Criticism Sparks Debate Over Sound Money Policy
Former Governor Smith attacks sound money while Senators Borah Norris and Fess weigh baloney in the debate. Tremaine defends his remarks and others warn of consequences. The piece argues vigorous public discussion can aid prosperity beyond code signing and idle support.
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Smith
Borah
Norris
Tremaine
New York
Mr. Smith
Thomas
Professor Moley
Frank Tichenor
The
Outlook
William E. Sweet
Colorado
NRA
National
Wall Street
Fess
Savings Bank Deposits Fall Yet Vast Reserves Remain
Bulwark notes deposits in banks and trust companies drop 118 percent from 1932 and 24.8 percent under the 1930 high, yet total deposits stand at 21.424 billion dollars. Postal savings, insurance policies, and household hoards show Americans still hold vast funds despite unemployment and tax burdens.
Non-Interference In Cuba Policy Speech Notes
A discussion of U S stance toward Cuba describes Cuba as hostile until stable governance returns. It notes recall of the U S ambassador and the shift to an unofficial observer, critiquing Grau leaders and urging prosperity as key to improved relations.
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Cuba
United States
Havana
Grau
Welles
Washington
Transfer of Property and Patient Care Question
A terse legal note questions validity of property transfers dependent on rightful possession and frames a humane option to direct savings from flower costs toward a patient's hospital bill. The piece juxtaposes legal certainty with ethical care decisions.
Uncommon Sense by John Blake on Fighting for Rights
John Blake argues pacifism fails. the piece urges self reliance and personal battle with self. He champions speaking up to powerful figures, maintaining self respect, and enduring through lifelong struggles, noting education heightens need to fight for rights.
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Uncommon Sense
John Blake
The Inevitable Loss of Handmade Goods in Modern Shopping
A speaker contrasts heirloom items crafted by hand with today’s fast produced goods. Old chairs and tables were enduring while present purchases seem short lived. The poem laments carefree modern consumption and the fading value of handmade beauty.
Black humor tale of barber and worm in street dialogue
The passage follows Mose and Pete trading slang about a barber, a worm, and revenge. Mose warns that after a worm is cut in two places it will retreat to its hole, a metaphor for payback. The dialogue uses playful dialect and regional speech.
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Pete
Humorous Exchange Cited In Margaret Jiggs Cartoon
A joke line features Mrs Jiggs asking does the furnace smoke or not and Mrs Jiggs replies that it is her husband who smokes. The quip reflects light domestic humor popular in the era.
Noiseless Tenor in The Scarlet Letter Meaning
The phrase describes a quiet, steady, unruffled course of conduct. It implies maintaining a calm, unobtrusive pace and demeanor without drawing attention or causing disturbance.
Jinks and Binks Exchange Lighthearted Line
Jinks declares his preferred knocker as opportunity, eliciting a playful query from Binks about the identity. The exchange captures a witty moment between the two characters.
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Jinks
Binks
Ice Breaker Sparks Room Charge in 1933 Scene
A comic exchange shows a guest breaking ice in a room and a clerk warning of a charge for any damage. The vignette captures a humorous era detail from 1933 with a focus on service and room policy.
Boners and Epigrams From a School Page
A collection of humorous student lines and teacher notes including a misfired bow to a tree, playful definitions, a rhetorical question with no answer, and a Japanese pupil signing Yours truly. Vergel is noted as a church cleaner and an epitaph defined as a short sarcastic poem.
1934 Cotton Acreage Control Plan Nearing Announcement
Agricultural Adjustment Administration to announce plans for the 1934 cotton acreage program. Farmers should reduce their average past cotton acreage by about 40 percent to determine 1934 plantings. The plan targets 25 million acres with rental payments up to 18 dollars per acre and a parity payment of at least one cent per pound.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
E. R. Strahan
Washington
Adjustment Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Ickes Converts Hospital Room Into Busy Office
Washington December 13 Secretary Ickes in Naval hospital after a fractured rib has moved his quarters into a compact office. Tables and chairs sag with books and papers as his telephone calls in assistants for Interior Department public works and several other roles. He leads multiple agencies and advisory councils established by the president amid a longer convalescence.
