Hoover as engineer myth challenged in Times editorial
The Indianapolis Times questions the view of Herbert Hoover as a great engineer in politics. It argues the president is a successful business figure in the White House, not a trained engineer, and urges readers to judge facts rather than legends. It references MacArthur and Fuller for contrast.
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Hoover
Army
Marine Corps
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
West Point
MacArthur
Far East
B. H. Fuller
Fuller
Smedley D. Butler
Butler
Dominican Republic
Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Steinmetz
Northampton
Cal
Boston
Stanford University
United States
White House
George P. West
Stanford
American Mercury
David Starr Jordan
London
Bewick, Moering & Co
Mark Twain
Agricola
Lincoln
Goethals
Jefferson
What Price Toryism and Other Shortsighted Views
J E Edgerton leader of the National Association of Manufacturers attacks social insurance and rising British taxes as a key World War I cost. He links English policies to Russia and warns American industry to stay alert against Muscovite ideas. He cites Britain’s debt and unemployment as war fallout and implicates Tory leadership. Other notes include rubber ties in France and Tolley considering Chicago, with a dull 1930 European tourist season and rising soap sales hinting at school discipline.
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J. E. Edgerton
National Association of Manufacturers
England
Britain
America
Edgerton
Russia
Financial Prognostications and Postwar Inflation Debate
The piece rails at financiers and federal policy makers discussing postwar inflation and economic missteps. It mocks expert debates while tracing a boom bust cycle from World War I through the Harding Coolidge Hoover era, and notes a powerful industry figure in New York as a symbol of luck and success.
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Federal Reserve
Nature
New York City
Perpen
Eeleuations
Beougtt
The Fusion of Astronomy and Physics in Light Study
Science writer explains astro physics as the union of astronomy and physics. He outlines the electromagnetic spectrum from radio waves to cosmic rays and describes how light reveals sun and star processes, including infrared heat, visible colors, X rays, gamma rays, and cosmic rays.
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Earth
Heinrich Hertz
R. A. Millikan
Space
Origin of the phrase the ghost walks in theater lore
The saying comes from English strolling players who joked that Hamlet’s ghost would walk again only after actors’ salaries were paid. It reflects a joking before payment of wages during rehearsals and performances.
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Hamlet
Advances in Heart Diagnostics and Disease Treatment
Dr. Morris Fishbein discusses new heart study tools like the electrocardiograph and sphygmograph, tracing the evolution from listening by ear to modern graphic, amplification, and transmission methods. He notes the rise of specialized heart care and the heart as a leading cause of death, pushing for referrals to specialists for extensive evaluation.
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Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Hygeia
Health Magazine
Mencken and Matrimony A Satirical Look From 1930
In a column attributed to Heywood Broun and spoofed as by Mencken, the piece jokes about the writer’s impending marriage at fifty, mocks bachelorhood and public life, and contrasts youthful ardor with mature judgment, noting social rituals and romantic ideals.
Readers Voice Views on GOP Racketeering and 1932 Vote
A reader claims Silas Bainbridge will vote Democratic to oppose GOP rackets at home and calls for a clean sweep at the polls. The letter mocks national rackets in Chicago New York and Detroit and urges voters to oust the party by voting in the fall and 1932.
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Times
Silas Bainbridge
Silas
Republcans
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Jake Lemmons
Kansas Street
Major-General Leonard Wood Dies After Brain Operation
Leonard Wood veteran of the Spanish American and World Wars and governor general of the Philippines died in a Boston hospital after a brain operation. A Harvard Medical School graduate, Wood served as White House physician to McKinley and led the Rough Riders in 1898. He later governed Cuba and the Philippines and rose to major general.
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Leonard Wood
Philippines
Boston
Wood
Harvard Medical School
McKinley
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Cuba
United States
Indiana
Anapolica
Politicians Use Drought as Alibi in 1932
The piece argues drought and population shifts shape politics more than drought itself. It notes census figures show west to south drift, rural decline, and urban growth, with drought used as political alibi for 1932. It suggests production policy and Farm Board limits influenced relief debates.
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United States
California
New York
New Jersey
Vermont
Montana
Chambers of Commerce
Rotary
Daily Thought on Treasure and Worldly Riches
A devotional note cites Martin Luther and Matthew 6 21 warning that wealth pleasure and pride shape hearts and values, urging readers to align their treasure with spiritual priorities.
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Martin Luther
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