Adventure Still Rides On Board River Showboat
A NEA Service travel piece recounts the river showboat era through anecdotes about Captain Reynolds and Captain Price, vivid river misadventures, feuds, audience quirks, and a late night fish feast with a local mayor, preserving the nostalgic tone of old showboats and river life.
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Captain Reynolds
Captain Price
Myrtle
Cooley and Therm's Wonderland
Mowntainer
Pete
Illinois
NEA Bernice
Racine
Calliopes
Strategy in Fight on Crime Promises Federal-State Local Training
The Tribune reports on federal state and local crime control plans led by Attorney General Homer S. Cummings. A training school for police, prison officials, and a federal crime-prevention bureau are proposed to coordinate efforts nationwide. Benefits include reduced crime, co operation, and funding sharing. Jefferson City prospects for improvements are noted.
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Jefferson City
the Tribune
Post
Puente Tribune Printing Company
Associated Peas
Associated Press
Jefersom City
Missouri
Fight ON Crime Society
Weyerhaeuser
Washington
Homer S. Cummings
Federal Bureau of Crime Prevention
Congress
Cummings
Uncle Sam
Democracy’s test at college commencements on democracy meaning
A reflective piece argues democracy’s meaning is unclear amid varied interpretations in American colleges. It defends liberal education that includes all political thought, warns against excluding ideas like the Communist Manifesto, and urges noon council meetings to save time. A brief final note mentions restaurant codes and a writer’s marriage.
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United States
Ambassadors emerge as New Deal by product in Washington
A column by Raymond Clapper in the Washington Post discusses governors appointing state ambassadors to Washington. The piece notes their growing numbers and power, and predicts most states will soon send such emissaries. Senators worry the trend could raise gubernatorial influence and party politics.
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Curley
John P. Brennan
Massachusetts
Washington
New Mexico
Raymond Clapper
Washington Post
Clapper
Roosevelt
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Hoover Promotes Nine Point Social Security Plan
Former President Herbert Hoover spoke at Stanford University outlining a nine point plan for social security aimed at lifting the nation from depression. He urged orderly liberty and individual initiative, warning against reliance on panaceas and stressing sanctity of contracts, stable currency, and legal government.
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Stanford University
Cal
Herbert Hoover
United States
Youth of America
Hoover
Behind the Scenes in Washington Fight Over Holding Company Bill
Washington era turmoil centers on the Dieterich amendment to the Wheeler Rayburn bill. Senate vote 45 to 44 against the amendment with 56 to 92 for the bill, shaping New Deal battles between Roosevelt administration and big business. Senators Dieterich and others shift positions to appease voters and lobbyists.
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Holdne Company
Congress
Rodney Dutcher
Post-Tribune
Washington
Power Trust
Senate
Dieterich
Roosevelt
Square
Ilinois
Sam Insutl
White House
Charles West
Coalision
Joe Tinmully
Woodrow Wilson
George Moses
New Hampshire
Emil Hurja
Democratic National
Byrd and Glass
Virginia
Chavez
New Mino
Bronson Cutting
Jimmy Byrnes
South Carolina
Radcliffe
Maryland
Neely
West Virginia
Walsh
Burke
Cool
George
Gerry
Hay- Moore Reynolds
Thomas
Oklahoma
B Finance
Ickes and Oligarchy in Wartime Politics
Secretary Ickes warns that wealth and power interests seek to impose a corporate oligarchy on American institutions. He rails against fascism of money and politics, while critics argue the New Deal era itself fuels concentrated influence. The piece jabs at Ewing Mitchell, Pendergast era politics, and policy debates shaping farm markets and labor during the period.
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Harry L. Ickes
Inter
America
Ickes
Mr. Webster
German British naval pact expected soon
London reports an imminent German British agreement on naval strength with a 35 percent ratio favoring Britain and a seven year program to prevent rapid ship building. Negotiations for an air strength treaty follow as the two powers outline a building plan and possible future disclosures to other nations. A 1919 patent granted to P W Ham is noted with witnesses C Pickles and J Herring.
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London
Germany
Great Britain
Britain
United States
Japan
France
Italy
Change of venue sought for Nellie Muench kidnapping case
A high profile St. Louis kidnapping case faces a lengthy hearing on a motion for changing venue for Mrs. Nellie Tipton Muench. Judge Julius Nolte considers transfer to Franklin or St. Charles counties amid defense affidavits claiming bias in St. Louis. Prosecutor Anderson will oppose the motion as 80 potential witnesses are cited.
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ST. Louis
Julius R. Nolte
Nellie Tipton Muench
Ludwig ©. Muench
Isaac Dee Kelley
Dr. Kelley
Rosegrant
McDonald
Muench
St. Louis County
Franklin
St.Charles
C. Arthur Anderson
Trial Charged With Killing Wife at Keota
Gabriel Ricci a 37 year old coal miner stands trial in Macon county for beating his wife to death with a stove poker on March 9 at the Ricci home in Keota. Daughter Clara Ricci 21 says she witnessed the slaying and is among seven children.
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Macon
Gabriel Ricci
Ricci
Keota
Macon County
Clara Ricci
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Dixon Ryan
Fox
Union College
Spont Socin
Stanford
Ickes and Oligarchy
Ewing Y. Mitchell
Mitchell
Kansas City
Issouri
P. W. Ham
C. Pickles
J. Herring
Father Cummins
Brookfield
Father F. Cummins
Immaculate Conception
Aingering Mess
Maryville
Chillicothe
Carrollton
St Joseph
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