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Washington
The
Naval Hospital
Ickes
Interior Department
Federal Housing Corporation
Subsistence Homesteads Organization
Horn and Wolfe Married at Tallulah Parsonage
J. O. Horn of Tallulah and Miss Burdeane Wolfe of Mississippi were married at the Methodist parsonage in Tallulah on Sunday afternoon with Rev. Karlos Smith officiating.
War Drive for Overseas Soldiers Is Stopped
The 15 year old drive for YMCA overseas service recruitment has been called off. W L Ethridge reports a telegram from A K Jones canceling all recalls and conferences. May Jr and John Wooten recover from illnesses. W B Gladney returns from Camp Martin and resumes as assistant cashier at Citizens National Bank.
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W. L. Ethridge
A. K. Jones
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Monroe
New York
W. B. Gladney
Camp Martin
Citizen's National Bank
German Church Aryan Paragraph Substituted
Berlin reports a new church law lifting the Aryan Paragraph from church office eligibility while not mentioning Aryan or non Aryan status. It requires pastors and officials to have proper training and to obey church and state authorities. A court of arbitration is created to settle political disputes affecting church officers.
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Berlin
Factions Seek Agreement in Southern Pacific Labor Case
In Houston Texas the Southern Pacific labor dispute stalls as Frank Douglass, head of Roosevelt's commission, convenes an executive session to weigh four disputed proposals. The issues center on road crews performing switching at Fort Worth and Victoria, with union officials arguing it costs yardmen jobs.
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Houston, Tex
Southern Pacific
Frank Douglass
Roosevelt
Fort Worth
Victoria
Douglass
Brotherhood
Inquiry Launched In Train Mishap At Hot Springs
In Hot Springs North Carolina an inquiry was started into the derailment of the Southern Railway Carolina Special near the city last night. Engineer H Arthur Houchins of Nexville Tennessee was killed and nine others were injured including Fireman Fred Herricon and James E McCullough. The train carried about 49 or 50 passengers as it ran behind schedule.
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Hot Springs
N. C
Southern Railway
Carolina
H. Arthur Houchins
Nexville
Tenn
Fred Herricon
Knoxville
James E. McCullough
Colesville
Field Endowment
Vanderbilt University
Newport
Harrison
McCullough
W. H. Farmer
A. H. Miller
Arthur Frye
Herbert C. Wilson
Crossville
John B. McGee
Newton
Mildred Webber
Portland
Ore
Real Estate Transfers In Ouachita Parish
Yesterday the Ouachita parish clerk recorded transfers. Frank Rawls of West Carroll parish sold to Luther Rawls and Monroe Rawls of Ouachita parish a 49 acre tract described as the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter in section 36 township 18 north range 2 east for 400 dollars. Louis Wernek Svnill company of St. Louis sold to E P Mathis a 70 acre land area in the southeast quarter of section 21 township 12 north range 2 east with all minerals and mineral rights except oil gas coal gravel and other minerals and rights of entry ingress and egress for mineral development. price 700 dollars.
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Ouacita Parish
Frank Rawls
West Carroll Parish
Luther Rawls
Monroe Rawls
Ouachita Parish
Louis Werner S Vnill Company
St. Louis
E. P. Mathis
Conciliation Efforts Resume in Pan American Refinery Strike
Joseph S. Myers of the National Labor Board presides over further conciliatory talks as welders and boiler makers strike at the Pan-American Oil Refinery in Texas City. Company officials deny any dispute and say they comply with NRA hours and wages while refinery work restarts after a two day shutdown. The article also notes the odd inclusion that a cubic foot of sugar weighs 100 pounds.
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Texas City
Tex
Joseph S. Myers
National Labor Board
Pan-American
NRA
Radio Program Schedule Snapshot for Wednesday Evening
NBC WEAF and affiliated networks list 6:45 p m to 12:30 a m programs across regions East Central Midwest Dixie and Mountain with classical, variety, and comedy shows including Burns and Allen George Hall Orchestra and Amos n Andy among others. Local slots include Lum and Abner, Jack Armstrong and The Westminster Choir with numerous regional repetitions and time shifts.
