WPA Waste and Local Government in Queens and More
The piece critiques WPA spending amid New York politics, citing Queens Borough figures on duplicated departments and higher WPA salaries than civil service. It covers civic issues from rabies controls and police action to local conventions and potential new hotels, ending with jibes about public works and a court house cleanup.
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Union
New York
Tammany Hall
George A. Harvey
Queens
WPA
Harvey
Glass Seeks Quiet Washington to Improve City Life
Senator Glass of Virginia pushes for quieter city noise as a step to make Washington a better place to live. The effort reflects how many lawmakers spend most of their time here, blending home ties with national duties.
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Senator Glass
Virginia
Congress
Legislaor
Yap
Barly
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House
New York
Glass
Capital
Poisonous sprays in fruit and vegetable farming health risk
Dr Jayzo Galdston notes widespread use of toxic insecticides on produce. Arsenic and lead residues remain after spraying and binders, not removed by wiping. FDA seizures in 1935 show many apples and other shipments exceeded legal limits, calling for uniform state oversight to protect consumers.
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United States Food and Drug Administration
Walter S. Frisbie
American Journal of Public Health
Relief Abroad Question Raises WPA PWA Payments Abroad
New York relief officials verified reports that WPA and PWA wages are being sent to relatives in foreign countries. In some cases half of relief payments moved as a draft on Rome. Most abroad transfers traced to foreign born residents on relief in New York, with similar instances in other cities.
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U. 5
New York City
WPA
PWA
Rome
New York
Shenandoah
Iowa
National Review
Slogans and a headline clash in era humor
The excerpt catalogs political slogans attributed to Roosevelt Grover Taft and others with playful jab after brisk exchange. A bystander question about a car accident interrupts with a vivid image of a woman in a three piece tweed suit and canton crepe hat with artificial cherries.
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Roosevelt
Grover
Taft
Chicago News
Harper
Wichita
Kans
Eagle
Notable remark on law changes from Grover Cleveland 1885
The text quotes President Grover Cleveland urging justice in modifying laws that support growing industries. It threads in a dated Dime novel aside about women and marriage from an Atchison Globe snippet, contrasting old and new social ideas.
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Grover Cleveland
GOP Conclave Arises as Cleveland Preparations Begin
Washington June 1 AP Republicans head to Cleveland amid brisk activity from backers of likely nominees as the race enters its final stretch. Senator Vandenberg urged a joint Republican Democratic victory over a rising third party. Dickinson of Iowa faces a tough primary but is seen as likely to win Iowa's 22 delegates.
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Cleveland
Chicago
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Philadelphia
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Vandenberg
Michigan
H. W. Kaitenborn
Constitution
Supreme Court
America
Roosevelt
Dickinson
Iowa
Smith W. Brookhart
Infant strangled by sleeping bag in Kansas City visit
Justine Austin O'Malley, 12 month old daughter of Lieut and Mrs Joseph H O'Malley of Fort Des Moines Iowa, died yesterday when the neck piece of a sleeping bag wrapped around her throat as she rolled from a bed. The family were visiting Justine's grandparents Mr and Mrs Howard Austin. Mrs Straton Shartel, wife of a former Missouri attorney general, was an aunt.
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Kansas City
Justine Austin O'Malley
Joseph H. O'Malley
Fort Des Moines
Walther Seeks Republican Nomination for County Assessor
Louis L. Walther, longtime Cole County resident and scion of a prominent Republican family, announced his bid for county assessor on the Republican ticket. A former United Railways conductor, he has led the Osage City school board, served with the Federal Land Bank district, and been a St. John's Lutheran elder. He is 49, married with one child, and widely regarded as a substantial community figure whose supporters predict his nomination and election.
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Cole County
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Alganj
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History of Movies Filmed in South Pasadena
An educational film titled The March of the Movies shows the evolution of cinema from earliest Egyptian times to modern production. The maple contains a chronological overview of efforts to produce movies, with a focus on historical milestones.
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History of Movies
South Pasadena
Cal
Quiet Missouri campus awaits 94th graduation day
In Columbia the University of Missouri winds down as 744 seniors remain for the 94th commencement. Fraternity houses are near empty, jelly joints quiet, and seniors primp for parents while sorority girls seek makeup touchups and beer outlets brace for lighter business.
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University of Missouri
Les
Legion of the Campus
Boneside
Hey
State U
Manhunt ends as convict Wilfred Lindsley dies by own hand
Angola Louisiana June 1 UP The longest Louisiana manhunt ends with 23 year old escaped convict Wilfred Lindsley killing himself as a posse closes in. Lindsley had slain a rival sailor then killed Nelson J Himel to steal his car and flee, after slashing Cecile Himel's throat at the prison farm. Despite bloodhounds and troops, brutal weather hindered the search. three posse members were shot by fellow searchers, two died. Lindsley was cornered after using a hostage to test guards near a patrolled ell well, then fired to wound guard James Walker before fleeing into the Bully's vicinity and being trapped by the posse.
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Angola
Louisiana
Wilfred Lindsley
Lindsley
Cecile Himel
Nelson J. Himel
Money Land
Himel
William Wade
Tom Fluitt
James Hamilton
J. A. Walker
Hamilton
Walker
Switchman Killed in Kansas City Yard Accident
Claud A. Frank a 52 year old switch man for Kansas City Southern railroad was killed when he fell beneath a moving train in the yards here Sunday. He will be buried at Boonville tomorrow.
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Kansas City
Claud A. Frank
Film Star Custody Battle Nearing Settlement
Hollywood reports indicate the Freddie Bartholomew custody dispute may settle out of court after a conference of the Bartholomew family minus the 12 year old actor. Cecil Llewellyn Bartholomew, his father, urged a joint talk with wife Lillian Mae and sister Millicent Mary to end the controversy. The meeting, described as satisfactory by the parties’ attorneys, followed a postponement of the custody hearing by Judge Harry Archbold to allow the father to attend Proceedings. Louis Alter and Madeline Talcott announced plans to wed June 20 en route to Hawaii aboard an ocean liner. Katherine Locke, recently cast in a leading New York stage role, was ordered to report to work today in Hollywood after traveling from New York to receive lines and begin filming.
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Hollywood
Freddie Bartholomew
Bartholomew
Freddie
Cecil Llewellyn Bartholomew
Lillian Mae Bartholomew
Myllicent_ Mary Bartholomew
England
Harry Archbald
Wea
Louis Alter
Madeline Talcott
Philadelphia
Hawaii
Katherine Locke
New York
Gail
Grand Central
Merrywood Hall
Gail Everett Comes to New York for a Fashion Prize Start
Gail Everett, fresh from winning John B. Larne prize for costume design, visits a silk firm in New York seeking a start. She recalls her father’s death and past travels, faces distrust from peers, and the slow path to opportunity as she meets staff at the Larne offices and a confident newcomer, Derek Hargreaves, who recognizes her.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
E. 34Th Street
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Angels
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Larne
John S. Larne
Mr. Held
Derek Hargreaves
John Lane
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