Alaska colonists take up fortyacre farms near Palmer
Alaska colonists from Wisconsin and Michigan reach Palmer to farm forty acre tracts aided by government funds. Families draw land slips, set up temporary camps, and plan homes roads school and creamery. Each family receives equipment credit and a cow by fall as they begin clearing and building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ting
Alaska
Ox Hundred
Ashty-nix
Michigan
Wisconsin
Palmer
Wales
Ihrential Feom Palmer
Alss
Pew
Dardanelles Campaign Recalled In New Fortifications
A piece reflects on the 1915 Dardanelles campaign highlighting missed British and French naval opportunities and the 24 hour delay by a British division at Suva Bay. It notes how mines, exhausted ammunition, and delayed attack altered history and now discusses new fortifications amid ghostly memories of thousands who died there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dhoghits
Toresterk
Turkey
Miller
Dardanelles
France
Maylene
Hla
Suva Bay
Slim
Russia
America
A Choice Between Scouts and Hoodlums in Chicago
A Chicago celebration of the 23rd anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America featured a speaker contrasting Scouting with delinquency. He cited costs of maintaining a Scout versus apprehending a juvenile delinquent and framed Scouting as a key antidote to crime, praising its role in forming future citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merican Society
Chicago
Boy Scouts of America
Blow At Crooked Politics In City Planning Debate
ITV experts meet in Cincinnati to discuss urban life problems as Frederic A. Delano of the National Resources board argues city planning can curb political corruption by breaking up concentrated blocs. He warns public indifference and self interest shape local government outcomes. The rest catalogs various humorous or topical items including Einstein, travel do's, bond selling, Babe Didrickson, a possible female pitcher, and a California child who swallowed a campaign button.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ITV
Cincinnati
Frederic A. Delano
National Resources Board
Mr. Delano
President on Bonus Veto Echoes in New Deal Clash
The Chicago Tribune notes the president’s veto of the Veterans' bonus bill, calling his message a sharp but hollow appeal. It argues the veto reveals tensions between public finance principles and New Deal policies, while a Senate minority supports the veto and the broader program continues amid broader political contention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Congress
Mr. Morgenthau
TVA
Senate
New York Day By Day: A Window On Town Figures
A breezy diary style tour through New York social and cultural life. The writer visits prominent figures and venues including Lucy Virginia Long in Bronxville, Roy Howard’s Madison Avenue mansion, and Colby’s with Mayor La Guardia. Notables such as Joe Santley, Fred Allen, and Paul Whiteman appear along with Broadway and Hollywood connections, underscoring a vibrant 1930s city scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Peter Arno
John Hays Hammond
Faith Baldwin
Helen Dreiser
Arthur Samuels
Bertha Bell
Lucy Virginia Long
Bronxville
Roy Howard
Madison
Cincinnati
Madge
Bob Davis
Bob
49Th Street
Valentine Williams
Colblentzes
la Guardia
Bainbridge Colbys
Florence Kahn
Bagatelles
Arthur Caesar
Hollywood
Brooklyn Bridge
Rex Beach
William Gaxton
Bill Seeman
Jack Dempsey
Central Park West
Hollywood Studios
Arthur Somers Roche
Paul Whiteman
Federal takeover of entire food business under new bills
Washington faces a push in Congress to place every phase of the food chain from production to retail under federal control. The plan, backed by the administration, would require licenses for farmers processors and retailers, with heavy penalties for noncompliance. Critics say the measures exceed constitutional authority and threaten free enterprise, affecting a $21 billion yearly sector and millions of workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Roosevalt
Wallace
Tugwell
Ingh
NRA
Anc
Secretary of Agriculture
Agricultural Department
House As Representatives
Department of Agriculture
House Committee
AAA
Supreme Court of the United States
White House
Capitol Hill
Coanstight
Petsy Vase leads La Crosse Bois in batting average
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY Petsy Vase, catcher and outfielder for the La Crosse Boi ws, tops this year’s batting averages with a remarkable 1000 percent. Also noted are community notes on Russel Wartinbee visiting Clintonville, Leir High School banquet, post office heating plant specs, trout hatchery disposal, and several local business and voyage items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petsy" Vase
la Crosse Boi Ws
Russel Wartinbee
Clintonville
Wis
Lc” Club
Leir
Nigt 2 High School
Uni
Mayor LaGuardia Opens War on Drunken Driving
A quotation notes internal combustion and consumption clash while urging tighter lines in the war on drunken drivers. The speech references government ism and calls out focus on adults rather than children, reflecting early state senate discussion and patriotism sentiments involving J. E. Cashman in Wisconsin.
I Cant Give My Baby Up Doctor Teran't Story
Aileen, a penniless young mother with a fifteen month old, fights to keep her baby Dorothy as she endures harsh work and unreliable nurses. After a near tragedy from a nurse’s neglect, a kind doctor and adoptive couple intervene, offering to adopt both mother and child, changing their desperate future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teran
Aileen
Doctor Jenkins
Dorothy
Curtis
Mrs. Jones
Jenkins
Mars
Blages
Anser
Methlare
Art Gift of $200,000 to Museum of Modern Art
The major part of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s personal art collection, valued around $200,000, has been donated to the Museum of Modern Art, a founder's institution. The museum accepts 18 paintings, drawings, and watercolors by 71 American and foreign artists, reflecting nearly a decade of Mrs. Rockefeller's modern art collecting, with Americans predominating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Valuce
Museum of Modern Art
Bre. Rockefeller
Museum
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Einstein
Philadelphia
Napoleon
Babe Didrickson
The
House of David
Waverley
Mass
California
Goth
Luke
By Williams
McIntyre
Fifth Avenue
Lower East Side
Joe Santley
Ivy Sawyer
Fred Allen
Percy Crosby
Percy Grainger
Benny Leonard
King Berlin
Mario Chamlee
Mary Deane
Racm
Marty Margeret McBride
Paris
Missouri
Evening Mail
Europe
London
Washington Irving
McNaught Syndicate
Lawrence Comument
David Lawryace
Richard Ray
Russel Jamies
Portland
Ore
Ludwig Bangsberg
Peter Masterson
Masterson
Thor Herman
Bangsberg Place
George -Street
Tran, Merrill, Grakeman
Lad
Sena
J. E. Cashman
Wiscons
Sirree
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Minn
Grace Edwards
Canandaigua
Rackelman
Pearl Street
Tribune's Evening Story
By Maude M. Welch
South Side
Ndy
West Ave
West Avenue
Adams
Campfields
Main Street
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