Confessions of an idle life and a message on leadership
The author reflects on self management to boost mind and body efficiency and recounts a Santa Fe story where Irish laborers press for higher wages. He notes respect for powerful leaders, critiques public indignation, cites H G Wells on intolerance, questions arts funding, and warns against overreliance on women while acknowledging human folly and mixed admiration for others.
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F. C. Fox
Santa Fe
Morniss
impeachment move against Judge Woodward sparks national debate
Fifteen members of the House Judiciary Committee vote for impeachment of Federal Judge Charles E. Woodward of Chicago on flagrantly nepotistic appoint ments to lucrative bankruptcy and equity roles. The panel’s partisan split, with most Democrats for and most Republicans against, signals a possible precedent in impeachment trials as the nation also faces labor unrest in Minneapolis and Toledo and a heated policy dispute over the NRA and Darrow’s critique.
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House
Woodward
Chicago
Ifteen
House Committee On Judiciary
Charles E. Woodward
Senate
Washington
Loucks, Eckert & Peterson
Harold
Ashurst
Arizona
ABOR
Minneapolis
Toledo
Ohio
Regional Labor Board
Labor Board
Olson
National Guard
Francis H. Shoemaker
Electric Auto-Lite Company
Charles P. Taft
National Labor Board
NSA
Senate Filibuster Rumors Prompt Long Session Plan
Majority Leader Ca Robinson warned of a possible filibuster to block the tariff bargaining bill and said the senate would extend daily sessions from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. or even 4 a.m. if needed. The House sent back the administration industry loan bill after two days of work. The Senate approved RFC loan and reserve limits, but the House added higher figures, with conference to resolve the differences.
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Ca Robinson
Senate
House
Feders
Hurley Defends Self at Senate Inquiry Over Patronage Plot Claims
Former Secretary of War Hurley angrily demanded a full examination of charges of a Republican patronage plot at his Virginia home. Dalrymple accused of fabricating the claims while reading letters from Broom and Shannon. Hurley questioned the Justice Department's motives. Chicago’s Century of Progress reopens with a major military parade and updates to exhibits, new foreign villages, expanded science and industry displays, and a redecorated Midway.
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Pat Hurley
Senate Civil Service Committee
Virginia
Department of Justice
A. V. Dalrymple
Dalrymple
C. W. Broom
Lee Shannon
Justice Department
Hurley
Hicago
Chicago
Detroit
Roosevelt backs conditional silver bill in congress
President Roosevelt told Congress the type of silver bill he would accept and Senator Key Pittman introduced the compromise. Some silver bloc members oppose it though most silver state senators appear ready to pass it. Defeat could trigger a lengthy fight or no bill at all. The measure leaves to the President the power to integrate silver into the monetary system and stabilize its price.
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Larence Darrow
NRA
Roosevelt
Chicago
Dyers
Johnson
Donald R. Richberg
Darrow
Gerald P. Nye
North Dakota
Senate
Congress
Organized Labor
Darrow Board
William O. Thompson
Lowell Mason
Mason
Insul
General Johnson
Mount Vernon
Boris
Kimon Gueroguieff
Sofia
Italy
Mussolini
Chaco
League of Nations Council
Geneva
Two Nations
Council
State Department
Washington
Peru
Chile
Brazil
Argentina
Gran Chaco
Finot
Bolivia
Paraguay
Rio de Janeiro
Colombia
Leticia
South America
Mr. Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Borah
Lincoln
Senator Borah
Ding” Hus Dent Roosevelt
J. N. Darling
Mr. Darling
Department of Agriculture
Darling
Ickes
Department of the Interior
Wallace
Egr
Key Pittman
Outrage Reported in Manchukuo Farm Villages Bombed
TF REPORTS from Peiping state Japanese forces bombed twenty Chinese farm villages in southeastern Manchukuo after farmers refused to surrender arms. One thousand killed and hundreds injured with homes destroyed. Tokyo may offer a bandit rebellion explanation.
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Peiping
Manchukuo
Tokyo
Chicago Stock Yards Fire Ranks Among City’s Worst
A Chicago blaze started at the Union Stock Yards and within hours swept eight blocks, leaping Halsted street and destroying shops and homes. One person died and about 1,100 were injured, many firefighters. live stock losses were limited by empty pens.
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Chicago
Union Stock Yards
Halsted Street
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The
Big Fellows
H. G. Wells
Bell Syndicate
Wwyn
U Servica
ED Howe
London
Mr. Wells
Schopenhauer
Edward W. Pickard
Western Newspaper Union
Philip la Follette
Milwaukee
Senator la Follette
C. E. Woodward
Sen. Robinson
Patrick J. Hurley
William
Bruckart
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