Iowa highway safety patrol to train seventy-five men
Seventy-five applicants are being trained for Iowa's highway safety patrol, with fifty to be stationed on active duty and twenty-five in reserve. The program aims to reduce the deadly toll of traffic accidents, though drivers and vehicle flaws remain major factors.
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Highway Safety Patrol
Alex Miller
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Current American Magazine
State Highway Patrol
Comment and Opinion on Sharing in Louisiana
A New York Post critique of Senator Long questions his seven years as governor since 1928. It accuses him of lacking a wealth sharing plan, high taxes on the rich, weak labor protections, and poor education strides, while accusing him of favoring monopolies and resisting child labor reform.
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Senator Long
New Orleans
Long
Southwestern Gas and Electric
New York Post
Mr. Glass
New York
Wall Street
Glass
Wall
Iowa DMV returns licenses over blank age fields
The Iowa motor vehicle department has sent back hundreds of license applications because the forms were improperly filled out. Women refused to disclose ages and many apps were rejected for using nonblack ink. The deadline and specifics remain unclear in this curiously worded note.
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Iowa Motor Vehicle Department
State
Ottumwa Courier
Milwaukee Sees First Half No Murders This Year
Milwaukee, population about 600000, reports no murders in the first six months. The city has one of the continent's lowest homicide rates, with 1.2 murders per 100000 residents last year. Milwaukee earns a cheer as life is valued in the city.
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Jefferson City
Bureau of Air Commerce
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
National Whirligig Of Politics And Diplomacy
Column notes the 1930s political landscape with Roosevelts bloc building in key states and patronage strategies. It compares Tugwell and Farley, cites Haight, and discusses France Italy and ambassadors as part of a broader global drift. It mentions Bank lawsuits against the government and ties to Washington figures.
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Ray Tucker
Tugwell
Professor Farley
Farleyites
Raymond Haight
California
Gov. Davey
Ohio
Ding” Darling
Biological Survey
Ding
Mexico
Government limits peerage of bank collateral claims
Opinion notes that the District of Columbia highest court rules the government holds no automatic preferential claim on bank collateral without explicit legal authorization. The ruling spurs lawsuits from receivers and bank presidents as conservators’ actions face scrutiny, while depositors risk continued hunger.
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the Treasury
District of Columbia
The Strange Demands of Sulan Abdul Aziz in Empire Rule
Sulan Abdul Aziz of Turkey, the thirty second Ottoman sultan, feared death by fire and built palaces sparingly. He abdicated in 1876 after revolts, then died by his own hand. His reign featured cock fighting, exotic imports, and lavish pianos carried everywhere.
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Sulan Abdul Aziz
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Africa
India
Empire
Morgenthau reshapes mortgage policy amid FHA HOLC concerns
Peter Grimm named real estate expert for Henry Morgenthau to organize federal mortgage assets. The move signals a push to bring order to billions in guaranteed bonds amid unpaid principal, with Grimm overseeing hidden inventories likely to alarm the White House.
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Peter Grimm
Henry Morgenthau
Secretary of the Treasury
FHA
HOLC
Grimm
Morgenthau
Treasury
White House
Famed Chess Player Puzzle Clues Reveal Hidden Answers
A dense crossword style list presents across and down clues featuring chess icons and common terms. Entries include king, mother, deity, cry of sorrow, and Masters winner, with notes on directions, measurements, and geographic hints embedded throughout.
Wilton Academy hires Mamie Ament to faculty
Fifty years ago today Miss Mamie Ament of Muscatine was named on the faculty at Wilton Academy in Wilton. The item notes a milestone in local education history with a short biographical detail.
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Mamie Ament
Muscatine
Wilton Academy
Wilton
Helen Blair
Mississippi River
Mississippi
States top minerals output and 300th anniversary noted
Pennsylvania leads in total average annual value of minerals produced, California second, Oklahoma third, and Texas fourth. The 300th anniversary of the establishment of secondary schools in the country occurs this year.
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Pennsylvania
California
Oklahoma
Texas
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