Federal, state, local police unite against crime plan
Attorney General Homer S. Cummings unveils a broad initiative including a government backed training school for state and local police, prison officials, and federal personnel to coordinate crime prevention. The program emphasizes shared resources, travel costs, and final goal of closer interagency cooperation across jurisdictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weyerhaeuser
Washington
Homer S. Cummings
Federal Bureau of Crime Prevention
Congress
Cummings
Real estate up with marriages and the boom ahead
St. Louis analyst Roy Wenzlick predicts a 1940 to 1941 real estate boom linked to rising marriages. He notes a shift from joint households to separate living and expects higher apartment demand as the market improves.
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Major Angas
Roy &. Wenzlick
St. Louis
Wenzlick
United States
Centralized Efforts Aimed at Kidnapper Pursuit
A combined national effort by U S government operatives against kidnapers, with strong backing from state and local authorities, yields clear signs of effective program success and coordinated action across jurisdictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Farm sales surge under Federal Land Bank terms in Indiana
The Federal Land Bank of Louisville reports fourfold farm sales in the first four months, with Indiana seeing 114 farms sold for 464000 this year compared to 15 for 79000 last year. Buyers can finance half the price with a 4 percent loan up to 34 years, while the remainder is a second lien at 5 percent for 10 to 20 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Land Bank of Louisville
Indiana
Federal Land Bank
Chicago Drovers’ Journal
Lewis Douglas Critiques New Deal Budget Policy
Former Roosevelt budget chief Lewis Douglas, in a Chicago address, attacked administration fiscal policy. He argued the budget could balance in two years with earnest effort, urged scrapping the costly work program, and proposing care for the needy at lower cost. He framed the cruelty question regarding protecting destitution versus spending to avert it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Douglas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chicago
Sue
Mason City Globe-Gazette
Data sought on members owning two coats in Braymer
Braymer Missouri Bee asks which members of the share the wealth clubs own two coats, seeking information on personal assets and poverty relief practices. The query reflects concern over economic disparities and social aid in the community.
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Braymer
National Silver Stock Purchases and Liberal Splits Across Parties
Senatorial anger grows over Morgenthau silver purchases nearing 1.5 billion in holdings, with a 3 billion target to match gold. Liberal Republicans plan a grass roots parley in Washington, linking with bull moosers and FDR allies. The communications commission splits liberals and conservatives over interlocking wire ties, while Hopkins and Ickes clash over relief labor rules delaying construction spending and heavy industry work.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Morgenthau
Treasury
Congress
China
Mexico
India
Springfield
New York
Kingsland Macy
William Ziegler
Communications Commission
Sykes
Pratt
Cribb's Rise to Heavyweight Champion and Kauai Dry Ridge
The history notes Tom Cribb rising to his title after 1807 defeating One Eye Belcher and other contenders until 1811 then retiring undefeated in 1822 at 41. It also describes Kauai where high cliffs create a rain shadow yielding about 40 feet of yearly rainfall on one side and desert dryness five miles away.
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Tom Cribb
Henry Pearce
Cribb
Belcher
Kauai
Parch
Hawaiian
Famous Sculptor HORIZONTAL 1.5
Crossword style clues describe a famous sculptor Augustus 1848 1907 and related terms across and down with references to works and biographical hints.
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Augustus
Impasse in New Deal Spend Probes and Political Shuffle
The piece outlines an Ickes Hopkins dispute over control of work relief and PWA spending, forecasting slow progress to peak employment and possible revival of CWA projects for quick work. It notes Senators Brown and Dieterich gaining fame, constitutional fights over social security and labor boards, and reactions to Wheeler-Rayburn and Borah amendments affecting holding companies and New York influence.
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Harry Hopkins
Harry Ickes
Hopkins
Ickes
Mr. Hopkins
PWA
Roosevelt
Harry
White House
Senator Brown
New Hampshire
Senator Dieterich
Illinois
Brown
Dieterich
Garner
Jack
Cermak
Chicago
Senate
Miss Perkins
Labor Board
Huey Long
New York
James McMullin
Federal Communications Commission
Walter Gifford
Newcomb Carlton
Sosthenes Behn
David Sarnoff
American Telephone
International Telephone
Messrs. Gifford
Behn
Washington
Rayburn
House Committee
House
AS YOU WERE 50 YEARS AGO TODAY RIVER STAGE HIGH
A feature recalls the river at a stage of 6 feet 5 10 inches above low water mark. It notes Dr H M Dean and P A Austin of Muscatine and I W Ross of Wilton were named on the new pension board for this part of Iowa.
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McGregor
Mother Daughter Meeting At Cranston Church
Cranston Missionary association of the Cranston United Brethren church held a Mother-Daughter meeting with 16 attendees. Prayer opened the program as four members discussed Christian home essentials including Christ the Center, Good Pictures, Good Books, and Music. Refreshments followed. attendees listed include Mrs. Lee, Mrs. Legler, Mrs. Meeker, Miss Meeker, and Miss Elizabeth Legler.
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Cranston
Missionary Association of the
William Suckow
O. A. Harvey
John Lee
W. W. Legler
Dorothy
Elizabeth
Hubert Hafner
Russell Hafner
Ernest Meeker
Geraldine
Martha Jean
Ralph Davis
Bessie Wright
Bertha Chapman
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Jnee
Muscatine
Lee Newspaper Syndicate
Advertising Representatives
Kansas City
Detroit
Atlanta
San Francisco
Noee, Rothenberg & Jann
United Efforts
Hilles-Mills-Wadsworth
ICC
John Hix
U.S
Pat
Persia
Constellation
Brazil
VIAIR
FDR
Laval
Bank of France
E. Reinemund
S. G. Stein
West Second Street
Sam
France
England
Bank of England
London
Lehman
Securities Commission
Joe Kennedy
Commission
McClure
Cranston Society
Journal
George Clarke
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