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Nbc-Weaf
Music Box
Wade
George Hall
Orchestra
Myrt & Marge
Louis Panico
Midwest
Just Plain
Bill
Travers Orch
Lxie
Smith Orches
Texas Rangers
East
McCarthy Girls
Buck Rogers
Midwept
Dixie
Boake Carter
Basic
West
The
Happy Bakers
Edwin C. Hill
Singers—Dixie
Albert Spalding
A'S West
Stokowski Orchestra
Alexander Woollcott
Burns and Allen
CBS
Mark Warnow
Myrt
Marge—west
Ozzie Nelson
Ddie Duchin
Littie J. Littie
Wabe
Weaf
Wiw
Weel
Wiic “Ee
Wtag
Wesh
Wifi
Wlit
Wibr
Wey
Weae
Wtam
Wwj
Wsal
Mid
Ked
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Weil
Wdaf
Wkbf
Northwest
Canadian
Wimj
Wiba
Webe
Wday
Kfyrecret
Cfef
SOUTH
Wrva
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Wwne
Wis
Wjax
Wfla
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Wiod
Wsm
Wme
Wsb
Wap
Wjdx
Wsmb
Kwoo
Wky
Wfaa
Wbap
Kpre Woal
Ktbs
Kths
Wsoc
Mountain
Koa
Kdy
Kghr
Kghi
Pacific Coast
Kgo
Kfi
Kgw
Komo
Khq
Kfsd
Ktar
Kgu
Cent
Tom Mix
Ksd
Jan Peerce
C Toc
Shirley Howard
Billy Bachelor
Lum
Abner
Meyer Davis
King’s Jesters
Don Bester
Ralph Kirbery
Carlos Molina
Harry Sosnick
Wabe Wade
Weao
Waab
Whac
Wer
Wkbw
Wkre
Whk
Ckiw
Wdee Weal
Wip
Wjas
Wean
Wihl
Wisv
Wbbm
Wibm
Kmbe
Cmox
Wowo
Canada
Wyg
Whp
Wibw
Xhec
Wibz
Wfea
Wore
Whce
Cfrb
Chac
Dixie — West
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Whre
Waam
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Xira
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Wt80
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Woco
Waht
Kvor
SOAST
Ichj Koin
Kgb
Kfre
Kol
Kfpy
Kvl
Ifbk
Kmi
Kwg Kern
Kdb Kgmb
Jack Armstrong
Cowboy Tom
Siit
Skippy
Exeter
Bobby Benson
Erst
Pete
Weat
Vera van
Eat
Kdka
Wear
Wjr
Miawest
Weky
Kyw
Kwk
Kwer
Koil Wren Winar Kso
Kof
Northwest & Canadian
Wimg
Kstp
Kfyr
Erdt
Wwe
Wila
Wme Web
Wapl
Ktar Cent
Singing Lady
Annie East
Westminster Choir
Irene Geassey
Lady
Wew
Lowell Thomas
Orphan Annie
Ameos
Andy-east
Gema
Melody
Orches
Red Davis
Mountain Music
Amos 'N
Andy
Poet Prince
Enric Madriguera
Cab Calloway
Henry King & Orchestra
Thrift and Society Notes From The Busy Season
In New York highlights the old thrift habit as stamps redeem for cash arrive from Mrs. Calvin Coolidge. Feminist sparks include Ernestine Evans from London and a protest mass meeting led by Minister Bryan. Social events feature game hunting parties with glittering guests and remarks on publishing refusals by relatives.
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Denmark
Ruth Bryan Owen
Ernestine Evans
London
Bryan
Ben Smitha
Biarritz
Helen Menken
Henry Templeton Smith
Helen
Bert Lytell
Blanche Yurka
John Andersons
Natalie Hays Hammond
Stuart Walker
Baron Wrangle
Hollywood Close-Ups: wigs redefine stars and Jackie Coogan plans
NEA writer Dan Thomas notes hair changes altering Kay Francis Connie Bennett and Clark Gable. Connie to debut as a brunet in Moulin Rouge while Jackie Coogan signs to shoot 12 two reel comedies at Hollywood studios with weekend filming while he attends Santa Clara University.
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Hollywood
Dan Thomas
NEA
Kay Francis
Clark Gable
Constance Bennett
Connie
Brunet
Jackie Coogan
the Kid
Santa Clara University
Jackie
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Tom
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NBC
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