Letter to the Editor warns on tariff bill impact on jobs
The Indianapolis Times argues the Grundy tariff would wreck export trade and mass production, citing GM and unemployment fears. The piece questions Congress and the President, warns against immigration quotas, and urges fair treatment of Latin American relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
J. D. Mooney
General Motors Export Corporation
New York
Mooney
General Motors
Congress
Mexico
Nordic Conscience Clash in Immigration and Naturalization
The text critiques a policy that attracts Nordics through immigration but blocks Nordic applicants from naturalization if they oppose war service. It notes most denials involve Nordic individuals, with Madame Schwimmer as a rare exception, and urges revising laws to align citizenship with Nordic views on military service.
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Madame Schwimmer
King
Bland
Graber
Macintosh
Webb
Davies
Duncan
Johnson
Mussolini's Madness and the Threat to World Peace
An editorial criticizes Mussolini's Florence speech as dangerous lunacy and warns that his pursuit of power threatens international peace. It argues neutral policy is untenable, cites French caution, and suggests cutting foreign credits to curb the Fascist regime.
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Mussolini
Florence
Potsdam
Kaiser
France
Italy
State Department
War over yet justice delays citizenship for 1500 political prisoners
The United States still refuses to restore citizenship to about 1,500 political prisoners convicted under the espionage acts for utterances against the war. No violence or real spies are involved, many expressed only private criticism. only individual applications are considered, creating hardship as prisoners cannot vote, hold offices, or obtain licenses.
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Department
Wilson
Coolidge
Department of Justice
Stone
William J. Donovan
Supreme Bench
Hoover
United States
We Need Neighbors The Mexico Immigration Controversy
The article discusses strained ties after the U S senate attacks Mexico cutting Mexican immigration. Chairman Borah warns singling out Mexico harms relations while protests grow and the issue remains highly debated in congress.
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Mexico
Senate
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Senators and the Constitution Stand by the Senate
Critics argue constitutional government is endangered when party mandates turn the senate into an echo of the White House. They note presidents often veto or threaten, while the senate's independence should be preserved and not reduced to a parrot’s disease.
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Parker
Senate
Parrot
White House
Simon
Hese
Supreme Court
Capitol Hill
Judge Parker
Gia
Socialist Party
Bitter controversy simmers over origin of man in anthropology
Scientists clash over humanity’s age and birthplace with claims about Java man and Piltdown man. Disputes highlight scarce fossils, debate whether Homo Sapiens began in Europe Asia or Africa and whether early humans predate the glacial era.
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Europe
Asia
Africa
Egypt
Babylon
Persia
Gerrit S. Miller Jr
Smithsonian Institution
Miller
Division of Mammals
United States National Museum
Washington
Java
Trinil
Piltdown
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Association
Des Moines
Osborn
How Well Do You Know Your Bible Five Questions
Five daily Bible questions test familiar passages with answers citing Ecclesiastes 4 20 Luke 3 1 I Samuel 9 3 10 1 Genesis 4 9 and Psalm 31 15 The questions cover Lot Jesus meal Saul and the proverb about hope deferred and how Jews aided the poor at harvest time.
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Lot
Ecclesiastes
Tiberius Caesar
Saul
Cain
Abel
David
Daily Thought Quote From George Eliot On Paying Back
A reflective line warns against pity and insists life must be traded for life as in Deuteronomy. The excerpt frames the burden of bearing the consequences of one’s own wrong and carries a somber moral tone.
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George Eliot
Ozonized Air As Health Aid Debated by Fishbein
Dr. Morris Fishbein reviews ozone use for air purification, noting ozone is a form of oxygen with a strong odor that can damage lungs at high concentrations. Experiments on guinea pigs, including tuberculosis cases, show high ozone levels are deadly or cause pneumonia, while low levels offer no health benefit.
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American Philosophical Society
Witn Philadelphia
Ales Hrdlicka
Smithsonian Institution
Osborn
Hrdlicka
Great American Museum of Natural History
Piltdown
H. B. McDonnell
American Medical Association
University of Chicago
McDonald
Reading Brisbane on Armament and Censorship Reflections
A Times columnist sketches views from R Arthur Brisbane on arming the U S warning against overexpansion. He notes Britain before the war and questions money troops and ships, rails against censorship in Ireland, and laments stage ventures at the Palace theater. The piece closes with cab strike notes and union benefits.
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R. Arthur Brisbane
United States
Great Britain
Mr. Brisbane
Britain
North Sea
Brisbane
Emden ship and other Q and A recalls
A comic Q and A style recap describes the German cruiser Emden as a famed World War I commerce raider from August to November 1914, its destruction by HMAS Sydney near Cocos Island, and escape routes via the Indian Ocean. It also covers Richard Arlen’s Paramount Studios address, a quotation about laughter, the word all right, balsam wood uses, and basics of execution timing.
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Emden
von Muller
Sydney
Cocos Island
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
Red Sea
Germany
Damascus
Turkey
European Statesmen Wake to Folly of Restricting Trade
M E Tracy argues European nations now seek economic union and freer trade, noting America’s tariff and League of Nations stance, and warns against parochial attitudes. He cites Briand’s proposal as a federation idea resembling Monroe doctrine, urging openness and cooperation amid changing times.
Treaty Ends War with Mexico and Sells Western Lands
In 1848 a peace treaty ceded Upper California and New Mexico to the United States for 15 million dollars. The Rio Grande became Texas western boundary and the Gila River the Mexican northern boundary. The cession also included Utah Nevada and parts of Arizona Colorado and Wyoming forming a gulf to Pacific belt over 850 miles wide.
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United States
Mexico
Texas
Upper California
New Mexico
Rio Grande
Gila River
Utah
Nevada
Arizona
Colorado
Wyoming
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific
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United Press
Scripps-Howard News Alliance
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South
Lee
United States Department of Justice
Harry Lauder
Resh
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Roosevelt
Brownsville
Science
David Dietz
Daily Thought
Daily Health Service
Morris Fishbein
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Heywood Brown
America
Ireland
Dublin
Margaret Sanger
Aldous Huxley
Claude McKay
Harlem
Free State
Emerald Isle
Palace Theater
Singer
Motor Cab Transportation System
the Times
Richard Arlen
Paramount Studios
Marathon Street
Hollywood
Cal
M. E. Tracy
United States of America
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M. Briand
League of Nations
Behind the Times
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Berlin
U. S.-Mexico Treaty
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