William Roadhouse and Eddie Cantor on marriage, a caution from Dr. Harry Woodburn Chase about stability, and Frederick H. Allen on individuality and conformity. Also a note on China with Chiang Kai-shek context.
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Harry Woodburn Chase
New York University
Civil liberties clash in Kentucky election row over corporate campaign limits
In Ashland the NLRB accuses the Rolling Mill Co and its officers of interfering in municipal elections by backing a ticket. The case tests whether corporate officials may engage in political campaigns without breaching rights. The issue parallels the Hague case in Jersey City and raises whether civil liberties can curb corporate political involvement and prosecutions.
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Ashland
Lina Rooting
Mi Company
N.L.R.B
Rolling Mill Company
Nivr.b
NLRB
Proacentoar
Nlar.b
S.lr.b
C.S.C
Kentucky
Hague
Jersey City
Kentuck Aess
American Civil Liberties Union
Civil Liberties Union
C.lo
Norman Thomas
America
Senator Barkley
Chandler
New York Herald-Tribune Syndicate
Reconstructive Surgery Aids Cleft Palate Children
A health journal stresses reconstructive surgery for cleft palate and harelip, noting early operations prevent speech defects and infections. It discusses timing, risks of delaying until speech develops, and the role of specialized instruments and medical progress in restoring form and function.
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United States
Answers to Questions From The Helena Inquiry Bureau
Reader query compendium from 1930s Helena supplement. covers topics from architecture and geography to language, marine warfare, and notable biographies. Includes figures on Staten Island size, Handley submarine, Will Rogers and Wiley Post memorial, and radio ownership.
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Ees
Detroit News
William Roadhouse
Buffalo Zoo
Eddie Cantor
Frederick H. Allen
Philadelphia
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Col. M. Thomaschon
Chiang Kaishok
Mark Sullivan
DR. Morris Fishbein
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Hreaia
Healthazine
Helena
Europe
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Padua
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Cicero
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Tiro
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Handley
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Georgia
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Augusta
Eugene Firid
John McCullough
J. M. A. Field
la Salle Opera House
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
Alaska
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Rogers
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