Debate on double budget system in Denmark Sweden plan
Washington Daybook discusses how a dual budget approach lets government fund public works with separate capital accounts while regular budgets absorb only a portion of debt. It cites Harvard’s Dr Mangers, Sen Hansen, and examples like TVA and dam projects, noting war debts may stay unpaid and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park already attracts many visitors.
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Washington
Denmark
Denemark
Ofd
Sweden
Atlantic
Itt Mangers
Harvard
Nate Janal
Uebt
TVA
Boulder Dam
Panama ‘Canal
Healthfar
Hansen
Nash's C. L. Tonic Promises Quick Relief for Aches
An advertisement targets Southern readers claiming many are sick with back aches, low energy, and nerves. It promotes Nash's C. L. Tonic as a reliable remedy for malaria, biliousness, and constipation with a money back guarantee after one week if no improvement. Sold by John Gibson Drug Co in Hope.
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South
Nash
Tani
Tonic
John 8
Gibson Drag Co
Budget Debts Strain a Young Couple's Romance
In July heat Iris pleads for clothes and social nights while Bart resists debt and budgeting. He believes thrift protects their future but Iris longs for present comfort and polish. The couple argues over finances, meals, and the idea of a marriage built on prudent spending.
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Tris
Mater Bart
Stummer
Pye
Bart
Trig
Iris
Tris Nared
John Kent
Kents
Pitts Plays Dramatic Part in Edith Cavell Film
The Hollywood interview notes ZaSu Pitts confronting a serious role under Herbert Wilcox for Nurse Edith Cavell with Anna Neagle. Pitts worries about English accent, favors home cooking, and recalls her silent-era shift to dramatic work. Burns shifts from burlesque to straight roles in Arkasas Traveler and Our Leading Citizen, while Louisiana bars women from working in saloons under 1894 law.
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Hollywood
Edith Cavell
Belgium
Herbert Wilcox
ZaSu Pitts
Miss Pitts
RKO
Anna Neagle
Wilcox
Comedienne
Parsons
Kan
Feo
Marie Dressler
Burns
Bob Burns
Eluwin
Lionel Bairymoore
Self
Louisiana
It’ll Take More Than the Heat to Drive the Congressmen Home
A midcentury column notes Congress now uses air conditioning and underground passages to beat summer heat. Senators commute via underground garage and trolley, dine in air conditioned spaces, and depart around 4 PM. The piece contrasts old heat woes with today’s cooled Capitol life and cites the Ports I treaty as historic precedent.
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Congress
Preston Grover Washington
Senate
Capitol
Heuro Walters
House
Rock Creek
Firstday covers for Baseball Centennial stamp offered to students
Postmaster General Farley announces special arrangements allowing school children to purchase the U S three cent Baseball Centennial stamp for its face value. Envelopes addressed by children will be shipped to Cooperstown for cancellation on June 12 1939 and return by regular mail.
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U. S
James A. Farley
Cooperstown
N.Y
Fragmentary wartime note on anti dictatorship threats
A jumbled agency note references anti dictatorship efforts, Mussolini, and a ship incident. It mentions crew members going to the brig after shots and a hypothetical “Down with the ship” outcome. A Bing Crosby kidnapping threat is noted as a potential danger to his horse.
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Tr Ord
Mussolini
Bing Crosby
Precanti
Dren
Hif
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