Advertising posters and political boards meet critique
A reader argues home porch posters are a nuisance and ineffective compared to newspaper ads, calling handbills outdated and harmful to goodwill. The piece also notes recent Supreme Court and Missouri actions on appointing powers, praising bipartisan boards and lamenting minority voices being pushed out.
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Supreme Court
Missouri
United State Supreme Court
Federal Trade Commission
Legal Labyrinths and Fleeting Fame of Greats
A Port Huron longshoreman case highlights how legal language twists simple injuries into jurisdiction questions under different acts. The piece also notes Cy Young’s era defining pitching and how barnstorming with peers fails to recapture past fame.
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Robin Hood
Port Huron
Mich
Steamship Line
Michigan
Dizzy Dean
Babe Ruth
Cy” Young
Murder Through the Years in War's Shadow
Children playing near Vilna Poland found an old World War shell and were killed when it exploded. The writer notes Europe’s battlefields littered with high explosives and warns of the grim prospect of another war. The piece laments cruelty and urges reflection on nations preparing for conflict.
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Vilna
Poland
Europe
Investment in Ambition Amid Welfare Reform Debate
An opinion piece argues welfare officials misstep by denying aid to families while promoting self improvement. It cites a case where an eight member family lost support when a son earned enough to prevent starvation, leaving the lone worker overburdened. The writer calls for elastic rules and targeted aid to foster education and future independence. It also touches on Roosevelt era policy shifts and Arkansas concerns over Ozark hog plates.
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Relief and Charity
What Others Say For Aid The River
A compilation of opinions and quotes from officials and public figures urging federal state cooperation on a Jefferson City river valley project. It highlights proposed dikes, elevated highways, and industrial growth, plus notable remarks from Earl L. Biechel and various leaders.
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Post-Tribune
Washington
Missouri
Middle West
Jefferson City
Capitol
Earl L. Biechel
Citizens’ Committee of
Lowden urges defense of constitution against high places
Former Illinois governor Frank O Lowden told a Springfield gathering that defending the constitution is the supreme issue of the hour and urged Democrats and others to rally around the Republican banner. He warned that amendment moves threaten state and individual rights and warned against fascist or proletariat dictatorship.
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Springfield
Frank O. Lowden
New Deal
Lowen
Lowden
Ilinois
Republican Party
Supreme Cout
Schechter
NRA
Supreme Court
Senate
Lenden
Roosevelt
National Recovery Administration
North Dakota
Huey P. Long
Hoover
Coolidge
Ferees
United States
Marccy
Siaet
New GEC Enrollments Begin June 18
Washington reports the civilian conservation corps will expand to 600,000 with 328,570 new enrollees starting June 15. Of these, 247,000 are additions, 81,570 replacements, and 29,764 veterans will be selected by the Veterans Administration. State quotas include Arkansas 5,784, Iowa 2,775, Kansas 4,740, Missouri 10,414, Nebraska 2,088, Oklahoma 9,522.
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Washington
Civilian Conservation Corps
Robert Fevimer
Roosevelt
CCC
Department of Labor
Veterans Administration
Arkansas
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Cost of State Government to Rise 29 Percent This Biennium
The Missouri House appropriations committee, led by Rep. John D. Faylor, reports state revenues will rise about 29 percent this biennium over 1933-34. General revenue earmarked at 48.9 million, up 77 percent, aided by a 1 percent sales tax and higher appropriations for unemployment relief and pensions. Public schools to receive about 16 million. sales tax expected to raise 20.2 million.
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Missouri
House Appropriations Committee
John D.faylor
Chariton County
State Budget Department
Governor Park
General Revenue Fund
58Th General Assembly
Taylor
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Behind the Scenes in Washington
June 10. President Roosevelt faced a choice after a Supreme Court decision and public apathy about the NRA. He planned to abandon the old code and pursue a leaner plan, possibly returning to the court issue later. Advisers urged a new recovery act to narrowly fit interstate commerce limits.
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Washington
Roosevelt
NRA
U. S. Supreme Court
New Deal
Supreme Court
Hugh Johnson
Donald Richberg
Schechter
Riecberg, Johnson
Blackwell Smith
NRAA
Hirth Attacks Endangers Pendergast Rural Power
William Hirth of the Missouri Farmers Association launches a bold challenge to the Pendergast machine during a tense political moment. He denounces the regime and calls for new leadership while signaling potential impact on Missouri Democrats and rural supporters ahead of key state events.
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United Press
William Hirth
Missouri Farmers Association
Pendergast
Tom J. Pendergast
58Th General Assembly
Missouri Young Democrats
Excelsior Springs
James Roosevelt
Missouri
Springfield
Ill
Hirth
Population decline at state prison reported in 1930 34 biennium
The 1930 34 biennium Prison Board report shows inmate numbers fell from a 4 758 peak on June 4 1933 to 4581. Operating costs rose sharply with a 175 percent increase for commodities. Per capita cost to maintain each inmate stood at 407 18, while 36 percent of costs were offset by earnings from prison industries. The Hawes Cooper Act and drought last summer were cited as cost drivers.
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State Prison Board
Hawes- Cooper
Methodist minister dies of heart attack in Missouri
The Rev. Henry P. Crowe, 74, presiding elder of the Bluff Cape Girardeau and Farmington districts for 32 years, died of a heart attack yesterday in Bloomfield Missouri. He Entered the ministry in 1889 in Mississippi and came to Missouri in 1903.
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