01 Mar 1935
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Ironwood Times
Location
Ironwood, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1935
Page
1
Commentary questions whether juries will be judged for intelligence prejudice or jurisdiction and whether lawyers could test jurors in entertainment tasks. The piece muses on jury selection as a theater and compares juries to prodigies of parenthood or a gangster’s family in Detroit.
The Supreme Court upholds Congress and the President in outlawing gold as money and invalidating gold clauses. The report links the decision to constitutional fidelity and broader public reassurance. It also touches on a vivid wartime atrocity in Hitler's regime and a germ warfare warning, plus notes on absolute zero research and early gland transplant ideas.
A column notes Henry Ford’s stance on large losses as mere distribution, contrasts New Jersey prison executions allowing bereaved relatives to witness killers, and predicts Colonel Lindbergh will decline a death-penalty invitation for Hauptmann. James A. Moffett says the nation isn’t aware of its improving mood.
The long stalled work relief bill battles in the Senate over wage standards. The President favors a lower wage to deter private workers, while many senators demand a prevailing wage. The American Federation of Labor backs the prevailing wage clause, and the Times sides with the President on wage terms but questions the overall massive spending. If the Senate attaches prevailing wage, the President vows a veto.
The report details hard times for Governor Fitzgerald s plan as Mr Wallace uses drastic methods such as killing pigs burying crops and paying farmers to reduce output to drive up prices. The piece notes the rising costs of staples and identifies a major obstacle to the governor s program.
The piece argues that the state must raise its regular budget by about one and a half million dollars to cover prisons and homes for the feeble minded due to surging food and supply prices. It blames increased costs on Wallace plans and notes widespread public concern about economy. Governor Fitzgerald faces a tough task to cut spending under current conditions while residents contend with higher living costs and stagnant incomes.
The piece questions the fate of Guy Tugwell, longtime chief advisor now fading from the scene yet still assistant secretary of agriculture. Rumors of dismissal circulated in Washington, but after a White House visit he announced he would remain in his post, suggesting more instability for him ahead.
The Marquette Mining Journal notes that a relief commission report signals tough conditions for the Upper Peninsula with about one sixth of residents needing public work. It sees national recovery on the horizon but warns exploration costs rise as mining depletes copper and iron fields. A revived project envisions a Lake Superior to Lake Michigan ship canal, while statehood or division remains debated. critics doubt practicality and cost, favoring broader public works and a Mackinac Strait bridge plan instead.
Officials at all levels, including supervisors, township boards, commissioners, aldermen and trustees, are urged to take the slack in public finances seriously. The situation may not be as grave as it seems but warrants careful scrutiny of all finance related matters.
The Chicago Journal of Commerce questions how Hitler can demand unbreakable fidelity while continuing bloody purges. It notes executions and beheadings of elites for alleged espionage and warns such brutality may erode the dictator's power and Fealty.
Brief column notes shifting public policy debates. It cites Barnum like wit on social systems, referencing technocracy years past and the Townsend pension proposal as the latest topic in a continuing sequence of reform ideas.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.