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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1937
Page
2
World and U S tensions surge as Laredo Bru seeks settlement of Cuban debts to 1940 with U S creditors. Col. Batista dominates Cuban affairs while Roosevelt pushes federal action on labor and new protections.
The piece surveys Washington life during an inauguration year, contrasting political bustle at the Capitol, federal agency activity under the New Deal, and the social whirl at the White House. It notes politicians seeking fame, bureaucrats guarding jobs, reporters, staff, and a nonstop round of receptions and dinners marking the city’s distinctive normalcy.
The piece argues that the seventy fifth Congress begins under an atmosphere of seeking a lasting order after Roosevelt’s landslide victory. It highlights the central issue of government versus business, focusing on workers over forty five, social security, and a shift toward machine labor increasing productivity while reducing older employment. It notes shifts in employment composition from basic industries to services and professions over 20 years.
OM Berry resigns as South Dakota governor and Herbert Hitchock of Mitchell is appointed to fill the late Senator Norbeck's term. Hitchcock becomes Democratic senator and increases their Senate majority to 76 while Republicans hold 16. Born 1867 in Maquoketa Iowa, he studied at Anamosa Davenport and Chicago and moved to Mitchell in 1904 becoming state attorney and school board president.
Gov. R. L. Cochran declares politics out as the Nebraska unicameral legislature prepares to begin its session. He discourages party caucuses and says he will work with all members while pursuing new forms of taxation. The constitution prescribes a nonpartisan chamber and voters elected 22 Democrats and 21 Republicans.
Senator F Ryan Duffy of Wisconsin urged federal officials to allot 14 million dollars to aid Wisconsin farmers still needing help despite reports of improved farming finances. The appeal targets relief amid ongoing agricultural distress and government programs.
In Nanking Chiang Kai Shek and Marshal Chang are released after prisoner exchanges. Chiang warns his captor and promises influence for leniency. Soong Yi-sen may become premier, signaling a potential foreign policy shift amid Japan tensions. census shows 41,905,988 as of Aug 3 with 2,458,507 foreigners.
A survey of jazz history traces swing's rise in the 1920s, noting Armstrong's early fame in Chicago and later bands with Goldkette and Trumbauer. It links jazz popularity to the 1929 crash and a revival starting in winter 1935 with The Music Goes Round and Round, while questioning the meaning of jazz itself.
A historical portrait explains Edward Jenner’s discovery of cowpox vaccination and its impact. It contrasts Jenner’s success in preventing smallpox with Napoleonic wars and public resistance to vaccination, noting Napoleon’s use of the vaccine and the slow acceptance over a century.
The Social Register is limited to 400 members, a tradition tracing back to Mrs. William Astor. The gay nineties showcased lavish parties with guests smoking money and oysters on the half shell, a gold armor suit, and jewels worth tens of thousands, as nouveau riche imitated foreign millionaires.
In this excerpt the author notes that watermelon is not exclusive to any race, claiming the fruit is native to Africa and likely eaten long before Europeans encountered it. The text mentions wild plants south of the Sahara and its role in regional diets, framing the fruit as a shared culinary item.
A collection of home hints covers cooking repairs and cleaning. It suggests thinning overly salty gravies with brown sugar and rewarming, trimming basting threads to avoid holes, using oiled silk for bathroom decor, mending chamois leather with wool, and cleaning windows with cold starch for a bright shine.
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