Treasury Official Advocates Tax Reallocation Plan
Washington notes Undersecretary John W. Hanes urged a general tax reallocation to fund government debt and new needs. He favored private hearing over public scrutiny, warned of hidden taxes, and suggested a broad sales tax as fairer revenue while cautioning about political risk ahead of elections.
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Washington
America
Americans
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John W. Hanes
Morgenthau
Hanes
Treasury
House of Representatives
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Representative Cooper
Tennessee
Mr. Hanes
Public Administration Clearing House
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
New York
Day-Dreaming In Mild Form Not Injurious
Physicians note day dreaming in children ranges from normal to warning. Mild cases show alone time and preoccupation while the bright child vaunts tasks. stronger forms may signal early mental illness with possible hearing or vision issues or infection affecting health. Early treatment yields good results.
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H. R. Brillinger
Hamilton
Canadian Medical Association Journal
Brillinger
Sees Hope for Man of Future
Cleveland scientist Dr. Montague Cobb argues humans may gain bigger brains and save teeth as evolution progresses. He notes the tarsier’s tree dwelling past shaped jaws and skulls, and explains trapeze artists illustrate the brain-face skull split that strengthens jaws for daring feats.
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Cleveland
Montague Cobb
Cobb
Harvard
Hamann Museum
Blood Pressure Scare Or Not Says Hopkins Doctor
A physician recounts that scaring patients to rest can aid recovery in pneumonia and high blood pressure cases. Dr Henry M Thomas Jr of Johns Hopkins notes some need reassurance with clear numbers and optimistic explanations to reduce anxiety about readings.
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Henry M. Thomas Jr
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
North America
Western Newspaper Union
New England Man Builds Tiny Farm in Spare Time
Huston Dodge spent two years crafting a miniature New England farm house in spare time at Wentworth Institute. The model features authentic seventeenth and early eighteenth century furniture, pine construction, working doors and windows, a fireplace in each room, braided rugs, a tiny loom, and a complete farm with barn chicken houses and a well sweep.
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Boston
Huston Dodge
New England
Dodge
Wentworth Institute
Language Origin Pictures as Action Chains
Written languages likely began as pictorial records of actions. Early symbols depicted motion and events, evolving into more abstract scripts through practical use and cultural transmission.
Church Theater Gains Popularity in Estill Community
In Estill South Carolina a church theater arrangement uses the town’s air conditioned venue for regular services. Attendance has revived after heat discomfort, benefiting both the united churches and the theater in a village noted for its rare cool gathering place.
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Estill
S. C
South Carolina
United Churches
United States
Age of Man Traced to Two Million Years Ago
London report on James Reid Moir delivering the Huxley Memorial lecture for 1939. Moir states man existed about two million years ago in the Miocene era and cites Auriliac finds in central France as the oldest evidence of intelligence, noting stone implements and engravings on horn and bone likely not made by apes.
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London
James Reid Moir
Huxley
Auriliac
France
Pot and Pan Holders That Hang in a Row
A green and white kitchen inspires a quilt pattern style pot holder project. Readers are guided through eight-pointed star piecing, padding, and quilting steps with a white backing. The note promotes Sewing Book No 3, priced at 10 cents, mailed to Mrs. Spears in Chicago.
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Spears
S. Desplaines St
Chicago
Early Railed Tickets Asked Passenger Details
In the early days the Liverpool and Manchester line required ticket applicants to provide name, address, trip purpose, and, unusually, age occupation and birthplace. A Westphalian scene shows Christ and disciples dining on Westphalian ham beer and kuemmel in a stained glass window. Soil erosion has created a vast desert area over 25 years.
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Soest
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Germany
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