End of Greed Called for by Kansas Editor at Carnegie Tech
Kansas editor William Allen White urged 600 graduates at Carnegie Institute of Technology to end greed and democratize machines to give the common man a larger share in prosperity. He warned about railroad debt, excessive advertising, and the folly of radio and films, arguing morals must catch up with rapid mechanization to avoid widespread hardship.
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Wheat outlook in Italy improves after rainfall recovery
Rome June 13 AP rains in late May revived Italy’s drought hit wheat crop and eased fears of a severe shortfall. Government data showed some crop damage due to cold and drought was overcome while millers face rule to blend wheat with corn flour to stretch supplies.
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White House parley ends after cooperative sessions
President Roosevelt and congressional leaders concluded weekly White House meetings that surveyed the administration's legislative program. Since 1938, the sessions in the upstairs study included Vice President Garner and leaders Barkley Bankhead and Rayburn, with frank, candid exchanges guiding policy and likely resuming with the new Congress in January.
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Octogenarian spends fortune to memorialize own life
HIAWATHA Kans June 13 The 83 year old John Milburn Davis has sunk most of his 2000000 fortune into a granite memorial honoring his wife and himself. Figures of Davis and his wife sit beneath a pavilion as living statues depicting their marriage and loss. Davis, criticized for neglecting public needs, refuses to divert funds, saying the money is his and his memorial.
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Federal Payroll by New Deal 1000 Beavers to Be Put on Federal Payroll
Washington reports the New Deal plans to employ 1000 beavers on the federal payroll to build damns and provide 300000 dollars worth of range and conservation work in Idaho. Crews will construct check dams on small streams, with each beaver expected to contribute at least 300 dollars in dam building annually. The plan, echoing prior experiments, forecasts a rapid population-derived labor output and long term water reserves despite political tensions at the White House. Windemere is the largest lake in England.
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Missouri
School Head Warns Against Wreckers
Crono Maine June 13 AP President Robert G Sproul of the University of California warns that waning public confidence in major institutions fuels conditions akin to pre communist and Nazi eras. He cites both amateur and professional wreckers using false liberalism and alleges those rising above the masses owe their success to illegal methods or exploitation. Portuguese is the official language of Brazil.
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Robert G. Sproul
University of California
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University of Maine
Purple martins return to northern homes on similar dates
Purple martins migrate to Brazil for winter and return to northern areas at nearly the same times each year, showing a consistent seasonal pattern in their arrival dates.
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